Dr. Ralf Kneuper

Dr. Ralf Kneuper Consulting
Software Quality Management
and Process Improvement

Qualifications

The following formal authorisations form the basis of my work as consultant and lead assessor/lead appraiser for CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) and SPICE / ISO 15504

CMM and CMMI

Former SEI-authorized CMM (CBA-IPI) Lead Assessor
Note: all CBA-IPI Lead Assessor authorizations, including mine, have run out with the beginning of 2006 and were not renewed by the SEI. As a result, there are no SEI-authorized CBA-IPI Lead Assessors any more.
CBA-IPI certificate, pdf-file, 66 kB
SEI-certified CMMI (SCAMPI) Lead Appraiser for CMMI for Development (CMMI-DEV)
SCAMPI update certificate 2007, pdf-file 68 kB
SEI-certified CMMI (SCAMPI) Lead Appraiser for CMMI for Services (CMMI-SVC)
SCAMPI certificate CMMI-SVC (PDF file, 88 kB)
SEI-authorized CMMI (SCAMPI) Class B&C Team Leader
SCAMPI B&C certificate, pdf-file, 50 kB
SEI-authorized CMMI (SCAMPI) Class B&C Observer
SCAMPI B&C Observer certificate, pdf-file, 50 kB

ISO 15504 (SPICE)

iNTACS-certified ISO/IEC 15504 Principal Assessor
iNTACS update certificate 2009, pdf-file 71 kB.

V-Modell XT

Certified Certified V-Model XT Project lead and Quality assurance professional (Pro)
V-Model XT Pro update certificate 2009, pdf file, 102 kB
Certified V-Modell XT Process Engineer (Ping)
V-Model XT PING certificate (pdf file, 115 kB)

Other

IBM Certified Solution Designer - Rational Unified Process v7.0
Certificate (PDF file, 297 kB)
Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering
Certificate (PDF file, 88 kB)

These authorisations as well as my position as a SEI Partner allow my to offer my customers assessments which will lead to an officially accepted CMMI maturity level, or, alternatively, to provide highly qualified help in preparing for an assessment by another lead appraiser.

Furthermore, I am

author or editor of more than 30 publications covering software engineering, software process modelling and quality management
author of the only German book on CMMI: CMMI. Verbesserung von Softwareprozessen mit Capability Maturity Model Integration, third edition published 2007 with dpunkt.verlag
former (2000-2006) speaker of the Special Interest Group on Software Process Modelling of the German Informatics Society
Coordinator of the German CMM(I) Lead Appraiser and Instructor Board (CLIB)

Major stations in life

Since 2003 independent consultant for software quality management and process improvement, in particular CMMI
1997 to 2005 project lead and internal consultant for quality management, in particular CMM(I), and software processes at DB Systems (until end of 2001 TLC Transport-, Informatik- und Logistik-Consulting), the systems house of the Deutschen Bahn AG (German Railway).
1995 to 1997 internal consultant on methods and tools at the information systems dept. of the Deutsche Bahn, Frankfurt.
1989 to 1995 quality assurance and quality management at Software AG, Darmstadt.
1986 to 1989 research assistent in the project mural in the Formal Methods Group at the Dept. of Computer Science der University of Manchester. Completed PhD on "Symbolic Execution as a Tool for Validation of Specifications".
1979 to 1985 student of Mathematics with minor subjects Industrial Management and Computer Science in Mainz, Manchester and Bonn.