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21 February 2007
IPRC Publishes A Process Research Framework
The International Process Resarch Consortium (IPRC) has published a new book titled A Process Research Framework, now available via SEI Customer Relations.
The IPRC brings together 27 leaders from academia and industry to study the implications of both plausible future scenarios and existing process research. The result is a research framework that addresses the question of how the communities represented by the IPRC membership should invest in process research during the next decade. By providing systematically organized research themes and targeted question, the framework serves as a focusing tool for industry, researchers, and funding agencies in deterrmining the most fruitful questions to address in their own research programs.
Click here to read more about the framework. The book is available until April 30 for an initial special price of US$32.99. Beginning May 1 2007, the book will cost $49.99. SEI Customer Relations can be contacted at +1 412-268-5800 or via e-mail.
22 January
2006
Chief Architect of IPRC Roadmap Recognized
As IT Professional of the Year
The British Computer Society has announced Dr. George Wilkie as the recipient
of its prestigious IT Professional of the Year Award for 2006. Wilkie, Director
of
the
University
of Ulster’s
Centre for Software Process Technologies (CSPT), is being recognized for his
work with process improvement
in the software industry of Northern Ireland.
Wilkie has
been
a
member
of
the
IPRC since its inception in 2004, and currently serves the consortium as chief
architect of the IPRC Roadmap, a document scheduled for publication
in August 2006 that will provide a vision of process research
over the next 5-10 years.
For more information about the award, see this news
release from
the University of Ulster.
25 October
2005
International Research Workshop for Process Improvement in Small Settings
The International Research
Workshop for Process Improvement in Small Settings was held October 19-20
at the SEI in Pittsburgh. Attendees from Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Germany,
Ireland, India, Japan, Malaysia, Spain, Mexico, and the
United States discussed the challenges of process improvement in small and medium
size enterprises, small organizations within large companies, and small projects.
The presentations addressed starting and sustaining process improvement, qualitative
and quantitative studies, and using CMMI, Agile, MoProSoft, ISO, QFD, and TSP
in small settings. The workshop also had working groups that discussed issues
unique to small settings, such as regional support centers and process improvement "on
a shoestring."
12 May
2005
IPRC Member Awarded Canada Research Chair in
Electronic Health Information
An international panel of experts recently approved the nomination
of IPRC member Khaled El Emam as Canada Research Chair in Electronic
Health Information. A limited
number of these prestigious research professorships are awarded through a $900
million program funded by the Canadian government. Nominees are exceptional
emerging researchers, considered by their peers to have the capacity
for leadership in
their field.
El Emam's research at the University of Ottawa concerns
the electronic health records used in Canada and around the world to
manage and deliver health
care.
He is studying the human, organizational, and technological factors that affect
the quality of data contained in those records. Ultimately, this research will
form a foundation for the tools, guidelines, and standards necessary for ensuring
the quality of data contained in electronic health records. To support this
research, the Canadian government will grant the University of Ottawa
$100,000 each year
for the duration of El Emam's five-year tenure as a Canada Research Chair.
16
January 2005
Global Business Network Lent Expertise to International
Process Research Consortium
Jonathan Star, a practitioner from leading consulting organization Global Business
Network (GBN), participated in the second workshop of the International Process
Research Consortium (IPRC). Star is a specialist in scenario planning, future
research, business strategy, and public policy. He presented information about
global trends for members of the IPRC to consider during the January 16 workshop.
As a discussant, Star also observed the workshop and provided the consortium
members with his reflections and insights.
GBN is a learning community, based in San Francisco,
that taps a global network of strategic thinkers in industry, the sciences,
the arts, business, and academia. GBN's expertise in the exploration
of emerging issues helped IPRC members formulate a research agenda for "what's
next" in process research.
14
December 2004
BAE Systems Joins International Process Research
Consortium (IPRC)
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) welcomes BAE Systems as
the latest sponsor of the International Process Research Consortium
(IPRC). BAE Systems will participate
in the consortium's upcoming workshop scheduled for January 16-18, 2005 in
Orlando, Florida. This workshop is the second in a series of six
such events that will
result in a roadmap charting the likely course of process research for the
next 5-10 years. BAE Systems is joining founding sponsors Robert
Bosch, GmbH; University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Lockheed Martin Corporation; the Florida IT Centers
of Excellence; Science Applications International Corporation; Tata Consultancy
Services (TCS); and the Software Engineering Institute.
26 October 2004
Bosch Joins International Process Research
Consortium (IPRC)
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is pleased to welcome
German industrial company Robert Bosch, GmbH as a founding sponsor
of the International Process
Research Consortium. The SEI-organized consortium will conduct a series of
workshops through 2006, eventually producing a roadmap that will chart the
likely course of process research for the next 5-10 years. Founding organizations
have committed their expertise, energy, and imagination to this visionary,
collaborative endeavor.
Caroline Graettinger, Chair of the IPRC, calls Bosch's
sponsorship of IPRC "a natural fit." Innovation in research and development
and an international outlook are key to the company's organizational
identity. This international perspective and commitment to the leading
edge of research and development represent the kind of global, forward-thinking
approach that Graettinger and other consortium organizers believe is
critical in creating scenarios for future process research.
Bosch is recognized worldwide as a leader in security
systems, broadband networks, and diverse technology areas ranging from
automotive, automation, metals, and packaging technology to power tools,
heating technology, and household appliances. Since it began in Germany
nearly 120 years ago, Bosch has founded international agencies in over
50 countries and has been one of the largest industrial organizations
in the Federal Republic of Germany for the past 40 years.
7 September 2004
UPMC Joins the International Process Research
Consortium
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) joins the SEI and other
leading organizations in process research to sponsor the International Process
Research Consortium (IPRC). The purpose of the consortium is to project future
needs and trends in process research over the long term (five to ten years
in the future). Consortium members include internationally recognized experts
from all over the world as well as organizations in such divergent domains
as manufacturing, consulting, and research. With the participation of UPMC,
the consortium extends its perspective into the domain of health care.
UPMC is a premier health care system, one of the
largest nonprofit integrated health care systems in the United States.
Its strong clinical and research reputation draws patients from throughout
the U.S. and dozens of countries across the globe.
13 August 2004
First International Process Research Consortium
Workshop a Success
The International Process Research Consortium (IPRC) has pronounced
its first workshop a success. Twenty-one leaders from industry and academia
attended the inaugural IPRC workshop, held
August 11-13 in Huntington Beach, California. The attendees, all globally
recognized experts in the field of software process, met to launch the
IPRC and begin exploring new horizons in process research and development.
Each attendee presented fellow consortium members with a vision of future trends,
problems, solutions, and research areas in software process research. The international
membership of the consortium hails from Spain, Mexico, Germany, Canada, Italy,
Ireland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Korea, Australia, and the United States.
This meeting, the first of six, was designed to get as many ideas on the table
as possible in a short amount of time. The second meeting, scheduled for January
2005, will build on these ideas to provide future workshops with a full set
of concepts to evaluate, synthesize, and prioritize.
3 August 2004
Lockheed Martin Corporation Joins
the International Process Research Consortium
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMCO) has joined the Software Engineering Institute
in sponsorship of the International Process Research Consortium (IPRC). The
consortium is a group of internationally recognized experts in process research
and development who will meet over the next two years to create a roadmap,
a projection of process research needs and trends in the long term (5 to 10
years in the future).
LMCO is represented in the consortium by Lynn Penn, Director of Quality Systems & Process
Management for the Integrated Systems & Solutions group. Penn attended
the consortium's initial August 11 workshop in California along with representatives
from other founding sponsors including TCS America, the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and
the Florida IT Centers of Excellence.
LMCO employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, and integration of advanced technology
systems, products, and services. It is the largest provider of IT services,
systems integration, and training to the U.S. government.
16 July 2004
TCS America Joins International Process
Research Consortium (IPRC)
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) welcomes
TCS America as a founding member of the SEI-organized International
Process Research Consortium (IPRC).
The IPRC will produce a roadmap charting the likely course of process research
for the next 5-10 years. The consortium will begin its work on August 11 with
the first of six workshops to be held over the next two years. Forward-thinking
organizations like TCS America are committing expertise, energy, and imagination
to this endeavor that will shape the future of process research.
TCS America is the U.S. branch of Tata Consultancy Services, a world leader
in information technology consulting, business process outsourcing, and services
spanning many different industries.
1 July 2004
SAIC Joins International Consortium
for Process Research
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) welcomes
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as a founding
member of the International Process Research Consortium (IPRC). SAIC's
Intelligence Information Solutions Business Unit joined the consortium
earlier this week and will participate in all six workshops over
the next two years. This SEI-organized series of workshops will produce
a roadmap charting the likely course of process research for the
next 5-10 years. The founding organizations are committing their
expertise, energy, and imagination to a visionary endeavor that will
shape the future of process research.
"SAIC is a leader in research and engineering, and leadership means defining
the future," said Dr. Mary Ann Herndon, Process Improvement Manager for
SAIC's Research and Intelligence Group. "Continuous improvement and responding
to change are our strengths. As part of the IPRC, we're looking a step beyond
to anticipate emerging customer needs. That's customer focus, and that's how
we've built our success."
11 March 2004
IPRC Team Lead Presents Consortium Overview
at SEPG Conference
IPRC Team Lead Dr. Caroline Graettinger presented an overview of the
consortium at the 2004 Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG) Conference.
19 January 2004
Software Engineering Institute Announces Consortium
Sponsorship
The Software Engineering Institute announced its
sponsorship of the International Process Research Consortium (IPRC).
12 January 2004
First International Process Research Consortium
Workshop Scheduled for Summer 2004
Organizers have selected summer 2004 as the timeframe for the first of six
two-day workshops for the International Process Research Consortium (IPRC).
Workshops will occur approximately every four months for a two-year period.
Workshop organizers will be choosing international sites to accommodate international
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