Archive for May, 2010
The SEIR Includes Paper on Joint Appraisal of CMMI and MpsBr
May 11th
The first joint appraisal performed using the CMMI and the Brazilian MpsBr (modelo de procesos de software do Brasil) was performed in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in 2009, by a team of selected experts. From the MpsBr the team lead was Ana Regina Rocha. Andres Rubinstein was the team lead for the SCAMPI. After a presentation at the Brazilian Conference on Quality, the paper has been posted into the SEIR (Software Engineering Information Repository – https://seir.sei.cmu.edu/seir).
Austin SPIN Meeting Hosts Liveware’s VP Jorge Boria
May 9th
Austin’s local Software Process Improvement Network (A-SPIN) sponsored Liveware’s Jorge Boria as a speaker in their May monthly meeting. Jorge addressed the subject “When Good Enough Makes a Project Early Enough or: Don’t Try to Be On Time!” This meeting was jointly sponsored by the Austin IEEE Computer Society. The presentation is already in Slide Share.
The presentation was very well received. All comments were positive. One of them (on the session) read: ‘one of the best in the last few years’. We look forward to perform more presentations for our colleagues, since they do so much for our self esteem!
Jorge Boria’s Webinar attended by over 200 people
May 9th
Under the auspices of the ITMPJ, Jorge Boria presented Risk Driven Testing to an audience of over two hundred from more than twenty countries. Jorge’s presentation can be seen at the archives of ITMPJ.
Austin PMO LIG April Meeting Hosts Jorge Boria on Agile and Waterfall
May 9th
The Project Management Institute local chapter in Austin holds monthly luncheons. On April 2010 they invited Liveware’s Sr VP Jorge Boria to present on the subject of Agile Methods, in particular Scrum. Jorge’s presentation, very well received by the more than sixty people present, can be seen at Slide Share.
Leon (Guanajuato) Hosts Intro Class
May 9th
Organized by Liveware’s Mexican affiliate, Qualtop, the city of Leon in the state of Guanajuato, in Mexico, received Viviana Rubinstein to teach the Intro class in April 28th.
High Maturity in Company Workshop a Success
May 9th
The Buenos Aires branch of an international IT and software development services company is pressing to become a High Maturity organization. With such lofty goal in mind, and aware of the great reputation of our “Building High Maturity Assets” workshop, they held the class internally. Over twenty people attended, and some of the comments were outstanding support for our trainer and material.
Liveware in Buenos Aires April 12th 2010.
May 9th
Viviana is pictured here in front of the class in Buenos Aires. Liveware Inc. has the largest number of Intro Classes taught in Argentina and the largest number of attendees in South America. One of the multiple benefits of taking the class from Liveware is the LinkedIn group that allows you to keep in touch with your trainers and all past attendees.
Internal Class at USA
May 9th
Jorge teaches the Intro class one more time, to his prospective team members for an upcoming appraisal, and some other process improvement connoisseurs in Houston, TX.
Andrés Rubinstein Leads ML2 SCAMPI in Spain
May 9th
Andres Rubinstein, one of our several successful affiliates, is shown in this photograph congratulating the sponsor Ubaldo Serna from GFI Informatica, after the appraisal team found the organizational unit compliant with the practices and goals of Maturity Level 2 of the CMMI. Andrés immediately flew to Panama for his next assignment.
Viviana and Jorge Attend Orientation Class to Become SVC Intro Trainers
May 8th
Viviana Rubinstein and Jorge Boria are one step closer to becoming Certified Instructors of the Official Introduction to the CMMI for Services SEI class. In a hard working two-day class, Viviana and Jorge had to perform in front of highly talented colleagues and supervised by SEI Scientists and Visiting Scientists. The task: To create new ways of teaching the material for more efficient, effective learning.