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| Dr. Dunaway is spending time on other activities and has become inactive in the process improvement (PI) community. She sends very best wishes for continued success in process improvement endeavors and to colleagues who have contributed greatly in this area. To those who have come to this site seeking support for PI, please contact some of the many partners who continue to learn and improve methods and tools in this area. For the SEI Partner Network, see www.sei.cmu.edu/partners |
Bio
Donna K. Dunaway, Ph.D., is the owner of The Dunaway Group. She teaches training courses, conducts appraisals, and provides consulting support for clients' process improvement initiatives.
She served as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Software Engineering Process Management Program, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, from 1992 to 2002.
Her key responsibilities at the SEI included:
- Development and management of the SEI Appraiser Program from its beginnings in 1994
- Development of materials and courseware for CBA Lead Assessor Training.
- Taught over 500 candidate and authorized Lead Assessors in the CMM®-Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement (CBA IPI) method
- Chairperson, Assessment Methodology Team, CMM Integration, 1998-2000
- Facilitator, High Maturity Workshops, 1998 and 2000
- SEI technical program representative, SEPG Planning Committees 1995-1999
Before joining the SEI, Dr. Dunaway worked in software development organizations and applied research groups in support of software engineering technologies. She has led software process improvement initiatives, research projects, knowledge-based system development, and other engineering applications implemented in software. She has technical and managerial experience in software research and development with companies including Texas Instruments, The Analytic Sciences Corporation, Atlantic Richfield, and her own consulting firm. She has taught graduate computer science courses at The University of Texas at Dallas and East Texas State University. She is the author of many technical reports and conference presentations.
Dr. Dunaway is an SEI-authorized SCAMPI Lead Appraiser and SW-CMM Lead Assessor, having participated in assessments for organizations at all maturity levels. She is an Instructor for the SEI's Introduction to the CMM Course and Introduction to CMMI courses.
Education
Ph.D., Systems Engineering (Computer Science Center), Southern Methodist University
M. S., Mathematics, Southern Methodist University
B. A., Mathematics/French, Texas Christian University
Professional Memberships and Activities
Member, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners, 1998 & 1999
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Mathematical Association of America
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