Better Software - June 2008 - (Page 8)

Contributors chuck allison developed software for more than twenty years before becoming a professor of computer science at Utah Valley University. He is a technical editor for Better Software magazine and founding and current editor of the online journal The C++ Source. He spent most of the 1990s as an active member of the C++ Standards Committee and is author of two C++ books, including Thinking In C++, Volume 2: Practical Programming, with Bruce Eckel. His company, Fresh Sources, Inc., gives onsite training in C++, Python, and design patterns. His current top technical interest is the resurgence of functional programming. Whenever he finds a little down time he plays classical guitar or bikes the country roads of central Utah. Contact Chuck at chuck@freshsources .com. scott W. aMBler is the Practice Leader Agile Development with IBM Rational. He is author of several books, including Agile Modeling, Refactoring Databases, and The Elements of UML 2.0 Style. Scott works with IBM customers worldwide to adopt agile software development techniques at scale. Michael Bolton lives in Toronto and teaches heuristics and exploratory testing in Canada, the United States, and other countries. He is co-author, with James Bach, of Rapid Software Testing and a regular contributor to Better Software magazine. Contact Michael at mb@developsense.com. Frédéric Boulanger is the founder and president of Macadamian Technologies, a software creation partner that specializes in taking next generation products from napkin sketch to marketready. Under Frédéric’s leadership, Macadamian has grown from four founders to a team of more than 130 and is known as one of the most respected software development firms in the industry. lee copeland has more than thirty years of experience in the field of software development and testing. He has worked as a programmer, development director, process improvement leader, and consultant. Based on his experience, Lee has developed and taught a number of training courses focusing on software testing and development issues. Lee is the managing technical editor for Better Software magazine, a regular columnist for StickyMinds.com, and the author of A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design. Contact Lee at lcopeland@sqe.com. 8 BETTER SOFTWARE JUNE 2008 www.StickyMinds.com http://www.StickyMinds.com

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Better Software - June 2008 Contents Mark Your Calendar Contributors Technically Speaking eLightenment Code Craft Test Connection Management Chronicles Agile Model-Driven Development The Myth of Risk Management Stop the Insanity! Product Announcements 10 Things You Might Not Know About … The Last Word Ad Index

Better Software - June 2008

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