12ICSQ
12th International Conference on Software Quality
Software Division of
The American Society for Quality
Tom McCabe - Invited Speaker
Thomas
J. McCabe, founder of McCabe & Associates in Columbia, Maryland, is
internationally known for his development of software metrics and his
leadership in developing methodology and automation that foster the
continued improvement of quality in software development, testing and
maintenance.
As Founder, CEO, and Chairman of McCabe & Associates, Inc., Tom
grew the company to critical mass based on its original research and
subsequently sold the company.
He has now started a new venture, McCabe Technologies that focuses
on research and new breakthrough ideas.
In 1998 he sold his business to venture capitalists and made the
transition from scientist to entrepreneur.
He continued to remain closely tied to the company, however not in
the day-to-day operations.
In 1999 he was appointed to lead the Washington DC chapter of the
Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Club, a group consisting of founders and
entrepreneurs.
Additionally he chairs a group of Mentors, this group consists of
CEOs who have built, run and sold companies and are in pursuit of their
next challenge.
Tom also actively speaks across the country on software development
as well as on entrepreneurship.
His newly formed company is McCabe Technologies.
Tom
McCabe was the 1998 recipient of the fourth international Stevens Award
and presented the Stevens Lecture on Software Development Methods on March
10th in Florence, Italy. He also testified before congress in
the hearing entitled, “Year 2000: Biggest Problems and Proposed
Solutions” in June of 1998.
CNN Headline News aired a segment featuring Tom McCabe where he was
interviewed on the Year 2000 in 1998.
Tom
McCabe’s landmark research appears in “Design Complexity Measurement
and Testing” which was published in 1989 in Communications
of the ACM.
Other publications include “Software Complexity” with Arthur
Watson, CrossTalk, 1994;
“Combining Comprehension and Testing in Object-Oriented Development”
with Arthur Watson, Object Magazine,
1994; “Testing an Object-Oriented Application” with Lori Dreyer,
Albert Dunn, and Arthur Watson, The
Journal of the Quality Assurance
Leveraging
Our Software Assets: Methodologies, Metrics and Management Tools for
the New Frontier – Internet Collaborative Computing
One of the next new major fronts in the computer industry is
"internet collaborative computing." This collaborative
initiative is such a groundswell that it is changing the landscape of
enterprise computing. Many of the tools and techniques being used in
quality metrics, re-engineering, and software development are highly
leverageable for collaborative computing. This presentation elaborates on how collaborative computing can enable
a much more effective software development framework. Conversely, it is
likewise the case that our software methodology legacy can be leveraged to
enable much more effective collaborative computing. We will discuss this
synergy and how the software quality community can directly benefit.