About us
About Us
With the dynamic and fast changing information technology trends, the future boasts the wide array of challenges. We at ITPACTS, are looking for sustainable growth, staying focus and preparing for growth. We at ITPACTS, understand these challenges with 30 years of wisdom in IT process improvement function. By partner approach, we deliver holistic thinking and insights helping clients in making, building and transforming their organizational processes for operational excellence through process improvements, improving performance, delivery risk optimization etc.
In today’s era, Information Technology is a key enabler to realize business objectives. An effective and well-managed IT can bring a competitive advantage. It is critical and very important that Information Technology is adopted smartly and well managed at all level with proper governance framework in place. ITPACTS will assist you in establishing real business objectives, mapping it to the project objectives and related to quality attributes (measures and metrics).
In the fast-changing technology environment, process improvements can be enabled through incremental and breakthrough improvements. ITPACTS understands client’s needs and expectations and help them to prepare to move towards operational excellence through integrated model based software process improvement and assessment services.
ITPACTS uses various international standards and frameworks to laid down the sustainable foundation for process improvement using their proven methodologies. Presently focuses on Strategy, Project Management, Process Improvement, Information Security and Framework based Consulting using following:
Following approach is developed by ITPACTS:
In today’s era, Information Technology is a key enabler to realize business objectives. An effective and well-managed IT can bring a competitive advantage. It is critical and very important that Information Technology is adopted smartly and well managed at all level with proper governance framework in place. ITPACTS will assist you in establishing real business objectives, mapping it to the project objectives and related to quality attributes (measures and metrics).
In the fast-changing technology environment, process improvements can be enabled through incremental and breakthrough improvements. ITPACTS understands client’s needs and expectations and help them to prepare to move towards operational excellence through integrated model based software process improvement and assessment services.
ITPACTS uses various international standards and frameworks to laid down the sustainable foundation for process improvement using their proven methodologies. Presently focuses on Strategy, Project Management, Process Improvement, Information Security and Framework based Consulting using following:
- Capability Maturity Model® Integration - Development (CMMI®-Dev)
- Capability Maturity Model® Integration for Services (CMMI®-SVC)
- ISACA COBIT 5.0 Framework®
- ISO 9001:2015®
- ISO 27001:2013®
Our Approach
ITPACT’s services primarily focus on assisting, helping and facilitating in achieving operational excellence to meet client’s needs by adopting and adapting highest quality standard of process consulting approach.Following approach is developed by ITPACTS:
- Sensitisation and Scoping: We help to all types (small, medium, large) of IT organisations for identifying delivery and business related pain points and advice on framework/standard applicability for process improvement.
- Gap Analysis: We help to assess the degree of implementation and institutionalisation of processes with the identified framework/standard.
- Enablement and Implementation: We help to create awareness related to business needs and identified pain points. We facilitate to identify, plan and conduct various trainings for process enablement within organisation. Also, help to align with International framework best practices for process improvement initiatives.
- Appraisals: We plan and conduct appraisals for internal process improvements.
Mr. Shrikant Brahme
Founder & Principal Consultant- Certified SCAMPISM Lead Appraiser for CMMI DEV and SVC
- Certified SCAMPISM Class B & C Team Leader
- COBIT 5 Implementer and Certified COBIT 5 Assessor
- Certified Scrum Master
- Certified Lead auditor for ISO 9001:2015
- Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 27001:2013
- Certified Six Sigma Black Belt by SSMI, USA
Shrikant Brahme is a Senior Quality Professional with strengths in CMMI Institute CMM/CMMI, ISO 9001, Cobit, ISO 27001 and TQM frameworks (like European Quality Award of EFQM for Business Excellence).
He has over 29+ years of experience spanning software and implementing Quality Systems in various sectors of industry such as Information Technology, Electronics, Communication, and Automobile. He has wide Industrial Experience in Project and Program Management, Quality Control, and Quality Assurance Functions. He headed various Process Improvement initiatives, Software Measurement Program, Internal Process Audits and External Audits / Assessments. He worked as QA Analyst, Designer, Developer and Tester during his career.
Presently Shrikant Brahme is working as Founder & Principal Consultant at IT Process Advisory Compliance & Training Services, which is in the business of providing Advisory, Appraisal, audit & Training services in CMMI, COBIT, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 20000:2011, & Agile frameworks.
He started his career in the software industry with Zensar and Cognizant. He headed SEPG for achieving SW-CMM L5 and CMMI L5 initiatives at Zensar Technologies Ltd. Pune, India (earlier known as International Computers India Limited, ICIL) and Cognizant Technologies, Pune. Also, he headed CMMI consulting practice at Zensar. Worked in TUV Rheinland, India and headed Western Region, India for CMMI, PCMM and ISO 27001 consulting and management advisory practice.
Shrikant was working as Head Quality Assurance Group, MR and Information Chief Officer (ISO) at Nihilent Technologies who is CMMI Institute partner organization and successfully achieved CMMI-DEV L5 and CMMI-SVC L3.
Being CMMI Certified Lead Appraiser, conducted more than 40 CMMI appraisals.He has carried out more than 3000 hours of interim assessments of Quality Management systems at several software organizations, provided consultancy in the areas of Gap analysis, Process definition, Process deployment, Metrics program development and deployment, Establishment process performance models, capability Baselines and Class C and B appraisals.
Being COBIT 5 Implementer and Certified assessor, he has performed assessment of AS –IS practices against COBIT 5 requirements, identify improvement opportunities, Identify AS-IS Maturity Level and establish Implementation strategy to achieve Maturity Level 3.
Being ISO, Shrikant has established Information Security Management System based on ISO 27001:2013 standards. He is instrumental for institutionalizing various security policies and procedures for logical, network and physical security requirements.
Education/ Publications/ Achievements
- B.E. (Electronics) from Pune University and B. Sc. (Physics), Fergusson College, Pune
- Member of many process improvement groups
- Developed and implemented e-learning tool
- Establishment of Metrics office
- Published white paper in the CMMI Institute Global Congress Seattle 2015 conference (Overcoming Challenges of Agile Projects through CMMI High Maturity Practices)
Training Conducted
- Overview to CMMI –DEV/SVC
- Internal Auditors training (ISO Auditing)
- Software Metrics
- Peer Reviews
- Causal Analysis & Resolution
- Comprehending CMMI HM thru’ advanced statistical techniques (for CMMI L5)
For more details on ITPACTS services contact us
operationalexcellence@itpacts.com
operationalexcellence@itpacts.com