ESI Center Eastern Europe (EE) has finished the first implementation of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3 in Bulgaria. Musala Soft is the first ICT company in the country certified for its maturity and established, identified and documented policies and practices, that can be improved during future periods.

KosICT Conference, 27-28 September 2012

Hotel Emerald, Prishtina

In the middle of the summer on July 15, ESI Center Bulgaria was invited to present its activities in front of Japan Software Process Improvement Consortium (JASPIC). About 30 JASPIC members representing various companies, like Toshiba, Hitachi, NTT, attended the presentation “Software Process Improvement (SPI) in Eastern Europe - Specific approach toward world recognized software quality for clusters of companies.” 

Bulgarian project Authentic Bulgaria grabbed the International ESI Award for Excellence in the Promotion of the Information Society 2009 “For bridging the Digital Gap among SMEs” category. Alexander Babinov, manager of this USAID supported project, received the glass statuette on a special ceremony on Thursday night in Hotel Sheraton in Bilbao. Authentic Bulgaria is a Quality Mark system evaluating small and unique hotels. It aims to distinguish the best places for cultural, eco and village tourism. 

What Enabled Transformational Government means? What a Government needs at a strategic level? Balanced Scorecard Approach is the very short answer. The detailed one is - strategic maps for planning and presenting the strategy and creating a system of performance measures for the goals in a number of perspectives. This, according to Ivaylo Gueorguiev, Program Manager of the ESI Center Bulgaria, can ensure a foundation for effective management system of the transformational government at a strategic level.