"Understanding the Essence of Managing
CMM Level 4"
Raj Ramanand, QAI Limited

The tutorial will discuss about the CMM® Level 4:

• Quantitative Process Management
  
• Software Quality Management
  

The tutorial gives practical guidelines for implementing metrics & analyzing them using simple statistical methods. It gives an elegant defect prevention system using problem-solving tools. The tutorial helps to build an information system in your organization using available metrics & thus integrates metrics with software project management.
It is designed to sensitize all personnel in software organization to Quality & get their buy-in for continuous improvement, then provide a step by step, practical framework to Define, Control, Assure & Manage Quality - leading to Total Quality. The course is not a theory class on all topics in Software Quality. It is an interactive discussion & accomplishes experiential learning through discussions, presentations & case studies. The tutorial is for organizations aiming to go for Level 4 & 5.

Raj Ramanand has over 18 years experience in the fields of Electronics, Telecommunications, Software & consulting. He has carried out CMM® consultancies at various organizations- British Airways, U.K, ING Bank, Netherlands & CAC, Japan. He was a Research Scientist at CARE, IIT Delhi, designing CMOS VLSI for DRDO (DEFENCE) Missile program. He has trained over 2000 working professionals worldwide. Some of the other public workshops he conducts are Overview to SW-CMM, Overview to CMMI®, Defect Prevention, Software Metrics, Quantitative Process Management, Project Management, Software Quality Assurance, Peer reviews & Software Engineering. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering & is also a CSQA (Certified Software Quality Analyst from USA).

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