Transcript Welcome to CPS

Welcome to NDSS
CPS Overview
Seetha Lakshmi, Ph.D.
Director, Collaborative Productivity Solutions (CPS)
ND System Solutions
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Agenda
NDSS’ Current Business & Customers
 New Vision
 CPS
 Your Assignment
 My Expectations of You
 How to Reach Me
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NDSS - Our Traditional Business
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Contract Software
Engineering
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Aerospace
Defense
Automotive
Manufacturing
Instrumentation and control
 Enterprise software
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Educational Services
Division
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E-business
Engineering management
Security & networking
Engineered innovation
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Strategic Customers & Partners
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Other significant prospects – IBM, HP, Intel, Microsoft,
aerospace and defense industries in general
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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
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NDSS’ success as a tool builder
Become an alliance maker
Become the trusted integrator of “best of breed” software
Initial focus in the Distributed Project Management (DPM)
market
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Collaborative Productivity
Solutions (CPS)
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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
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NDSS Organization Chart
CEO
CFO
COO
Dr. Lynn Carter
HR
Contract
Software
Engineering
Tech Support
VP Engineering
Dr. Scott Lewis
Project
Management
Architecture
Admin Assistant
Software
Development
VP Marketing
Dr. Ray Bareiss
Collaborative
Productivity
Solutions
Dr. Seetha Lakshmi
Educational
Services
Architectural
Consultant
Dr. Shawn Butler
Course
Development
Course
Delivery
Sales Engineer (x2)
Admin Assistant
Analysts
Your Team
Analysts
Your Team
Analysts
Your Team
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The Opportunity
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Process Enactment Tool product concept
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Internal need as well as significant external
customer interest in our product concept
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Development partnership w/ NDSS Contract SE
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Venture capitalists interested in second round
funding
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CPS Prospective Products
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PET (Process Enactment Tool)
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PPP (Predictable Professional Performance Tool)
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Della (Action Item Management Tool)
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Watson (Personal Information Management Tool)
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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
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Path Forward
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Understand market needs
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VP of Marketing, Dr. Ray Bareiss, has been
studying the market and working with venture firms
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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
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Your Assignment in CPS
88 Learn to Manage Software Development the “Right Way”
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Analyze Current Business Capabilities and Needs (Foundations
Certificate)
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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)
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Develop Product and System Requirements
 Earn stakeholder sponsorship
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Apply Architecture/Design principles that support the requirements
(Architecture & Design Certificate)
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Develop Alternative Product Architectures and High Level Design
Earn stakeholder sponsorship
Manage product development with well defined processes (Electives)
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Managing Outsourced Development (MOD)
Managing In-House Development (MID)
Integration of Components (IoC)
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My Expectations of You
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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
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How to Reach Me:
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Phone: (408) 253-3787 / (408) 857-0650
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours at Moffett: Thursday Evenings
Other days as needed
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