Sandy Shrum
Senior Writer/Editor

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Key responsibilities

Communications Coordinator for CMMI Initiative, Coordinator of the CMMI Development Process, CMMI Model Team Member, CMMI Configuration Control Board (CCB) Secretary, and CMMI Internal CCB Member

Teams

CMMI Editor Team CMMI Glossary Team CMMI Front Matter Team Communication Strategy Team 

Professional Background

Before joining the SEI, Sandy spent eight years working Legent Corporation, a Virginia-based software company where she became familiar with the software development lifecycle and processes. She has been working at the SEI since 1995 and has been part of the CMMI development team since its inception in 1998.

Publications (recent or significant)

• Gallagher, Brian P. and Shrum, Sandy. Applying CMMI to Systems Acquisition. CrossTalk 17, 8 (Aug 2004): http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2004/08/0408Gallagher.html
• Chrissis, Mary Beth; Konrad, Mike; and Shrum, Sandy. CMMI: Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement. Boston, MA: Addison Wesley, 2003, http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/publications/cmmi-book.html
• Konrad, Mike and Shrum, Sandy. CMM IntegrationEnterprise-Wide Process Improvement Using the Next Generation of CMMs Software Process Improvement by Hunter, Robin B. (Editor) and Thayer, Richard H. (Editor) Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press, November 2001
• Phillips, Mike and Shrum, Sandy. Creating an Integrated CMM for Systems and Software Engineering. CrossTalk 13, 9 (Sep 2000): 26-27. http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2000/09/phillips.html
• Shrum, Sandy. Choosing a CMMI Model Representation. CrossTalk 13, 7 (Jul 2000): 6-7. http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2000/07/shrum.html

Education

• Master of Arts in Professional Writing from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Gannon University, Erie, PA

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Society for Technical Communication
• National Defense Industrial Association