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ISMA 4 Conference
"Measurement in 2009 – Soaring to New Heights"

September 13 – September 16, 2009
Palmer House Hilton Hotel – Chicago, Illinois

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CONFERENCE AGENDA

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Daily Schedule
  Tuesday     Wednesday  

Tuesday's Printable Version
Wednesday's Printable Version

Tuesday, September 15th
7:30 AM
9:00 AM
IFPUG Orientation for New Members (BoD VP) Breakfast
8:45 PM
9:00 PM

Welcome & Conference Orientation

  Management & Issues Track Function Point Track Estimation & Metrics Track
9:00 AM
9:45 aM
Survivor USA – Prove Your Value or Else!
Bill Hufschmidt
Boundaries, Boundaries Everywhere
Interactive Session
Tom Cagley
Estimating the size of Data Conversion/Migration projects
Sagar Gollapudi
9:45 AM
10:05 AM
Break in Vendor Area
10:05 AM
10:50 AM
When the Economy Gets Tough, the Tough Get Measuring
Scott Goldfarb
Accountant for the Mob
Interactive Session (includes break – timing to be set by presenter)
Royce Edwards
Implementing Estimation Competency
Robyn Lawrie
10:50AM
11:10 AM
Break in Vendor Area Break in Vendor Area
11:10 AM
11:55 AM
A Few Simple Metrics Will Assist You in Managing IT Resources
David Garmus
Sizing & Estimating ERP Implementations
Don Beckett
11:55 AM
1:25 PM
Lunch in vendor area – Vendor presentations during plated lunch
1:25 PM
2:10 PM
Leaning Lean Six Sigma for Results
Interactive Session
Joe Schofield
Why Function Point Counts Comply with Benford's Law
Charley Tichenor
Supporting the CMMI Metrics Framework thru Level 5
Marcio Silveira
2:10 PM
2:30 PM
Break in vendor area
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
Measuring Maintenance Activities within Development Projects Impact Point
Interactive Session
Lori Holmes
How Many FPs is it?
Luca Santillo
The Zero Function Point Problem
Ian Brown
3:15 PM
3:35 PM
Break in vendor area
3:35 PM
4:20 PM
Approaching Software Development as an Investment
Pam Morris
What is your logical quest for function point analysis?
Interactive Session
Steve Woodward
NYCT: 19th Century Bricks & Mortar Collide with 21st Century Technology
Janet Russac
4:20 PM
4:40 PM
Break in vendor area
4:40 PM
5:25 PM
Finding the ROI in SOA
Terry Vogt
Horizontal Measurement Dispersion of Functional Size with IFPUG
Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego
Roadmap to Customer Satisfaction
Vinaya Dudumkar
Wednesday, September 16th
7:30 AM
8:30 AM
Breakfast
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
General Session CPM 4.3
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Break
  Management & Issues Track Function Point Track Estimation & Metrics Track
9:15AM
10:00 AM
Scope Management: The 12 Step Project Recovery Program
Carol Dekkers
Applying Function Points within a SOA Environment
Jeffery Lindskoog
A Roadmap to Estimation Using Balanced Productivity Metrics: $Right-Pricing
Jim Mayes
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Component Based Productivity Measurement
Lori Mayer
How Consistent is Function Point Counting? An Interactive Case Study
Interactive Session (includes break – timing to be set by presenter)
Ian Brown, Terry Vogt, and Kim Ovuka
Robustness Analysis – Use Cases and Function Points
Charles Wesolowski
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
Break Break
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
Application Portfolio Baselining Just Got Cheaper
Ashwin Krisnamurthy
Requirements Measurement: A Methodology and Applications
Gordana Kis
12:00 PM Lunch
12:45 PM Speaker – Kevin Touhey (90 Minutes)
2:15 PM
2:30 PM
Break
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
10 Steps to Starting a Successful FPA Program
Wayne Wild
Documenting FP Measurements
Thomas Stein
Is it a Volkswagen or a Bus?
Interactive Session (includes break – timing to be set by presenter)
Roger Heller
3:15 PM
3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM
4:15 PM
Play ‘n’ Learn: A Continuous KM Improvement Approach Using FSM Methods
Luigi Buglione
Agile Estimating
Ray Boehm
4:15 PM
4:30 PM
Break
4:30 PM
5:30 PM
Annual Meeting
5:45 PM Depart to Second City

2009 ISMA Conference Sponsors

Charismatek Software Metrics    David Consulting Group
Software Measurement Expertise TI-Metricas