Media Advisory

News Conference Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 1 p.m.

Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, GM, and IT Industry and Government Leaders to Discuss Groundbreaking Best Practices Model for Acquiring IT & Technical Products and Services

Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, with support from General Motors Information Systems & Services (IS&S) Department, will discuss a new best practices model in its CMMI Product Suite that the SEI believes will revolutionize the way governments and business worldwide acquire their software systems and services. SEI, GM and IT industry and government leaders will outline the specifics of the model during this press conference.

Who:	Paul D. Nielsen, SEI CEO and Director Ralph Szygenda, Group Vice President and CIO, General Motors Kristen Baldwin, Office of U.S. Secretary of Defense Deputy Director Keith Rhodes, U.S General Accountability Office (GAO) Chief Technologist Paul Spence, CEO for Global Outsourcing Services, Capgemini John McCain, Senior Vice President, Hewlett-Packard
What:	Press conference to discuss groundbreaking new best practices model for IT and technical products and services
When:	1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 7, 2007
How:	Members of the press may participate by dialing: 1-888-850-5066 (Toll free USA and Canada) +1 216-315-8587 (International) Access code: 85955 Credentialed Press Only
RSVP:	SEI Public Releations 412.268.4793 public-relations@sei.cmu.edu

About CMMI Product Suite
The CMMI® Product Suite was developed by teams of government, industry and SEI experts. It is a collection of best practices that enables organizations to improve their processes. The CMMI Product Suite is widely recognized as the de facto standard used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or an entire organization. The CMMI Product Suite consists of the well-established CMMI for Development (CMMI-DEV), its accompanying appraisal program, the Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI), and supporting training and education courses. The full product suite helps to integrate traditionally separate organizational functions, sets process improvement goals and priorities, provides guidance for quality processes, and serves as a point of reference for appraising current processes.

About Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a U.S. Department of Defense federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University. The SEI helps organizations make measured improvements in their software engineering capabilities by providing technical leadership to advance the practice of software engineering. For more information, visit the SEI Web site at http://www.sei.cmu.edu.