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Center
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Los Angeles
Software Process Improvement Network
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Wednesday October 27, 2000 5:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.
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"Towards
Estimating Software Value"
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"Relating and Understanding CMMI,
ARC, SCAMPI and ISO/IEC 15504"
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| Abstract |
Abstract |
| This talk develops general recommendations about how to estimate the
value of software and software development projects. Economic value
is subjective; hence different parties will value the same software differently.
Because software is a kind of capital good, its value depends on its place
in the evolving “ecosystem of production,” in which various capital goods
are used together to provide value for consumers, the ultimate source of
capital value. A software project’s value to customers, plus the
value it adds to its developer’s capital, must exceed its total cost for
the project to be profitable.
Capital goods are essentially embodied knowledge of how to accomplish
production. Much of the knowledge they embody is often inarticulate
or latent; it is usually widely dispersed and incomplete at the beginning
of a design project. |
The purpose of this presentation is to provide a clear and
concise understanding of how key elements of the CMMI product suite relate
to one another with an emphasis on the assessment-related aspects of the
product suite. Each of the product elements will be described and characterized.
In-depth discussion of the assessment-related product elements will be
provided with an emphasis on understanding how they relate to one another
and what their significance and import is expected to be. The current CMMI
developmental status and expected directions will be discussed along with
a brief description of SEI provided CMMI products and support. |
| Biography |
Biography |
| Howard Baetjer Jr. is a Lecturer in the department of economics
at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. His main research interest
is the role of capital structure evolution in economic growth. He
focuses in particular on the evolution of software development. His
book, Software as Capital, an Economic Perspective on Software Engineering,
was published in 1998 by IEEE Computer Society. Other research interests
include analyzing public policy from the standpoint of market processes,
and the use of hypertext in teaching. Baetjer earned his B.A. in
psychology from Princeton in 1974. From 1974 to 1978, and again in
the academic year of 1980-81, he taught English and coached the football
team at St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island. |
David H. Kitson has served in a senior leadership capacity in the software
process area since joining the SEI in early 1987. Kitson started the Software
Process Assessment Project in 1987 and was its project manager through
January 1991. He is currently engaged in leading process standards efforts
in the Capability Maturity Models Project. He is an active participant
in the ISO/IEC international effort to produce a software process assessment
standard and is the leader of Task Group 10 within the U.S. Technical Advisory
Group to SC7 and co-editor of 15504-3. He is an SEI instructor for the
Introduction to CMM course and an authorized Lead Assessor for the SEI
CBA-IPI assessment method. He is also a member of the CMM Integration Product
Development Team and co-chair of the Assessment Methodology Team. He has
authored several key SEI technical reports, including reports on the state
of the practice in software engineering. |
Location: University of Southern California – University Park Campus
Hedco Neuroscience Building (HNB), 3614 Watt Way (K-6) Campus Map Location
| 5:00-7:00 Refreshments and Cost
Modeling Tools Fair, Salvatori 322 (SAL) |
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7:00-8:00 Baetjer
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Presentation HEDCO Auditorium
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8:15-9:00 Kitson
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Presentation HEDCO Auditorium
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**Reservations are required for this meeting, to obtain
a free parking permit, rsvp to LaDonna no later than 3:00 p.m. on October 25
for permission to park in a nearby lot.
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