What's Happening With Software Quality ?

Trudy Howles
Department of Computer Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
tmh@cs.rit.edu

ABSTRACT

We often hear about quality improvement initiatives in industry. Most everyone is familiar with the "World Class Quality", "Quality is Job 1" and "Quality Comes First" campaigns.

How is the software industry responding to these trends in industry? Will quality initiatives in manufacturing and other businesses impact software and our current software practices?

This talk will discuss experiences with quality issues and software process improvement.

About the Speaker

Trudy Howles is an Assistant Professor for Computer Science Support at NTID and is an adjunct instructor for the Department of Computer Science.

Since 1987, she has run a computer consulting services business and has industrial experience in product development and process improvement at Kodak.

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