Presentations by SEMA Staff

SEMA staff produce numerous presentations on interesting measurement and analysis topics. Our recent presentations are available here in portable document format (PDF).

2008 Presentations

A Practitioner View of CMMI Process Performance Models, Robert Stoddard and Rusty Young, March 2008
Half-day tutorial presented at North America SEPG

Additional materials from this tutorial available in a single .zip package, including
- Excel spreadsheet model using Crystal Ball for an escaped defect model
- Minitab file of simple linear regression example of a process performance model
- Two SAS JMP files depicting examples of dummy variable regression and nominal logistic regression model - examples of process performance models

Tutorial: If You’re Living the “High Life,” You’re Living the Informative Material, Rusty Young, Bob Stoddard, and Mike Konrad, March 2008
One-day tutorial presented at North America SEPG; earlier version was delivered to the CMMI Lead Appraiser workshop in October 2007

2007 Presentations

Understanding CMMI Measurement Capabilities & Impact on Performance:
Results from the 2007 SEI State of the Measurement Practice Survey, Dennis Goldenson, November 2007

Systems Engineering Complexity and Project Management, Robert Ferguson, November 2007

Software Design for Six Sigma (SDFSS) and the SEI Technologies Meet, Robert Stoddard, June 2007

Exactly What are Process Performance Models in the CMMI?, Robert Stoddard, June 2007

Quicker and Better Quality Improvement Business Cases with Bayesian Belief Networks and Six Sigma, Ben Linders and Robert Stoddard, June 2007

SEMA Course Overview, Robert Stoddard, May 2007

Can You Trust Your Data? Measurement and Analysis Infrastructure Diagnosis, David Zubrow, March 2007

Tutorial: Achieving Success via Multi-Model Process Improvement, Jeannine M. Siviy, M. Lynn Penn, and Robert Stoddard
March 2007
Results of the Group Exercises:
Benefits Sorted by Grouping Category    |    Benefits Challenges Paretos
Benefits Table Sorted    |    Benefits Summary Tables
Challenges Sorted by Grouping Category    |    Challenges Boxplots
Challenges Table Sorted    |    Challenges Summary Tables

2006 Presentations

2006 State of Software Measurement Practice Survey, Mark Kasunic,
August 2006

SEPG 2006

Six Sigma Tools for Early Adopters, Rick Hefner, Northrop Grumman and Jeannine Siviy, SEI

2005 Presentations

The Effects of CMMI on Program Performance, Joseph P. Elm and Dennis R. Goldenson, November 2005

SEPG 2005

Bridging the Gap Between CMMI and Six Sigma Training, Jeannine Siviy, SEI, and Dave Hallowell, Six Sigma Advantage

Panel Discussion: Using Six Sigma to Accelerate CMMI Adoption (and Vice Versa), Jeannine Siviy, SEI, Panel Moderator, September 2005

Pitfalls to Avoid While Accelerating Your CMMI Implementation with Six Sigma, Gregg Beardsley, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems

Using Six Sigma to Accelerate CMMI Adoption (and Vice Versa), Rick Hefner, Process Initiatives, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

Integrating CMMI and Six Sigma in Software and Systems Engineering, M. Lynn Penn, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions

Leaning Out, the Often Overlooked “Non-Manufacturing Environment”, Jim Serazio and Charles Everett, Raytheon Missile Systems Company

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2004 Presentations

Organizational Considerations for the Estimating Process, Robert Ferguson, Presentation to the Siemens Corporation, November 2004

A Measurement and Analysis Training Solution Supporting CMMI and Six Sigma Transition, Dave Hallowell, Six Sigma Advantage and Jeannine M. Siviy, SEI, Six Sigma for Software Development Conference, October 2004

Using Six Sigma to Accelerate the Adoption of CMMI for Optimal Results, Jeannine M. Siviy and Eileen Forrester, Six Sigma for Software Development Conference, October 2004

Measurement and Analysis: What Can and Does Go Wrong?, Maureen Brown, University of North Carolina Institute and Dennis R. Goldenson, SEI, 10th International Symposium on Software Metrics, September 2004

Measuring Software Product Quality: the ISO 25000 Series and CMMI, Dave Zubrow, European SEPG, June 2004

Conducting Effective Pilot Studies, Mark Kasunic, SEPG 2004, March 2004

Trading Places: Measurement and Analysis in the Eyes of the Acquirer and the Supplier, Jeannine Siviy, Wolfhart Goethert, and Robert Ferguson, SEPG 2004, March 2004

System of Systems Integration Cost Driver Research, Dave Zubrow, 37th Annual DoD Cost Analysis Symposium, February 2004

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2003 Presentations

Measurement in a Process Framework
Dave Zubrow, First Toronto-Based Process & Methodology Seminar, September 2003

Integrating CMMI^® and Six Sigma
Jeannine Siviy, SEPG 2003, February 2003

CMMI Appraisal Results
Dave Zubrow, SEPG 2003, February 2003

Data Analysis Dynamics
Jeannine Siviy and William Florac, SEPG 2003, February 2003

Measuring Systems Interoperability
Mark Kasunic, Conference on the Acquisition of Software Intensive Systems, January 2003

Developing Enterprise-Wide Measures
for Tracking Performance of Acquisition Organizations
Wolfhart Goethert, Conference on the Acquisition of Software Intensive Systems, January 2003

Presentations from the Six Sigma for Software Development Conference, October 2003

Rapid Six Sigma Ramp-Up, Hans Bueheler and Mark Greco, IDX Systems Corporation

Tollgates, Daren Daggs, Seagate Technology

Statistical Process Control for Software, Nancy Eickelmann, Spftware and Systems Engineering Research Laboratory, Motorola Labs

The Relationship Between Project Management and Six Sigma, Bill Evantoff, ESTM Associates, Inc.

Six Sigma Roadmaps: DFSS and DMAIC: Similarities andDistinctions, Gary Gack, Six Sigma Advantage, Inc.

Using Software CTQ Flowdown and Capability Prediction to Reduce Risk and Drive Results, Dave Hallowell, Six Sigma Advantage, Inc.

Introduction to Six Sigma for Software: The Third Wave, Bruce Hayes, Six Sigma Advantage. Inc.

Why Software Inspections are Essential to a DFSS Course, Dan Houston, Honeywell ACS

Understanding and Applying DFSS to Software Design and Development Steven R. Null, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

Software Design for Six Sigma at Honeywell Aerospace, Rich Pavlik, Honeywell International

Using Combinatorial Testing to Reduce Risk and Improve Product Quality, Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc.

Your Six Sigma Measurement Infrastructure... And Beyond!, Jeannine Siviy

You Are a Bayesian: You Just Don't Know It, Bob Stoddard, Motorola University

Optimization: Taking the Design of Experiments (DoE) to the Next Level, Information Technology Research Associates

Project X Enterprise: Process Improvement and Six Sigma Program Management Solution, Breakthrough Management Group, Information Technology Research Associates (ITRA)

Voice of the Customer: A Quick Reference

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Selected 2002 Presentations

An Integrated View of Process and Measurement
Mark Kasunic, SEPG 2002, February 2002

Getting More out of your Inspection Data:
Using Capture-Recapture Models for the Reinspection Decision
Julie Barnard, Khaled El Emam, and Dave Zubrow, SEPG 2002, February 2002

How Good Is the Software: A Review of Defect Prediction Techniques
Brad Clark and Dave Zubrow, SEPG 2002, February 2002

Uses of Measurement in Security Analyses
James McCurley, SEPG 2002, February 2002

Measuring Acquisition Processes. What, You Mean I Have to Measure? Wolfhart Goethert, SEPG 2002, February 2002

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