Pa. Prepares executives to plan, implement, and successfully manage a software productivity improvement program. Productivity improvement is presented as a strategy for improving the software process including improvement of quality and risk management, and implementation of a measurement procedure to gather process and product metrics. During the course, participants prepare a strategic plan for software productivity improvement. Each plan is tailored to the needs of the participant's organization. Through the preparation of the plan, participants identify specific productivity improvements that will significantly benefit their organizations.
Participants also learn how to perform a cost-benefit analysis prior to implementing their plan.
Calif. UIST is the premier annual forum on innovative development of the human-computer interface. The symposium brings together researchers and practitioners with an interest in techniques, tools, and technology for constructing quality, innovative user interfaces. The intimate size, single track, and comfortable surroundings make this symposium an ideal opportunity to exchange research results and implementation experiences. Calif. This symposium is designed to appeal to both industry and academic people from novices who need a jump-start in a new field to experts who are striving to polish their skills. The areas of software reliability engineering covered by the tutorials and tracks are far too numerous to cover here, but they include engineering practice, techniques and tools, process measurement, methodologies, safety, estimation, sampling methods, tracking, and decision making.