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F. Alan (“Al”) Goodman has extensive experience in software process definition, implementation, and deployment for both commercial and defense related industries. He has headed up several software engineering process groups (SEPGs) for that real world experience.

Al is considered a San Diego area process specialist. If you are looking for 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. Al 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 Al really brings to the table is a process framework architecture that really works in incredible ways for your company. Al teaches a series of one-day Saturday classes suitable for business people called

• "Defining and Deploying a Software Process Framework Approach for Efficient Operations and Compliance" CSE 41077
• "Software Development Operations using a Software Process Framework Approach for Efficient Operations and Compliance" CSE 41076

Process is process. Although Al’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, Al is really in the operations excellence business. It just that 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.