| KEYNOTES - SM/ASM 2000 |
| WEDNESDAY, Mar. 8, 9:15 AM | Watts Humphrey, The Software Engineering Institute |
| Changing the Software Culture | ||
| Many of software�s current problems
stem from the pervasive culture of software organizations. This
"hacker" culture glorifies rapid coding, is schedule-driven, and
objects to measurement and planning. Commitments are generally missed while
quality is unmeasured and unmanaged. In this presentation, Watts Humphrey
describes steps to change the current software culture and its consequences.
Learn how the Personal Software Process (PSP) and Team Software Process
(TSP) guide engineers in planning and measuring their work. Explore the
benefits of following a defined, planned, and measured process
and the guidelines for making these practices more general in software
organizations.
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Watts Humphrey is an SEI Fellow at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie Mellon University. While at SEI, he established the Process Program, led the initial development of the Capability Maturity Model � (CMM) framework, and introduced the concepts of Software Process Assessment and Software Capability Evaluation. Prior to joining SEI, Mr. Humphrey spent 27 years with IBM in various technical executive positions. | |
| WEDNESDAY, Mar. 8, 3:45 PM | Ann Miller, University of Missouri-Rolla |
| Design and Test of Large-Scale Systems | |||
| Increasing complexity and functionality
of digital systems � coupled with time-to-market constraints � pose
quality challenges. Strategies often include a mix of new development with
the integration of pre-existing components from multiple sources. Ann Miller
presents some of the software engineering and software management lessons
learned from eight years on a large commercial satellite program, as well as
several years on military satellite programs. This presentation focuses on
the planned evolution of large-scale systems from the design and build of
smaller components based on an end-to-end system backbone.
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Dr. Ann Miller presently holds an endowed chair in Computer Engineering within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Previously, she was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Space for the U.S. Department of the Navy. | ||
| THURSDAY, Mar. 9, 9:00 AM | Barry Boehm, University of Southern California |
| Software Cost Management with COCOMO II | |||
| COCOMO II updates the 1981 Constructive Cost Model (COCOMO) to address the new ways that software is being developed and managed, including non-sequential process models, applications composition, product line management, distributed development and applications, and rapid application development. Barry Boehm summarizes these trends and shows how COCOMO II and its emerging extensions are addressing them. Learn how COCOMO II can be used for a variety of management decision situations, such as linking tactical project management to strategic productivity and cycle time improvement management via a quantitative metrics-based approach. | Barry Boehm, Director at the Center for Software Engineering at the University of Southern California, is an AIAA Fellow, an ACM Fellow, an IEEE Fellow, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. His contributions to the field include the Constructive Cost Model (COCOMO) and the Spiral Model of the software process. | ||
| FRIDAY, Mar. 10, 8:30 AM | Jeanette Horan, Lotus Development Corporation |
| Using Software Measurement to Effect Change | |||
| Using a real-life case study, Jeanette Horan presents how the search for product quality improvement at Lotus led to the realization that the software measurement process needed to be changed to drive organizational priorities. Learn how a cross-functional team provided recommendations for a new process, standardized on core metrics, and implemented a new self-service application. Discover how the use of innovative technology and active participation by the stakeholders resulted in a consistently streamlined process that allows fact-based decision making resulting in improved product quality and customer satisfaction. | Jeanette Horan is Vice President of Product Development at Lotus Development Corporation. With more than 20 years� experience in the software industry, she is responsible for delivering leadership messaging and collaboration products based on Lotus� Notes and Domino infrastructure. | ||
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