This Month’s Meeting: Program Manager: Dick Hedger – Quality Software Technology
Topic:
Winning Software Teams
Speaker:
Watts Humphrey, Fellow, Software Engineering Institute at CarnegieMellonUniversity
Abstract:
To do superior software work, the developers must work on capable teams that manage and control their own work.These are called self-directed teams.To build and lead such teams, the developers must have the proper training, support, and leadership.When they do, these teams do extraordinary work.In this talk, Mr. Humphrey describes the principles of modern software development work and shows how the Team Software Process (TSP)SM applies these principles in a way that enables software teams to own their own processes, make their own plans and commitments, and consistently deliver quality products on schedule and for their planned costs.The results show that, with the TSP, team productivity is more than doubled, testing time is reduced from months to days, and finished products are essentially defect free.Furthermore, when developers use the TSP, they find the work more enjoyable and personally rewarding.
Speaker Biography:
Watts S. Humphrey founded the Software Process Program of the Software Engineering Institute at CarnegieMellonUniversity. He is a Fellow of the Institute and is a research scientist on its staff. From 1959 to 1986, he was associated with IBM Corporation, where he was director of programming and VP of Technical Development. His publications include many technical papers and eleven books. Some of his recent books are Winning With Software: An Executive Strategy, PSP: A Self-Improvement Process for Software Engineers, TSP: Leading a Development Team , and TSP: Coaching Development Teams . He holds five US . Patents. In 1991 he served on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in physics and a master's degree in business administration. Mr. Humphrey was awarded the 1993 Aerospace Software Engineering Award presented by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was awarded an honorary Ph.D. degree in software engineering by EmbryRiddleAeronauticalUniversity in 1998. In 2000, the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute in Chennai , India was named in his honor and the Boeing Corporation presented him with an award for innovation and leadership in software process improvement. In 2005, at the White House, the President of the United States awarded Mr. Humphrey the National Medal of Technology.
Twin-SPIN Mission Statement: The Twin-SPIN software process improvement network (SPIN) is a regional organization established in January of 1996 as a forum for the free and open exchange of software process improvement experiences and ideas. Representatives from industry, government, academia, other professional organizations, and consultants are welcome to participate. Our mission is to help sustain commitment and enhance skills in the area of software process improvement through an active program of networking and mutual support. The organization strives to serve as a source of educational and experiential information for its members, other SPIN organizations, and the general community of software professionals.
Meetings are normally held on the 1st Thursday of each month from 5:45-8:00 p.m. Twin-SPIN is a non-profit organization and is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Center for Software Engineering (UMSEC). See: http://twin-spin.cs.umn.edu
2006 Sponsors:
FacilitySponsor University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
$2,000 Sponsors University of MinnesotaSoftwareEngineeringCenter (UMSEC) $500 Sponsors
DigitalRiver $300 Sponsors
PACT
Target Corporation
$200 Sponsors
Computer Aided, Inc.
Goodrich Aerospace
Vital Images $100 Sponsors
Agile Professionals
Glewwe Castle Brewery Quality Software Technologies, Inc.
UNISYS Corp Best regards. Hope to see you on February 22nd.
