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Welcome to NDSS CPS Overview

Welcome to NDSS CPS Overview. Seetha Lakshmi, Ph.D. Director, Collaborative Productivity Solutions (CPS) ND System Solutions. Agenda. NDSS’ Current Business & Customers New Vision CPS Your Assignment My Expectations of You How to Reach Me. NDSS - Our Traditional Business.

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Welcome to NDSS CPS Overview

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  1. Welcome to NDSSCPS Overview Seetha Lakshmi, Ph.D. Director, Collaborative Productivity Solutions (CPS) ND System Solutions

  2. Agenda • NDSS’ Current Business & Customers • New Vision • CPS • Your Assignment • My Expectations of You • How to Reach Me

  3. NDSS - Our Traditional Business • Contract Software Engineering • Aerospace • Defense • Automotive • Manufacturing • Instrumentation and control • Enterprise software • Educational Services Division • E-business • Engineering management • Security & networking • Engineered innovation

  4. Strategic Customers & Partners • Other significant prospects – IBM, HP, Intel, Microsoft,aerospace and defense industries in general

  5. NDSS’ Vision - A New Future • Transform NDSS from a services company to a products company • Become a premier provider of standards-based, high-quality, software solutions to organizations • Extend NDSS’ success as a tool builder • Become an alliance maker • Become the trusted integrator of “best of breed” software • Initial focusin the Distributed Project Management (DPM) market

  6. Collaborative Productivity Solutions (CPS) CPS • New Business Unit • Help realize NDSS’ vision • Products for Distributed Project Management (DPM) market • DPM solutions that will • Contain costs • Maximize resource productivity • Ensure project commitments are met • Improve the overall decision-making process • Facilitate budgeting and financial projections • Track costs and recognize revenue

  7. NDSS Organization Chart CEO CFO HR COO Dr. Lynn Carter VP Marketing Dr. Ray Bareiss Collaborative Productivity Solutions Dr. Seetha Lakshmi Sales Engineer (x2) Contract Software Engineering VP Engineering Dr. Scott Lewis Educational Services Project Management Tech Support Architectural Consultant Dr. Shawn Butler Course Development Admin Assistant Architecture Course Delivery Analysts Your Team Admin Assistant Analysts Your Team Analysts Your Team Software Development

  8. The Opportunity • Process Enactment Tool product concept • Internal need as well as significant external customer interest in our product concept • Development partnership w/ NDSS Contract SE • Venture capitalists interested in second round funding

  9. CPS Prospective Products • PET (Process Enactment Tool) • PPP (Predictable Professional Performance Tool) • Della (Action Item Management Tool) • Watson (Personal Information Management Tool)

  10. CPS’ Commitment • Propose and Implement a Plan that Moves NDSS toward being a Services and Products Company • Position CPS as a Key NDSS Business Unit

  11. Path Forward • Understand market needs • Our VP of Marketing, Dr. Ray Bareiss, has been studying the market and working with venture firms • Work to develop flexible and extensible products to address the market needs that will also serve us well • Extend the current tools to demonstrate our capabilities • Integrate our tools with others to serve the community

  12. Your Assignment in CPS 88 Learn to Manage Software Development the “Right Way” • Analyze Current Business Capabilities and Needs (Foundations Certificate) • Evaluate current state of NDSS and the opportunity in the DPM Market • Develop a proposal for a Quick Win • Earn stakeholder sponsorship • Meet Market/Customer needs with rigorous requirements management, taking all stakeholders into account (System of Systems Certificate) • Develop Product and System Requirements • Earn stakeholder sponsorship • Apply Architecture/Design principles that support the requirements (Architecture & Design Certificate) • Develop Alternative Product Architectures and High Level Design • Earn stakeholder sponsorship • Manage product development with well defined processes (Electives) • Managing Outsourced Development (MOD) • Managing In-House Development (MID) • Integration of Components (IoC)

  13. My Expectations of You • Demonstrate that you know and are applying our processes and methods properly • Work effectively as a Team! • Honor the commitments you make • Show your skills at describing your options and justifying your decisions • Employ continuous learning and improvement • Pleasure in work + regard for family, friends, & community

  14. How to Reach Me: • Phone: (408) 253-3787 / (408) 857-0650 • Email: seetha@andrew.cmu.edu • Office Hours at Moffett: Thursday Evenings Other days as needed

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