Programos Software Limited

... a member of ITAN, NCS, ISPON is currently in concluding stage of the ISO 9001:2008 Certification monitored by FreshFountain Consulting and SON. The parent company for the HighLowAfrica - a household research brand covering investments on all african markets with outsourcing strategies involving over 100 international equity investment analysts globally.

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We are Nigeria's leading Capital Market Software Operations Backbone Company. Our self-selling INTEGRA.WEBSTONE software is currently running in over 100 stockbroking firms in Nigeria with on-going online implementation for other African stock-broking firms and has given Programos Software Limited the bullish hold of the computarisation of the activities of the Nigeria financial markets among other software vendors and developers servicing the market for over a decade now. The need to enhance operations' performance by enabling stock brokers in Nigeria render online, real-time services to their customers locally and in Diaspora has always been our technological feat to be celebrated at our 10th anniversary celebration in 2007 as we place Nigeria and indeed Africa on the global economic and technological framework.

Our Products and numerous Services...

...have position us to be recognised as Nigeria's ICT ambassador of repute, second to none, in excellent R&D adequate for world class customer service delivery infrastructure.

	Our self-selling stockbroking software is currently in use in over 100 dealing stockbroking firms across Africa. The product effectively manages the general ledger operations, depository style stockbroking operation, fixed assets register, human resource, investment valuation, automated trade processing methodology with parameterised porfoloio accounts and atributes management.

This product which will soon be released in conjunction with our research subsidiary, HighLowAfrica, will adopt artificial intelligence methodologies and world-class control principles to minimise the involvement of human efforts which has brought about increased professional deficiencies and compromise in the Investment Advisory Service arena thereby causing millions of investors millions of dollar losses from around the globe.

	Core Mirco-Finance Banking operations has never been easier with the introduction of INTEGRA.WEBSTONE Micro-finance. This product offers you multiple level operational policy management facilities along side up to the minute accounting reporting and audit trail capabilities.

This product is a mobile technology invention that will transform the way traders sell and manage the inventory of their goods in major markets in Africa such as Idumota, Dugbe, Aba, Onitsha, Sabongari, Abijan, Dubai etc. It enables the trader do transactions online/realtime 24/7 using their mobile phone, make sales and stock level enquiries as well as re-order stock levels from warehouses with direct Management Information System of the central office anywhere in the world.

	We provide e-Administration services to government at all levels.

We are proudly Nigerian.

Programos has in separate award ceremonies won two awards including Software Company of the Year 2009 and IT Champion award 2009 respectively following its outstanding performances. Earlier, the company is a Titans of Tech Award 2008 Winner of "Best Technology Company with Local Content" among other prestigious recognitions including the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), This Day Newspaper and NTA.

ISO 9001:2008

The need for software companies, to be identified as one that delivers Quality products and services to its customers, has always been there. More so because the customers and buyers across the globe prefer dealing with a company which has been certified or assessed by a third party for their approach to Quality and process framework. That is why standards like ISO 9001: 2008 have become popular. The ISO 9001: 2008 standard has been adopted by many organizations worldwide, including software organizations. It helps organization remain competitive and improve internal capabilities by creating and implementing a robust Quality Management System and implementing the same.

ISO 9001:2008 is a standard for process certification and not for product certification.

This two-day workshop will include the philosophy, concepts and practice related to the standard. The course shall be in a lecture mode, supplemented with exercises, enriching discussion, query handling and experience sharing attempts to provide a detail overview of ISO 9001:2008 standard as applied to software companies. The exercises included during the course will enable better understanding of the concepts.

Benefits from the workshop

The knowledge of ISO 9001:2008 standards will help the participant:

To decide the set of processes required by ISO 9001:2008
To drive and guide implementation of the standard, in the organization
To do a gap analysis of the existing process definition and deployment Vs those required by the standard
To apply the process improvement tips / approach learnt during the course, for internal improvement of the organization

Objective of the course

To provide an insight into:

Tthe requirements of ISO 9001:2008 standard and the principles and vocabulary which lays the foundation for the standard
The changes and similarities to the earlier version of the standard ISO 9001:2000
Correlation with CMMI®-DEV V 1.2
The approach for process improvement
A high level roadmap for implementing the standard

Targeted profile

Members of the organization that wishes to achieve ISO 9001:2008 certification
Members of the Quality department or the core group or the Management Representative, responsible for enabling/driving the ISO 9001: 2008 implementation in the organization
Any individual who wants to understand the requirements of the standard

Course Contents

Quick recap of Quality concepts – for context setting

About ISO 9001: 2008 - Background
Overview to ISO 9000:2008
Some common vocabulary used in the standard
The principles which are the foundation of the standard
Overview to the standard
Fundamentals of Quality Management Systems
General requirements
Documentation Requirements
Management Responsibility

This is really about the role of Top Management in:

Goal setting
Planning
Implementation
Review of the Quality system and its implementation in the organization
Resource Management
People
Infrastructure
Work Environment
Product Realization
Planning
Customer related processes (requirements, etc.)
Design and Development
Purchasing
Production and service provision (production, validation, traceability, etc.)
Control / monitor measuring devices
Measurement, analysis and improvement
Generic measurement requirements
Specific Measurement requirements (Product / Process measures, customer satisfaction, etc.)
Non conforming product control
Data Analysis requirement
Improvement (including preventive/corrective actions)
ISO 9001:2000 Vs. ISO 9001:2008
CMMI® and ISO 9001: 2008 – high level comparison
Transition from one standard /model to the other

Pre-requisite

The participant should have

Basic level understanding of Quality Assurance concepts
Software project experience and a general understanding of the purpose of the different departments in the organization

Models & Framework

PMBoK®, OPM3®, PRINCE2^®

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