- From: Robert C. Neff <rcn@fenix2.dol-esa.gov>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:14:51 -0500
- To: "'w3c-wai-eo@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
My company is active in the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model (CMM). This is a process with different levels that describe the capabilities of your company. For example, Level 0 is unorganized and no processes in place - chaos. Most software companies are at Level Two or Three. Maybe three of five companies in the world are level 5. Unfortunately the web is normally not included in the software engineering process. For example, one Federal Agency has been rated level three, but the web development group is not even included in the audit. As the web evolves, times are a changing. Web applications and sites will eventually be included. The effort I am leading would qualify for a level three if it was audited. Basically, it is applying sound software program management and development process. The key processes include, requirements management, project planning, quality assurance, configuration management and several others. SEI <www.sei.cmu.com> is funded by the government at located at Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Maryland has an affiliation. I have just been asked to sit on an exploratory committee for software engineering and has something to do with the Fraunhofer Society (Pardon me, for I do not have all the details - I was asked and of course i said yes. <http://www.ta.doc.gov/Reports/German/fraunhoferbook.pdf>) This may be another avenue to ensure WAI is incorporated into software engineering! That is all well but the real reason for the email is that i noticed several papers dealing with Japanese issues. As I have seen interest in Japanese issues on the list, thought this might be of assistance. One paper is on "SURVEY OF SPEECH RESEARCH IN JAPAN" Plus this web page <http://www.ta.doc.gov/reports.htm> is a good resource for other papers dealing with technology and policy, for example, International Plans, Policies, and Investments in Science and Technology. 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