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CoMMIt Symposium

DAY 1 
  1. Keynote address - South Africa’s Potential as a Developer of Software and Other High Tech Products and Services. Mandisi Mpahlwa - The Minister of Trade and Industry (DTI)
  2. Using the CMMI® in New Environments – Transition Planning. Mike Phillips - CMMI Program Manager, SEI, USA
  3. How CMMI and Other Process Initiatives have Supported the Growth of India’s IT Industry. Nidhi Srivastava – Head of the Quality Function, TCS, India
  4. People, Process and Metrics: Transforming and Organsiation’s Capability. LC Singh – President and CEO, Nihilent Technologies, India
  5. Working with the SEI to Bring Benefits to Process Improvement in Mexico. Philip Miller, SEI, USA
  6. Working with Developing Countries to Grow Skills and Capacity in the IT Sector. Paul Goodman – Professor of Organisational Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  7. Bringing CMMI to South Africa. Prof. Barry Dwolatzky, Director and CEO of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering
  8. BREAK AWAY 1: Financial Sector Case Study. Ashok Sontakke – Vice President Quality, Nihilent Technologies, India
  9. BREAK AWAY 2: Public Sector Case Study. Gideon Smit – Quality Manager, SITA
  10. BREAK AWAY 2: Benefits in the Public Sector – a Vendor Perspective. Simon Harris – Microsoft Corporation
  11. BREAK AWAY 3: Capability Maturity Model® Integration: Past, Present, and Future – the Benefits. Mike Phillips - CMMI Program Manager, SEI, USA
DAY 2
  1. Capability Maturity Model® Integration Update. Mike Phillips - CMMI Program Manager, SEI, USA
  2. CMMI® and other Process Improvement Models/Standards. Ashok Sontakke – Vice President Quality, Nihilent Technologies, India