Researchers, educators, and experts in Software Risk Management and related topics.
Ask a Professor - Ask A Professor (AAP) is a Department of Defense resource for asking acquisition and logistics questions concerning policies and practices.
Boehm, Barry - Currently the TRW Professor of Software Engineering, Computer Science Department Director, USC Center for Software Engineering. His current research interests include software process modeling, software requirements engineering, software architectures, software metrics
and cost models, software engineering environments, and knowledge-based software engineering. His contributions to the field include the Constructive Cost Model (COCOMO), the Spiral Model of the
software process, the Theory W (win-win) approach to software management and requirements determination.
Charette, Robert N. - Robert N. Charette, Ph.D. is a Cutter Consortium Fellow, Director of the Enterprise Risk Management & Governance practice, and Senior Consultant with the Agile Project Management practice. With almost 30 years of experience in a wide variety of international technology and management positions, Dr. Charette is recognized as an international authority and pioneer regarding information systems, technology, and telecommunications risk management.
Ed Conrow - Edmund H. Conrow is the founder and owner of Management and Technology Associates. Dr. Conrow has a proven track record in the application of risk management, project management, and technical skills to moderate to high complexity projects. He has extensive experience on hardware-intensive, software-intensive, and mixed projects, with life cycle dollar ranges from less than one million dollars to more than 100 billion dollars. Dr. Conrow is the author of the highly regarded book, "Effective Risk Management: Some Keys to Success", Second Edition, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) (2003), author of the project risk management chapter in Harold Kerzner's best selling book, "Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling", Ninth Edition (2006) and other publications.
Lister, Tim - Tim Lister is a Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council, a member of the Leadership Group of Cutter Consortium's Enterprise Risk Management & Governance practice, and a Senior Consultant with Cutter's Business-IT Strategies, Agile Software Development & Project Management, Innovation & Enterprise Agility and Sourcing and Vendor Relationships practices. He is also a frequent keynoter at Cutter Summits. Mr. Lister is a principal of the Atlantic Systems Guild, Inc. He is presently involved in assisting organizations with IT risk management and in tailoring methodologies and selecting tools for software development groups to increase project productivity and product reliability. He is also pursuing work on metrics for making the efforts of software projects more predictable. Mr. Lister has 25 years' professional software development experience. Before the formation of the Atlantic Systems Guild, he worked at Yourdon, Inc. for eight years, where he was an Executive Vice President and Fellow in charge of all instructor/consultants, the technical content of all courses, and the quality of all consultations.
O'Neill, Don - As an independent consultant, Don O’Neill conducts defined programs for managing strategic software improvement. These include directing the National Software Quality Experiment, participating in the National Software Council, and producing and maintaining the section on software inspections in the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Software Technology Reference Guide.
Shimel, Brian - Colonel Brian Shimel is Director, Financial Management, Electronic Systems Center (ESC), Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. As the Center’s chief financial officer, Colonel Shimel is responsible for the oversight of more than $4 billion of the Air Force’s budget. He provides interpretation, resource allocation and technical guidance to support the ESC strategic goals.
Colonel Shimel entered the Air Force in 1984 as an AFROTC Distinguished Graduate, from the University of Vermont. After assignments at Sheppard AFB, TX, Spangdahlem AB, Federal Republic of Germany, and the USAF Academy, CO, He moved, in 1992, to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, to attend the Air Force Institute of Technology, as a graduate student, where he earned a Masters in Cost Analysis. He served at Los Angeles AFB, CA, Space and Missile Systems Center, HQ Air Force, Washington, D.C., Secretariat of the Air Force for Cost and Econometrics, and at the AF Cost Analysis Agency as a Senior Weapon Systems Cost Analyst. In 2000, Lt Colonel Shimel was assigned to Cannon AFB, NM, as the 27th Comptroller Squadron Commander. In 2002, Lt Col Shimel was assigned to the Strategic Command and Control System Program Office, Electronic Systems Center, Peterson AFB, CO, as the Chief of Financial Management. In 2004, he was selected to
command the 21st Comptroller Squadron, Peterson AFB, CO, serving from June 2004 to July 2005. He reported to the Pentagon in July 2005, as the Military Assistant to the Auditor General of the Air Force,
where he served until August 2006. He was then assigned to the Air Force Cost Analysis Agency, Washington, D.C., Secretariat of the Air Force for Cost and Econometrics, as Deputy Division Chief,
Program Integration, until July 2007 when he assumed his current position.
Smidts, Carol - A professor at the University of Maryland, Dr. Smidts' research areas focus on dynamic probabilistic risk assessment, human reliability, software reliability, quantitative risk assessment, and software testing.
Smith, Preston - Dr. Preston has been consulting to and training companies in rapid product development for twenty years. Although Preston may be best known for his many publications, his daily activity centers on onsite consultation and training in new product development using a results-oriented approach that he has honed over the years. Considered an expert in Risk Management and Agile Development. He is coauthor of Developing Products in Half the Time, which has sold over 100,000 copies in several languages. He holds an engineering PhD from Stanford and is a Certified Management Consultant.
Software Program Manager's Network (SPMN) - The SPMN's mission is to enable managers of large-scale, software-intensive development or maintenance projects to more effectively manage and succeed by identifying and conveying to them best management practices, lessons learned, and directly useful support.
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