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June 29, 2005
United Defense LPs Journey Towards CMM/CMMI Level 5
Presented by:
Dao X Vu
Manager - Process and Product Quality Management (Ground System Division)
Abstract
United Defense, LP is a world-class manufacturer of ground combat vehicles. The company has produced more than 100,000 combat vehicles for the US Army and Marines. Ground Systems Division's (GSD) signature products, such as the M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the M88A2 HERCULES Improved Recovery Vehicle, and next-generation systems like the Army's Future Combat System, are developed based on years of advanced research and development experience.
To be a world-class systems integrator UDLP GSD has invested significantly in its process capabilities. GSD has evolved from a .metal bender. to the elite group of US companies with SEI CMM/CMMI Level 5 capability for software. Systems engineering is also on its way to a maturity CMMI Level 5 next June. This presentation, by Dao Vu, Manager of the Process and Product Quality Management, will describe the experience UDLP GSD has been through and how GSD moves from a .mud sucking Level 1. to CMM/CMMI Level 5.
Downloads
2005_06.pdf
Speaker Bio
Mr. Dao X. Vu, Manager of the Process and Product Quality Management Department at UDLP Ground Systems Division (GSD), has spent more than 23 years in systems and software engineering environment, where he has held various positions in engineering and management. In the last 14 years he has focused on software and systems engineering process improvement. At Sacramento Air Logistics Center he took a software engineering division of more than 250 engineers from CMM Level 1 to Level 3 in 9 months. He joined UDLP GSD almost 10 years ago and led its software community from no level to CMM Level 5 in 6.5 years and to CMMI Level 5 last June. He is now leading both software and systems process groups for a joint SW/SE CMMI Level 5 effort. His work spans across UDLP sites in different capacities including Santa Clara, Minneapolis, Orlando, and York.
Mr. Vu gave a talk at SEPG 97 on software process improvement. He was a member of the SEI.s Requirements Management Transition team. He is also a member of the Technical Advisory Board of the Systems and Software Consortium, Inc. (formerly Software Productivity Consortium). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and electronics engineering from California State University of Sacramento and a BA in English from Saigon University, Vietnam.
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