Date:

Thursday, March  8, 2001, 3:30 p.m.

Title:

How do I measure software quality?

Speakers: 

Michael Cunnane, The David Consulting Group  
Abstract:

If the software doesn’t crash, is it quality software?

This session will address those things that need to be measured when determining whether or not quality software is being produced. It is important to establish quality metrics from both a software engineering and a customer perspective. It will also introduce the audience to function points as a normalization factor.

Four key metrics will be introduced that determine the quality of software.

Bio:

Summary of Experience

Mr. Cunnane is a Managing Senior Consultant for The David Consulting Group. Mr. Cunnane is an authority in the measurement and estimation of software productivity and quality. His other areas of expertise include software development assessment, process improvement, project management, systems development methodologies and training.

Mr. Cunnane has experience in retail, financial, insurance, and manufacturing systems. His consulting engagements have included clients in retail, health services, public utilities, telecommunications and financial services as well as government agencies.

Professional Background

Mr. Cunnane has been a consultant since 1991, having previously held the position of Vice President of Consulting Services for Software Productivity Research.

Prior to that, Mr. Cunnane spent over 20 years in the application development environment holding both technical and managerial positions in a number of different industries.

As a former project manager in SHARE, IBM’s user group, Mr. Cunnane was actively involved in cross industry investigation and evaluation of work on estimation and measurement.

Professional Organizations

Mr. Cunnane is a member of the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG).

Mr. Cunnane is a Certified Function Point Specialist, having fulfilled all IFPUG requirements for this title under all releases of the Counting Practices Manual.

Mr. Cunnane is a Certified Data Processor (CDP) through the ICCP.

Education

Assumption College, BA

Babson College, MBA

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