Instructor: Alexander Kondakov

October 31, 2011 (1 day), 9:30 – 18:00

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About the seminar

The CMMI® model was developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University in 2000, and has gone on to become the unofficial standard for software and hardware development. While copies of the model are distributed freely, users often face challenges interpreting and adapting the model to the specific conditions of their organization or business.

There are several CMMI® models currently in use but this seminar will focus on the most popular – CMMI® for Development. Part of the seminar will also be dedicated to CMMI® for Services, another interesting model.

Because this seminar is not an official SEI training course, it allows aspects of the models to be explained in less formal terms. In addition, the seminar addresses issues which do not form part of official training courses. Over the course of a single workshop, participants will discover nearly all the fundamental truths about the family of CMMI® models.

The seminar includes a presentation (lecture) and exercises with time dedicated to question and answers sessions. These sessions are a great opportunity to get answers from the only Russian-speaking SEI-certified specialist in the world.

Course fees

6 000 RUB

For those who want to attend main conference, there is special price for «course + conference» package:

17 500 RUB

Agenda

1. The truth about processes and models
   • History of the model
   • CMMI® models suite
   • How and where to learn CMMI®
2. The truth about the model and its components
   • Process Areas
   • Practices and goals
   • Informative, required and expected components
3. The truth about institutionalization and levels
   • Process institutionalization and levels
   • Generic goals, practices and levels
4. The truth about appraisals (certifications)
   • What it is
   • How it is performed
5. The truth about contradictions between CMMI® and other methodologies
   • Agile and CMMI® – discussion about nothing
   • Other methodologies and models
6. Process Areas of CMMI®-DEV (maturity levels 2 and 3)
7. Process Areas of CMMI®-SVC (maturity levels 2 and 3)
8. Upper levels: do you know how to count?
   • The truth about ideas at levels 4 and 5
   • Trying to understand practices at levels 4 and 5
9. Your questions – my answers

Instructor

Alexander Kondakov

Alexander Kondakov is an independent consultant.

He founded Kondakov Consulting, an independent consulting business, in 2010 and was made an SEI Partner in 2011. Alexander has more than 12-years of experience in the software development business — as a department head, the head of a testing laboratory, QA manager and QA director, and CIO. He has worked as a consultant and instructor for more than six years.

In 2006 Alexander was authorized by SEI to deliver the official SEI course, Introduction to CMMI®. In 2008 he was certified as a Lead Appraiser and has lead 14 appraisals in Spain and Russia, and taught more than 170 specialists from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania on more than 20 Introduction to CMMI® courses.