Basili, Victor - A professor at the University of Maryland, Dr. Basili is a noted advocate and practitioner of quantitative methods in software engineering. He was a co-founder of NASA's Software Engineering Laboratory and has won numerous awards. His Web page provides pointers to the journals and organizations with which he is associated, as well as papers and other descriptions of his research interests.
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.
Buglione, Luigi - Dr. Luigi Buglione is Associate Professor at the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) – Université du Québec, Canada and is currently working as Process Improvement Specialist at Engineering.IT (formerly Atos Origin Italy and SchlumbergerSema) in Rome, Italy. Previously, he worked as a Software Process Engineer at the European Software Institute (ESI) in Bilbao, Spain.
Dr. Buglione is a regular speaker at international Conferences on Software Measurement, Process Improvement and Quality. He is also the Vice-President of the Italian Software Metrics Association (GUFPI-ISMA), where created the Software Measurement Committee (SMC), member of the ISBSG Technical Advisory Group, of the ISO/IEC WG10 Study Group and other technical national bodies on such issues.
He developed and was part of ESPRIT and of Basque Government projects on metric programs, EFQM models, the Balanced IT Scorecard and QFD for software. He is also a reviewer of the SWEBOK project, co-authoring the proposal for a new Knowledge Area on Software Measurement for the upcoming 2010 edition.
He received a Ph.D in Management Information Systems from LUISS Guido Carli University (Rome, Italy) and a degree cum laude in Economics from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy.
He achieved the following certifications: IFPUG CSMS (Certified Software Measurement Specialist), COSMIC, ITIL v3 Foundation.
Cockburn, Alistair - Dr. Cockburn (pronounced Co-burn, the Scottish way), is an internationally renowned project witchdoctor and IT strategist, best known for describing Software development as a Cooperative Game, for helping craft the Agile Development Manifesto, for finally defining Use Cases and for developing the initial response technique relaxation/massage form.
Dekkers, Carol - Carol Dekkers, CMC, CFPS, P.Eng. (Canada), is a recognized Industry Expert in Software Measurement and Function Point Analysis (Function Points), with a focus on accurate estimating and productivity and quality improvement. Carol is Past-President of the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG), an ISO project editor for the U.S. and involved in leadership of the Metrics SIG of the Project Management Institute. Carol has written over 50 published articles on measurement, process improvement and function points available at her website at www.qualityplustech.com. Carol also moderates the Quality Plus Measurement Forum at Yahoo!Groups (www.groups.yahoo.com/group/Quality_Plus_Measurement_Forum) and is the president of Quality Plus Technologies, Inc.
Fowler, Martin - Martin is the Chief Scientist for Thoughtworks, an application development and consulting company. He's been involved for over a decade in using object-oriented techniques for information systems. Although his primary interest has been in software design he's never been able to avoid software process and has been interested in approaches that allow methodology to fit people rather than the other way around. He's the author of Analysis Patterns, UML Distilled, Refactoring, and Planning Extreme Programming.
Gray, Lewis - Lewis Gray is the President of Abelia Corporation and a Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). He is a software process improvement coach and long-time teacher of software development standards. He has thirty years of experience introducing new technology. He specializes in coaching and teaching SW-CMM® based software process improvement and IEEE/EIA 12207 and J-STD-016.
Lewis was a leader in the development of IEEE/EIA 12207 which has replaced MIL-STD-498 for DoD software development. He was a leader in the development of J-STD-016 also, and MIL-STD-498, and he participated in the development of DOD-STD-2167A.
Harrison, Warren - Warren Harrison is Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University, and Adjunct Professor with the Division of Medical Informatics and Outcomes Research at Oregon Health Sciences University. His research interests include both software engineering and Internet technologies. Professor Harrison's software engineering research includes return on investment for process improvements, software quality assurance, software measurement, and empirical studies of software engineering. He is an active member of the software
engineering research community, being Editor-in-Chief of two journals, and a member of the program committee of numerous international conferences and workshops each year.
Lipke, Walter - Walt Lipke retired in 2005 as deputy chief of the Software Division at
Tinker Air Force Base and has more than 35 years experience in the
development, maintenance, and management of software for automated testing of avionics. During his tenure, the division achieved several software process improvement milestones, including the coveted Software Engineering Institute/Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers award for Software Process Achievement. Lipke has published several articles and presented at conferences internationally on the benefits of SPI and the application of EVM and statistical methods to software projects. He is the creator of the Earned Schedule® technique, which extracts schedule information from EV data. Lipke has a master’s degree in physics, and is a member of the physics honor society, Sigma Pi Sigma. In 2007, Lipke received the PMI Metrics
Specific Interest Group Scholar Award and the PMI Eric Jenett Award for Project Management Excellence.
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.
Quality America - Founded in 1983, Quality America offers Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Document Control software, as well as ASQ Certification materials, SPC Training, and Six Sigma software, training, and consulting.
R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc. - R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc. provides services and
products that help an organization to improve its
software engineering practices. The company offers
video training products, consulting services, and software
process improvement products. Their WWW site provides
access to a comprehensive collection of software engineering resources.
Reifer, Donald J. - Mr. Reifer has over 30 years of progressive experience in both industry and government. Recently, Mr. Reifer managed the DoD Software Initiatives Office under an Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignment with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). As part of this assignment, he also served as the Director of the DoD Software Reuse Initiative and Chief of the Ada Joint Program Office. Mr. Reifer's areas of expertise include
software reuse, Ada, software testing, Cost estimation (COCOMO), and software acquisition.
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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