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Austin Software Improvement Network (A-SPIN)
SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) is a forum for the free and open exchange of software process improvement ideas and experiences. The organization serves as a source of educational, scientific and practical information for its members, other SPIN organizations and the general software community. The Austin SPIN is affiliated with the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, the Austin Software Council, the Software Quality Institute and currently has sister SPINs in several cities across the U.S.
Presentation Overview
Recently, I received the following query from a fellow software engineer:
"Gary, the group I’m in has no process for estimating new projects. How would you advise us to start a software estimation process that would be repeatable and reasonably accurate?"
You may be interested in my advice to my friend. The subjects covered in this SPIN presentation include: Customer Requirements, Function Points, Life-cycle Models, automated estimating models, level-of-effort estimation, estimation process and Do’s and Don’ts.
About the Speaker
Gary Cobb holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin. He has been directly involved in software development for 25 years in both industry (at TI, Lockheed-Martin and Dell Computer Corporation), and in academia (at the University of Texas at Austin, Embry-Riddle, and Southwest Texas State University). At TI, he was in the Advanced Software Technology department, while at Lockheed-Martin, he was in the Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG), serving over 450 software engineers. He has performed many SEI assessments under CMM V1.1. At Dell, he has been manager of Quality Assurance and manager in the Millennium (Y2K) Global Program Office, all in the Information and Technology (IT) organization. Currently, he is the Manager, Internet Service Provider Solutions Development, an engineering organization that develops and maintains several Dell-branded ISPs with over 250,000 users. He is the Chairperson of the Software Quality Institute’s Advisory Council and is on the Steering Committee of the IEEE’s International Conference on Multimedia and Expo.
SPIN Meeting Times: Tuesday Evenings, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Meeting Location: Pickle Research Campus, Commons Building, Auditorium 1.122
(SPIN meets the third Tuesday evening of each month (excluding the month of July).
SPIN Meetings are held in the small auditorium in the Commons Building on the Pickle Research Campus (PRC) of The University of Texas at Austin. PRC is located on Braker Lane between MoPac and Burnet Road. Enter the gate on Burnet Road, half a block south of the Braker and Burnet intersection. Inside the PRC Campus, the Commons Building is located on the northeast corner of Road A and Granberry Trail.
Directions
Go to the intersection of MoPac and Braker Lane. Go east on Braker and turn right (south) on Burnet Road. Go a half-block and turn right into the PRC gate. Alternatively, you can go north on Burnet from 183 and turn left into the gate. In either case, from the PRC gate continue straight ahead on Read Granberry Trail. The Commons Building is at the intersection
of Read Granberry and Road A. Turn right on Road A and right again to get to the parking lot which is under the water tower on your right.
SPIN Meeting Agenda
6:00 p.m. Dinner (optional)
6:30 p.m. Networking
7:00 p.m. Meeting - Call to Order: Lynn Thurmond, Trimble Navigation, Ltd.
7:30 p.m. Presentation
9:00 p.m. Adjourn
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- Tuesday Nights at the Commons
For more information about A-SPIN, contact: Lynn_Thurmond@Trimble.com
SPIN Meeting Announcements
Information about monthly meetings are distributed by postal service and E-mail. To
be added to the mailing list, send your name, company, mailing address, zip code and Internet address to:
Fax (512)471-4824
E-mail: info@sqi.utexas.edu
SPIN Financial Support
Financial support for the Austin SPIN is underwritten by individual and corporate subscriptions to the Software Quality Institute.
SPIN Administration
Facilities arrangements, staffing, and promotion of SPIN activities are provided by the Software Quality Institute.
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