1. 1 Welcome to NDSS CPS Overview Seetha Lakshmi, Ph.D. Director, Collaborative Productivity Solutions (CPS) ND System Solutions

2. 2 Agenda NDSS’ Current Business & Customers New Vision CPS Your Assignment My Expectations of You How to Reach Me

3. 3 NDSS - Our Traditional Business Contract Software Engineering  Aerospace  Defense  Automotive  Manufacturing  Instrumentation and control  Enterprise software Educational Services Division  E-business  Engineering management  Security & networking  Engineered innovation

4. 4 Strategic Customers & Partners Other significant prospects – IBM, HP, Intel, Microsoft, aerospace and defense industries in general

5. 5 NDSS’ Vision - A New Future  Transform NDSS from a services company to a products company  Become a premier provider of standards-based, high- quality, software solutions to organizations  Extend NDSS’ success as a tool builder Become an alliance maker Become the trusted integrator of “best of breed” software Initial focus in the Distributed Project Management (DPM) market

6. 6 Collaborative Productivity Solutions (CPS) New Business Unit Help realize NDSS’ vision Products for Distributed Project Management (DPM) market DPM solutions that will  Contain costs  Maximize resource productivity  Ensure project commitments are met  Improve the overall decision-making process  Facilitate budgeting and financial projections  Track costs and recognize revenue

7. 7 Architectural Consultant Dr. Shawn Butler NDSS Organization Chart CEO HR COO Dr. Lynn Carter VP Marketing Dr. Ray Bareiss Sales Engineer (x2) Tech Support Admin Assistant Contract Software Engineering Educational Services Collaborative Productivity Solutions Dr. Seetha Lakshmi Project Management Architecture Software Development Course Development Course Delivery CFO Admin Assistant Analysts Your Team VP Engineering Dr. Scott Lewis Analysts Your Team Analysts Your Team

8. 8 The Opportunity Process Enactment Tool product concept Internal need as well as significant external customer interest in our product concept Development partnership w/ NDSS Contract SE Venture capitalists interested in second round funding

9. 9 CPS Prospective Products 1. PET (Process Enactment Tool) 2. PPP (Predictable Professional Performance Tool) 3. Della (Action Item Management Tool) 4. Watson (Personal Information Management Tool)

10. 10 CPS’ Commitment Propose and Implement a Plan that Moves NDSS toward being a Services and Products Company Position CPS as a Key NDSS Business Unit

11. 11 Path Forward Understand market needs  Our VP of Marketing, Dr. Ray Bareiss, has been studying the market and working with venture firms Work to develop flexible and extensible products to address the market needs that will also serve us well  Extend the current tools to demonstrate our capabilities  Integrate our tools with others to serve the community

12. 12 Your Assignment in CPS  Learn to Manage Software Development the “Right Way” Analyze Current Business Capabilities and Needs (Foundations Certificate)  Evaluate current state of NDSS and the opportunity in the DPM Market  Develop a proposal for a Quick Win  Earn stakeholder sponsorship Meet Market/Customer needs with rigorous requirements management, taking all stakeholders into account (System of Systems Certificate)  Develop Product and System Requirements  Earn stakeholder sponsorship Apply Architecture/Design principles that support the requirements (Architecture & Design Certificate)  Develop Alternative Product Architectures and High Level Design  Earn stakeholder sponsorship Manage product development with well defined processes (Electives)  Managing Outsourced Development (MOD)  Managing In-House Development (MID)  Integration of Components (IoC)

13. 13 My Expectations of You Demonstrate that you know and are applying our processes and methods properly Work effectively as a Team! Honor the commitments you make Show your skills at describing your options and justifying your decisions Employ continuous learning and improvement Pleasure in work + regard for family, friends, & community

14. 14 How to Reach Me: Phone: (408) 253-3787 / (408) 857-0650 Email: seetha@andrew.cmu.eduseetha@andrew.cmu.edu Office Hours at Moffett: Thursday Evenings Other days as needed