| Testimonials—Regarding Don Rogers
"...I’ve worked with Don over many years in the role of process improvement focal and change agent. I’ve found him ready to learn, to take direction and then to lead a team to work process improvement changes of many sizes and complexities. He’s a strong advocate and very proactive in continuous process improvement, continually open to finding better ways to work more efficiently and effectively. I’ve worked with Don through our organization’s effort to get to CMMI Level 3 in 2007. The whole effort for his group of skilled PMs and developers, supporting over 200 applications, hinged on our work in mapping their built-in process flow to the standards and then back to the CMMI model requirements. This mapping was the key to his team’s success with the final results, and provided hard evidence with trend charts and decisions based on metrics to show true process improvement successes...."
"...My interaction with Don has been primarily through the development and implementation of a Disaster Recovery Planning program for his organization. Without any prior background or exposure to this business process, Don’s responsibility involved the creation and maintenance of a full suite of project management deliverables, and required strong leadership and facilitation skills on Don's part. Don lead this effort for his organization embracing the IT Service Continuity Management (ITSCM) methodology, processes and strategies. Don performed this role in addition to his normal responsibilites as a programmer and analyst, and became very fluent in the ITSCM nomenclature and skill set. Because of Don's leadership, drive and commitment to this project, his organization’s applications and systems will be postured to recover from a serious system outage or disaster. Don has been instrumental in the success of this effort...."
"...Don has been the programmer of the RMS Request Online System used by the Raw Material organization since 2004. His knowledge, expertise, and incredible customer service are unlike anyone I've ever worked with! He has worked to improve the system making it very user-friendly for myself and my customers (ME, PA, and SCA). Don is more than willing to help find and resolve problems when they occur. Without exception Don works my requests in a very timely manner, he is extremely professional...."
"...Don has been instrumental in helping us define our processes and document them. Don understands the need for long range planning involved in process improvement. His perseverance has proven time and again, how valuable it is to have someone to consolidate people’s ideas, oversee our improvement efforts and document the information in a consistent and readable format...."
"...Don has an exceptional aptitude at developing, tailoring, and communicating the theories and practices involved in process improvement for software engineering. This ability translates across the IT organizational spectrum from the single project to the entire company. He is an experienced professional and has developed nearly all of the SWE process assets that our project managers rely on daily...."
"...Don has been the "go to" professional whenever our organization needed to organize any effort in process engineering and software engineering methodologies. Don's enthusiastic approach toward excellence has always allowed our organization to lead the way for other IT groups in Boeing. In one example, out of the 490 Boeing IT portfolios evaluated for CMMI level 3, none of those organizations received a perfect assessment except Don's...."
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