This category identifies expertsknown for their knowledge or experience with software related best practices.
Jalote, Pankaj - Pankaj Jalote has recently joined Department of Computer Science and Engineering at I.I.T. Delhi as Microsoft Chair Professor. Before this he was with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur since 1989, where he was also the Head of the Department from 1998 to 2002. Earlier he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, where he also held joint appointment in the Institute of Advanced Computer Studies. From 1996 to 1998, he was Vice President (quality) at Infosys Technologies Ltd., a large Bangalore-based company providing software solutions worldwide, where he spearheaded Infosys' successful move to high maturity levels of the CMM. From 2003 to 2004 he was a Visiting Researcher at Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA.
He is the author of CMM in Practice , (Addison Wesley, 1999), a book that has been translated in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean; Software Project Management in Practice (Addison Wesley, Feb 2002); the highly popular textbook An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering, (Springer 1991, 2nd Edition 1996, 3rd Edition 2005), whose Indian edition was recognized as the best selling book in computer science by its local publisher; and the graduate-level book Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems , (Prentice Hall, 1994). He is on the Board of Advisors of many software companies in India and USA, is a Technical Advisory Board member for Microsoft Research, India, and is on the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, and International Journal of Emperical Software Engineering.
Kasunic, Mark - Mark Kasunic is a senior member of the technical staff at the SEI. He is currently a member of the Software Engineering Measurement and Analysis (SEMA) Group. Since joining the SEI in 1994, his work has focused on transitioning performance improvement technologies into practice through applied research, consulting, and training. His current research and development interests are centered on practical quantitative methods that help organizations understand and improve their system development or acquisition approaches. Mr. Kasunic has a Master's Degree from the University of Arizona in Systems Engineering with a focus in systems design, systems modeling, and advanced techniques in statistical process improvement
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.
Strassmann, Paul - Mr. Strassmann's career includes service as chief information systems executive (1956-1978; 1990-to date), vice-president of strategic planning for office automation (1978-1985), and information systems consultant (1986-1990). Mr. Strassmann is president of The Information Economics Press. He is Senior Advisor to the Science Applications International Corporation, he is Associate of the Butler Group, a U.K. consultancy, and on the Board of Visitors, School of Information Studies at the Syracuse University and the InfraGard organizations for the Nation Infrastructure Protection. He is on the Boards of Directors of Meta Software, Alinean, and Trio Security corporations.
His monthly articles have appeared in the Computerworld magazine since 1994. Strassmann holds registered U.S. trademarks for Return-on-Management®, Information Productivity® and Knowledge Capital®.
Yourden, Ed - Mr. Yourdon is the author of over 525 technical articles. He has also authored or coauthored 26 computer books since 1967. His latest book is Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects (2001). Among his recent books are Death March (1997), Case Studies in Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (1996), Mainstream Objects (1995), and Object-Oriented Systems Development: An Integrated Approach (1994), as well as two earlier OO books co-authored with Peter Coad. ed1@yourdon.com
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