About SEPT

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SEPT
SEPT

2725 NW Pine Cone Drive
Issaquah, WA. 98027 USA

E-mail:
stanmagee@smartwire.net

Telephone: 425-391-2344

Company Profile

Software Engineering Process Technology Company, (SEPT) is a firm specializing in meeting the software process standards information needs of the professional community, particularly concerning ISO/IEC 12207. SEPT was founded in 1992 by Stan Magee CCP, the principal and president. SEPT provides standards information via books, checklists, templates reports, and consulting. Mr. Magee was one of the principal US delegates in the development of ISO/IEC 12207 over the 6 years of its development. Mr. Magee signed off the final draft of ISO/IEC 12207 for the US in Rome, Italy in November 1994. For his diligent work on ISO/IEC 12207, Mr. Magee received an ISO/SC 7 award. Mr. Magee is past (1991-2002) convener of WG 7 (Life Cycle Management) for ISO/IEC JTC1 SC 7 (Systems and Software Engineering) standards group. He has been a U.S. delegate to the International Plenary meetings since 1986. In 1995 he was elected to the IEEE Computer Society Golden Core of 500 people who have significantly served the IEEE Society in standards development over its 50 year history.

Mr. Magee is co-author of the books, Guide To Software Engineering Standards and Specifications, Artech House Publishers, 1997, ISBN 0-89006-919-0 and Guide to Standards and Specifications for Designing Web Software, Artech House Publishers, 1998, ISBN 0-89006-819-4.

• More Info Guide to Software Engineering Standards and Specifications
• This book is also avaible in digital faormat in three parts
  • Section one: Software Development and Maintenance Standards
  • Section two: Software Development Supporting Processes Standards
  • Section three: Software Development Tools and Technques Standards
• More Info Guide to Standards and Specifications for: Designing Web Software
• SEPT has collected and defined over 200 World Wide Web (WWW) acronyms and abbreviations that are used in technical writing. Some are very common such as e-mail for electronic mail to the obscure such as YUV for Luminance (Y), Chrominance (UV). This is documented in a small book called,”World Wide Web Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in Technical Writings.” for More Info

In 1994, SEPT established a software business and quality system plan, for VNIPI Sport of Moscow, Russia for obtaining ISO 9001 certification. VNIPI is the privatized MIS section of the Russian Olympic Committee. Mr. Magee was part of a "People to People" quality mission to China and lectured at Shanghai University on software quality standards. In 2002, Mr. Magee established a plan for Thailand to be in the upper quartile producers of software in the world market place by 2010.

Mr. Magee has over 42 years experience in the software field and is considered an expert in the area of software life cycle methodology. He was active on many governmental, educational and professional boards, and holds a BS from the School of Engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA in International Business from the University of Puget Sound.