Announcements
By all accounts, the CISQ India Meeting - June 9, 2010, Taj West End, Bangalore was a resounding success! Thanks to all who participated. Please stay tuned for upcoming events -- we have a number of them including a webinar on June 23rd. (Left to right: Drs. Curtis, Soley, and Nielsen meet the press in Bangalore.)
Robert Martin of MITRE Corp. is a CISQ Distinguished Advisor and has agreed to become the Technical Lead for the Security Technical Work Group. Mr. Martin is deeply involved in the Software Assurance community. He manages the Common Weakness Enumeration repository, an internationally available collection of known security weaknesses in software, under contract from the US Department of Homeland Security. He is a leader in the software assurance community's work on the Common Weakness Scoring System and has a background in software metrics and measurement.
David Herron of David Consulting Group has agreed become the Technical Lead for the Size Technical Working Group. Mr. Herron brings over 25 years of experience in Functional Measurement and Software Process Improvement. An authority on software development, he is regularly sought after by Fortune 1000 companies where he provides guidance on the use of metrics to monitor the impact of IT on the business, on the advancement of IT organizations to higher levels on the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model and on the governance of offshore development. Mr. Herron is a noted lecturer on functional measures, software process improvement and applications outsourcing, frequently addressing audiences in the United States and Europe.
Listen to Bill Curtis' Overview of CISQ
Read Bill Curtis' Report on CISQ's Inaugural Executive Forums
CISQ is a neutral, open forum ;in which customers and suppliers of IT application software can develop an industry-wide agenda of actions for improving IT application quality.
CISQ is sponsored by the Object Management Group (OMG). The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University is a member of OMG and will work with OMG to develop software-related standards and appraiser licensing programs. The standards process is managed by the two organizations, bringing together IT leaders worldwide.
CISQ Founders: Dr. Paul D. Nielsen, Director and CEO of the Software Engineering Instituie (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University, and Dr. Richard Mark Soley, Chairman and CEO of the Object Management Group (OMG).
CISQ Director: Dr. Bill Curtis, co-author of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) framework.
CISQ Distinguished Advisors: Capers Jones, Robert Martin
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