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San Antonio Next Meeting

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February 16th, 2010 

 

CMMI for small Business and Small Departments

 

 

Presented by

Nat Guadagnino, PMP

 

 

Networking and Dinner and Presentation at the

Skyline Room

Coates Center

 

Trinity University 

San Antonio, TX

 

Meeting Agenda

6:30PM - Networking
7:00PM - Dinner
8:00PM - Program
 

Cost:  $15 Members

        $4 Students

      $18 Non-Members

Reservations:  Requested to

(so we have a head count for dinner)

Yu Zhang,

yzhang@cs.trinity.edu

210-999-7399

 

 

About The Presentation

CMMI for small Business and Small Departments

 

Embracing process improvement has been beneficial for large companies doing Federal and DOD contracts. Poor project performance in the Federal environment was the principle reason for the creation of the Software Engineering Institute in Pittsburg PA. Projects were, late, over budget, out of scope and poor quality. The CMMI process framework and infrastructure was created and is still being updated today as a cure for these problems. The last 20 years of experience have proven this.

 

 

 

Small business and small departments have benefited tremendously, also. Why??? The bottom line is that ANY process improvement is better than NO process improvement!

 

 

 

We will show how a small business or a small department can easily select and implement the processes that most benefit them. From Project Planning to Requirements Management, the CMMI framework has something for all businesses. "

 

About The Presenter

Nat Guadagnino, PMP

 

 

 

Leader, principle process engineer and project manager, consultant and Director of IT departments improving their productivity, efficiency and defect rates using a combination of CMMI, ISO-9001-2002, ITIL and PMO together with a strong infrastructure. Mr. Guadagnino has hands on, fast track experience leading departments to major process improvements leading to a PMO in 4 months or less by using 'Balanced Minimilization' and change management. He has performed the full life cycle of project and process improvement for industries in electronics manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical and aircraft maintenance, taking these dozen companies to process certification with SEI for CMMI, ISO, FAA and FDA.

 

 

 

Through the application of skills in leadership, extensive IT experience, training and education, he is an expert in solving turnaround scenarios. He knows exactly what needs to be done to improve processes and manage departments and projects to comply with both business needs and the SEI CMMI the first time. His hands on industry experience includes e-manufacturing, pharmaceutical, large body aircraft MRO, Health Insurance and Large Scale Retail. His IT experience includes 12 years as Director of IT in 3 corporations, over 15 years as a project manager implementing process and applications.

 

 

All Meetings are Open to the Public

To increase awareness and attendance at our meetings we will have a one page  (Adobe Acrobat File  Kb) that is available for you to post on your business Web site or print and post/hand out.


Location & Directions

Skyline Room

Coates Center

Trinity University

San Antonio, TX

 

Chick here to view the entire Trinity University Campus

Click here to view the eastern portion of the Trinity University Campus

Directions

 

  • From Downtown San Antonio take US 281 North to the Hildebrand Avenue exit.  Turn Left (West).
  • From the San Antonio Airport take US 281 South to the Hildebrand Avenue exit.  Turn Right (West).
  • Turn Left at the stop light at Stadium Drive.
  • At the bottom of the hill turn right, which is still Stadium Drive.
  • Turn at the first right into Trinity University and park in the Lot B, the parking lot across from Laurie Auditorium (a right turn).  You can park in any marked spot in Lot B after 5 p.m. on our meeting nights.  
  • Walk around Trinity Auditorium, you can go in either direction, but it is easier if you go to the west or right side of the Auditorium as you leave the parking lot and go around the edge of the construction site to Coates Center.  The main entrance is in about the center of the building.
  • Go into the building and up the circular stairs and the Skyline Room will be down the short hallway.  

 

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