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It's now May 2007 and I have performed a total
of 48 SEI CMMI SCAMPI
A Appraisals. I am an SEI Authorized SCAMPI Lead Appraiser and
have led two of these appraisals. I came back to TRW (which is now Northrop
Grumman in Reston, VA) on July 10th 2000. During the next 12 months
of 2000/2001 I performed 10 assessments (8 were SEI CBA IPI assessments).
These assessments were performed to verify that ALL programs with 10 or
more personnel involved in software development are performing at an Software
Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level 3.
This was validated by having an externally led CMM-Based Appraisal for Internal
Process Improvement (CBA IPI). The CMM Based Appraisal method is a
very comprehensive way to evaluate any organization's capability to develop
software. Organizations are more likely to develop software on schedule
and within budget if they are higher up the maturity scale (1-5).
For detailed information on the CMM. The assessments that were performed during
the last half of 2000 verified that all programs in Mission Systems achieved
the Level 3 rating. This was not just a one shot effort. Don Winter,
the Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) President, directed that the
CMM Initiative will continue and that the goals will be stretched to ensure
that all programs of 10 or more software, systems or services engineering
personnel will actively pursue (and achieve) SEI CMMI
Level 3 ratings. The CMMI is an "integrated model" that covers both System
and Software Engineering. It should cut the costs for assessments and support
better integration of the two organizations. Those programs that achieved
the SEI CMM Level 3 rating have worked to ensure that they are CMMI Level
5. Currently ALL programs in NGMS have been appraised to be
least CMMI Level 3 and most are performing at CMMI Level 5. As of this date,
May 2007, 8 Division (with over 140 projects) within Northrop
Grumman Mission Systems have achieved
CMMI Level 5 (NGMS has performed 65 SCAMPI A appraisal with 25
of them achieving CMMI Level 5). One of the NGMS
Level 5 Appraisals had 13 team members with 4 from the Government,
3 from Boeing, 5 from Northrop Grumman and the SEI Lead Appraiser from Comskil.
This Level 5 Appraisal took only 4 days. All projects within NGMS follow
the same software development processes (tailored for their project), these
are used in the training of all NGMS personnel and then proactive CMMI Appraisals
are performed to ensure that they are being used in day to day software
development activities. I am an "authorized"
lead assessor in the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability
Maturity Model (CMM) Based Assessment method and as of July 23, 2001 am
also an authorized CMMI Authorized lead appraiser. Other Sectors within
Northrop Grumman Corporation have also embraced the SEI CMMI Model. Northrop
Grumman Corporation (including the NGMS appraisals) has performed a total
of 91 SCAMPI A appraisal of which 37 have achieved Level 5 ratings.
I also led or participated over twenty (20) CBA
IPI assessments through 2000. While at Raytheon I participated in a CMMI
assessment in Bedford, MA at Raytheon Systems Company on 3-14 April 2000.
I previously participated in an CMM Level 5 assessment in Fullerton, CA
(Command Control Systems), in October, 1998. The lead assessor
was from an Integrated System Diagnostics (previously with the SEI) as was
one other team member. The nine member team had a total of over 234
years experience in software development. There were 3 certified lead
assessors and 2 others who are one step from being certified. Everyone
had participated on more than 3 assessments and so not only was the process
thorough, but it was reasonably easy to perform. I have also prepared
for and participated in Software Capability Evaluations (SCEs) and in Software
Development Capability Evaluations (SDCEs). I have been certified/trained
as an Internal ISO 9001 auditor and have performed internal ISO audits.
One of my hobbies is genealogy. I have created genealogy
pages (see index) for my Ulrich family (ancestors
and descendants) as best I know it today and for my
part of the ULRICH family. To see a complete list of the names
in my family check my SURNAME LIST.
The FAMILY TREES have been started for major links to my family.
All of these family trees have links to me. If you don't find your family
here, you can look in the index (on the left) at the General
Information on Genealogy.
My brother, Barry, has a home page where you can find
information about him. He's a teacher and into music (he is a composer),
astronomy (photos from his telescope), and ham radio. He teaches at
Montebello Intermediate School in California.
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