CERTIFICATIONS

The Certified Software Process Engineer (CSPE) certification aims at developing professionals, who can be a part of the process improvement team and can support Quality Head/ Process Improvement team to develop software process, track and implement process improvement suggestions, analyze and solve quality problems. The CSPE certification can be taken by fresh graduates and individuals with work experience, aspiring to develop skills and knowledge in quality tools and processes and join an organization's process improvement initiative.

Since the mid 1980s, more and more software organizations have started using models and standards to support and improve their software engineering activities. Most of the process improvement programs have achieved positive results. However, a lot many have died a silent death for lack of experienced professionals participating in these process improvement initiatives. CSPE certification is a step in the direction to help bridge the gap between the demand and supply of qualified software process improvement professionals.

CPSE certification demonstrates that the certified individual has the knowledge to:

• Understand software development lifecycles
• Understand what is software process, software process improvement and how to implement it in an organization
• Develop and implement software development and maintenance processes and methods
• Understand the basic concepts related to software quality
• Understand and use software review and testing techniques
• Understand basics of software project management, team organization and project scheduling concepts
• Understand the importance of measurement in software project management
• Define basic metrics for software projects

• Software professionals with 0 to 2 years of experience who want to be a part of Process Improvement Team/ SEPG (Software Engineering Process Group) members
• Fresh graduates who intend to join quality domain as Process Improvement Team/ SEPG member
• Professionals from non-IT domain with an intend to switch to software domain

• Education: Graduate or equivalent
• Waiver: If a person has more than 2 years of experience in the software field the education requirement can be waived

• EdistaLearning Modules
• SE 100 Series: Software Engineering Process Approach
• SE 101: An Introduction to Software Engineering
• SE 102: Software Process Models
• SE 103: Common Process Framework
• SE 104: Software Process Improvement
• SE 105: Advanced Software Process Model
• SE 201: Basic Concepts of Software Project Management
• SE 202: Software Project Measurement and Metrics
• SE 301: Basic Concepts of Software Quality
• SE 303: Formal Technical Reviews
• SE 501: An Introduction to Software Testing

• Books and White Papers
• Humphrey, W.S., Managing the Software Process, Reading M A
• Pressman, R.S., Software Engineering – A Practitioner’s Approach, Fifth edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 2001
• Grady, R. B., Successful Software Process Improvement, Prentice Hall, 1997
• ISO 9001:2000, Quality management systems – Requirements, International Organization for Standardization
• Schulmeyer, C. G., Zero Defect Software, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1990, p. 33
• Cavano, J.P. and J. A. McCall, A Framework for the Measurement of Software Quality, Proc. ACM Software Quality Assurance Workshop, November, 1978, pp. 133-139