Software Process and Measurement

Show 18!

Show 18 features an interview with Kent Beck discussing

transparency.  Kent Beck is the Founder

and Director of Three Rivers Institute (TRI). His career has combined the practice

of software development with reflection, innovation, and communication. His

contributions to software development include patterns for software, the

rediscovery of test-first programming, the xUnit family of developer testing

tools, and Extreme Programming. He currently divides his time between writing,

programming, and coaching. Beck is the author/co-author of Extreme Programming

Explained: Embrace Change 2nd Edition, Contributing to Eclipse, Test-Driven

Development: By Example, Planning Extreme Programming, The Smalltalk Best

Practice Patterns, and the JUnit Pocket Guide.  He received his B.S. and

M.S. in Computer Science from the University

of Oregon.  

The Three Rivers Institute can be found at www.threeriversinstitute.org/

The

essay in this cast is three mini-segments of a new thread titled “Life Lessons

in Measurement and Process Improvement." 

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Future

Events:

On October 11 I will be

presenting a DCG / CAI Webinar titled Benchmarking Performance for the Bottom

Line - October 11th, 2007, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST go to

website to register. 

On

Tuesday November 13th I am presenting Traceability:

A Proposal for a Scalable Approach, Agile To Formal at the Fourth Annual

International Conference on Software Process Improvement in Orlando.   

Information can be found at .  On November 16th I will be delivering a

tutorial titled “Implementing

an Effective Measurement Program." 

Spamcast listeners should let me know if you are coming and we can

schedule a meet up.

Next

Software Process and Measurement Cast:

The next Software Process

and Measurement Cast will feature an interview Dave Garmus covering IFPUG

Function Points, if you are interested in functional measurement this is a must

cast.