StepUp Solutions, Inc., a Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Partner, is dedicated to helping companies improve their product development processes so they can better meet their projects' cost, schedule, and quality objectives. Diane McDonald, an SEI-certified professional, and her team have extensive experience in systems, software, and hardware engineering and project management processes, which are based on the SEI's process improvement models, such as the Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®) for Development (CMMI-DEV).

StepUp Solutions works with a wide variety of commercial and defense-related companies to provide process improvement consultation, appraisals (SCAMPI A, B, C), and training that are custom designed to meet each company's specific requirements and challenges. Our clients' diverse environments range from small, agile efforts to complex, full-scale development programs.

Other specialties include appraisals across multi-geographical sites, as well as appraisals involving classified programs. Please see the About Us link above for security clearance information.

Our Lead Appraisers are certified in the SEI's Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) Version 1.3. more...		Register for the next SEI Introduction to CMMI for Development (CMMI-DEV) v1.3 course in the San Francisco Bay Area. The next public training will be held in Sunnyvale, California during May-June 2012. Classes are held approximately every 3 months.  more...