Editing Software Engineering Institute (section)

==Special programs==

===SEI Partner Network===
The SEI Partner Network helps the SEI disseminate software engineering best practices. Organizations and individuals in the SEI Partner Network are selected, trained, and licensed by the SEI to deliver authentic SEI services, which include courses, consulting methods, and management processes.  The network currently consists of nearly 250 partner organizations worldwide.

===Conferences===
The SEI sponsors national and international conferences, workshops, and user-group meetings. Other events cover subjects including the acquisition of software-intensive systems, [[commercial off-the-shelf]] (COTS)-based systems, network security and survivability, software process research, [[software product line]]s, CMMI, and the SEI Team Software Process.

===Education and training===
[[File:Software Engineering Institute.jpg|thumb|Main facility on Fifth Avenue in Pittsburgh.]]
SEI courses are currently offered at the SEI's locations in the United States and Europe. In addition, using licensed course materials, SEI Partners train individuals.

===Membership program===
The SEI Membership Program helps the software engineering community to network. SEI Members include small business owners, software and systems programmers, CEOs, directors, and managers from both Fortune 500 companies and government organizations.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sei.cmu.edu/about/work-with-us/index.cfm| title = Work With Us Page| access-date = March 26, 2018| archive-date = March 8, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210308233958/https://www.sei.cmu.edu/about/work-with-us/index.cfm| url-status = live}}</ref>

===Affiliate program===
Through the SEI Affiliate Program, organizations place technical experts with the SEI for periods ranging from 12 months to four years. Affiliates currently are working on projects with the SEI to identify, develop, and demonstrate improved software engineering practices.

===Software Process Achievement award program===
In order to recognize outstanding achievements in improving an organization's ability to create and evolve software-dependent systems, the SEI and [[IEEE Computer Society]] created the [[Software Process Achievement Award]] program.<ref>[http://www.sei.cmu.edu/process/casestudies/processawards/ Software Process Award program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929093206/http://www.sei.cmu.edu/process/casestudies/processawards/ |date=September 29, 2017 }}.</ref> In addition to rewarding excellence, the purpose of this award is to foster continuous advancement in the practice of software engineering and to disseminate insights, experiences, and proven practices throughout the relevant research and practitioner communities.