Thomas M. Cagley Jr. will present the following key concepts in this presentation:
Tom Cagley leads DCG's Agile Practice, Estimation Practices, Software Process Improvement, IT Performance Improvement and Software Measurement Consulting Practices.
Mr. Cagley has over 20 years experience in the software industry in which he has been a consultant since 1997. He was previously Metrics Practice Manager at Software Productivity Research. Earlier, he held technical and managerial positions in different industries as a leader in software methods and metrics, quality assurance and systems analysis. Mr. Cagley is a frequent speaker at metrics, quality and project management conferences. His areas of expertise encompass management experience in a wide variety of methods and metrics, quality integration, quality assurance and the application of the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) to achieve process improvements.
Mr. Cagley is a member of the International Function Point Users Group and is a Certified Function Point Specialist. Tom is currently serving on the IFPUG Board of Directors as Secretary. Mr. Cagley has served on the IFPUG Board of Directors as the President. He previously served as the Vice President, Chair of the IFPUG Conference Committee and Director of Conferences and Education.
Mr. Cagley earned his BS from Louisiana State University and has done extensive postgraduate work at Cleveland State University, Case Western Reserve University and Kent State University. Tom also is holds an IT-CMF Professional Certificate.
Mr Cagley co-authored Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques with Murali K. Chemuturi.
Outside of his work at DCG, Tom is an independent thinker, author and podcaster – visit his excellent Software Process and Measurement Cast (SPAMCast) website at http://www.spamcast.libsyn.com/. |