Newsroom Announcements

Altair Releases ‘Right from the Start’ CMMI Template Kit. (May 3, 2006)

Altair Solutions announced today that it has released for general distribution its “Right from the Start” set of CMMI templates.  The “Right from the Start” program is designed to help both large and small IT shops achieve CMMI Maturity Level 2.  The packaged set contains the types of policies, processes, templates, guides, and forms typically seen in compliant Level 2 programs.  The set contains assets for the seven process areas of maturity Level 2.  These include Requirements Management, Project Planning, Project Monitoring  Control, Configuration Management, Supplier Agreement Management, Product & Process Quality Assurance, and Measurement & Analysis.

Though the package was intended mainly for users of the Staged Representation of CMMI, those who have adopted the Continuous Representation will also find that it can help jump start their initiatives.  For more information, call 770-582-9315

 

Dr. James Persse joins Altair as VP / Process Improvement. (May 1, 2006)

James R. Persse, PhD has joined Altair Solutions as Vice President of Process Improvement.  Dr.  Persse has 20 years experience in the field of technology management and process improvement.  He is a noted expert in the deployment of the CMMI, ISO 9001, and ITIL frameworks, and is an SEI authorized CMMI Instructor.  He is the author of Essential of Process Improvement (2006: O’Reilly Media), Implementing the Capability Maturity Model (2002: John Wiley & Sons), and Bit x Bit: Topics in technology management (2001: Little Hill).

In his new role Dr. Persse will be helping organizations with process assessments, gap analyses, program design and completion, training, and formal appraisals.  He can be reached at jpersse@AltairSol.com or at 678-939-8710.

 

Bergson Realty International turn to Altair Solutions. (March 18, 2006)

BRI, an international realty occupancy information corporation, has selected Altair Solutions as the consultancy group to help it implement and deploy an ITIL Service Delivery, Service Support, and Service Management Planning program throughout its IT Operations center at its U.S. Headquarters.

The initiative is designed to give BRI an enhanced capability to meet its service delivery and service support needs, across the company’s full IT enterprise. Phase 1 of the initiative will focus on Help Desk service level agreements, Incident and problem ticket management, and infrastructure configuration management and imaging.