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Our next monthly meeting will take place at its usual time and place: Wednesday, July 9th at Matrix office (you can find directions on our web site: http://www.iasahome.org/web/atlanta). The meeting will start at 6:30 and pizza will be provided, so, RSVP.
The guest speakers this time will be John Hammer from Core Concepts presenting: “Philosophical Differences between the CMMI and XP”
Here is a short abstract of the session :
Applied Systems Intelligence was one of the first organizations to adopt extreme programming (XP), modify it to meet the Software Capability Maturity Model (CMM), and then pass a level 3 appraisal. After the appraisal was completed, this article was written to clarify the differences between these two types of software process. Although some have argued that CMM and XP are compatible, there are major differences between them that are especially noticeable in an appraisal. Process modularity, the purpose of management, the importance of outcomes, the recordkeeping, and the planning are some of the major differences.
Here is a biosketch of our speaker:
John M. Hammer was born at Dixon, Illinois. He attended Knox College and then the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received a B.S. (Highest Honors), M.S., and Ph.D., all in computer science. He was a faculty member at the Georgia Tech Center for Man-Machine Systems Research, where his research interest was human interaction with complex systems. He was a principal scientist at Search Technology, where his automated display management system was a key contribution to the DARPA Pilot's Associate program. He was an engineering manager at Internet Security Systems, where he introduced extreme programming, design patterns, and refactoring. He was Chief Technology Officer at Applied Systems Intelligence, where he led the effort for a successful Software CMM Level 3 appraisal of an agile process. He is currently a principal scientist at Core Concept, where he contributes to its technology base for solving difficult problems in clinical trial management for the pharmaceutical industry. Hammer's professional interests are in intelligent systems, difficult software problems, software engineering management, and software organizational improvement. He is an experienced system architect and software manager. He is a member of the Association for Computer Machinery and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Also, I would like to announce that we have decided to postpone the panel talk on Design Patterns. If you have any questions about design patterns that you would like to be discussed, please, send them to me. Also, we still have one or two seats open on the panel. If you would like to be one of the panelists, please, send me an email at maxim@mindspring.com.
Best regards, Max Poliashenko IASA Atlanta chapter, President
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