CISQ Member Application Form

Thank you for your interest in CISQ, the Consortium of IT Software Quality, whose mission it is to create a global standard for software quality. Membership in CISQ is open to all organizations.

CISQ is sponsored by the Object Management Group (OMG) and CAST. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University is a member of OMG and will work with OMG to development software-related standards and appraiser licensing programs.

Should you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].  

To join, please complete the form below, read �Terms and Conditions� below, and agree to them by clicking the �SUBMIT� button.

 


Please complete the following information about your organization:

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Who will serve as the Primary Representative from your organization?

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Who will serve as the Alternate Representative from your organization (if applicable)?

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Who will serve as the Marketing Contact from your organization?

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Terms and Conditions
 

  1. CISQ Members are entitled to:
     

    • Directly influence the development of the industry standard for IT software quality

    • Participate in consortium leadership promoting the importance of IT software quality

    • Participate in OMG�s neutral, international, open process for developing an IT software quality standard (quarterly OMG Technical Meetings)

    • Provide input to SEI�s development of a licensing program for professionals providing IT application quality assessments and services

    • Participate in annual 1-day CISQ executive meetings at SEI facilities (US or EU)

    • Participate in quarterly Webinars on critical industry issues and CISQ progress
       

  2. Conditions of Membership and Authorization - This agreement is a binding contract between your organization and CISQ and commits your organization to (i) payment of annual Membership fees as established from time to time and (ii) compliance with such rules and policies as CISQ may from time to time adopt. You will enjoy the rights and benefits established from time to time for CISQ Members. Membership fees are non-refundable and membership is non-transferable. Members are expected to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including U.S. laws regarding Antitrust. All references to CISQ in this application shall be deemed to refer to OMG and the CISQ activity of OMG.
     

  3. Term and Termination - The term of this agreement shall be 12 months from the date of signature below, and you may renew it for additional 12-month terms by paying the applicable annual membership fees. You may at any time terminate your membership by providing written notice of termination to OMG, provided that upon such termination you will not be entitled to receive a refund of membership fees.
     

  4. Permission to Use Consortium Materials - CISQ grants to each Member, so long as it remains a Member in good standing, a nonexclusive, royalty-free, paid up, worldwide license to copy and distribute CISQ materials and to modify such materials and distribute copies of the modified version. Materials that are reproduced without substantive change must retain the CISQ copyright notice and may add the words "used with permission". Materials that are substantially modified by the Member may bear the Member's copyright notice and must contain the acknowledgement "Based on materials from the CISQ - www.it-cisq.org. Used with permission." Members do not need case-by-case permission to use CISQ materials. CISQ reserves the right to permit non-members to use CISQ materials on a case-by-case basis.
     

  5. Logos and Names - You grant OMG, SEI, and CISQ the right to use your organization�s name and logo on the OMG, SEI and CISQ websites and on related marketing materials, solely to indicate your membership in the CISQ.
     

  6. Confidential Information - All information disclosed at any CISQ meeting, and all submissions to the CISQ, will be deemed to be public information that has been disclosed without any restrictions on use by anyone. No valid copyright or patent right will be deemed to have been waived by such disclosure. If you want to keep certain information confidential, do not disclose it at a CISQ meeting or in a submission to CISQ.
     

  7. Patent Rights - CISQ is not in the business of adopting specifications or specifying technologies. Therefore, the CISQ: (i) takes no position on any patent rights that may apply to any technology used or proposed by any CISQ Member, (ii) neither seeks nor grants any license rights in any such technology, and (iii) does not require that any CISQ Member disclose patent rights that it may have in any technology.
     

  8. Copyright in Materials Submitted to CISQ - With respect to any material you submit to CISQ: (i) copyright is held jointly by you and CISQ (each as to its own contributions), and (ii) you will be deemed to have granted to CISQ a nonexclusive, royalty-free, paid up, worldwide license to copy and distribute the document and to modify the document and distribute copies of the modified version.
     

  9. Miscellaneous - Any amendment or modification to the agreement must be in writing signed by both parties. This agreement and all matters relating thereto shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to that state�s choice of law principles. Your organization has caused this agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date shown below.
     

 

By clicking on �SUBMIT� below, you are agreeing to the �Terms and Conditions� above.

Please type this code 3TMw8 into the field below, to complete the registration:

  

For questions about this Application or about CISQ contact us at:

Object Management Group,
109 Highland Ave, Needham, MA 02494, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-781-444 0404 , Fax:+1-781-444 0320, Email: [email protected]. 

If you are interested in a Sponsor membership (rather than Member) please contact Ken Berk at [email protected].