Personnel who have published books or articles, taught classes, or are otherwise knowledgeable in the area of project management, especially for software projects and programs.
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.
Cukr, Anita - Anita J. Cukr has 30 years of experience in financial and project management supporting a variety of organizations in the United States (US) government sector. She retired as a US Air Force officer, and went on to work as a consultant to federal government agencies such as the Federal Aviation Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Missile Defense Agency. She spent her Air Force career in major weapon system acquisition management in the fields of cost estimating, budget, and earned value management. Currently, Ms Cukr is devoting her time to consulting on earned value management implementation.
Ms Cukr is a certified Project Management Professional, a former Professor of Financial Management at the Defense Acquisition University, and a former Vice President of Communications for the College of Performance Management. She has lectured to hundreds of students at the Defense Acquisition University and at conferences nationwide. She is also a published author, having written a number of articles on earned value management.
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.
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.
Schwalbe, Kathy - Kathy Schwalbe is a professor in the Department of Business Administration at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, where she teaches courses in project management, problem solving for business, systems analysis and design, information systems projects, and electronic commerce. Kathy was also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota, where she taught a graduate-level course in project management in the engineering department. She also provides training and consulting services to several organizations and speaks at several conferences. Kathy worked for ten years in industry before entering academia in 1991. She was an Air Force officer, systems analyst, project manager, senior engineer, and information technology consultant. Kathy is an active member of PMI, having served as the Student Chapter Liaison for the Minnesota chapter of PMI, VP of Education for the Minnesota chapter, Editor of the Information Systems Specific Interest Group (ISSIG) Review, and member of PMI's test-writing team. She is currently the Director of Communications for the ISSIG. Kathy earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education at the University of Minnesota, her MBA at Northeastern University's High Technology MBA program, and her B.S. in mathematics at the University of Notre Dame.
Solomon, Paul - Paul Solomon, PMP is the co-author of the book, Performance-Based Earned Value. He is internationally recognized as a leader, teacher, and consultant on Earned Value Management (EVM). He published many articles on EVM, systems engineering, software engineering, and risk management. Most are available on this site.
He led the use of EVM on Northrop Grumman Corporation programs including the B-2 Stealth Bomber, Global Hawk, and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. He has taught thousands of professionals and led EVMS implementation, compliance reviews, Integrated Baseline Reviews, independent assessment reviews, and process improvement teams. He is qualified to lead EVMS certification reviews.
Walker, Ellen - Ellen Walker, is a DACS Analyst, currently developing a
series of publications on software “best practices” as part of the
DACS Gold Practice Initiative. She has spent the past 25 years as
a software developer in various roles spanning the entire software
life cycle including project management of multiple business
process re-engineering efforts within the DoD community.
She is also experienced with assessment initiatives such as the
Capability Maturity Model for Software (CMM-SW) and the
quality management practices of the New York State Quality
Award program. Ellen has an MS in Management Science (State
University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton), and bachelor
degrees in both Computer Science (SUNY – Utica/Rome) and
Mathematics (LeMoyne College).
DACS Gold Practice Initiative
