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Hand in Hand

About 70% of the value created in the Federal Republic of Germany is based on services. Requirements concerning assured quality, costs and on‐time delivery, which the manufacturing industry had to respond to long ago have since also become a decisive competitive factor in the services sector. Providers of IT services in particular can no longer afford to be said to have suboptimal processes in »immature« organizations. Since end of February 2009 the Capability Maturity Model Integration for Services (CMMI‐SVC) of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is now offering methods for processes, organizations, continuous improvement as well as for internal and external benchmarking.

Dr. Ute Streubel in Manage-IT (PDF)

Implementing Functional Safety Requirements and Expectations in the Automotive Industry

Innovations in the automotive industry are increasingly driven by electrical, electronic or programmable electronic systems. According to German car manufacturers, 80 to 90 per cent of them are implemented in electronics and software, hence the number and complexity of electronic control units (ECUs) in a car continue to increase.

Process Performance Improvement in the Automotive - Why and How?

The automotive industry is highly innovative. Technologies like software (x-by-wire) are driving innovation, yet directly impact on safety, margins and market share. In a globally competitive environment, is is essential to maintain the speed of innovation and manage process performance improvement efficiently and effectively.

CMMI® - An Executive Summary

The purpose of this document is to provide a brief overview of the Capability Maturity Model Integration - CMMI1, its application in industry and relation to other models and approaches for systematic process evaluation and process improvement.