On 15 September 2018, Distinguished Visitor Dr. Mark Paulk will present “Software Project Management” at the University of Denver, Ritchie School of Engineering (RM 410).

Dr. Paulk, professor of software engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, consultant and author, will lead a seminar structured around project management, customer relations management, decision-making, earned value, critical path, critical chain and agile methodologies. The presentation will examine the ways that, although effective project management is a prerequisite for meeting commitments, many software projects fail to meet customer expectations for budget, schedule, functionality, and quality.

Dr. Paulk will also touch upon project management as a fundamental requirement to achieve Level 2 against the Capability Maturity Integration (CMMI) for development or to be certified against ISO 9001. 

About the Distinguished Visitor

Currently, Dr. Paulk teaches software engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. From 2002 to 2012, he was a senior systems scientist at the Institute for Software Research at Carnegie Mellon University, where he co-authored the eSourcing Capability Model for Service Providers. From 1987 to 2002, Dr. Paulk was with the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon, where he led the work on the Capability Maturity Model for Software.

Event Details

The event will be held at the University of Denver, Ritchie School of Engineering (RM 410), on Saturday, 15 September 2018 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event is free, and snacks and drinks will be served.

Attendees should reserve a seat, since seats are limited.

The IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitors Program (DVP) was initiated in 1971 by Dr. Stephen Yau. The program provides professional and student chapters with direct access to top technology leaders and innovators from every sector of the computing industry. The DVP owes its success to the many volunteers of the Computer Society who generously contribute their time and talent.