Consulting Services

Software Engineering & Software Quality Consulting

The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to improve your software quality by:

• evaluating your existing software quality management systems and identifying process improvement opportunities based on industry standards, models and best practices
• helping you define, document and establish a software quality management system to cover the entire software development, support and maintenance life cycle
• facilitating process definition meetings with your in-house specialists and staff
• documenting your software standards, processes, guidelines, templates and checklists through interviewing key software personnel
• facilitating process improvement efforts, post project reviews and root cause analysis of reported product and process defects
• developing and providing training and/or training materials for your staff that is customized to your software quality system

Software Audits & Assessments Consulting

The Westfall Team will conduct audits or assessments to evaluate against industry, organizational or customer standards, processes, requirements or other specified criteria by:

• evaluating the adequacy of your organization's standards, processes, plans and systems to meet stated objectives
• evaluating compliance to industry, organizational or customer standards, processes, requirements and/or other specified criteria
• evaluating effectiveness of your organization's standards, processes, plans and systems and their implementation
• identifying areas of noncompliance and/or improvement opportunities

Software Metrics Consulting

The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to customize a metrics program that:

• meets the reporting requirements of your customers
• provides your managers and engineers with the information they need to make better decisions

The Westfall Team will improve the quality of your organization’s information by:

• assessing your existing data collection and metrics programs and identifying process improvement opportunities based on industry standards, models and best practices
• helping you define, document and establish a metrics program tailored to meet your information needs
• facilitating metrics selection and design meetings with your in-house specialists and staff
• developing and providing training for your staff that is customized to your software metrics and information system

Software Project Management Consulting

The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to improve your software project and risk management practices by:

• evaluating your existing software project and risk management processes and identifying process improvement opportunities based on industry standards, models and best practices
• helping you define, document and establish software project and risk management program
• documenting your software project and risk management standards, processes, guidelines, templates and checklists through interviewing key software personnel
• facilitating project planning meetings, risk identification, analysis and planning meetings, and retrospective and rigorous improvement meetings with your in-house specialists and staff
• developing and providing training and/or training materials for your staff that is customized to your software project and risk management processes

SEI CMMI^® Implementation & Gap Analysis Consulting

The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to help your organization implement the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI)  Capability Maturity Models including the CMMI® for Development and/or CMMI® for Acquisition

• evaluating your existing processes and performing a gap analysis against the CMMI® to select and prioritize improvement opportunities
• helping you define, document and establish software processes to implement the CMMI® process areas
• facilitating process improvement efforts including process definition meetings with your in-house specialists and staff to implement CMMI® process areas
• documenting your policies, processes, guidelines, templates and checklists through interviewing key software personnel
• developing and providing training and/or training materialsfor your staff that is customized to your processes

ISO 9001 Implementation & Gap Analysis Consulting

The Westfall Team will partner with your in-house specialists to help your organization comply with ISO 9001 by

• evaluating your existing processes and performing a gap analysis against the ISO 9001 standard to select and prioritize improvement opportunities
• helping you define, document and establish your processes to obtain ISO 9001 compliance
• facilitating process improvement efforts including process definition meetings with your in-house specialists and staff to meet ISO 9001 requirements
• documenting your standards, processes, guidelines, templates and checklists through interviewing key software personnel
• providing training and/or training materials for your staff that is customized to your processes