Project Description

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Project ID: 2053
Project:

Establishing Staff Unit "CIO Corporate Staff Unit SW Quality Assurance Railway" (Railway, Logistics)
Time 02/2002 - 06/2003
Abstract: Reading Time: < 1 minuteEstablishing a staff unit "Quality Assurance" on the CEO level to start quality management and to monitor activities in all IT projects (in-house as well as contracted ones). — Master-Project "CIO Corporate Staff Unit SW Quality Assurance Railway"
Duration: 02/2002 - 06/2003
Role: Consultant, Coach
Description:

Master-Project "CIO Corporate Staff Unit SW Quality Assurance Railway" — The CEO Person Transport of an internationally operating, German-based railway company asked for support and improving the effectiveness of the in-house and contracted IT projects.

I established a staff unit "Quality Assurance" at the CEO level to start quality management and monitoring activities in all IT initiatives. In detail:

  • define a quality management process framework as a best of the breed of V-model, Bootstrap (ISO 15504), and CMM;
  • establish the operational structure and quality management/assurance processes for QM activities in IT projects;
  • train and coached internal employees to act as quality managers in IT projects operationally;
  • supervise QM/QA activities in the IT projects;
  • create QM/QA tools: templates, quality criteria, and checklists, etc.
QM Model applied: Best breed of V-Model, Bootstrap (ISO 15504), and CMM
Size: 500 ppl.
Industry: Logistics, Railway

: Gerard-Nicolas Mannes, via flickr.com, .