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Process improvement services for business value
Providing appraisals, training, consulting, books and articles on process improvement


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.
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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 20 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).




Sale:  50% discount


A Guide to the CMMI

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


For more information about the SEI's CMMI® version 1.2 see
  the SEI's website:
www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/adoption/cmmiv12-release.html


 News and Events

New PTI workshop


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
 

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.


Stay on course for process improvement with PTI's


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CMMI Appraisal Services

PTI, a member of the SEI Partner Network, provides the SEI authorized "Introduction to the CMMI® v1.2" 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 v1.2.
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 with the Ken's new book, A Guide to the CMMI®.
PDF brochure describing the appraisalsSCAMPIs A, B and C
Other improvement Services         
  • Customized Software Quality Assurance Roll Out
  • Software Process Improvement Consulting Services
  • Software Process Improvement Progress Review

Training Courses

  Intro to CMMI v1.2

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 v1.2 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.

Along with the SEI's authorized materials, participants will receive a copy of A Guide to the CMMI, which contains the Dymond Diagrams, and a copy of the Addison-Wesley version of the CMMI.

PDF brochure describing the the course....

Articles, Case Studies and papers
by Process Transition International's Team Members

(Click underlined titles to download articles in pdf or contact Process Transition International's office in Maryland -- see below for contact info.)

  • "Senior Management Actions Critical for Successful Software Process Improvement" by Cynthia J. Wise.
  • "Essence and Accidents in SEI-style Assessments or 'Maybe This Time the Voice of the Engineer Will Be Heard'" by Ken Dymond.
  • "The Level 4 Software Process from the Assessor's Viewpoint" by Ken Dymond.
  • "A Case Study of Life at Level 5" by Ken Dymond.
  •  A Short Annotated Bibliography on Software Process Improvement" by Ken Dymond. A selective and brief guide to the principal sources.



  • PTI's Publications by Kenneth M. Dymond

    The following books are based on the Software CMM or the CMMI, v1.2
    Copies are still available through PTI and discounted 50%


    A GUIDE TO THE CMMI®: Interpreting the Capability Maturity Model® Integration, 2nd Edition by Kenneth M. Dymond and published by Process Transition International, Inc. 2007 (ISBN 978-0-9646008-6-7 and ISBN 0-9646008-6-2) US$48.00 US$24.00.  This is a revised edition of the first Guide to the CMMI, and is based on the CMMI®-DEV v1.2.  It is a great companion to the SEI's CMMI v1.2, including updated, insightful pictograms and a useful index.

     A GUIDE TO THE CMMI®: Interpreting the Capability Maturity Model® Integration by Kenneth M. Dymond and published by Process Transition International, Inc. (ISBN 0-9646008-4-6) US$40.00 US$20.00.  This Guide to the CMMI is designed to lead users of the CMMI v1.1  through its 4 Capability Maturity Levels with their 25 Process Areas, Goals and Specific Practices.  (This 1st edition of PTI's Guide to the CMMI is based on the SEI's CMMI v1.1). 

    A GUIDE TO THE CMM: Understanding the Capability Maturity Model for Software, by Kenneth M. Dymond and published by Process Transition International, Inc. (ISBN 0-9646008-0-3) US$28.00 US$14.00.  This easy-to-use, highly popular handbook makes the CMM accessible to those who wish to understand and use its concepts. 

    Assessment Coordinator's Handbook: Planning a Well-Orchestrated Software Appraisal by Kenneth M. Dymond and published by Process Transition International, Inc. (ISBN 0-9646008-1-1) US$35.00 US$17.50.  This 41-page handbook provides a set of checklists covering all the items that must be planned well to conduct a successful SEI assessment. Note:  This book is based on the CMM and CBA IPI appraisals.

    Una Guia del CMM: Comprender el Modelo de Madurez de Capacidad del Software by Kenneth M. Dymond, translated by Grupo SOMEPRO, and published by Process Transition International, Inc.  (ISBN 0-9646008-2-X) US$35.00 US$17.50.  This is our Spanish version of A Guide to the CMM, superbly translated by the SOMEPRO team led by Prof. Gonzalo Cuevas Austin of the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. Una Guia makes the CMM accessible to Spanish software developers and managers.

    Click here to order the above books.

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    Meet the Process Transition International Team

    Process Transition International, Inc.

    For more information on our new products, activities and expanding publications list.
    For detailed information about our services, training courses, and publications,
    or to contact members of our team, you may --
    write, email, or call PTI's
    Contact info:
    Ken Dymond
    Cynthia Wise
     Annapolis Office: 
    PO Box 1988, Annapolis, MD 21404
    Wexford, PA Office
    PO Box 599, Wexford, PA 15090-0599
    spi@processtransition.com
    cwise@processtransition.com
    Tel: +301 261 9921 Tel: +724 935 3507
    Fax: +410 295 5037 Fax: +724 935 3507


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    June 2009