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The following is a listing
of the some typical Microway clients and the kind of services supplied
to them.
Le Groupe Videoway (1984-1987) PA work for
Telematic Receiver developed by Videoway
Microway Systems was awarded its
first consulting contract by ‘Le Groupe Videoway’, a division of
‘Le Groupe Videotron’ of
Montreal
. This consulting contract was for PA work for the
Telematic Receiver developed by Videoway. The consulting contract lasted
about one year and involved the two Microway founders, C. Dominique and
B. Wong. It was to provide services pertaining to, but not limited to,
the following subjects or fields of work:
- System
Specifications
- System
Acceptance Test Plans
- Engineering
Unit Tests for Design Verification
- Conduct
Independent Audits
- Conduct
Project Reviews
- Develop
Acceptance Test Procedures
- Develop
Software Configuration Control
- Develop
System Documentation and Manuals
In August 1993, Microway Systems
obtained a new contract from Videoway to complete state-of-the-art
research to develop an RS-485 serial protocol for the Videoway Telematic
Receiver
SACO Controls Inc. (1992-1995) ISO 9000
certification
SACO Controls Inc., is an
established client of Microway Systems. In the last decade Microway has
performed substantial work for SACO Controls.
Consulting Services to
SACO
In several instances, Microway
provided consulting services to
SACO
.
In 1995 Microway advised Saco
Control Inc. in its petition to be ISO 9000 certified.
In 1992 and 1993 B. Wong of
Microway provided services to write test specifications, product
specifications and marketing brochures for
SACO
.
Development Projects for
SACO
Between 1987 and 1992 Microway
undertook to develop several real-time custom products for
SACO
. The most complex product was the interfaces for
intelligent keyboards to be used by Ontario Hydro at its central control
station. Forty such
intelligent keyboards, conceived by Microway, were produced by SACO
Control Inc. The keyboards
made it much easier to manage the electrical network of the entire
Province
of
Ontario
. The quality of these products was excellent and did
not required any maintenance/debugging from Microway.
Canadian Space Agency (1996-1999)
Microway Systems has been
engaged in several other contracts with CSA. At first,
Claude Dominique
was IV&V and S&PA contractor at CSA. Then,
between January and May 1998, Microway Systems was sub-contractor to
Computer and Concept Associates (C&CA) in the continuation of the
SwPA contract with CSA.
The first direct contract
between CSA and Microway Systems was awarded in July 1998 to support the
SPDM Task Verification Facility (STVF)
Development Team at CSA Space Technologies.
A second contract was awarded to
Microway for the S&PA Service support from
November 1, 1998
to
March 31, 2001
, Reference: RFP No. 9F006-8-0221/000/A. The budget
allocated to this contract is in the process of being increased in order
to include STVF related S&PA activities and documentation.
A third contract was awarded to
Microway Systems for Independent Software Verification and Validation
(IV&V). Reference RFP No. 9F006-8-0229/000/A.
A fourth contract was awarded to
Microway Systems for Technical Writing Support Services for STVF,
Reference RFP No. 9F028-8-2899/A
In 1998,
consultation was provided for the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator
(SPDM), Task Verification Facility (STVF) Project for the Space
Technologies Group of CSA. The STVF Project consists of developing a
robot entirely controlled by computers.
The project's goal is to verify on-the-ground the tasks and
procedures to be used by astronauts on the SPDM, part of the Mobile
Service System
to be delivered by
Canada
for the International Space Station. other participants in this project
are Spar, CAE, ISE and NASA. (see below for other consulting contracts
at CSA as an S&PA and Independent V&V agent).
One of the achievements of
Microway Systems in this project
was to help the group prepare the PDR on September 2 and 3, 1998. He was
part of the team which enabled the PDR to passed at the CSSP control
board.
He also prepared the planning of the Post PDR and Pre CDR
activities using MS Project.
He now represents the S&PA group on this project, and
as such, he made a proposal for S&PA work, budget and schedule
requirements for the next 1.5 years of the project.
Microway Systems was a
sub-contractor to Computer and Concept Associates during the first six
months of 1998. C. Dominique worked 1.5 years prior to that in the same
position at CSA as an employee of C&CA.
The Canadian contribution to the
International Space Station Alpha will be launched at the end of 1998.
The various Robotics Real-Time Software Packages are being developed by
Spar Space Systems as the Prime Contractor with inputs from
Sub-Contractors, e.g. CAE, MacDonnald Dettwiler, and Prior Data Science.
C. Dominique planned all
S&PA Software PA and IV&V activities on MS Project for the MSS
Project. He was the lead negotiator on software standards and procedures
with Spar maintaining the balance between cost and schedule versus
safety, upgradability, maintainability, and reliability of real-time
critical software. In this context, C. Dominique wrote a proposal and
followed-up on how to implement Schlaer Mellor methodology at Spar.
Other activities included, but
were not limited to:
- Review
and comments on several documents of the Canadian Space Station
Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS).
- Participation
in Software Requirements reviews with NASA
- Schedule,
monitor task list, and prioritise tasks and Co-ordination of
IV&V and SPA tasks.
- Preparation
of Ca. Certificate of Flight Readiness before delivery to NASA.
- Review
of several CSCIs of the robotic arm at different stages of
development by Spar/CAE/MDA.
- Review
of End-to-End hazard analysis.
- CSA
S&PA representation at PDR, CDR, TRR of various CSCIs.
IBM
Formation
Center
(1998) taught the IBM course Practicing
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
In June 1998, Microway systems
was offered a contract to teach the IBM course Practicing
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. The course was given to a group of
18 IBM and ISM employees in June 1998. In their class evaluation, most
students were very satisfied with the instructor’s subject knowledge.
IBM Education and Training asked C. Dominique to provide a cost proposal
to upgrade/revamp the course material.
Bombardier Transport
March 2001 - August 2002
Review and modification of
documents
This
contract is for review of Door Monitoring Control Unit (DMCU) technical
documentation for the Side Doors of the Trains for the New York City
Transit. This encompasses Software Development plan, Configuration
Management Plan, Software Quality Assurance Plan, Software V&V Plan,
System Functional Description, Software Requirement Specification and
Software Design Document.
Transition to CMM Level II – Process
Improvement
This
contract consisted in helping Bombardier Transport to transition to
Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level II for the Long Island Railways
project. Scope of the contract was all Key process areas of CMM Level II
with more emphasis on Configuration Management. Developed transition
plans to Level II, analyzed compliance to CMM requirements and wrote
Configuration Management Process.
Renewed
contract to review planning, analysis, design and test documents for the
automatic door control system for the train cars.
CMC Electronics (1999-2001) Consulting contract:
Software Quality Engineering, Software Training, and Software Delegation
of TCCA (See avionics Experience)
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