Floyd, Christiane - Christiane Floyd graduated in mathematics and completed her PhD at the University of Vienna in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 she worked as a systems programmer in compiling at Siemens, Munich. From 1968 to 1973 she continued in this field as a research associate and a part-time lecturer at the computer science department of Stanford University. From 1973 to 1977 she joined Softlab, Munich, as a senior consultant specializing in software development methods.
In 1978 she became a full professor in Software Engineering at the Technical University of Berlin. Since 1991 she is head of the Software Engineering Group at the University of Hamburg.
Malotaux, Niels - Founder of NR Malotaux Consultancy, he is an independent consultant, teaching and coaching R&D, software and systems engineering projects to achieve Quality On Time. Quality On Time is short for delivering the right product, within the time and budget agreed, with no excuses, in a pleasant way for all involved, including the developers. His areas of expertise include: Evolutionary Project Management (Evo), Requirements Engineering, Quality, Best Practices, and Inspections.
McConnell, Steve - Steve McConnell is CEO and Chief Software Engineer at Construx Software where he writes books and articles, teaches classes, and oversees Construx’s software engineering practices.
Steve is the author of Code Complete (1993, 2004) and Rapid Development (1996), both winners of Software Development magazine's Jolt award for outstanding software development books of their respective years. In 1998, he published Software Project Survival Guide and in 2004 he published Professional Software Development (2004). Steve has worked in the desktop software industry since 1984 and has expertise in rapid development methodologies, project estimation, software construction practices, performance tuning, system integration, and third-party contract management. Steve also served as Editor in Chief of IEEE Software from 1998-2002 and is a member of IEEE Computer Society and ACM.
Reifer Consultants, Inc. - From their web site:
"Since its founding in 1980, RCI has become one of the most respected names in software engineering and management consulting. International in scope, RCI is functions as a change agent to help its clients introduce change and make process improvements."
Urban, Joseph E. - Professor Urban's research interests include Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE), prototyping software systems, executable specification languages, computer languages, data engineering, and distributed computing.
urban@asu.edu
Wiegers, Karl - Karl E. Wiegers is Principal Consultant with Process Impact in Portland, Oregon. He has provided training and consulting services worldwide on many aspects of software development, management and process improvement. Prior to starting Process Impact in 1997, Karl spent 18 years at Eastman Kodak Company. His responsibilities there included experience as a photographic research scientist, software applications developer, software manager, and software process and quality improvement leader. Karl has led process improvement activities in small application development groups, Kodak's Internet development group, and a division of 500 software engineers developing embedded and host-based digital imaging software products.
Karl is the author of the following books:
Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools (Microsoft Press, 2007)
More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice (Microsoft Press, 2006)
Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide (Addison-Wesley, 2002)
Creating a Software Engineering Culture (Dorset House Publishing, 1996)
Karl has also written more than 170 articles on many aspects of software, chemistry, and military history. He has served on the Editorial Board of IEEE Software and as a Contributing Editor for Software Development magazine.
Young, Ralph - Young is Director of Engineering Process Improvement in Defense Enterprise Solutions (DES) at Northrop Grumman Information Technology (IT), a leading provider of information technology and systems-based solutions. DES is a Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) Level 5 organization. Dr. Young was a member of the CMMI Level 5 SCAMPI (Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement) Team, and is an avid reader of industry literature. He leads the DES Requirements Working Group of over 50 requirements engineers. He teaches the 10-hour "Requirements Course for Practitioners" and consults frequently about both requirements engineering and process improvement for DES' internal and external customers. Dr. Young offers a commercially-available "Effective Requirements Practices Workshop" to assist organizations and enable organizational improvement.
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