DHCSers,
Hello. I am extending the invitation from John Knight to the seminar list.
If you would like to see some "industrial" settings for softward development
then I would encourage you to attend.
Cheers,
Worthy
"John C. Knight" wrote:
>
> Dave Weiss, director of software technology research for
> Avaya Labs will be here next Monday. Avaya is a spinoff
> from Lucent (http://www.avaya.com/) and is a major player
> in the telecommunications business.
>
> He will be making a presentation in my CS851 Software Fundamentals
> class and, since the topic might be of interest to other people,
> anybody who is interested in the presentation is welcome to come to
> the class. The presentation will be in Olsson 009 at 5:00pm, Monday
> October 29. Details are attached.
>
> -- John Knight
>
> The Avaya Software Assessment Process: Goal-oriented Assessment
> David M. Weiss
> Director, Software Technology Research
> Avaya Labs
>
> Companies that engage in multi-site, multi-project software
> development, such as Avaya, continually face the problem of how to
> understand and improve their software development capabilities. We
> have defined and applied a goal-oriented process, known as the Avaya
> Software Assessment Process (ASAP), that enables Avaya to assess the
> strengths and weaknesses of those capabilities. In response to the
> variety of product requirements, market needs, and development
> environments, we decided on a goal oriented process, rather than a
> criteria oriented process, to advance the organization's strategy and
> ensure relevance of the results. I will describe the design of ASAP,
> which includes both interviews with projects' personnel and analysis
> of change data, discuss results achieved, and present vulnerabilities
> of the methodology. Among the results are three issues common to
> Avaya software development projects, a result that enables us to
> identify needed strategic investments in software technology. Teams
> report satisfaction with the outcome in that they act on the
> resulting recommendations, ask for additional future assessments, and
> recommend the process to sibling organizations.
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