F. Alan Goodman has extensive experience in software process definition, implementation, and deployment for commercial, biotech, and defense related industries. He has headed up several software engineering process groups (SEPGs) for that real world experience.
Alan is considered a San Diego area process specialist. If you are looking for contracting or consultation services to develop your processes and provide implementation/deployment guidance, Al's your man. He has a teaching background and can train your internal employees to “grow” your process specialists. Alan has written two books (both published by Auerbach publishers) called:
“Defining and Deploying Software Processes” (ISBN 0-8493-9845-2)
"Process-Based Software Project Management" (ISBN 0-8493-7304-2)
What Alan really brings to the table is a process framework architecture that really works in incredible ways for your company. Alan has taught a 2-unit course on "Business Process Optimization" (CSE 40819) at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Extension based on his framework approach.
Process is process. Although Alan’s background has been in the software engineering field, his process framework model applies equally well to manufacturing facilities, governmental agencies, doctor offices, hospitals, and any regulated industry. In many ways, Alan is really in the operations excellence business. You can achieve incredible benefits via a solid process approach. His approach to process makes compliance much easier – whether we’re talking about SW-CMM, CMMI, IEEE standards, ISO 9001, IEC 62304, or Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance.
F Alan Goodman -- "The Process Guy"