Staff Page for Donna K. Dunaway

Contents: Contact Background Publications Education Memberships

Job title

Visiting Scientist

Administrative home

Software Engineering Process Management (SEPM) Program

Key responsibilities

As a Visiting Scientist, she has administrative responsibilities and is track leader for CBA Lead Assessors who use the CBA IPI assessment method. She is a member of the SEI Appraiser Board. She is a SCAMPI Lead Appraiser and a qualified instructor for Introduction to CMMI courses. She is a CBA Lead Assessor and a qualified instructor for Introduction to CMM for Software. Prior to becoming a Visiting Scientist, she was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the SEI from 1992 to 2002. She had responsibility for the CMM-Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement (CBA IPI) and the SEI Appraiser Program. As an authorized Lead Assessor, she has participated in assessments for SEI clients at all maturity levels.

Professional Background

Before joining the SEI in 1992, Dunaway worked in industry software development organizations and applied research groups in support of software engineering technologies. She has led software process improvement initiatives, research projects, knowledge-based system development, and other engineering applications implemented in software. She has technical and managerial experience in software research and development with companies including Texas Instruments, The Analytic Sciences Corporation, Atlantic Richfield, and her own consulting firm. She taught graduate computer science courses at The University of Texas at Dallas and East Texas State University.

Publications (recent or significant)

CMM-Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement (CBA IPI): Method Description V1.2, co-authored with Steve Masters, CMU/SEI-2001-TR-033, December 2001
CMM-Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement (CBA IPI) Lead Assessor's Guide V1.2, CMU/SEI-2001-HB-002, December 2001
Analysis of CMM-Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement (CBA IPI) Assessment Feedback, co-authored with Michele Baker, CMU/SEI-2001-TR-021, November 2001
Why Do Organizations Have Assessments? Do They Pay Off?, co-authored with Ruth Berggren, Gilles des Rochettes, Paul Iredale, Itzhak Lavi, and Guy Taylor, CMU/SEI-99-TR-012, July 1999

Education

Ph.D., Systems Engineering (Computer Science), Southern Methodist University
M. S., Mathematics, Southern Methodist University
B. A., Mathematics/French, Texas Christian University

Professional Memberships and Activities

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Co-Chairperson, Assessment Methodology Team, CMM Integration Product Development Team, 1998-2000
Member, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners, 1998 & 1999
SEI Technical Program Representative, SEPG Planning Committees, 1995-1999
American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)

Contact Information

Electronic mail address: dkd@sei.cmu.edu

Phone: 972-484-0433

Fax:972-484-6635

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