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 SPI Products

We use and develop specialised SPI methods and tools. Designed for simplicity and wide applicability they include:

Assessment
CBA-IPI - The Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model assessment method.
Business Driven Assessment - Our own assessment method with a focus on business need.

Process Improvement Planning
DevPIP – A process improvement planning method. It has been developed to bridge the gap between the assessment and the implementation of process improvements.

Process Improvement Implementation
TCM – The Tactical Change Management method. Many organisations can't wait for conventional improvement initiatives to deliver benefits. With TCM an organisation can rapidly reap the benefits of their improvement programmes.

Rapid Improvement Approach
PirL – For low cost rapid improvements. This really is the quick way into process improvement. Designed to be a low cost rapid return approach for those organisations that need to quickly establish an improvement culture with limited resources.

Process Definition
ProcDef – Captures, defines and documents existing and new working practices.

Our SPI Services include:

SPI Strategic Guidance: Many organisations are new to Software Process Improvement (SPI) and need early guidance on establishing and planning their SPI programme. This guidance must be appropriate to the specific needs of the organisation, which will include due consideration of their market sector, business drivers, resources, timescales, and budget. Frequently an organisation does not want, or cannot afford to have a full-time dedicated SPI resource but needs experience on hand, on an as needed basis. Our Strategic SPI Guidance helps organisations establish an approach to SPI that is right for them. It gives easy access to SPI knowledge and experience and allows that organisation to bring that knowledge and experience in-house. A package of support can be established which is right for the organisation, ranging from a one of task to initiate the SPI programme; it could be ongoing support. With a ready access to SPI knowledge and experience an organisation can establish its SPI strategy more rapidly and begin to make progress that much earlier.

SPI Training: OSEL provides software process improvement (SPI) training to many organisations with a focus on improving the business objectives. In each course the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is described. We provide the following SPI training:

·         Three-day Process Improvement Workshop: - An in-depth course with a detailed description of the CMM and extensive exercises.

·         One-day Process Improvement Workshop: - An intensive course aimed at raising process improvement awareness throughout the whole organisation.

·         Two-hour Management Seminar: - An introduction to the concepts of process improvement for senior and middle management.

Each of the training courses can be tailored to the needs of the particular organisation. Some larger clients use their own processes for the exercises and have chosen to "badge" the workshops as their own.

Managed Software Process Group: OSEL's managed SPG provides an organisation with its process improvement steering group. The SPG provides the focus and direction for SPI activities. The service provided by OSEL is aimed at those organisations which want to establish their SPI programme with limited resources or perhaps the organisation is new to process improvement and wants a jump-start. Key elements of Managed SPG are:

·         Defined Terms of Reference

·         Provision of key members

·         Established SPI direction

Tactical and strategic direction of the SPI programme is achieved by combining the managed SPG with PirL.

For further information email: info@osel.co.uk

 


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