Researchers, educators and experts in cost estimation.
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.
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.
Ferens, Daniel - Daniel V. (Dan) Ferens, who retired from Federal Service after more than 35 years in 2007, now works as a Program Manager for ITT Information Systems in Rome, NY. During his Government career, he worked at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, NY and in Dayton, OH, and spent 13 years as a Professor at Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, OH, where he taught graduate-level classes in software estimation and other software management and engineering subjects.
Mr. Ferens is a founder and lifetime member of the International Society of Parametric Analysts (ISPA) and has been a member of the Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis (SCEA) for more than ten years. He was the ISPA Freiman Award for lifetime achievement winner in 1999, and the ISPA Parametrician of the Year in 1990. He also served on the ISPA Board of Directors in 1979-1980 and 2004-2006. He has presented papers or chaired panels at numerous national and international conferences and symposia, and has published two books and many journal articles.
Mr. Ferens has a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master’s Degree in Business from the University of Northern Colorado. He and his wife, Marcie, currently reside in Fulton, NY.
Galorath, Daniel D. - Daniel Galorath is one of the principal developers of the SEER-SEM™ software evaluation model. His teaching experience includes development and presentation of courses in Software Cost, Schedule, and Risk Analysis; Software Management; Software Engineering; and Weapons Systems Architecture. His company, Galorath Incorporated, has developed tools, methods, and training for software cost, schedule,
risk analysis, and management decision support. Among Mr. Galorath's published works are papers encompassing software cost modeling, testing theory, software life cycle error prediction and reduction, and software and systems requirements definition. Most recently, Mr. Galorath was named winner of the 2001 International Society of
Parametric Analysts (ISPA) Freiman Award. awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the theoretical or applied aspects of parametric modeling. Dan is also the author of Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management.
Garmus, David - David Garmus is an acknowledged authority in the sizing, measurement and estimation of software application development and maintenance. He serves as a Past President of the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) and as a member of the IFPUG Counting Practices Committee. He is also a member of QAI, PMI (and their Information Systems Specific Interest Group) SEI and the IEEE Computer Society (and their Standards Association).
Herron, David - David Herron is coprincipal and co-founder of The David Consulting
Group. He is an acknowledged authority in using metrics to help
organizations monitor the impact of Information Technology (IT), the advancement of IT organizations to higher levels on the Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model®,and the governance of outsourcing arrangements. Herron assists clients in establishing software measurement, process improvement, and quality programs
and to enhance their project management techniques. He has co-authored a book on Function Points.
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.
Jensen, Randall W. - Randall W. Jensen, Ph.D., is a Software Cost Estimation Subject Matter Expert for the Software Technology Support Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, with more than 45 years of practical experience as a computer professional in hardware and software development. For the past 35 years, he has actively engaged in software engineering methods, tools, quality software management methods, software schedule and cost estimation, and management metrics. He retired as chief scientist of the Software Engineering Division of Hughes Aircraft Company’s Ground Systems Group, and was responsible for research in software engineering methods and management. Jensen founded Software Engineering, Inc., a software management-consulting firm in 1980. He developed the model that underlies the Sage and the Galorath, Inc.’s Software Evaluation and Estimation of Resources – Software Estimating Model (SEER-SEM) software cost and schedule estimating systems. Jensen received the International Society of Parametric Analysts Freiman Award for Outstanding Contributions to Parametric Estimating in 1984. He has published several computer-related texts, including “Software Engineering,” and numerous software and hardware analysis papers. He has a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, a Master of Science in electrical engineering, and a doctorate in electrical engineering from Utah State University.
Jones, Capers - Capers Jones is Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research (SPR). Capers Jones founded the company. He has almost 40 years of experience in software cost estimating. Jones designed IBM's first automated estimation tool in 1975, and is also one of the designers of three commercial software estimation tools: SPQR/20, Checkpoint, and KnowledgePlan. These software estimation tools pioneered the use of function point metrics for sizing and estimating. They also pioneered sizing of paper documents, and the estimation of quality and defect levels. To build these tools, SPR has collected quantified data from more than 600 companies.
Lane, Jo Ann - Jo Ann Lane is currently a Principal at the University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering conducting research in the area of system of systems engineering. In this capacity, she is currently working on a cost model to estimate the effort associated with system-of-system architecture definition and integration. She is also a part time instructor teaching software engineering courses at San Diego State University. Prior to this, she was a key technical member of Science Applications International Corporation’s Software and Systems Integration Group responsible for the development and integration of software-intensive systems and systems of systems.
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.
Miller, Christopher L. - Christopher L. Miller is the Senior Software Engineer/Cost Analyst supporting the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) for Systems and Software Engineering (SSE). Mr. Miller’s expertise is in software measurement and estimation. His quantitative analysis background is focused on life cycle cost estimation, evaluating project feasibility analysis, defining meaningful performance measurements, and establishing effective decision support mechanisms on large software-intensive systems development programs. Chris is a member of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Measurement Working Group (MWG) and a certified trainer for Practical Software and Systems Measurement (PSM). Mr. Miller earned a Masters of Engineering Management in Systems Engineering at the George Washington University and currently teaches systems engineering as a member of their adjunct faculty.
Putnam, Larry Sr. - Lawrence H. Putnam Sr. is the founder and chief executive officer of Quantitative Software Management, Inc., a developer of commercial software estimating, benchmarking, and control tools known under the trademark SLIM. He served 26 years on active duty in the U.S. Army and retired as a colonel. Putnam has been deeply involved in the quantitative aspects of software management for the past 30 years. He is a member of Sigma Xi, Association for Computing Machinery, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and IEEE Computer Society. He was presented the Freiman Award for outstanding work in parametric modeling by the International Society of Parametric Analysts. He is the co-author of five books on software estimating, control, and benchmarking. Putnam has a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy and a Master of Science in physics from the Naval Postgraduate School.
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.
Rico, David F. - Dr. David F. Rico, PMP, is an itinerant technical leader for software process and quality improvement.
SYNOPSIS
Dr. Rico is internationally recognized for helping prestigious organizations become accredited and compliant with CMMI®, SW-CMM®, and ISO 9001, 15288, and 12207.
STRENGTH
Dr. Rico's strength is helping fiercely resistant and resource constrained organizations achieve fast and measurable benefits and accreditation.
SKILLS
Dr. Rico has advanced skills with state-of-the-art methods and tools for designing software engineering policies, procedures, standards, and processes.
CAPABILITIES
Dr. Rico's capabilities include motivational lectures, program diagnosis, economic justification, strategic planning, program management, appraisals, life cycle design, compliance analysis, training, software metrics and models, quality assurance, and configuration management.
SPECIALTY
Dr. Rico specializes in cost and benefit, return on investment, net present value, and breakeven point analysis for software process improvement and project portfolio management.
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.
Stutzke, Richard D. - Dr. Richard D. Stutzke has more than 40 years of experience with software development and project management in the military and industry, including scientific, embedded real time, and commercial systems. He has authored more than fifty papers and articles on software estimation and management. In 1989, he established Science Applications International Corporation's Corporate Software Process Group and led it for two years. Since then, he has focused on defining integrated processes for developing software-intensive systems and managing their development and operation. Dr. Stutzke received the 2006 Parametrician of the Year award from the International Society of Parametric Analysts. Dick is also a competitive ice dancer.
Valerdi, Ricardo - Ricardo Valerdi is a Research Associate in the Lean Aerospace Initiative and a Lecturer in the Engineering Systems Division at MIT. He is also the co-founder of the Systems Engineering Advancement Research Initiative (SEAri) which was launched in 2007.
He received his B.S./B.A. in Electrical Engineering from the University of San Diego in 1999, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Systems Architecting and Engineering from USC in 2002 and 2005. Between 1999 and 2002, he worked as a systems engineer at Motorola where he was responsible for the design and implementation of mission critical public safety communications systems for clients such as the Los Angeles Police Department, Orange County Sheriff, and San Diego Police Department. He has been affiliated with the Aerospace Corporation's Economic and Market Analysis Center as a Member of the Technical Staff since 2003 where he supports cost analysis of programs for the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center at the Los Angeles Air Force Base.
His current research interests include systems engineering cost estimation, system level metrics and models, dynamics in large-scale government system acquisition, and system-of-systems ontologies. His contributions to the field include the Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model (COSYSMO), a model for estimating systems engineering effort, which has been calibrated with data provided by BAE Systems, Boeing, General Dynamics, L-3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and SAIC.
He is the author of over 45 technical publications which have appeared in IEEE, AIAA, and INCOSE conferences. His work has appeared in several journals, including Journal of Systems Engineering, Journal of Systems and Software, and CrossTalk - The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. He has also served as a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management and IEEE Software. He served as Program Chair of the 20th Forum on COCOMO and Software Cost Modeling and is involved with INCOSE in the Measurement Working Group, the Systems Engineering & Architecting Doctoral Student Network, and since 2007 serves on the Board of Directors as Associate Director for International Growth. He is a Visiting Associate at the Center for Systems & Software Engineering at USC.
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