Process Track
 

Benefits Beyond CMMI Level 3
Nancy Poma, EDS

The discipline established in CMMI Levels 2 &3 is the foundation for the improvement opportunities available in CMMI Levels 4&5. This presentation will explore the benefits, and of course start-up costs of moving beyond CMMI Level 3, based on the author’s experience with a large software applications and services organization, and participation in CMMI Level 5 appraisals.

Practical Pair Programming
Tyler Jennings, Obtiva

Pair Programming is a wonderfully effective technique in many respects. From experience with our clients we’ve found developers write better software faster and have more fun doing it when they’re pairing. The challenging part is convincing everyone else. This retrospective discuss the introduction of pair programming on a medium sized development team: what worked, what didn’t, and how we sold the team and management on giving it a shot.

From Apprentice to Journeyman: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman
Dave Hoover, Obtiva Corp

Inspired by Pete McBreen’s Software Craftsmanship, we are developing a set of apprenticeship patterns to guide new developers along the path to mastery. These are not design patterns, these patterns focus on learning, humility, communication, and career paths.

Practical Agile Software Development
Bob Kreha, NuSoft Solutions

Agile software development and methodologies have caught on in many consulting organizations, software development shops and even IT departments. But much of agile is rooted in a philosophy that does not always take into account the practicalities of real projects. This discussion will provide insights into what those challenges are and tools to cope with them.

Fixing the Requirements Problem
Chris Sirosky, Compuware

Traditional techniques and tools for requirements management have largely failed within corporate IT shops. This is primarily due to their over-emphasis on requirements management from a technical design and implementation perspective, rather than a business-focused, stakeholder perspective. This presentation will present an approach for alleviating this issue, in particular, the role that a structured requirements capture process can play in reducing gaps in understanding between business and IT stakeholders.