Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University

leading and advancing software and cybersecurity to solve the nation's toughest problems. the sei works closely with defense and government organizations, industry, and academia to continually improve software-intensive systems. our core purpose is to help organizations improve their software engineering capabilities and to develop or acquire the right software, defect free, within budget and on time, every time. to accomplish this, the sei - performs research to explore promising solutions to software engineering problems - identifies and codifies technological and methodological solutions - tests and refines the solutions through pilot programs that help industry and government solve their problems - widely disseminates proven solutions through training, licensing, and publication of best practices