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Altran successfully appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 3

This international CMMI appraisal opens up new business opportunities for Altran to deliver complex software projects for clients.It took less than a year to gain  this Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)  Level  3 appraisal, which has now been validated by the USA Software Engineering Institute (SEI).The appraisal covered six projects across four delivery teams within Altran, including Bath, UK and Paris, France.

To achieve a CMMI  Level 3 appraisal, Altran was measured on 18 separate areas of the development process, including project planning, project monitoring and control, and risk management. CMMI is a process improvement approach, which helps  organizations to improve their performance by managing, defining and measuring processes before optimising them to ensure that they are as efficient as possible. Multinationals are increasingly seeking CMMI level three compliant suppliers, as the appraisal provides assurance that they will receive a consistently high quality service.

Don’t turn your back on IT Opportunities in Hong Kong

By Neil Holland

Despite mixed messages about IT opportunities in Hong Kong - the UK’s largest IT graduate employer - FDM has begun accelerating its recruitment drive in the region. The recent revelation that a number of investment banks are set to introduce major job cuts in Hong Kong in the coming years, came as unwelcome news to many, particulary those considering roles and job placements in the area. However, the employment prospects for IT professionals and graduates seeking Hong Kong based IT roles may not really be so bleak after all.

As the UK’s ‘Best Technical Graduate Recruiter’ of 2010, FDM is aiming to place 150 candidates in the region within the next year for a number of reasons. The Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS) recently reported that more than 70% of the IT professionals questioned for its latest employment survey received an average pay increase of four to six percent in 2011. The results of the survey also revealed that 51.2% of the firms questioned hired fresh graduates this year, 90% of which received an entry level salary of over HK$10,000 a month.