'news' Category
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Logan’s Run and measurement dysfunction
Thoughts on measurement dysfunction in software organizations, by analogy with controlling health care costs and the novel Logan’s Run.
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IEEE news - Feb. 2010
If you’ll be in the Raleigh area on Feb. 16, 2010, come to the IEEE Computer Society (ENCS chapter) meeting! Andy Hunt, Bob Galen, and I will be discussing “Practical Software Development”.
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upcoming events
Come and see us at SEPG 2010 and SATURN 2010!
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smart(er) cities
I’m in the process of digesting and summarizing my experiences at last week’s Smarter Cities NYC event and will be blogging a summary shortly; in the meantime, check out http://smarterplanet.tumblr.com and hashtag #smartercities.
Relatively unrelated to this event (I think), a new rating of the ’smartest cities’ in the US was just published today. The top […] -
architectural evaluation for usability
Recently announced on the SATURN software architecture blog: A tool to support evaluating an architecture for usability, based on collaboration of ABB’s Pia Stoll with the SEI and Carnegie Mellon University. Their A-PLUS tool supports efficient evaluations of software architecture with respect to usability concerns, and is now available for download. Check it out!
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agile tweets
see http://twittgroups.com/group/agile
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upcoming book release
I’m planning to check out the new business novel “Aligning Ferret” after its release (note: its introductory price, good through the end of March 2009, is only $12.30 including shipping to the US). I will post here after I’ve reviewed it. I may also check out “Software Requirements and Estimation” by the same authors (Swapna […]
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getting AHEAD
In conjunction with our colleague Elizabeth, Aldo, Qingfeng, and I have recently completed several new papers on the AHEAD method which emerged from a recent software technology evaluation project. AHEAD stands for Attribute Hierarchy-based Evaluation of Architectural Designs; the method blends the SEI’s Attribute-Driven Design (ADD) with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to deliver a […]
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growth
This blog has been quiet for a while, partly due to a shift in employer focus away from coaching agile, TSP, and CMMI, and towards research in requirements engineering, technology evaluation, and software architecture. I’m delighted to be reviving this blog now with the addition of new topics (including QFD, ADD, AHP, PrIME) and an […]
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congratulations, Aldo!
I’m so pleased to be able to announce that Aldo Dagnino has been selected as the 2008 winner of the SEI Outstanding Contributor Award, which was presented to him at SEPG 2008 in Tampa, Florida last week. Aldo has consistently published and presented on business-driven process improvement and blending the CMMI with agile methods. Most […]
