ESICenters Global Alliance Meet in Brasil, Porto Alegre, Sao Paolo, October 18-22, 2004
Third ESICenters Meeting took place in Porto Alegre and Sao Paolo in Brasil. The main issue discussed was the establishment of ESI@Centers Global Alliance.
Second CMMI Course in Bulgaria, Sofia, September 27-29, 2004
19 software experts gained knowledge on SPI implementation through SEI authorized course on “Introduction to CMM®I”. The course was organised for the second time in Bulgaria by ESI Center Bulgaria. The participants represent one Romanian and 10 leading Bulgarian software companies. So far 39 Bulgarian software professionals have received certificate for the course and are included in the database of Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. The training is useful for organizations which plan to start or are currently in process of implementing CMM®I principles.
CMMI Club Started by Software Experts, Sofia, September 30, 2004
The first 38 Bulgarian and 1 Romanian software engineering experts certified in “Introduction to CMMI” formed the CMMI Club, at Rakursi Art Gallery. The CMMI club purpose is to support the contact among experts in industry standards. It is a CMMI-certified-community informal meeting-point. Club members represent executive and operational level management from Bulgarian and Romanian SW companies. CMMI Club members initiate and implement industry standards in their organizations aiming to further raise organisational excellence in the art of software.
ESI Center Bulgaria Presents First BITS Workshop, Sofia, September 30, 2004
The workshop on Balanced IT Scorecard - BITS, for the first time in Bulgaria, presented the strategic and operational management methodology developed at the European Software Institute, Spain.
BITS is an effective communication mechanism for formulating, transmitting and agreeing on the strategy of an organisation, facilitating the alignment of improvement initiatives with the overall strategic business plan and the elaboration of a comprehensive and balanced strategic measurement system.
Workshop on Public-Private Collaboration for Industry Competitiveness in the Basque Country, Sofia, May 18, 2004
European Software Institute Center Bulgaria participated in BINARY'2004 - Romanian Electronic and Software Fair. The event took place in Bucharest, September 22-24, 2004 at the Conference Center ROMEXPO (Pavilion 2). The main objective was to present ESI Center activities as a Regional Software Excellence Center of the European Software Institute (Spain).