Your Partner for Achieving Software Excellence
We teach software practitioners everything they didn't learn in college but need to know to have successful careers developing, maintaining, and acquiring excellent software.
Hello, my name is Linda Westfall. I am the president of the Westfall Team, Inc. and Founder of the Software Excellence Academy.
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We provide our clients with training solutions that ensure the effective transfer of practical knowledge, skills and vocabulary that can be immediately incorporated into on-the-job performance to improve software excellence.
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We accomplish this by combining our extensive software engineering and quality experience with industry good practices and standards to create courses that teach implementable, useful practices, skills and techniques that are proven to increase software quality.
Benefits from Our Courses
Knowledge
Our students obtain a comprehensive knowledge base of industry recognized good practices and proven methods for implementing continuous improvement of their processes and product to obtain software excellence.
Skills
Our students learn to implement practical skills, tools and techniques that can be immediately applied to their work to improve the quality of their software practices and products.
Vocabulary
Our students acquire a comprehensive vocabulary of software engineering and quality terminology that helps them better understand and communicate with their customers, users and other stakeholders.
All-Access Membership Options
Our All-Access Membership is your passport to advancing your skills to their highest potential. Get immediate access to our library of training courses, webinars, resources, and more!  This is an investment in your long-term career growth and learning, so we want you to have access to everything!
Our Courses
We offer a variety of learning methods and models to fit your every training need.
On-Demand Web-Based Training
The Westfall Team’s on-demand, web-based training courses provide a cost-effective way for your organization to train employees on an as needed, individualized basis.
Live (Open-Enrollment) Online Training
The Westfall Team’s live, open-enrollment, online training provides a hands-on, interactive venue for both individuals & organizations to learn in a group setting.
In-House Training
(At Your Site)
The Westfall Team can bring any of our courses directly to your team in-house at your facility. In-house training provides a cost-effective way for your organization to train employees on your schedule.
Our Webinars
The Westfall Team presents regular Software Excellence Academy Webinars.
These webinars are free to anyone who watches them live and to anyone watching the recordings within two month of broadcast.
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- Upcoming webinars
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- Other announcements
The Certified Software Quality Engineer Handbook
This handbook contains information and guidance that supports all of the topics of the 2016 version of the CSQE Body of Knowledge (BoK) upon which ASQ's Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) exam is based. Armed with the knowledge presented in this handbook to complement the required years of actual work experience, qualified software quality practitioners may feel confident they have taken appropriate steps in preparation for the ASQ CSQE exam. However, the goals for this handbook go well beyond it being a CSQE exam preparation guide. Learn More...
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What Our Customers Are Saying
Charles Carson
Linda Westfall is a pioneer in the software field and her efforts are essential in making sense out of what is going on in the software industry today.
Quynh Vantu
The Software Excellent Academy CSQE Preparation Course stands out as exceptional. The course is taught by the author of the CSQE BOK book, Linda Westfall, offering comprehensive insights and guidance. I highly recommend this course to individuals seeking to excel in their CSQE certification journey. There is no better class to prepare you for the exam.
Monica Chis
Thank you so much for the *AMAZING* information you shared in all your webinars. You provided extremely helpful and valuable information which I can put into practice in many situations. The topics are excellent and useful.Â
