Capability Maturity Model ® Integration
Balanced IT Scorecard
REUSE
SPICE
PEPIT
Capability Maturity Model ® Integration
COMPETE BY MATURITY
CUSTOMISED APPROACH IN CONSULTING AND APPRAISALS
ESI Center Bulgaria is determined to transfer the CMM®I methodology to the intensively developing IT market in Eastren Europe. ESI Center Bulgaria, a member of Global Alliance, transmits the experience achieved by all members of the alliance. As a result business and public administration in Eastern Europe can benefit knowledge and practices from ESI Bilbao / Spain and SEI Carnegie Mellon.
Consultancy
ESI Center Quality Management Consultancy experts and appraisers assist IT companies to achieve higher maturity levels in software development. We help organizations to realize their strengths and weaknesses in processes. We support our clients to establish their own unique strategy for SPI. Our consultancy includes full backing during CMMI implementation. Afterwards we provide all supporting services the organization to reach higher maturity level.
Planning, Implementation, Assessment
ESI Center Bulgaria consultants facilitate the elaboration and implementation of your organisation customised road map for CMM®I model implementation. We act in collaboration with your team of software professionals to adapt and apply the Maturity Model to your specific needs and processes. The standard tools used in CMM®I based appraisal are Gap analysis, SCAMPI (Class A appraisals). ESI Center Bulgaria provides post appraisal support for particular process area to reach better return on your investment.
Training
Course: Introduction to CMM®I, v 1.2, Staged and Continuous Representation
This is SEI Carnegie Mellon official training on CMM®I principles. Certification from this course is useful to participate in SEI authorized process maturity appraisals. It trains participants in: assessment basis for each CMM®I process area, with related objectives and practices; understanding of how and if an organisation conforms to CMM®I process areas. The participant is provided with appropriate tools to identify gaps and process improvement opportunities according to the CMM®I implementation system. The course is aimed at: systems/software engineering managers, and software professionals who will initiate implementation of CMM®I model in their organizations. Detailed Overview for "Introduction to CMM®I"
Course: CMM®I for Senior Managers
This is a one-day seminar providing a package of CMM®I key principles. It aims to give senior managers basis to assess the strategic impact from software process improvement (SPI). The course clarifies the resources required to implement CMM®I levels. The seminar is priceless tool to raise awareness in process improvement values when your organization is implementing CMM®I or planning to initiate it. The courses are lead by instructor certified by SEI Carnegie Mellon for Introduction to CMM®I. Detailed Overview for "CMM®I for Senior Managers"
Both courses are organised on regular basis or on demand.
CMM®I Methodology Overview
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Balanced IT Scorecard
COMPETE BY STRATEGY
“TRANSLATES” CORPORATE STRATEGY INTO ACTIONS
Balanced Scorecard has a leading position among the modern management approaches. European Software Institute Center Bulgaria, as partner of ESI Bilbao/Spain, offers complete cycle of services in BITSTM. Our consultants have gained experience in Eastern Europe, have excellent knowledge of the region and provide solutions in accordance to the specific characteristics of every organization.
Consultancy
ESI Center Bulgaria offers complete cycle of consultancy in three stages - BITS ™ st@rt, BITS ™ driver and BITS ™ monitor. These stages give instruments to identify and track proper indicators, more than financial figures. They cover customers, people, processes, infrastructure and innovations to implement a sustainable improvement program. Our expert team works closely with your management team from the first step – the awareness phase, till the implementation stage. This is our philosophy – to apply BITSTM in the most appropriate for your company way.
Planning and Implementation
Our first task is to identify through BITS ™ st@rt how well your current activities are allied to your business goals. In the next stage our consultants work with your team to establish cause-and-effect relationships between the organization's drivers of success. Monitor is the final step of Balanced IT Scorecard implementation. It is oriented to companies with clearly mapped out strategy. Our consultants define the indicators to manage business and improvement strategy. They assist in communicating the strategy and BITS implementation plan to the whole staff.
Training
BITS ™ Primer is an initial training, one-day in-class or web-based course. It is perfect for senior managers of software intensive organizations. For those who can see the competitive advantage of implementing and improving strategic performance management. The training is lead by an ESI authorized consultant. Detailed Overview for BITS PRIMER
BITS Methodology Overview
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REUSE
COMPETE BY EFFICIENCY
CAPITALIZES YOUR INVESTMENTS IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
The services offered by ESI Center Bulgaria team follow the whole process: managing reuse adoption (definition of reuse strategy), software Factory and component-based development, COTS Management; System Family Engineering (to foster reuse by considering collections of systems with similar characteristics that address a specific technical domain or business); software architectures (a key reusable asset ensuring commonality within a domain).
Consultancy
We help you to build Reuse based software factory. As a result of our consultancy your organization does not repeat one and the same mistake.
Planning and Implementation
In the process of Systematic Reuse ™ implementation we emphasize on creating flexible components and establishing conditions for effective use.
Training
ESI Center Bulgaria provides training for Systematic Reuse™ through two sets of courses: “Implementing Reuse with Flexible Components”. A summary version of the training is also provided at ESI Virtual Training Center as “An Introduction to Systematic Reuse”.
Detailed Overview for "Implementing Reuse with Flexible Components"
Detailed Overview for "An Introduction to Systematic Reuse"
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SPICE
COMPETE BY IMPROVEMENT
PERFECTION TGHROUGH SELF ASSESSMENT
ESI Center Bulgaria provides evaluation and training on SPICE compliant with ISO/IEC 15504 ATC V4.0. Maturity of each individual software process in your organization is indicated. After SPICE assessment you have clear scheme how to implement improvement infrastructure and to manage software quality.
Consultancy
ESI Center Bulgaria provides SPICE service package, developed by ESI Spain authorized consultants. The Spanish Institute has formed the team of experts to develop the ISO/IEC TR 15504 set of documents. It has trained 400 IT professionals on SPICE, and has carried out 70 in-house software process assessments for leading European and Latin American Companies.
Planning, Implementation, Assessment
Our Center provides technical and management support and helps clients to: establish appropriate infrastructure to implement software process improvement program based on SPICE; define the process improvement plan; monitor the implementation of the plan; implement appropriate technical solutions (based on POCKETS).
Training
Trainings are an indivisible part of software process improvement. ESI Center Bulgaria offers two SPICE training modifications: SPICE (ISO/IEC 15504) for Senior Managers; SPICE (ISO/IEC 15504) Training.
Detailed Overview for "SPICE for Senior Managers"
Detailed Overview for "SPICE Training"
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PEPIT
COMPETE BY PERFECTION
IMPROVES YOUR INDIVIDUAL SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
ESI Center Bulgaria offers PEPIT, developed by ESI Spain, as a cost saving approach that improves estimation, planning and tracking skills of individual software development engineers. The service result is quality driven software products. The main goal is to increase software engineers’ process maturity.
Training
Our Center offers the following trainings: Professional Engineering Process Improvement Training (PEPIT) for Senior Managers; PEPIT training. Further to training material the online course includes continuous implementation support from the European Software Institute. The training is provided through the ESI Virtual Training Center.
Detailed Overview for "PEPIT for Senior Managers"
Detailed Overview for "PEPIT Training"
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