Happy 75th Jerry! A new book celebrating Gerald (Jerry) M. Weinberg for the time that he has given to the Information Technology world. Has just been published by Dorset House.

A good friend of the entire PEP team, but more importantly internationally respected for his innovative thinking on both human and technical issues, Jerry Weinberg is recognized as a pioneer of software testing, starting with Project Mercury in 1958. A highly influential author, lecturer, and consultant, he draws on experiences gained in all three roles, as well as from a long technical career as a software developer and researcher. Jerry has written on topics ranging from computer systems and programming to education,problem solving, and writing.

Judah Mogilensky was one of the book’s contributing authors.  Congratulations to Jerry & Judah!

You may purchase the book at Dorset House.

“SEI-Certified SCAMPI High Maturity Lead Appraisers (SCAMPI HM LAs) lead trained teams of professionals in the appraisal of one or more CMMI process areas (using information collected from presentations, documents, and interviews) to determine an organization’s process capability and/or maturity level.”

Of late I have spent a great deal of time working on the following premise:

Can you use Six Sigma to achieve CMMI ML3 and higher?

The answer I have arrived at is an unequivocal, YES. To prove my point I just completed a Master Black Belt project that precisely attends to this assumption.

to read more…

…mark

Effective 1 June 2008, Mark Rabideau completed and is now a 6 Sigma Master Black Belt.

Mark’s final project involved the creation of a detailed program to assist engineering organizations attain CMMI version 1.2 Maturity Level 3 using 6 Sigma Techniques

Read the official announcement

IAI’s MLM Division First in Israel to Receive Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 5 Rating from Carnegie Mellon® Software Engineering Institute.  This appraisal was lead by Judah Mogilensky, SEI Visiting Scientist and High Maturity Lead Appraiser.

You may read more about the appraisal here.

AAI Services Corporation’s Training and Simulation Division attained a CMMI Maturity Level 3 rating.  The appraisal effort was facilitated by Mark Rabideau (SEI certified HMLA).

Particulars on this appraisal may be found on MSN Money.

Numerous nice articles were recently published about Judah.  Most notably is the SEI & SEPG’s recognition of his reliable support, attendance and participation.

The National SEPG article re: Judah’s long term support.

PEP is pleased to announce that it’s client The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Systems and Software Engineering Organization successfully attained a CMMI Maturiy Level 5 during its recent appraisal. Mark Rabideau was the High Maturity Lead Appraiser on this effort.

To learn more about this outstanding PEP client, please visit their website.