Getting Started in Software Project Measurement
A systematic, yet tailorable project-oriented measurement approach -- Practical Software Measurement: A Guide to Objective Program Insight (PSM) -- will be presented by one of its principal authors. PSM provides a process for tailoring a measurement program to meet each software project's specific information needs, and also provides guidance in performing estimation, feasibility analysis, and performance analysis throughout the project life cycle. Examples from actual projects will be used to show how the methodology can be used to get measurement going at the project level.
This month's featured speaker:
Beth A. Layman is a Senior Consultant in Lockheed Martin's Consultative Engineering group, and has over 19 years' experience in the computer industry. She has a software development background with specialization in quality assurance methods, and has project and SQA management experience in both IS and product software environments. At Lockheed, she is responsible for providing software measurement, process improvement, and quality consulting to internal, government, and commercial clients.
Prior to joining Lockheed, Beth ran her own consulting business and served as Research Director and Senior Consultant for the Quality Assurance Institute. She has led research efforts in areas such as requirements definition, software testing, and function point analysis; developed and taught training courses, performed organizational assessments, chaired conferences, and produced quality-related products and tools.
Beth has a degree in business from Capital University, is a Certified Quality Analyst (CQA), and served as a senior examiner for Florida's Sterling Quality Award program. She is a principal contributor to Practical Software Measurement: A Guide to Objective Program Insight (PSM). Beth will be serving as an associate editor of Software Quality Professional, ASQ Software Division's new journal, slated for publication beginning in 1998.
Who should attend?
This session is valuable for both managers of organizations acquiring products that contain software as well as managers of organizations that develop or maintain software. It will be valuable to middle managers, project managers, functional managers, line managers, other professionals who support the management of projects, software practitioners and quality assurance personnel.
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Last updated: April 1, 1998