Staff Page for Rita Creel
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Chief Engineer, Intelligence Community Programs
Administrative home
Acquisition Support Program
Key responsibilities
Lead a team dedicated to meeting intelligence community software-intensive system acquisition challenges. Advise and assist government program offices; develop and transition methods to improve acquirer insight into development progress and quality; increase development efficiency; and obtain higher quality systems.
Professional Background
1990-2004: The Aerospace Corporation
Consulting, training, and research in software and systems acquisition, architecting, engineering and process improvement.
1984-1990: TRW Space and Technology Group (now Northrop Grumman Space Technology)
Software-intensive systems engineering and technical leadership. Responsible for system requirements analysis, software development planning, software requirements analysis, system and software design, coding and unit testing, integration and testing, acceptance testing, and maintenance.
Publications (recent or significant)
- Acquisition Overview: The Challenges. Build Security In. https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/daisy/bsi/articles/best-practices/acquisition.html
- Assuring Software Systems Security: Life Cycle Considerations for Government Acquisitions. Build Security In. https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/daisy/bsi/articles/best-practices/acquisition.html
- Requirements Traceability Metrics: An Overview. Eighth International Applications of Software Measurement Conference. Software Quality Engineering. Orange Park, FLA.
- Metrics for Requirements Engineering. Journal of Systems and Software. Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 39-63.
Education
- M.S., Computer Science / Computer Engineering, California State University, Long Beach
- B.S., Engineering and Computer Science, California State University, Long Beach
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Practical Software and Systems Measurement, Qualified Instructor
- International Council on Systems Engineering, Measurement Working Group Co-Chair
- IEEE Standards Development and Review
Contact Information
Electronic mail address: rc@sei.cmu.edu
Phone: (703) 908-8206
Fax:(703) 908-9317
Room: W1025