Harvey Stromberg Author

Boris Mutafelija is Principal Member of Technical Staff at Systems and Software Consortium, Inc. He has over 35 years of information technology experience as an engineer, software professional, and manager. Mutafelija led several organizations in reaching higher process maturity levels (as defined by the SEI). He developed process architectures, worked on establishing process frameworks for efficient process improvement, and taught, tutored, and consulted many teams in process improvement. Mutafelija’s process improvement interests include process frameworks, enterprise aspects of process engineering and improvement, measurements, statistical process control, and, of course, using multiple standards in developing effective and efficient process improvement approaches. With Harvey Stromberg, he coauthored the book, Systematic Process Improvement Using ISO 9001:2000 and CMMI, coauthored over 30 papers, and is the coinventor of three U.S. patents. Mutafelija is authorized by the SEI as a lead appraiser for performing SCAMPI appraisals and as an instructor for delivering Introduction to CMMI courses. Harvey Stromberg is with BAE Systems. He has over 35 years experience in systems and software engineering, quality assurance, and process improvement in diverse industries. He has managed development projects, quality assurance and configuration management departments, and engineering process groups. In those positions and as a consultant, he has helped bring several organizations to higher CMM/CMMI maturity levels and transition from ISO 9001:1994 to ISO 9001:2000. Stromberg’s process improvement interests include the use of standards when developing effective and efficient process improvement approaches and the application of measures for process and project management. He is the coauthor of Systematic Process Improvement Using ISO 9001:2000 and CMMI and is an authorized instructor for the SEI Introduction to CMMI course. He is also a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), a Certified Quality Manager (CQM), and a Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE).