Kasse Initiatives is an SEIPartner for CMMI and SCAMPI (SM). We use the CMMI® as the overarching framework for consulting, appraisals and training courses in combination with our extensive knowledge and experience of other international standards and models.
Our approach is to work with our clients to help them improve, but in a way that they can balance the achievement of their planned process improvement with their business objectives.
Short and long-term consulting, coaching and mentoring for Senior Management, Process Groups, Project Managers, and Systems and Software Engineering Groups. Services are available in expert, collaborative and observer modes.
Kasse Initiatives offers 2-5 Day workshops and 1-2 Day seminars and management overviews that provide the engineering principles behind the CMMI®. Courses include:
- Supplier Management
- Quality Engineering
- Risk Management
- Measurements
- Project Management
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- Requirements Engineering
- Configuration Management
- Peer Reviews
- CMMI® Management Overview
- Systems Engineering
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Personnel with Kasse Initiatives are experienced Lead Appraisers authorized to conduct all SCAMPI assessments.
We offer authorized SCAMPI Class C, B and A appraisals as well as an array of intermediate appraisal activities including the Action Focused Assessment originally developed by Tim Kasse.
Capability Maturity Model and CMMI are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
SCAMPI and SEI are service marks of Carnegie Mellon University.
The CMMI is the framework for our training courses, appraisals, and consulting all designed to support your organization’s overall business process improvement
- Helping our clients achieve their process improvement goals through consulting, training and assessment activities
- Assisting clients to make a measurable difference against their business objectives
- Leveraging the power of many industry models, standards and tools
- Transitioning prior investments in process improvement to current processes and practices
- Applying present day knowledge, experience and lessons learned to maximize effectiveness of change
Kasse Initiatives uses the CMMI as its overarching framework but recognizes the value of integrating best practices from other leading standards and models to support an organization’s process improvement activities. Some of the leading standards and models include:
- ISO 12207 – Software Lifecycle Processes
- ISO 15288 – Life-cycle Processes for Systems
- AS 9100 – for Aerospace applications
- TL 9000 – for Telecommunications
- ISO 16949 – for Automotive Engineering
- ITIL- IT Infrastructure Library
- PMI – Project Management Institute – Project Management
- ISO 15504 – SPICE
- Six Sigma Black Belt and Master Black B
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