SPaMCAST 57 Joe Schofield, Function Points and LOC, Multitasking . . NOT!
The Software Process and Measurement Cast provides a forum to explore the varied world of software process improvement and measurement. The SPaMCast covers topics that deal the challenges how work is done in information technology organizations as they grow and evolve. The show combines commentaries, interviews and your feedback to serve up ideas, options, opinions, advice and even occasionally facts.
Show 57 features an interview with Joe Schofield. We
discussed the Function Points and Lines of Code and other
topics. Size is an important attribute for managing software
projects. How you measure counts!
Joe has been active in the application of emerging technology for
business and engineering solutions at Sandia National Labs since
receiving his MS/MIS from the University of Arizona in 1980. As a
member of the technical staff, he has been involved in the
specification, selection, and application of software
methodologies; served on a corporate-wide software quality
improvement team, and facilitated teams in their quest for new
business processes and customer-driven software. Since 1990, Joe
has developed and taught IS courses in the MBA program at the
College of Santa Fe. In 1990 he received his CQA accreditation,
therafter his CFPS and CSMS.
After speaking at USE, SHARE, GUIDE, and DOE-sponsored conferences,
Joe delivered a keynote address at the Structured Development Forum
in San Francisco in 1988. Subsequently he spoke on CASE at the
National Conference on Information Systems Quality Assurance, and
at CASEWorld in Los Angeles. Articles on CASE were then published
by the Journal of Quality Data Processing and System Builder
including "Considering CASE: Write the Fine Print." The publishers
of System Development approached Joe to author an article for them;
"CASE Users Bill of Rights" resulted. This effort was followed with
three more thus far: "CASE: Not a Joke, Now a Threat", "The Next
Silver Bullet" in 1995 and then "The Year 2000 - Finally a Reality
Check" which was one of the first articles to downplay the hysteria
on Y2K and warn of the impending consulting infestation. More
recently his articles (4) have been published in CrossTalk, journal
of software engineering, and cited by the NIST. Joe frequently
presents at the annual IFPUG, now ISMA conferences, and SPIN. In
2007, he was elected to the IFPUG Board of Directors.
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The essay is titled “Multitasking Yourself Away From
Efficiency”. Efficiency is an important topic in most IT
organizations and continues to become more important to help
yourself and your organization. Multitasking is not the way
to get there.
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The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an
interview Thomas "Command Line" Gideon. We talked about his
inner chapters, philosophy and other interesting things!