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(Steve Robinson)
Hello,
I’m Steve Robinson, Vice President
of Worldwide Sales
for IBM Rational.
IBM is a recognized leader in the Capability Maturity Model Integration community
or CMMI.
We provide ...
- CMMI appraisals,
- training
- and consulting services -- as well as --
- world-class tools
from the Rational brand in support of CMMI process areas.
As a result ...
we are always looking for companies that have been successful with CMMI and
General Motors
is one of those companies.
GM is a front runner
in the new and exciting CMMI for Acquisition effort.
Pursuing CMMI requires vision and innovation.
GM had the vision
to completely reengineer their development process by partnering
with key industry suppliers to provide
solutions.
GM was innovative
in their approach and their groundbreaking activities are now standards that other firms are following.
Here’s more
on how GM has taken
a global leadership role in this space.
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(Richard Frost)
Hello, I'm Dr. Richard Frost and I'm
the Global Director
of Systems Delivery
at General Motors.
I would like to
speak to you about
how important it is
for IT organizations
to properly leverage
their suppliers to drive innovative solutions
for their business.
One of the tools we’ve used to move our IT organization forward
is the Capability Maturity Model for Acquisition,
or the CMMI-ACQ.
At General Motors,
we focus on developing, building and selling great cars and trucks.
We sell over 9 million vehicles annually in over 200 countries.
To enable this ...
GM operates one of the most complex IT environments in the world.
We are truly
a 7 day a week,
24 hour a day,
global IT organization.
To support this environment,
we needed to structure our organization
and suppliers to be ...
- agile,
- drive innovation,
- and build strong relationships with our business.
As we looked at our staff and suppliers ...
we realized that the process of acquiring systems is significantly different than developing systems.
We confirmed this with the Software Engineering Institute,
or SEI,
and in 2004,
GM partnered with ...
- the SEI,
- US Department
of Defense,
- NASA,
- and some of the industry’s key suppliers to develop a maturity model for customers of IT sourcing.
After pilots at GM
and other organizations,
the Capability
Maturity Model
for Acquisition,
or CMMI-ACQ,
was released in November, 2007.
The CMMI-ACQ
is a maturity model that is geared toward customers that acquire systems.
As a maturity model,
the ACQ presents
a structured framework with 5 ‘maturity levels’
to drive
the acquisition capabilities
of an enterprise.
The model provides guidance, best practices, and capability assessment in key areas such as ...
- requirements,
- project management,
- architecture,
- and contracting.
GM has utilized the model to develop ...
- the structure of our IT organization,
- our standard system delivery process,
- and develop standard contracts.
The guidance provided by the CMMI-ACQ
has helped GM position itself among the global leaders in ...
- IT innovation,
- sourcing,
- and acquistion.
(wrap up)
Our success in IT innovation will help General Motors
- design,
- manufacture,
- and sell exciting,
high quality cars
and trucks.
Thank you.