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Contact PPQC today for more information on our service offerings and a competitive price quote that will facilitate your process improvement journey.

PPQC Services

PPQC provides a tightly integrated suite of appraisals, training, and advising services including:

  • Mini Assessments, Appraisals, and Gap Analyses (CMMI, multi-model)
  • Formal assessments (SCAMPISM) based on the Capability Maturity Models® of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), including High Maturity
  • Training and Workshops
  • Mentoring and support in all areas of software process improvement
  • Project management

As a Software Engineering Institute (SEI) partner, PPQC is licensed to deliver the Introduction to CMMI and SCAMPI Appraisal Team Training courses.  This enables our Appraisers to have extensive training experience, access to the most current versions of courseware, and the ability to provide the highest quality of services to our clients.

PPQC’s clients include both large and small commercial companies in multiple industry sectors.  PPQC has extensive international experience, providing support to organizations in Canada, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, China, and the UK.

Advisory Services

Our advisory services can help you:

  • Periodically assess your progress and make needed course corrections
  • Ensure that your CMMI initiative will produce a Return on Investment, not just a rating
  • Structure CMMI project governance
  • Plan for change management

Training and Workshops

  • SEI's Introduction to the CMMI
  • SEI's CMMI-ACQ addition
  • Executive Overview of the CMMI
  • Process Area Training
  • Process Improvement Team Training
  • Workshops for Getting Started with the CMMI
  • High Maturity Workshops

CMMI SCAMPI* Appraisals

PPQC provides a full suite of appraisal services to help you understand and rate key improvement areas.  Our SEI-certified Lead Appraisers leverage experience from conducting

SCAMPI A provides a formal benchmark rating (Maturity Level or Capability Level) and an indication of the level of institutionalization of your processes.

SCAMPI B provides an evaluation of the deployment of your processes and a practice-by-practice analysis of your organization.

SCAMPI C provides a high-level review, giving you an evaluation of your approach to process improvement.

*Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI)

It has been a difficult road to travel, but I know this has been time well-spent and has improved our software development process.  None of this would have happened without your expert guidance and interpretation of the model.  I sincerely appreciate all you have done to support our effort to achieve a Maturity Level 3 rating, and I look forward to working with you on high maturity.

Floyd Hamilton
United Space Alliance