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Ed Yourdon
Author and International IT Consultant
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Why Are There Still So Many Level-1 Organizations After Nearly 20 Years?
Many IT executives are tempted by bold, aggressive strategies to leapfrog their organizations from Level-1 on the SEI-CMM scale to a more "acceptable" level of three, or to a more advanced level of four or five; and indeed, it can be done in a relatively short period of time. Yet the more common situation is no progress on the SEI-CMM scale, i.e. organizations that were firmly entrenched at Level-1 in the early 1990s are still there 15 years later. In this presentation, Ed Yourdon describes the fundamental financial, cultural, and political barriers to SEI-CMM improvement, and provides realistic strategies for overcoming them. Once these initiatives are put in place, a series of "tactical" initiatives can be launched to rapidly improve the organization's software process in order to rapidly climb up the SEI-CMM scale.
Ed Yourdon is an internationally-recognized computer consultant, as well as the author of over 500 technical articles and 27 books, including "Byte Wars" , "Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects", "Death March", "Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer", and "Decline and Fall of the American Programmer." His latest book, "Outsource: Competing in the Global Productivity Race", discusses both current and future trends in offshore outsourcing, and provides practical strategies for individuals, small businesses, and the nation to cope with this unstoppable tidal wave.
2009 Speaking Dates: Detroit, 4/30; Toronto, 10/1; Ft. Lauderdale, 11/17
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Capers Jones
Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research, Inc. (SPR) and Author
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Analysis of New Technologies
The software industry is extremely active in developing new methodologies and technologies. Many of these are effective, but some are not. This presentation by Capers Jones uses a standard analytic approach for evaluating the effectiveness of new and emerging technologies on software development productivity, software maintenance productivity, and software quality. The current version of this presentation uses recent data to analyze Agile development, extreme programming, the ITIL library, SCRUM sessions, Watts Humphrey's Team Software Process (TSP) and Personal Software Process (PSP), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Six-Sigma for Software. These technologies are evaluated on the basis of the 12 known ways that software projects can be improved. The evaluation method also includes analysis of the optimal size ranges of the projects for using the technology: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, and 100,000 function points. In addition, the evaluation method presentation discusses the suitability of the technologies for six types of software project: information technology (IT) projects, systems software, embedded software, commercial software, outsourced software, web software, and ERP-class projects. Recent productivity and quality data is included.
Capers Jones is Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research (SPR). Mr. Jones is the designer of several software cost and quality estimation tools including SPQR/20™, the first commercial software estimating tool to use function points as the basis for sizing source code and other deliverables such as specifications and user documents. He is also an international consultant on software management topics, a speaker, a seminar leader, and a prolific author. As an author, Mr. Jones has written 14 books including his best seller "Applied Software Measurement: Assuring Productivity and Quality." His most recent book is "Estimating Software Costs."
2009 Speaking Dates: Orlando, 3/10; Tampa, 5/14; Ft. Lauderdale, 11/17
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Vic Basili
Founding Executive Director, Fraunhofer Center, University of Maryland
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Building and Using Corporate Intellectual Property in the Software Domain
Software development is often viewed as a research and development activity rather than a competence area that needs to be nurtured, packaged, and evolved as part of an organization's intellectual property. Such a mind set requires a different paradigm, one in which we can capture, analyze and synthesize experiences and then provide project support based upon what the organization has learned to date. In this presentation, Dr. Vic Basili discusses how this approach is reflected in the Goal/Question/Metric Paradigm, the Quality Improvement Paradigm and the Experience Factory Organization. These models are based on the need for measurement and feedback loops, from product to process and project to project. The end goal is the creation of a learning organization for building software competencies.
Victor R. Basili is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland and Chief Scientist at the Fraunhofer Center-Maryland, where he was founding director and was also one of the Founders and Principals in the NASA Goddard Software Engineering Laboratory (SEL). He has worked on measuring, evaluating, and improving the software development process and product and developed methods such as the Goal Question Metric Approach (GQM), the Quality Improvement paradigm (QIP), and the Experience Factory organization (EF) to help bring a sense of order to the ad-hoc development so prevalent in the software engineering field. Dr. Basili has developed, tailored, evaluated and evolved these techniques for many organizations and government agencies, including AT&T Bell Labs, Boeing, Coopers and Lybrand, Daimler, DoD, Ericsson, FAA, Fujitsu, GE, GTE, Hughes, IBM, Lucent, MCC, Motorola, Mutsuhito Panasonic, NASA, NEC, Nokia, Ricoh, and Sogei.
2009 Speaking Dates: NYC, 6/11; Hartford, 6/2; Houston, 6/9; Chicago, 9/22; Baltimore, 10/6
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Bob Charette
President, ITABHI Corporation
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Integrating Risk and Measurement: Creating a Future from Present Decisions
Managing risk is not about making future decisions, but crafting the future from present decisions. To create the best possible future from the decisions that presently confront us, we must know where we are, how we got here, and where we are going - something that measurement, when integrated with risk management, can tell us.
Dr. Robert Charette is the President of the ITABHI Corporation, an international high technology company involved in enterprise and program risk management consulting. He is the author of over 80 articles on software, systems, and business management in addition to the following books: "Software Engineering Environments: Concepts and Technology" (1986), "Software Engineering Risk Analysis & Management" (1989), "Applications Strategies for Risk Analysis" (1990), "Introduction to the Management of Risk" (1994, "A Unified Methodology for Systems Development" (1987) and "Decision Empowerment: A Parent's Guide to Raising Good Decision Makers' (2007). Several new books on managing enterprise risk are in progress.
2009 Speaking Dates: Baton Rouge, 4/9; Tallahassee, 4/28; Houston, 6/9; Chicago, 9/22; Baltimore, 10/6; Philadelphia, 10/20; Princeton, 11/10
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Donald Reifer
President, RCI
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Making Business Sense of your Measurement Data
Most organizations capture lots of metrics and measurement data. Unfortunately, few managers know how to use it to influence business decisions. For example, how do they know when they tested enough? As another example, how do you quantify risk and make sense of it? To emphasize these points, Don Reifer will focus on how to use metrics and measurement data to make decisions at the project and enterprise levels that make business sense.
Don Reifer is an internationally-recognized software consultant. During his over 38 years in the software field, he has served as a consultant, built businesses, managed major projects, led recovery teams, served on red and greybeard teams, prepared proposals and served in executive positions in both industry and government. He has also served as a Visiting Associate at the Center for Systems and Software Engineering at the University of Southern California.Don has published more than one hundred papers and seven books. His many awards include the AIAA Software Engineering Award, the Frieman Award and the Secretary of Defense's Medal for Outstanding Public Service.
2009 Speaking Dates: Orlando, 3/10; Albany, 3/31
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Bob Lawhorn
Chief Technology Officer, Computer Aid (CAI)
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Transforming IT Management to Achieve Dramatic Business Success
There are three main challenges that organizations getting started with a software process improvement program frequently face: 1) how to develop a workable method for gathering the metrics needed; 2) how to conduct meaningful analysis on that data, despite the fundamental comparison problems that arise across projects, teams, and technologies; and 3) how to institutionalize and market such a program so that it will overcome the inevitable resistance of an organization's various constituents. In this presentation by Bob Lawhorn, CTO of CAI, an automated approach to data collection is outlined that can address these challenges, at both a technological and a cultural level, while at the same time institutionalizing standard processes throughout an organization so that the data we wind up with, in the end, can be analyzed in a meaningful and consistent manner.
Bob Lawhorn has over 40 years of experience in software development, software measurement, and software project estimation. He spent his first twenty years at Bethlehem Steel working on applications related to steel, mining, and ship building and his next twenty years at CAI, where he is credited with the invention of CAI's application development methodologies and fixed price estimating matrices. Bob is currently CTO of CAI where he spends most of time consulting with companies and government agencies on how to implement application development best practices within their own organizations.
2009 Speaking Dates: Orlando, 3/10; Albany, 3/31; Baton Rouge, 4/9; Detroit, 4/30; Tampa, 5/14; Toronto, 10/1; El Segundo, 10/15; Tyson's Corner 10/27; Ft. Lauderdale, 11/17
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David Garmus
Founder, The David Consulting Group and former President, IFPUG
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A Few Simple Metrics Will Assist You In Managing IT Resources
Metrics must be matched to business user needs and be based upon the goals of the process being measured. Metrics should be utilized in decision making and focus on process improvement and strategic requirements. This this presentation, David Garmus will discuss why a continuous, methodical process for comparing performance levels among projects, divisions or organizations is essential to monitor improvements & process changes and to realize best practices. He will identify some quantitative and qualitative assessments that are critical in managing your IT resources.
David Garmus is a Founder of The David Consulting Group (DCG), an SEI CMMI® Approved Transition Partner and a PSM Transition Organization that supports software development organizations in achieving software excellence with a metric-centered approach. David 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). David is the author, along with David Herron, of "Measuring The Software Process: A Practical Guide To Functional Measurements" and "Function Point Analysis: Measurement Practices for Successful Software Projects."
2009 Speaking Dates: Baton Rouge, 4/9
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Larry Dribin
Former Director, Chicago Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN)
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What Gets Measured Gets Done
An approach to organizational improvement that has been successful focuses on improving an organization's internal processes through best practices. For this approach to work, a strong measurement system is needed to guide the process improvement. This presentation by Larry Dribin will discuss how software measurement programs can increase the effectiveness of process improvement initiatives.
Dr. Larry Dribin is a consultant with his own consulting firm, the Pearl Street Group, Inc.(PSG). Pearl Street provides process improvement and measurement consulting services to both Information Technology and Business organizations. Dr. Dribin utilizes industry best practice frameworks such as the SEI's CMMI, itSMF's ITIL, PMI's PMBOK and Six Sigma to develop solutions for clients. Dr. Dribin holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the Illinois Institute of Technology, an MBA from Loyola University, and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology. Dr. Dribin is also an adjunct Professor in Software Engineering at DePaul University of Chicago. He is active in local professional groups where he has been a past Director with the Chicago Software Process Improvement Network (C-SPIN) and the Chicago Quality Assurance Association (CQAA) and is a member of ACM, IEEE and PMI.
2009 Speaking Dates: Albany, 3/31; Detroit, 4/30; Toronto, 10/1
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Dr. M. Lewis Temares
Vice President for IT & CIO of the University of Miami
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Winning for All the Right Reasons: Leadership Makes the Difference.
This highly entertaining presentation by Dr. M. Lewis Temares, Vice President for IT & CIO of the University of Miami examines how the quality of leadership, more than any other single factor, determines the success or failure of an organization. He provides real world examples about effectively managing change to improve productivity and competitiveness. By blending practical advice and humorous analogies, Dr. Temares analyzes the pitfalls of toxic leadership while explaining how great leadership propels organizations to win - for all the right reasons.
Dr. M. Lewis Temares is CIO, Vice President for Information Technology, and Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering at the University of Miami. He joined the University of Miami in 1980 and became the first officially designated Chief Information Officer in higher education in the United States. Under his guidance, the University of Miami IT Department has placed in the top 10 of ComputerWorld's Best Places to Work for 7 years. Dr. Temares is responsible for the University of Miami's computing and telecommunications applications and infrastructure and served as Dean of the College of Engineering from 1994-2007. In 2004, Dr. Temares joined the Board of Directors of The Main Street America Group, an insurance conglomerate composed of NGM Insurance Company, Old Dominion Insurance Company, Main Street America Assurance Company and MSA Insurance Company. In 2008 he joined the Board of Directors of eLandia, a leading technology enabler focused on business transformation through integration, education and infrastructure solutions. He earned his undergraduate degree from City College in New York, an M.B.A. from Baruch College, an M.S. in Business from Columbia University of New York, and a Ph.D. in Statistics and Marketing from the City University of New York. He is a fellow in the Academy of Marketing Science. A frequent keynote speaker, author, and presenter at academic and information technology conferences, Dr. Temares has consulted with governmental agencies, private companies, and multinational organizations alike.
2009 Speaking Dates: Tampa, 5/14; Ft. Lauderdale, 11/17
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Pat O'Toole
Lead CMM Assessor and Visiting Scientist, SEI
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Do's and Dont's of Software Process Improvement
This highly interactive presentation by Pat O'Toole, Lead CMM Assessor, provides practical advice that will help attendees jump-start or re-invigorate their process improvement program and avoid the pitfalls that have bogged down many that have gone before. Blending real world examples, practical advice, and humorous analogies, Mr. O'Toole's pragmatic approach will help participants think more robustly about their own process improvement program while giving them proven approaches that they can implement immediately upon their return to work.
Pat O'Toole is the Principal Consultant at Process Assessment, Consulting & Training (PACT) where he provides a full range of services to his process improvement clients. Pat is one of the most active CMMI lead appraisers, and has led appraisals spanning all maturity levels, including one of the largest and most complex CMM Level 5 assessment conducted to date. He is an SEI authorized instructor for the "Intro to CMMI" course who has taught this course more than 40 times in 6 countries. Pat is a Visiting Scientist at the SEI, and teaches the "Intermediate Concepts of CMMI" course on their behalf.
2009 Speaking Dates: Tampa, 5/14; Ft. Lauderdale, 11/17
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David Rasmussen
President, Stratner LLC
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The Business of Software Maintenance
Too often, software maintenance is considered to be an after-thought, the last phase of product development. But should it be? Should maintenance be considered a tactical or strategic asset? This presentation with David Rasmussen will examine these, and other, considerations and offer suggestions for improving the business value of this vital function.
David N. Rasmussen is president and founder of Stratner Company LLC. Stratner is focused on helping clients improve their strategic business practices. The company's portfolio of services includes strategic consulting, executive coaching, training and education. Repetitive Innovation, a Stratner business practice, is focused on achieving improved quality of repetitive work. Mr. Rasmussen is an adjunct professor of business at Northeastern University and a lecturer in the Whittemore School of Business at the University of New Hampshire.
2009 Speaking Dates: Orlando, 3/10
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Ian Brown
Booz Allen Hamilton
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10 Habits of Highly Effective Measurement Programs
Accurately measuring product quality and process capabilities is challenging in any software organization. Most organizations do not attempt any real measurement at all, and the ones that do often fail miserably. In this presentation, Ian Brown presents ten keys to measurement success, including: devising measurements directly related to articulated business goals; automating measurement collection tools, and integrating measurement into the process.
Ian Brown, a senior associate with Booz Allen Hamilton, leads the firm's Quantitative Software Analysis capability. He has 8 years of experience in software measurement and analysis, CMM/CMMI, and goal-question-metric (GQM) implementation. Ian was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) in 2004 and serves as the Secretary and Director of Communications and Marketing. Ian is a Certified Function Point Specialist (CFPS) and has earned a bachelors degree from Cornell University and a master degree in public policy from Harvard University. He has worked closely with the firm's Earned Value Management (EVM) capability to integrate software measurement concepts with EVM and is currently implementing the approach on a large maintenance and enhancement task at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
2009 Speaking Dates: Tampa, 5/14
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Carl Pritchard
Founder, Pritchard Management Associates
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Math Free Risk Management
Risk management is often seen as a deep mystery wrapped in higher mathematics. In this presentation, Carl Pritchard will examine the non-mathematical aspects of risk, and the importance of using qualitative, rather than quantitative practices to generate an organizational culture that effectively communicates and resolves risks.
Carl Pritchard is the principal and founder of Pritchard Management Associates (PMA). He is a recognized lecturer, author, researcher, and instructor. He is the lead chapter author for risk management in the 4th Edition of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, the ANSI standard for project management. His work as an instructor has taken him around the world, training with some of the leading international training organizations, as well as for private clients and the Project Management Institute®. He has presented at each of the last 13 North American Project Management Institute Symposia and Congresses. He is the U.S. Correspondent for the U.K. project management journal, Project Manager Today.
2009 Speaking Dates: Philadelphia, 5/19
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Dan Galorath
President, Galorath, Inc.
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Sizing, Cost, Schedule and Risk for Software: A 10 Step Process
The focus of this presentation will show IT professionals how to make software projects more successful by properly estimating and planning costs, schedules, risks, and resources. It begins by covering the fundamental problems of unreasonable software estimation: not planning up front; failure to use viable estimates as the bases of an achievable project plan, not updating the plan and estimates when a project changes, and failing to consider the uncertainties inherent in estimates. Most estimates are prepared early on in the life cycle of a project, when there are typically a large number of undefined areas related to the project. The steps presented in this presentation provide a complete method for developing estimates and plans. This presentation essentially proposes a 10-step estimation process that begins by addressing the need for project metrics and fundamental software estimation concepts. It shows how to build a viable project estimate, which includes the work involved in the actual generation of an estimate, including sizing the software, generating the actual software project estimate, and performing risk/uncertainty analysis. Finally the process rounds out with a discussion on validation of the estimate, obtaining lessons learned, and use of the estimate throughout the project.
Dan 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."
2009 Speaking Dates: Detroit, 4/30; Toronto, 10/1; El Segundo, 10/15; Tyson's Corner, 10/27
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Mike Harris
President, The David Consulting Group
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What Should Businesses Expect from IT?
This presentation by Mike Harris seeks to make current IT best practices accessible and understandable to business managers. Too often, IT projects and operations fail because business expectations are unrealistically high in terms of what can be achieved in a given time at a given quality and budget. And too often, IT providers have unreasonably low expectations regarding the same. What is lacking on both sides is a knowledge of what can be realistically achieved by combining a clearly prioritized set of business needs with well-established IT industry best practices. This presentation provides an overview of COBIT, ITIL and CMMI and explains how the three can work together to help address these issues.
Mike Harris is President of the David Consulting Group (DCG). He has 23 years of varied management experience in the computing field including periods in R&D, development, production, business and academia. Before purchasing DCG, Mr. Harris was a key executive at Fidelity where he led two distinct groups within Leveraged Products Development (LPD): Channels Development and Operations Services. Prior to Fidelity, Mr. Harris was President of the Banking Solutions Division at Sanchez. Mr. Harris earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electronic engineering from the University of Southampton, England, and a Master of Science degree in computer-aided engineering from Coventry University, England.
2009 Speaking Dates: Albany, 3/31
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Herb Krasner
Founder, Software Quality Institute and Lead CMM Assessor
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The Projected Impact of the CMMI in the World of IT
The CMMI provides guidance on how to gain control of software/systems development and maintenance processes. In this presentation by Dr. Herb Krasner, the CMMI suite, their applications in industry, and reported results of CMMI guided improvement programs will be explored. The speaker will also discuss the impact of the model's future evolution in the broader IT domain.
Dr. Herb Krasner is a senior faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin, and the Director of the Software Engineering Industry Affiliates Program. He is best known for his leading edge work on modeling the costs of software quality, reporting the ROI data for software process improvement, coaching organizational improvement programs and reporting the results from his empirical studies of professional programmers. He has published over 55 papers, articles and book sections and has been lead CMM assessor on over 40 CMM capability assessments.
2009 Speaking Dates: Baton Rouge, 4/9
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Albany, NY
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 Tuesday MAR 31, 2009
Albany Marriott
189 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12205
Tel: 518-458-8444
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Baton Rouge, LA
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Thursday APR 9, 2009
Baton Rouge Marriott
5500 Hilton Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Tel: 225-924-5000
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Detroit, MI
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 Thursday APR 30, 2009
MGM Grand Detroit
1777 Third St.
Detroit, MI 48226
Tel: 877-888-2121
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Hartford, CT
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 Tuesday JUNE 2, 2009
Hilton Hartford
315 Trumbull Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Tel: 860-728-5151
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Houston, TX
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Tuesday June 9, 2009
JW Marriott Hotel Houston
5150 Westheimer
Houston, Texas 77056
Tel: 1-713-961-1500
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New York, NY
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Thursday June 11, 2009
NY Marriott Marquis
1535 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 212-704-8900
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Orlando, FL
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 Tuesday Mar 10, 2009
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
One Grand Cypress Blvd
Orlando, FL 32836
Tel: 407-239-1234
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Philadelphia, PA
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Tuesday May 19, 2009
Courtyard Philadelphia Downtown
21 N. Juniper Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Tel: 215-496-3200
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Tallahassee, FL
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 Tuesday APRIL 28, 2009
Doubletree Hotel Tallahassee
101 South Adams Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Tel: 850-224-5000
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Tampa, FL
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Thursday MAY 14, 2009
Tampa Marriott Westshore
1001 N. Westshore Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33605
Tel: 813-287-2555
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Baltimore, MD
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Tuesday OCT 6, 2009
Hyatt Regency Baltimore
300 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Tel: 410-528-1234
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Chicago, IL
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2009
Hyatt Regency Chicago
151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: 312-565-1234
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El Segundo, CA
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Wednesday oct 7, 2009
The Portofino Hotel & Yacht Club
260 Portofino Way
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Tel: 310-379-8481
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Tuesday nov 17, 2009
Harbor Beach Marriott
3030 Holiday Drive
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
Tel: 954-525-4000
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Philadelphia, PA
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 Tuesday oct 20, 2009
Park Hyatt Philadelphia
200 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel: 215-893-1234
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Princeton, NJ
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Tuesday Nov 10, 2009
Marriott Princeton Hotel & Conference Center at Forrestal
100 College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08540
Tel: 609-452-7800
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San Antonio, TX
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 Thursday oct 29, 2009
The Westin La Cantera Resort
16641 La Cantera Parkway
San Antonio, TX 78256
Tel: 210-558-6500
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Toronto, Canada
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Thursday oct 1, 2009
Park Hyatt Toronto
4 Avenue Road
Toronto, ON M5R 2E8 Canada
Tel: 416-925-1234
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Tyson's Corner, VA
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Tuesday oct 27, 2009
Tysons Corner Marriott
8028 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22182
Tel: 703-734-3200
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IT Best Practices
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 Tuesday Sep 9, 2009
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Mar 10, 2009 |
Orlando, FL |
Rasmussen: The Business of Software Maintenance |
Reifer: 12 Myths of Software Maintenance |
Capers: Optimizing Maintenance and Enhancements |
Lawhorn: Transforming IT Management for Dramatic Business Success |
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Mar 31, 2009 |
Albany, NY |
Harris: What Should the Business Expect from IT? |
Dribin: Business and IT Process Improvement |
Reifer: Making Business Sense of Your Measurement Data |
Lawhorn: Transforming IT Management for Dramatic Business Success |
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Apr 9, 2009 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
Krasner: Legacy Software Maintenance Improvement: Where is the Payoff? |
Garmus: Case Study: What are you Getting for your Software Maintenance Dollars? |
Charette: Managing Critical Operational Risks: Risk Management & Maintenance |
Lawhorn: Transforming IT Management for Dramatic Business Success |
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Apr 30, 2009 |
Detroit, MI |
Galorath: Sizing, Cost, Schedule and Risk for Software: A 10 Step Process |
Dribin: Practical Uses of Software Measurement for Business Improvement |
Lawhorn: Transforming IT Management for Dramatic Business Success |
Yourdon: 10 Most Imporant Software Engineering Ideas |
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May 14, 2009 |
Tampa, FL |
Otoole: Do's and Don'ts of Process Improvement |
Capers: Measurement, Metrics and Industry Leadership |
Brown: How to Establish a Software Measurement Program |
Lawhorn: Transforming IT Management for Dramatic Business Success |
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Oct 1, 2009 |
Toronto, ON |
Galorath: Sizing, Cost, Schedule and Risk for Software: A 10 Step Process
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Dribin: Practical Uses of Software Measurement for Business Improvement |
Lawhorn: Transforming IT Management for Dramatic Business Success |
Yourdon: The Politics of Software Metrics |
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Nov 17, 2009 |
Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
Otoole: Dos and Don'ts of Software Process Improvement |
Capers: Measurement, Metrics, and Industry Leadership |
Yourdon: The Politics of Software Metrics |
Lawhorn: Transforming IT Management for Dramatic Business Success |
All full day conferences in the Spring of 2009 will be coordinated with a three day SEI Introduction to CMMI-DEV v1.2 course. This is the official 3-day course offered only through the SEI and its partners. To find out more and to register, click here: http://davidwalkerspcs.com/cmmi_training. Please use the discount code of ITMPI2084 to get your ITMPI discount!
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Apr 28, 2009 |
Tallahassee, FL |
Charette: Keeping Software Projects from Failing |
CAI: Ensuring Project Success Through Automated Project Governance |
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May 19, 2009 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Pritchard: Math Free Risk Management |
CAI: Ensuring Project Success Through Automated Project Governance |
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June 2, 2009 |
Hartford, CT |
Basili: Managing Legacy Software Systems |
CAI: Tranforming IT Management for Dramatic Business Success |
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June 9, 2009 |
Houston, TX |
Charette: Risk Management and Maintanence |
John Keith: Application Service Management - Using Metrics to Drive Results |
Lawhorn: Tranforming IT Management for Dramatic Business Success |
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June 11, 2009 |
New York City, NY |
John Keith: Application Service Management - Using Metrics to Drive Results |
CAI: The Application Support Opportunity |
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Sep 22, 2009 |
Chicago, IL |
Charette: Keeping Software Projects from Failing |
Basili: Building and Using Corporate Intellectual Property in the Software Domain |
CAI: Ensuring Project Success Through Automated Project Governance |
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Oct 06, 2009 |
Baltimore, MD |
Charette: Keeping Software Projects from Failing |
Basili: Building and Using Corporate Intellectual Property in the Software Domain |
CAI: Ensuring Project Success Through Automated Project Governance |
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Oct 15, 2009 |
El Segundo, CA |
Galorath: Sizing, Cost, Schedule and Risk for Software: A 10 Step Process |
Lawhorn: A Comprehensive System for IT & Software Project Management |
Jim Ryan: The Manufacturing Revolution and IT |
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Oct 20, 2009 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Charette: Keeping Software Projects from Failing |
CAI: Ensuring Project Success Through Automated Project Governance |
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Oct 27, 2009 |
Tyson's Corner, VA |
Galorath: Sizing, Cost, Schedule and Risk for Software: A 10 Step Process |
Lawhorn: A Comprehensive System for IT & Software Project Management |
Jim Ryan: The Manufacturing Revolution and IT |
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Nov 10, 2009 |
Princeton, NJ |
Charette: Keeping Software Projects from Failing |
CAI: Ensuring Project Success Through Automated Project Governance |
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Registration Fee |
Register now to ensure a seat in the 2009 Software Best Practices Conference.
The fee for conference is $695.
The conference is free to executives and managers in Federal and State government agencies. Official government identification must be presented at event registration.
Your registration fee covers attendance at all sessions of the Software Best Practices Conference, breakfast, breaks and lunch.
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How to Register in the US |
Click one of the registration links above or call by phone at: (610) 530-5225
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How to Register in the UK |
In the UK, please register by phone at +44 (0) 122325-7856
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Special Needs |
Please notify the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute help desk at (610) 530-5225 or by email at events@itmpi.org at least one week before the event if the registrant has special dietary needs or other requirements.
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Additional Information |
System Requirements for online broadcast
Please note that all webinars are conducted from the United States. Therefore, anyone trying to access the telephone dial-in phone number will have to use the appropriate country code. For additional information on the Conference or the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute please contact us at:
IT Metrics and Productivity Institute
1390 Ridgeview Drive
Allentown, PA 18104
(610) 530-5225 phone
(610) 530-5293 fax
events@itmpi.org
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About the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute |
The IT Metrics and Productivity Institute is an organization founded by CAI to improve the practice and management of software development and maintenance. The IT Metrics and Productivity Institute seeks to accomplish its mission through the promotion of best practices in the areas of Process, Metrics, Estimation, and IT Governance. Through the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute, CAI is able to share with the industry the process management insights they have acquired from over 25 years of experience serving Fortune 1000 and public sector clients.
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FREE eZine NEWSLETTER! |
The IT Metrics and Productivity Institute publishes a bimonthly eZine newsletter focusing on critical management issues in software development and maintenance. The IT Metrics and Productivity Journal provides readers with brief summaries of, and links to, valuable software management best practices resources. In addition, the IT Metrics and Productivity Journal features informative interviews with CIOs, thought leaders, and IT researchers from around the world. Click here to subscribe now.
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World Wide Conferences |
The 2009 Software Best Practices Conferences are the most important software process improvement events for IT executives in 2009. They provide educational insight and networking opportunities for IT executives and managers who need to continually expand their technology knowledge base while remaining up-to-date on innovative products and services.If you are interested in sponsoring the 2009 Software Best Practices Conference, please contact:
Michael Milutis
Executive Director
IT Metrics and Productivity Institute
1390 Ridgeview Drive
Allentown, PA 18104
(610) 530-5141
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Sponsorship Opportunities |
If you are interested in sponsoring the 2009 Software Best Practices Conferences, please click here to download our sponsorship package.
Or contact:
Michael Milutis
Executive Director
IT Metrics and Productivity Institute
1390 Ridgeview Drive
Allentown, PA 18104
(610) 530-5141 |
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