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Special QAI Global Community Live Webinar
Bill Curtis, PhD
SVP & Chief Scientist of CAST Software
Co-author of the Capability Maturity Model, People CMM and Business Process MM
The Role of Quality Assurers in Software Engineering’s Fourth Wave
| Broadcast Across the U.S. on March 16, 2010
11:30 AM and 8:00 PM Central |
| | | | Topic Description | Overview: Lack of visibility into the technical health of critical business applications creates business and financial risks that include application outages, security breaches, degraded performance, data corruption, and excessive ownership costs. This problem is exacerbated by the multiple languages and technologies that are integrated into modern business applications. Often, the most challenging issues are hidden in the interaction among tiers and technologies. Consequently, non-functional defects that frequently go undetected by functional testing create some of the greatest quality problems in business applications. These quality challenges are ushering in a new era in software engineering, the Fourth Wave. The Fourth Wave focuses attention on the "product", and builds on the disciplined practices many organizations implemented in the Third Wave, which focused on process. With a concentration on the architecture and internal engineering quality of critical applications, the Fourth Wave aims to reduce costs and risks. In his presentation, Dr. Bill Curtis will discuss: Why serious quality problems go undetected during test How to use quality parameters to detect software pathologies and control outsourced work The business case for improving the non-functional quality of applications Opportunities for quality professionals in software engineering's fourth wave
Dr. Bill Curtis is Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist with CAST, a leader in providing technology for measuring application software quality. He is co-author of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), the People CMM, and the Business Process MM. Bill was a co-founder of TeraQuest, acquired by Borland. He is a former Director of the Software Process Program in the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to joining the SEI, Dr. Curtis worked for MCC, ITT's Programming Technology Center, GE Space Division, and taught statistics at the University of Washington. He has published four books, over 150 articles, and was recently elected a Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to software process improvement and measurement. |
About Registration: This is a nation-wide webinar made available through the QAI Global Institute and CAST Software. CAST Software is coordinating the nation-wide webinar delivery and registrations. Your privacy will be honored and your contact information will not be used for marketing solicitation by CAST Software or the QAI Global Institute.
To register please visit: http://www.castsoftware.com/Worldwide/USA/Events/031610.aspx?GAD=QAI
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