For detailed information about our services, training courses, and publications, or to contact members of our team write, email, or call Process Transition International (PTI) pti@processtransition.com Cynthia Wise PTI Wexford Office 3000 Village Run Rd., Unit 103, #256 Wexford, PA 15090-0599 Tel: +724 935 3507 Fax: +724 935 3507 cwise@processtransition.com Ken Dymond PTI Marblehead Office Marblehead, MA  01945 Tel: +301 261 9921 kdymond@processtransition.com PTI Publications spi@processtransition.com Meet the Process Transition International Team For information on the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University or email: customer-relations@sei.cmu.edu PTI News and Events Consultants' Corner Visit our "Consultants' Corner" to review slides and articles our senior consultants have developed over the years to answer clients' needs or questions.  Items will be added from time to time.  Reader's  remarks or questions are welcome. *New item at the Consultants' Corner from Ken's  CMMI-SVC Study Project "CMMI-SVC Flash Cards"  * * *    MIT Courses On-line MIT is putting as many of its couses as possible on line and downloadable for free. For more information go to our Consultants' Corner Sale:  50% discount The perfect companion to the SEI's CMMI® Ken Dymond's A Guide to the CMMI® 2nd edition, based on v1.2 of the CMMI®            More information and downloadable sample pages, along with a list of bookstores to order the book or how to order directly from PTI

Process Transition International, Inc. is a company dedicated to helping organizations with their process improvement efforts.  Before founding PTI,  our technical team, as former members of the SEI Process Program, worked closely with Watts S. Humphrey (author of Managing the Software Process) in developing the SEI-style assessment method and, as part of the SEI group, helped create the original version of the Capability Maturity Model®.   With the introduction of SEI's new Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®),  PTI became a member of the SEI Partner Network and now also offers authorized CMMI® training and SCAMPI(SM) appraisals. As authorized SEI Lead Appraisers, PTI's senior technical consultants not only helped develop the first assessment method, but have conducted numerous CMM and CMMI based courses and appraisals on three continents, and are active contributors to the community of technology transition and its management through research, writings, and presentations. PTI's team members have been working for more than 25 years with companies worldwide in process improvement and risk management, applying their experience to help organizations focus efforts to meet their goals for better productivity and higher quality. Our qualified technical team, with its wide background of research, development and training, continues to design workshops, courses and seminars specially oriented toward enriching and enhancing the technical world. Because of the need for practical and user-friendly books on software process improvement, Process Transition International, Inc. established a publications arm in 1995 with its first book, the widely used A Guide to the CMM® and, in March 1997, the Assessment Coordinator's Handbook, followed by a Spanish translation of the Guide to the CMM, Una Guia del CMM: Comprender el Modelo de Madurez de Capacidad del Software in November 1997.  PTI's most recent publication is  A Guide to the CMMI®: Interpreting the Capability Maturity Model® Integration, 2nd edition (based on the CMMI v1.2). CMMI Appraisal Services PTI, a member of the SEI Partner Network, provides the SEI authorized "Introduction to the CMMI® v1.3" course and SCAMPI (sm)Appraisals PTI as one of SEI's Network Partners offers its 3-day introductory training in the Capability Maturity Model(R) Integration course, based on its recently released CMMI v1.3 . Network Partners are SEI's mechanism for rolling out the CMMI to organizations implementing process improvement through authorized instructors in the CMMI and certified SCAMPI(sm) Lead Appraisers. PTI's SEI authorized instructors for "Introduction to the CMMI" supplement SEI course materials. For information about the SEI's CMMI® version 1.3 see the SEI's website: www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/index.cfm Other improvement Services          Customized Software Quality Assurance Roll Out Software Process Improvement Consulting Services Software Process Improvement Progress Review Training Courses Intro to CMMI v1.3 PTI offers SEI's authorized "Intro to the CMMI" course that introduces participants to the CMMI Model and its fundamental concepts.  The course discussion emphasizes understanding of the maturity levels and the grouping of process areas (PAs).  The course is based on v1.3 of the CMMI, recently released.  Participants completing the course will receive an SEI Certification of Completion, fulfilling an SEI prerequisite for training Lead Appraisers and AppraisalTeam Members in the SCAMPI method. New PTI workshop Practical Capability Maturity Model® Integration Workshop (PCMMIW) Practical because it's a quick way to merge your company's process knowledge with the CMMI®'s effective practices, get buy-in from the staff (they know their process), and kick off continual improvement.  We start, you sponsor and sustain. Ask us about on-site courses:  spi@processtransition.com

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