Summer Fall 2006 Internship Nick Di Buono Intern

Summer – Fall 2006 Internship Nick Di. Buono Intern Presentation

Overview • Company introduction • Project involvement • Relate internship to IUP experience • Summary and acknowledgements

Concurrent Technologies Corp • Independent, nonprofit, research and development organization • Provides management and technological solutions to its clients • Improve clients’ product quality, productivity, and cost effectiveness

Concurrent Technologies Corp (cont) • Office Location: Johnstown, PA – Systems Technology Facility (STF) • 19 other CTC offices across continental US and Canada • Approx. 27 other on-site locations in US and Germany

CTC Clients & Products • Multitude of clients from private and government sectors – ALCOA, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Boeing – Department of Defense (Do. D), National Security Agency (NSA), US Military Branches • Products vary based on client and program – – – Design and Manufacturing Processes Demonstration, Validation, Verification and Testing Education and Training Energy, Environment, Health and Safety Information Technology and Business Systems Select Product and Process Applications

CTC Projects Supported • Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) – E-Learning tools development • Systems Development Process (SDP) – Software Engineering tools/system development

Project Summary - ADL • Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative – Do. D contracted – Goal: Standardize development of e-learning environments and content – Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) standards – Conformance Test Suite (CTS) and Sample Run-Time Environment (RTE)

ADL Project Details • ADL Initiative – Launched by U. S. Do. D and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) – Expansion of e-learning for government, academia, and industry – Mission: Provide access to the highest quality education and training, tailored to individual needs, delivered cost-effectively anytime and anywhere

ADL Initiative

What is SCORM? • Set of technical standards, specifications, and guidelines designed to meet requirements for learning content and systems • Seeks to bring together disparate groups and interests in the distributed learning community

Conformance Test Suite • Provides organizations with SCORM conformance testing software, procedures and documentation • Passing the SCORM CTS indicates a products’ conformance to SCORM

Sample Run-Time Environment • Acts as a sample Learning Management System to run against the Conformance Test Suite • Demonstration tool to show SCORM conformant content running in a SCORM environment

CTS Screenshots

CTS Screenshots (cont)

SRTE Screenshots

Project Summary - SDP • Systems Development Process – CTC internal project – Goal: Raise company-wide awareness and practice of quality standards – Provide access to these standards for all CTC projects and employees – Part of CTC Quality Management System

SDP Project Details • Systems Development Project – any project that produces requirements, design, or implementation of a hardware or software system or component • SDP Processes and Procedures – Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) standards – International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards

SDP Processes and Procedures

SDP Screenshots

SDP Screenshots (cont)

Internship to IUP • Beneficial IUP Computer Science classes taken – COSC 210, 319, 341 • Classes that would have been helpful – COSC 415 – Internet Architecture and Programming

Summary • CTC is a independent, nonprofit organization with locations in the U. S. , Canada & Germany • ADL Initiative started by Do. D to standardize distributed learning systems and content • SDP project created to raise and maintain level of quality among CTC projects and processes • IUP classes and coursework were helpful because of the varied curriculum and topics

Acknowledgements • IUP Faculty and Staff • CTC Employees – ADL Technical Team – SDP Project Team

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