The Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) is an IT industry leadership group comprised of IT executives from the Global 2000, system integrators, outsourced service providers, and software technology vendors committed to making dramatic improvements in the quality of IT application software.

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CISQ is a neutral, open forum in which customers and suppliers of IT application software can develop an industry-wide agenda of actions for improving IT application quality.

CISQ is sponsored by the Object Management Group (OMG). The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University is a member of OMG and will work with OMG to develop software-related standards and appraiser licensing programs. The standards process is managed by the two organizations, bringing together IT leaders worldwide.

CISQ Founders: Dr. Paul D. Nielsen, Director and CEO of the Software Engineering Instituie (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University, and Dr. Richard Mark Soley, Chairman and CEO of the Object Management Group (OMG).

CISQ Director: Dr. Bill Curtis, co-author of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) framework.

CISQ Distinguished Advisor: Capers Jones

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December 14 CISQ Meeting Agenda (PDF 126Kb)