This tutorial covers CKA area #4 of the International Software Process Improvement Certification (ISPIC) requirements.

Improvement principles are useful when they bring about actual progress. Software Process Improvement initiatives focus on increasing quality, reducing costs and shortening timelines by implementing the best practices of software engineering in a way that suits organizational goals, needs and culture. The course will focus on tailoring the promise of software process improvement to the needs of a particular organization, in a way you can apply later in your company. After an overview of the process improvement concepts, it will discuss different aspects of SPI , and then proceed to the elements and stages of the process improvement initiative.

• The concepts of software process improvement
• Process improvement paradigms
• Aspects and elements of SPI
• How to plan, manage, measure and control a software process improvement initiative

• What the course is about
  • Scope: what do we cover in depth, what do we glance over, what we do not cover
  • Goals: what will we learn
  • Administrative items
• The concept of Software Process Improvement
  • People, Products and Processes
  • The central role of software processes
  • Process capability
• Software Process Improvement paradigms
  • Formalizing processes
  • Standard compliance
  • Organizational maturity
• The aspects of SPI
  • Management sponsorship
  • Organizational culture
  • Evaluating results and making success visible
  • Dealing with resistance
• SPI initiative
  • Gap Analysis and Improvement Roadmap
  • Planning SPI initiatives
  • Pilot projects
  • SPI activities and their monitoring: Plan-Do-Check-Act

Michael Yudanin is a seasoned IT professional, who specializes in management of IT services delivery and in process improvement consulting. His management skills are based on best practices and leading standards like CMMI, IEEE and ISO, streamlines software life cycle processes and achieves higher product quality through process improvement. Michael provides solutions for complex software development environments, e.g., large scale implementation of highly customized software products and distributed organizations. He is very knowledgeable in the latest developments with IT processes and technologies. Michael is very dependable and professional. He is Certified by the American Society for Quality as a Software Quality Engineer (CSQE).