consulting

Here is a sample of the types of consulting that Al Davis provides:

  • helping companies perform triage (i.e., decide the features to include in the next release to optimize ROI)

  • helping companies perform elicitation with either internal or external customers

  • advising on how to do "just enough" requirements

  • writing and reviewing requirements documents

  • writing and reviewing requirements procedures/practices/policies

  • advising on how to get marketing and development departments communicating

  • developing marketing strategies

  • performing pre-sales support

  • training corporate employees & customers in requirements, project management, and process improvement

  • lecturing on state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice of all aspects of software development

  • helping start-ups write business plans

  • helping start-ups assemble their key team players

Al Davis has consulted for many organizations since 1975, including:

Companies:

  • Agilent Technologies

  • American Management Systems, Inc.

  • Array Technology Corporation

  • BigChalk

  • Boeing

  • Boeing Computer Services

  • Borland

  • British Telecom Research (UK)

  • BTG, Inc.

  • Cadence Design Systems

  • Calspan, Inc.

  • Cigna Insurance

  • Compaq Computer

  • COMPASS Corporation

  • Digital Equipment Corporation

  • eXcelon Corporation

  • Federal Express, Inc.

  • First Data, Inc.

  • Flight Dynamics, Inc.

  • Ford Microelectronics

  • FrontRange Solutions, Inc.

  • Fujitsu, Inc. (Japan)

  • General Electric Corporation

  • GeoQuest

  • Great Plains Software

  • GTE Laboratories

  • Guidant Corporation

  • Hazeltine Corporation

  • Hewlett Packard Co.

  • IBM Federal Systems Company

  • i-Logix

  • Infinium, Inc.

  • Information Management Research, Inc.

  • Intel Corporation

  • IntelSat

  • International Information Systems, Inc.

  • ITT Federal Systems Corp.

  • ITT Systems and Science

  • Kaman Sciences

  • Life Cycle Technology, Inc.

  • Loral Federal Systems

  • Lucent

  • McDonald’s

  • MCI Corporation

  • Microsoft Corporation

  • Miller Freeman

  • Mitsubishi Electric, Co. (Japan)

  • Motorola

  • Mouse, Inc. (Japan)

  • NEC Corporation

  • NetPro Computing

  • Newbridge

  • NxTrend

  • Nippon Steel Corporation (Japan)

  • Northern Telecom (Canada)

  • NTT Software Laboratories (Japan)

  • Opuswave

  • QAI (India)

  • Rational Software, Inc.

  • Requisite, Inc.

  • Robbins-Gioia, LLC

  • Rockwell International

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  • Schlumberger Laboratory for Computer Science

  • Schlumberger Technologies -- ATE Division

  • Science Applications International, Inc. (SAIC)

  • Sharp Co. Ltd. (Japan)

  • Software Development & Management (SD&M) (Germany)

  • Software Productivity Centre, Ltd. (Canada)

  • Software Productivity Consortium

  • Software Productivity Solutions, Inc.

  • Sperry, Inc.

  • Starbase

  • Storage Technology Company

  • Sulzer Intermedics

  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan)

  • Sun Microsystems, Inc.

  • SunSoft, Inc.

  • Technology Builders, Inc.

  • Tektronix, Inc.

  • Telenet, Inc.

  • Telos, Inc.

  • ThinkBank, Inc. (China)

  • United Technologies Research Center

  • U. S. Sprint

  • VRC Corporation

  • Xian Synchrosoft Co., Ltd. (China)

  • Walter Drake

  • XAware, Inc.

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Universities:

  • Carnegie-Mellon University Software Engineering Institute

  • Colorado Technical University

  • Deakin University (Australia)

  • Drexel University

  • Dublin City University (Ireland)

  • Georgia Southern University

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  • Hiroshima University (Japan)

  • Northwestern University

  • Oxford University (UK)

  • Polytechnical University of Madrid (Spain)

  • San Diego State University

  • Seattle University

  • Sheffield Hallam University (UK)

  • Sogang University (South Korea)

  • Tohoku University (Japan)

  • University of Colorado at Boulder

  • University of Florence (Italy)

  • University of Jos (Nigeria)

  • University of New South Wales (Australia)

  • University of North Texas

  • University of Technology, Sydney (Australia)

  • University of the Western Cape (South Africa)

  • University of York (UK)

  • Waseda University (Japan)

Associations:

  • ACM Pikes Peak Chapter

  • ACM Washington DC Chapter

  • AFCEA International

  • Albuquerque SPIN

  • Atlanta SPIN

  • Australian Computer Society Tasmania Chapter

  • Bay Area SPIN

  • Boston SPIN

  • Dallas SPIN

  • Data Processing Management Association

  • Denver SPIN

  • IEEE Standards Office

  • IEEE Pikes Peak Chapter

  • IEEE Computer Society Pikes Peak Chapter

  • IEEE Computer Society Tel Aviv Chapter (Israel)

  • ILTAM (Israel)

  • INCOSE Bay Area Chapter

  • INCOSE Pikes Peak Chapter

  • INCOSE Seattle Chapter

  • INCOSE Silver City Chapter

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  • NCOSE Pikes Peak Chapter

  • PDMA Rocky Mountain Chapter

  • PMI Boston Chapter

  • PMI Mile High Chapter

  • PMI Minneapolis Chapter

  • PMI Phoenix Chapter

  • PMI Pikes Peak Chapter

  • PMI San Francisco

  • PMI Silicon Valley Chapter

  • Seattle SPIN

  • US Professional Development Institute

Government Agencies:

  • Comitato Nazionale Per L'Energia Nucleare (Italy)

  • Department of Revenue, State of Colorado

  • Internal Revenue Service

  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  • Rome Laboratories (U.S. Air Force)

  • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Science Foundation Ireland

  • Social Security Administration

  • U. S. Air Force Space Warfare Center

  • U. S. Army Communications & Electronics Command

  • U. S. Army Computer Science School

  • U. S. Army Operational Test & Evaluation Agency

  • U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command

  • U. S. Naval Ocean Systems Center

  • U. S. Naval Surface Warfare Center

  • U. S. Naval Surface Weapons Center

To contact me by mail: Al Davis, 8660 Saddleman Rd; Peyton, CO 80831

To contact me by phone: 719-232-1938 (cell)

 

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