Overview and Comparison of PMI OPM3 & SEI CMMI

April 2, 2009

Location: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Twin-SPIN
For the Minneapolis/St. Paul Regional Area

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Meeting   Announcement:
Thursday 
April 2nd, 2009
5:30-8:00 p.m. at The University of Minnesota
5:30 start for networking, 6:15 start of meeting.

EE/CS Building
Room EE/CS 3-111 (Look for signs)
Minneapolis, MN

Directions:  

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This Month's Meeting:

Program Manager:  Pat Wegerson - GD AIA / Kim Johnson - Johnstech

Topic:  "OPM3 - Overview and Comparison to CMMI Project Management"

Speaker: Pat Wegerson - GD AIA / Kim Johnson - Johnstech

Abstract:

The speakers will provide a detailed overview of the OPM3 (Organizational Project Management Maturity Model). They will compare/contrast OPM3 and CMMI Project Management Process Areas and how the two methodologies can be used together.

Speaker Bio:

Kim Johnson, PMP, NPDP is a Senior Certified Project Manager and New Product Development Professional. Kim began her career at 3M as a Human Factors Engineer. After being pulled into a Government Contract in the role of Project Scheduler for the Program Manager, she soon realized her passion for project management and teamwork and the ability to work with diverse individuals across functional disciplines. She was responsible for creating a Project Manager community of practice at 3M and then went on to serve leadership roles in both the Project Management Institute and the Product Development and Management Association at both the Global and Chapter level. Kim also worked at Medtronic where she learned the PM discipline required in the medical device arena. She created a Project Management community of practice there as well and was responsible for Medtronic becoming a Minnesota PMI Corporate Partner.

Kim is currently a Senior Project Manager at Johnstech where she embraces the Scanlon philosophy of People first, Process second and Tools/Technology last.  She has worked with organizations ranging from manufacturing to healthcare as well as government. She currently is the 2009 Chair for the Global PMI Consulting SIG and is the Project Manager responsible for Partnerships/Alliances for Minnesota PMI, as well as the Project Manager for the PMI-MN Breakfast Programs with a great project team to support her!  In addition she holds a Director at Large position for the Minnesota Chapter of the Product Development and Management Association.

Pat Wegerson has developed products and processes, engineered quality for, and managed successful software and systems in the semiconductor, aerospace and defense, and biomedical industries. Mr. Wegerson has also championed process improvement initiatives, led an organization to achieve the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model for Software (SW-CMMSM) Level 2 maturity, and worked in quality and process improvement of a CMMI Level 5 systems organization.  He has assessed, developed, and deployed new processes to achieve measurable improvements in predictability and productivity. Mr. Wegerson consults, speaks, and trains on software / systems product and process development, project management, and industry best practices.  He has also taught in a graduate school engineering program.  Mr. Wegerson holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering. He is a senior member of ASQ, a member of IEEE and PMI, an ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer, ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, and a PMI Project Management Professional.

Twin-SPIN Mission Statement:

The Twin-SPIN software process improvement network  (SPIN) is a regional organization established in January of 1996 as a   forum for the free and open exchange of software process improvement   experiences and ideas. Representatives from industry, government, academia, other professional organizations, and consultants are welcome to participate. Our mission is to help sustain commitment and enhance skills in the area of software process improvement through an active program of networking and mutual support. The organization strives to serve as a source of educational and experiential information for its members, other SPIN organizations, and the general community of software professionals. 

Meetings are normally held on the 1st Thursday of each month from 5:45-8:00 p.m. Twin-SPIN is a non-profit organization and is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Center for Software Engineering (UMSEC).  See:
http://twin-spin.cs.umn.edu

2009 Sponsors:

Facility Sponsor

University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

$2,000 Sponsors

University of Minnesota Software Engineering Center (UMSEC)

$500 Sponsors

PACT/Parametric Technology Corporation

$400 Sponsors

$200 Sponsors

BenchmarkQA 

$100 Sponsors

Integral Process Solutions

The following files related to this event are available for download:

OMP3 User Forum
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Comparison of CMMIR and OPM3R
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