Steve McConnell: Secrets of world-class software organizations

Secrets of world-class software organizations
Steve McConnell, CEO, Construx Software

Thursday, November 19, 2009
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm (Networking)
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm (Presentation with question and answer period)

Bellevue College
Building N – Room 201
3000 Landerholm Circle SE, N201
Bellevue, Washington 98007

There is no cost to attend however an RSVP is requested by noon, November 18, 2009 to mike.becker@ieee.org with “confirm 11/19″ in the email subject line to help us manage the facility usage. The event is open to the general public.

About the talk
Construx consultants work with literally hundreds of software organizations each year.  Among these organizations a few stand out as being truly world class.  They are exceptional in their ability to meet their software development goals and exceptional in the contribution they make to their companies’ overall business success.  Do world class software organizations operate differently than average organizations?  In Construx’s experience, the answer is a resounding “YES”.  In this talk, award-winning author Steve McConnell reveals the technical, management, business, and cultural secrets that make a software organization world class.

Steve McConnell, CEO, Construx Software
Steve McConnell is CEO and Chief Software Engineer at Construx Software where he writes books and articles, teaches classes, and oversees Construx’s software development practices.  Steve is the author of:
Software Estimation:  Demystifying the Black Art (2006), Code Complete (1993, 2004), Rapid Development (1996), Software Project Survival Guide (1998), and Professional Software Development (2004).  His first two
books won Software Development magazine’s Jolt Excellence award for best programming books of their years.  In 1998, readers of Software Development magazine named Steve one of the three most influential people in the software industry along with Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds.  Steve is also past Editor in Chief of IEEE Software magazine. He can be reached at stevemcc@construx.com.

Nov 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Events
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  1. Steven Jacobs
    Nov 18th, 2009 at 10:48 | #1

    Can this presentation be video recorded and re-broadcast?
    I’d love to attend, but unfortunately the timing conflicts with another class.

    Thanks.

  2. Alex
    Nov 18th, 2009 at 11:25 | #2

    @Steven
    Yes – I believe the plan is to record this presentation. If that happens, we’ll post the video on this site afterward.

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