Configuration Management, Inc.

CMI University

What is CMI-U?

CMI-U is a graduate training program in Configuration Management^®, Requirements Management and Software Manufacture.

Why advanced training in Configuration Management?

CMI faced a common IT challenge -- a scarcity of qualified and trained personnel for its Software Development Environment Support consulting practice. Faced with the "build or buy" decision, CMI chose to "build" by establishing its own training program to meet the internal need for training as well as training for its clients.

CMI had teamed for many years with the Bell System and conducted training in proprietary tools. In 1998, CMI forged an education partnership with Rational Software.

CMI recruited, trained, and deployed its first class of consultants in 1998. The success of the class has led CMI to expand the program several-fold in 1999.

CMI offers its recent graduates as Configuration Management consultants, paired with senior CM Generalists to meet our clients' Software Development Environment support needs.

This curriculum is also available on a private basis for your team.

CMI University Graduates are trained in the latest tools and methods associated with Configuration Management:

IBM Rational Software

ClearCase^®

ClearCase^® MultiSite

ClearQuest^®

Serena

Dimensions^®

Version Manager^®

Tracker^®

Lucent Technologies

Sablime^®

Open Source Solutions

CVS

Bugzilla

UNIX

Korn Shell Scripting

awk, sed, grep, etc.

CM Methodology

Capability Maturity Model Integration^® (CMMI)

Software Engineering Principles

CMI University Graduates and the CMI skills mix

CMI-U graduates start a career at CMI as CM specialists -- expert in a specific set of tools appropriate to the project requirements. They offer our clients an immediately available, qualified and cost effective solution to their CM resourcing challenges.

CMI-U grads can expect promotion to the position of CM Generalist, who make up the majority of CMI's consulting team. CM Generalists have experience in a wide range of tools, methodologies and client industries. They are proven consultants, able to help plan, implement and institutionalize quality software process.

CMI employs project managers with years of expertise in managing software process improvement efforts. They have experience with ISO 9000, CMM^® and other SPI frameworks. They are particularly adept at helping our client organizations with the social and organizational change that comes with process improvement.