From: sassam@insectus.unx.sas.com (Sue McGrath)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Software Quality Conference
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:58:57 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
Originator: sassam@insectus.unx.sas.com


                            P R O G R A M
                    Second International Conference on
                     S O F T W A R E   Q U A L I T Y
                    ACHIEVING A QUALITY SOFTWARE PROCESS
                        October 5 - 7, 1992
                 at SHERATON Imperial Hotel & Convention Center
                   RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC 27709, USA


The Second International Conference on Software Quality (2ICSQ) is
sponsored by The Software Division of the American Society of Quality
Control.  Also participating in the conference will be the Structured
Development Forum (SDF).

2ICSQ will be held in conjunction with the Third International Symposium
on Software Reliability (ISSRE-92).  ISSRE-92 will be held at the same
location on 7-10 October, 1992. ISSRE-92 is sponsored by the IEEE and IEEE
Computer Society.  2ICSQ is held in cooperation with the North Carolina
Quality Assurance Discussion Group.

Overview
Sunday October 4, 1992

5:00pm to 8:00pm  Registration for prepaid attendees
                  ASQC Software Division Committee meeetings

Monday October 5, 1992 - Invited and Contributed Paper Sessions

7:30                        Registration
8:30                       Opening Remarks

8:45                      Opening Session
            Invited Speaker - Tom McCabe, McCabe and Associates

10:15                 BREAK

  1st Morning Session

       TRACK I          TRACK II               TRACK III      TRACK IV
       =======          ========               =========      ========

10:45  Code Reviews   Approaches to            Metrics I      CASE Standards
                        Quality

12:15       LUNCH  -  Invited Speaker - John Sall, SAS Institute Inc.

1:30   Panel        Process Improvement/     Methodology I     Process Management/
                 Object Oriented Engineering                   Business

3:00                    BREAK

3:30  Case Studies   Achieving a S/W         Testing Expert   Panel
                     Quality Process            Systems

5:00                    ADJOURN

6:00       CASH BAR - Socialize with other conference attendees!
7:00       CONFERENCE BANQUET
               Invited Speaker - Brian Eck, Juran Institute

Tuesday October 6, 1992 - Paper Sessions Continue

          TRACK I          TRACK II            TRACK III      TRACK IV
          =======          ========            =========      ========

8:30      Methodology II    Testing I        S/W Management   Structured vs.
                                                              Object-Oriented

9:00 - 5:00      Vendor Exhibition

10:00                    BREAK

10:30     Testing II         Panel             Management     Metrics II

12:00       LUNCH - Invited Speaker - Tim Hollack, BNR

1:30      Tools          Methodology III      Metrics III     Panel


3:00                     BREAK

3:30      Closing Panel - Your software quality questions answered.

7:00      ASQC Software Division Council Meeting - everyone welcome.

Wednesday October 7, 1992 - TUTORIALS

8:30 - Tutorials begin
9:00 - Vendor Exhibition
10:15-10:30  - Break
12:00 - Lunch
1:30 - Tutorials resume
3:00-3:15 - Break
5:00 - Tutorials end
7:00 - ISO 9000 Task Force Meeting

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Detailed Program

Sunday October 4, 1992

5:00 - 8:00 Registration for prepaid attendees.
            ASQC Software Division Committee meeetings

Monday October 5, 1992

7:30    Registration
8:30    Opening Remarks
8:45    Opening Invited Speaker
        Tom McCabe, McCabe and Associates -
        Development Tools: Quality Assurance Assistance

10:15     Break
10:45     Sessions
Track 1 - Code Reviews
   - Structured Walk-through Methods,
     Douglas Meng and Lenore Meng, Trianco, Inc.
   - Experience with Code Reviews in DG/UX,
     Andrew R. Huber, Data General Corporation
Track 2 - Approaches to Quality
   - How to involve the end user into quality assurance,
     H.D. Knoll, Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen
   - Software QA QM Standards for the 90's,
     Julio G. Sanz, Cardenal Siliceo
Track 3 - Metrics I
   - The Characteristics Based Metrics Model: A Disciplined Approach to
     Implementing a Software Metrics Methodology,
     Russell L. Perkins, Loral Space Information Systems
   - Software Product Metrics as Attributes in an Attribute Grammar,
     Paul Jacob and Tony Cahill, University of Limerick
Track 4 - CASE Standards
   - Computer Aided Software Engineering Standards: Their Impact on
     Software Quality and Productivity, David Sharon, CASE Technologies

12:15    Lunch - John Sall, SAS Institute Inc. -
         A Truck Shop Tries to Make a Sports Car
1:30 pm  Sessions

Track 1 - Panel
   - Applications of Software Reliability Engineering,
        A. Frank Ackerman, Institute for Zero Defect Software
        Alberto Avritzer AT&T Bell Laboratories,
        Alex Elentukh Motorola Codex, and
        Chris Smith  Hewlett-Packard
Track 2 - Process Improvement/Object Oriented Engineering
   - Software Process Quality Capability Modelling for Continuous Improvement,
     Duvan Luong and Susan Jamison, IBM Santa Teresa Laboratory
   - Object Oriented Information Engineering, Joe Oates, Life Cycle Technology, Inc.
Track 3 - Methodology I
   - Identifying Quality Measurements in the Cleanroom Development Process
     Alan R. Hevner, Doug Lemmon, and Thomas Vagoun, University of Maryland
   - CASE for Total Quality Management Support, Doug and Lenore Ming, TRIANCO, Inc.
Track 4 Process Management/Business
   - Process Management; Achieving Total Quality Applications Development,
     John P. Bantleman, LBMS, Inc.
   - Business Optimization and Information Systems
     Michael Silves, Datamorphosis, Inc.

3:00 pm  Break
3:30 pm  Sessions
Track 1 - Case Studies
   - Go Full Speed Ahead in Coding and We'll Clean Up After You Later,
     Erran Carmel, Shirley Becker, and Barbara J. Bird, The American University
   - Defect Causal Analysis A Report from the Field,  O. Dangerfield,
     P. Ambardekar, P. Paluzzi, and D. Card.  Computer Sciences Corporation
Track 2 - Achieving a S/W Quality Process
   - How a Software Quality Assurance Program was Implemented for the
     Maintenance and Enhancement of Ten Millions Lines of Code,
     Isaak Abramovitz, Paramax Systems Inc.
   - A Process is only as Good as the Training,
     Jose I. Martinez and David Wood, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Track 3 - Testing Expert Systems
   - Expert System Software Verification,Validation and Test,
     Ed P. Andert Jr.,  Conceptual Software Systems Inc.
   - PROTEST II - Testing Logic Programs to Validate Rule-Based Expert Systems,
     Fevzi Belli and Oliver Jack, University of Paderborn
Track 4 - Panel
   Panel Discussion - speakers TBA
5:00 pm  Adjourn
6:00 pm  Cash Bar
7:00 pm  Conference Banquet
         Speaker- Brian Eck of the Juran Institute
         Applications of Quality Management in Software Development
         Environments.

Tuesday October 6, 1992

 7:30     Registration
 8:30     Sessions
Track 1 - Methodology II
   - A Quality Software Process Model Embedding Formal Methods,
     Dr. Matthew K. O. Lee,  City Polytechnic of Hong Kong
   - Predicting Software Quality: The Generalized Goel-Okumoto Model,
     Edgar A. Ortiz, IBM
Track 2 - Testing I
   - Use of a Simple Reliability Model as a Software Test Metric,
     Raymond J. Rubey and Audrey C. Brewer, SofTech
   - A Practical Technique for Generating Test Programs from Software
     Specifications, Mark Cornwell,  Mind Tools Corporation,
     Tad Taylor, Data General Corporation
Track 3 - S/W Management
   - Quantitative Approaches to Software Management: the AMI method,
     Annie Kuntzmann-Combelles  Corelis Technologie
   - Measuring Factors Contributing to Software Maintenance Complexity,
     Horst Zuse  Technische Universitat
Track 4 - Structured vs. Object Oriented
   - Structured versus Object Oriented Methods                 SDF Board

9:00-5:00  Vendor Exhibition

10:00      Break
10:30      Sessions

Track 1 - Testing II
   - Experiences of a Joint Testing Project for a Large Software Product,
     Patricia L. Berryman, Richard A. Ragland, and Linda L. Wharton,
     SAS Institute Inc.
   - SQA/SEPG Work at the Project Level,
     H.T. Yeh, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Track 2 - Panel
  - Roundtable of Special-Interest Organizations    Representatives from SPIN,
    IFPUG, and SDF.  Moderated by Taz Daughtrey.
Track 3 - Management
  - Software Reliability Experience in the U.S. 5ESS Project,
    A. Gana, AT&T Bell Laboratories
  - A Quantitative Approach to Program Testing Quality,
    Vladislav L. Katkov and Vladimir A. Shimarov,
    Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Track 4 - Metrics II
  - Building a framework in support of measurement, Chris Miller, Praxis plc.

12:00    Lunch - Tim Hollack, BNR, Are those trees big enough: better software through process and analysis.
 1:30 pm Sessions
Track 1 -  Tools
  - An Automatic Tool for Data Flow Verification of Structured Program,
    Spyros Xanthakis Research Dept. OPL-France and Christos Skourlas
    Technological Educational Institute of Athens
  - Keeping the Tiger in the Cage,
    Ernie Weeks, Martin Marietta
Track 2 - Methodology III
  - A New Approach for Achieving Organizational Software Quality and
    Process Improvement, Herb Krasner, Krasner Consulting.
  - Process Oriented Problem Solving, Gene Miluk, Software Engineering
    Institite
Track 3 - Metrics III
  - Establishing a Software Metrics Program at ADP,
    Ravindra Saran and Lawrence E. Niech,  Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
  - The Nonclassical Use of Software Metrics,
    Reiner Dumke and Achim Winkler, Technical University Of Magdeburg
Track 4 - Panel
  - Implementing New Methods in your Organization - SDF Board

3:00 pm Break
3:30 Closing Panel - Your software quality questions answered.
5:00 Adjourn
7:00 - 9:00 ASQC Software Division Council meeting.  Everyone welcome.

Wednesday October 7, 1992

Tutorials (Descriptions follow Registration Forms)

7:30    Registration
8:30    Morning Sessions

       Track 1 (Joint 2ICSQ and ISSRE92)
          "Applying ISO 9000 Standards to Software" by John Slater
          (continued in the afternoon)
       Track 2 (2ICSQ)
          "Measuring Factors Contributing to Software Maintenance Complexity"
           by Horst Zuse (continued in the afternoon)
       Track 3 (2ICSQ)
          "The Capability Maturity Model for Software" by Mark C. Paulk
          (continued in the afternoon)
       Track 4a (2ICSQ)
          "Software Metrics" by Raymond J. Rubey
       Track 5 (ISSRE-92)
          "Getting Started on Software Reliability Engineering: Who, What,
           When" by M. Mary Donnelly (continued in the afternoon)
       Track 6 (ISSRE-92)
          "Overview of Software Reliability Models, Estimation Procedures,
          and Predictive Performance Measures" by George Knafl

9:00 - Vendor Exhibition
10:15-10:30  - Break
12.00   Lunch
1:30 pm Afternoon Sessions

       Track 1 (Joint 2ICSQ and ISSRE92)
          "Applying ISO 9000 Standards to Software" by John Slater
       Track 2 (2ICSQ)
          "Measuring Factors Contributing to Software Maintenance Complexity"
           by Horst Zuse
       Track 3 (2ICSQ)
          "The Capability Maturity Model for Software" by Mark C. Paulk
       Track 4b (2ICSQ)
          "Hierarchical Software Metrics" by Ronald E. Prather
       Track 5 (ISSRE-92)
          "Getting Started on Software Reliability Engineering: Who, What,
           When" by M. Mary Donnelly
       Track 6 (ISSRE-92)
          "The Draft Military Handbook on Hardware/Software Reliability
          Assurance and Control" by Michael Friedman.

3:00-3:15 - Break
5:00 - Tutorials end
7:00 pm ISO 9000 Task Force meeting.

         Conference Officers and Program Committee Members
2ICSQ Conference Co-Chairs:
  Sue McGrath, CQA, SAS Institute Inc. V406, SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513,
  (919) 677-8000 (ext. 7032), sassam@unx.sas.com .

  John E. Lowe, SQA, Litton Computer Services, 4020 Executive Drive,
  Dayton, Ohio 45430, (513) 429-6458.

2ICSQ Program Chair:
  Tad Taylor, Data General Corp., 62 T.W. Alexander Dr., RTP, NC, 27709,
  (919) 248-6374, taylort@dg-rtp.dg.com .

2ICSQ Tutorials Co-Chairs:
    Kay Bydalek, SAS Institute Inc., SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513
    Tel: (919)-677-8000 (ext 7131), Fax: (919)-677-8227,
    email: saskcb@unx.sas.com

    Bruce Jensen Litton Computer Services, 4020 Executive Drive,
    Dayton, Ohio 45430, (513) 429-6377.

2ICSQ Local Arrangements Chair - Nancy Stegman, NIEHS
2ICSQ Publicity Chair - Tom Richards and Rita Mix, University of North Texas
2ICSQ Vendor Exhibition Co-Chairs  Oita Coleman and Caroline Quinn, SAS Institute Inc.
2ICSQ Publications Chair - Patrick Morrisey, NCR Media Products Division

2ICSQ Program Committee

Lynda Allen (Data General)
Pat Berryman  (SAS Institute Inc.)
Ronald L. Braun (Bell Communication Research)
Rozan Brown  (Bell Communications Research)
Paul Conway  (GTE NCSC)
Pat Daggett  (Data General)
Jayesh G. Dalal  (AT&T Bell Labs)
Ellen Daniels  (SAS Institute, Inc.)
Taz Daughtrey  (Babcock & Wilcox)
David Dodd  (Data General)
Brian T. Eck  (Juran Institute, Inc.)
Paul Gartz  (Boeing)
Joel Glazer (Westinghouse)
Praveen Gupta  (Quality Technology Co.)
Warren Harrison (Portland State University)
Eric Hope  (Westinghouse Savannah River Co.)
Richard Horner (Babcock & Wilcox)
DM Kimmel  (Babcock & Wilcox)
M.P. Kress  (Boeing Commercial Airplane Group)
Jeffrey W. Jackson (Schulmberger CAD/CAM)
Stanley Levinson  (B&W Nuclear Technologies)
Scott A. Lindsay  (KPMG Peat Marwick)
John Lowe  (Litton Computer Services)
Jerry Lozaw  (Computer Task Group)
Philip C. Marriott (Dayton)
Mike Mayor  (Firstmark Technologies, Ltd.)
Sue McGrath  (SAS Institute Inc.)
Jack McKissick (GE Aerospace)
Gene Miluk  (Software Engineering Institute)
Cynthia Morris  (SAS Institute Inc.)
Lawrence Niech   (ADP)
Rusty Perkins (Loral Space Information Systems)
Brian Rice    (Data General)
Thomas C. Richards (University of North Texas)
Jeffrey C. Schultz   (The Aurora Group)
Michael W. Smith  (SW Quality International)
Nick P. Stewart  (Rockwell International)
Robert J. Thien  (Bell Communications Research)
Mauden Vouk  (N.C. State University)
Richard E. Zultner (Zultner and Company)

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========================== CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM ========================
Advance registration rate for the conference is valid until October 2, 1992.
To make reservations fax or mail the following form with payment to:

                Attn: Sherrie Knott/Mac McKenzie (2ICSQ)
                        North Carolina State University
                   Office of Continuing Education, Box 7401
                          Raleigh, NC 27695-7401
                  Tel: 1-919-515-2261, Fax: 1-919-515-7614

                      CONFERENCE REGISTRATION REQUEST
            Second International Conference on Software Quality
                        (Conference Code: MESICSQ93)
                           October 5 - 7, 1992

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               ***** Conference Registration Details *****
            (Please read the "Important Notes" section below)

In advance (by October 2, 1992):

        ___ Conference:                    $295
        ___ One-day only:                  $150
        ___ Student:                       $100

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        ___ Conference:                    $315
        ___ One-day only:                  $170
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   Monday and Tuesday (5-6 October), and banquet.
-  One-day registration includes conference proceedings, lunch and breaks.
-  Students are required to show current picture ID at the time of registration.
-  Student registration includes breaks and proceedings.
-  Additional copies of the proceedings may be purchased at the conference or by mail.
-  Please inform us of any special dietary or physical limitations.
   Special Dietary Request:  ____ Vegetarian  ____ Other
   Other Special Request_______________________________________________________
-  Written requests for refund must be received at the above address by
   October 1, 1992.  All refunds are subject to a $30 processing fee.
   Substitutions accepted at any time.

            ******* 2ICSQ Tutorial Registration Details *********

   Please indicate the tutorial track(s) for which you wish to be registered.
             (please read the track cancellation policy below)

___ Track 1   "Applying ISO 9000 Standards to Software" by John Slater (full day)

___ Track 2   "Measuring Factors Contributing to Software Maintenance Complexity"
               by Horst Zuse  (full day)

___ Track 3   "The Capability Maturity Model for Software" by Mark C. Paulk (full day)

___ Track 4a  "Software Metrics" by Raymond J. Rubey  (half day)

___ Track 4b  "Hierarchical Software Metrics" by Ronald E. Prather (half day)

In advance (by October 2, 1992):

        ___    $150  (full day)

        ___     $90  (half day)

On Site (after October 2, 1992):

        ___    $170  (full day)

        ___    $110  (half day)

Notes:

 -  Registration includes tutorial notes and lunch.
 -  Additional copies of the tutorial notes may be purchased at the conference.
 -  Please inform us of any special dietary or physical limitations.
    Special Dietary Request:  ____ Vegetarian
    Other Special Request ____________________________________________________
 -  Track cancellation policy:
    The organizer reserves the right to cancel the track. If the cancellation
    occurs, you will be informed of this as soon as possible and not later than
    September 11, 1992, at which point you will have the option of switching to
    another track (either ISSRE92 or 2ICSQ) or receiving full refund of the
    tutorial fee.
 -  If a refund is requested for reasons other than track cancellation, a
    written request for a refund must be received at the above address
    by October 1, 1992. All such refunds are subject to a $30 processing fee.
 _  To register for the ISSRE92 tutorials please use the ISSRE92 form.
 _  For a ISSRE92 tutorials form please contact:
    Kuo-Chung Tai, Tel: 1-(919)-515-7146, email: kct@adm.csc.ncsu.edu


=========================== HOTEL REGISTRATION FORM =========================

A block of rooms will be held at the conference rate until September 12, 1992.
Call to make reservations or mail the following form with payment to:

               Sheraton Imperial, Hotel and Convention Center
                       Reservations for 2ICSQ
              P.O. Box 13099, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
                Tel: 1-919-941-5050, Fax: 1-919-941-5156

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                           October 5 - 7, 1992

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================== Description of Tutorials ===============================

Track 1:  Measuring Factors Contibuting to Software Maintenance Complexity
Horst Zuse, Technische Universtat Berlin

High software costs and the fact that over 70% of the software development
effort is spent in the maintenance and testing of software have generated
the need to analyze and to measure the 'quality' of software.  During recent
years much attention has been directed toward the measurement process of the
properties of software.  This tutorial gives an overview of the use of
software metrics to determine the complexity of software during the software
life-cycle.

Horst K. Zuse  received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from
the Technische Universitat of Berlin, Germany, in 1970,
the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the
Technische Universitat in 1973, and the Ph.D. degree in computer
science from the Technische Universitat of Berlin, Germany,
in 1985.  He has conducted research on software metrics at
IBM's  Thomas J. Watson Research Lab and at  Technische Universitat.
In 1991 De Gruyter published his book,
'Software Complexity - Measures and Methods'.
He has also worked on the ESPRIT@II Project METKIT (Metric-Educational-
Toolkit 2384) of the European Commission.  His current research interest
is the application of software metrics to the complete software
life-cycle.

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Track 2:  Applying ISO 9000 Standards to Software
John A. Slater, Logica Defence and Civil Government Ltd

The adoption of ISO 9000 quality standards and accompanying
certification is growing rapidly.  However, unless formalized
quality management and certification are credible and appropriate
to business needs, they may become a commercial tax on industry
with little relevance to real quality.  The UK industry has taken
the initiative and set up the TickIT certification scheme using
international accepted documentation for quality management,
auditing and certification. This tutorial covers the following
topics: quality concepts, review of ISO 9000 standards with
emphasis on ISO 9000-3 (guideline), the TickIT scheme, accreditation
of registrars, how to select a registrar, and case study.

John A. Slater is a principal consultant with Logica Defence and
Civil Government Ltd and has been involved in project and quality
management of information based systems for over twenty years.  He
was instrumental in the development and implementation of many of
the UK Ministry of Defence's software quality initiatives.  As
TickIT Project Leader for the UK Department of Trade and Industry,
he was charged with bringing to fruition accredited third party
certification for quality management systems in the software sector.


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Track 3: The Capability Maturity Model for Software
Mark C. Paulk, Software Engineering Institute (SEI)

This tutorial provides an overview of work being done at the Software
Engineering Institute.  The capability maturity model for software (CMM)
describes the ability of organizations to develop and maintain software;
it is a model of organizational improvement.  It is based on the process
management work of quality gurus such as Deming, Juran, and Crosby and
can be applied by organizations to improve their software process
via software process assessments and by acquisition agencies to select
qualified software vendors via contractor evaluations.  The bulk of the
tutorial discussion is on understanding the five maturity levels and the
key process areas that characterize them.

At SEI, Mr. Paulk is project leader for CMM in the Software Process Program which
focuses on improving state-of-the-practice in software management and
engineering.  Products that he is working on are used by software companies
to improve their software process and to select qualified contractors during
procurements and to monitor their performance.  Mr. Paulk obtained his master's
degree in computer science from Vanderbilt University where he was a Harold Stirling
Vanderbilt scholar.

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Track 4a: Software Metrics
Raymond J. Rubey, SofTech, Inc.

This tutorial acquaints participants with state-of-the-art software metrics.  The
emphasis is on practical application of metrics.  Data from actual projects and
experiments will be used to show correlation of the measurements with desired quality
goals.  Participants will obtain sufficient knowledge to select, adapt, and use basic
metrics in an effective and useful manner.

Mr. Rubey has thirty years experience in software quality assurance, verification and
validation, and the development of tools for quality assurance and testing.
Currently, he is Technical Director of SofTech Incorporated's System Sciences Group.
He monitors a wide range of software development and quality assurance projects and
is responsible for the evaluation of new software methods and processes for the group.
Prior to joining SofTech, he worked for Logicon, NASA,  and for Hughes Aircraft Company.
He has also been a visiting Professor of Engineering at the Air Force Institute of
Technology and an ACM National Lecturer.

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Track 4b: Herarchial Software Metrics
Ronald E. Prather, Trinity University

This tutorial offers a guided tour through the growing and increasingly
important literature on hierarchical software metrics.  It will focus
on structural software metrics based on the the decomposition of the
underlying flowgraph.  Participants will develop a computational facility
in handling hierarchical metrication techniques and will share in the
discovery of the most recent research developments.

With B.S., M.S., and M.A. degrees from the University of California at
Berkley, the tutor received his doctorate in mathematics from Syracuse
University in 1969.  He is the author of a half-dozen textbooks and
numerous technical articles spanning the range of computer science.  His
interest in software engineering developed at Bell Laboratories, where he
investigated software testing and software complexity measures.  He has
also been a member of the computer science faculties at the University of
Denver and at Syracuse University.  He currently holds the chair of the
Caruth Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Trinity University.

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ISSRE: Getting Started on Software Reliability Engineering - Who, What, When
                            M. Mary Donnelly
                    Institute for Zero Defect Software

This tutorial answers the question "What do I need to do to deliver
software that meets the customer's reliability requirements, cost
and schedule?"  The tutorial describes software reliability
engineering (SRE) concepts and techniques in the context of the
software product life cycle.  SRE makes it possible for project
personnel: (1) to predict reliability, cost and schedule, and to
establish the user's functional profile during the requirements
phase, (2) to establish priorities for design and implementation
activities based on the functional profile, allocate reliability
objectives to specific components, and certify that the reliability
of the acquired and reused software meets product reliability, (3)
to test the software according to the customer's operational
profile, to measure product reliability before releasing the
product, and to release the product when the reliability
requirements have been met, and (4) to verify the system
reliability in the field and direct maintenance to the most
important problems.

Mary Donnelly is with the Institute for Zero Defect Software. She
has worked on software quality improvement, inspection, and
software quality engineering.  Currently she is the primary course
developer and teacher for the AT&T technology transfer program in
software reliability engineering.

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ISSRE: Overview of Software Reliability Models, Estimation Procedures,
               and Predictive Performance Measures
                        George J. Knafl
                       DePaul University

A variety of software reliability models have been developed to
analyze software reliability data, including nonhomogeneous Poisson
process models of the mean value function, binomial models of the
hazard rate function, and Bayesian models. Parameter estimation may
be achieved through maximum likelihood or a number of least squares
procedures. No one modeling procedure is appropriate for all data
sets and so predictive performance schemes may be utilized to
assess the appropriateness of these procedures. This tutorial will
survey software reliability models, estimation procedures, and
predictive performance measures.

George J. Knafl received a Ph.D. in Mathematics with a
specialization in Statistics from Northwestern University in 1978.
He is currently Professor in the Department of Computer Science &
Information Systems and Director of the Institute for Software
Engineering at DePaul University. He is currently on the Program
Committee for the International Computer Software & Applications
Conference (COMPSAC) and served as Proceedings Editor for that
conference from 1988-1991.

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ISSRE: The Draft Military Handbook on Hardware/Software Reliability
                      Assurance and Control
                        Michael Friedman
                       Hughes Aircraft Co.

The draft MIL-HDBK on Hardware/Software Reliability Assurance and
Control represents a "coming-of-age" for software reliability
engineering.  The handbook, currently undergoing a tri-service
approval cycle, describes a full-life cycle methodology for
managing the reliability of systems containing both hardware and
software.  The handbook describes practical procedures and
techniques for software reliability allocation, prediction, growth
modeling/testing, and demonstration testing, as well as for
integrating hardware and software reliability figures of merit.
This handbook is destined to have a wide-ranging impact on the way
software is developed, in both defense and non-defense-related
contexts.  The tutorial covers the history and philosophy of the
handbook, overviews its organization and content, and presents
examples of its use through a selection of small case studies.

Dr. Michael Friedman was the chief author of the draft MIL-HDBK.
He earned his BS, MS, and PhD in Information and Computer Science
at the University of California at Irvine.  Dr. Friedman is a
Senior Staff Engineer at Hughes Aircraft Company, where he performs
research and supports projects in the areas of software
reliability, fault tolerance, and software safety.  He has taught
software engineering classes at UCLA Extension.  Prior to joining
Hughes, he served for several years as a software consultant to
Digital Equipment Corporation.



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