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Home > CrossTalk Jan 2009

CrossTalk - The Journal of Defense Software Engineering
  January 2009  
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Table of Contents Download Entire Issue (0901CrossTalk.pdf PDF 2327KB)
  Policies, News, and Updates  
  * Announcing CrossTalk’s Co-Sponsor Team for 2009  (09012009CoSponsors.pdf PDF 75KB)
by Kasey Thompson
Meet CrossTalk’s 2009 co-sponsors.
 
  * The 2009 Editorial Board  (09012009EditorialBoard.pdf PDF 45KB)
by Kasey Thompson
CrossTalk presents our valued board of article reviewers for 2009.
 
 
  Engineering for Production  
  * Production Planning for a Software Product Line  (0901ChastekNorthropMcGregor.pdf PDF 339KB)
by Dr. Gary J. Chastek, Linda M. Northrop, and Dr. John D. McGregor
Learn how to formulate a production strategy, devise a method, and compose a plan for a successful SPL approach.
 
  * Experiences With Software Product Line Development  (0901Jensen.pdf PDF 113KB)
by Dr. Paul Jensen
This article explores one companies’ move to an SPL, its SPL architecture, and the lessons learned during the transition.
 
  * Software Product Management  (0901Ebert.pdf PDF 484KB)
by Dr. Christof Ebert
This article clarifies the role of a product manager and delineates the best practices that have been successful in software product management.
 
 
  Software Engineering Technology  
  * “Spending” Efficiency to Go Faster  (0901Cockburn.pdf PDF 107KB)
by Dr. Alistair Cockburn
Every part of an organization needs to work efficiently, and this article explores improving total system performance to avoid bottlenecks.
 
  * Software Process Improvement Implementation: Avoiding Critical Barriers  (0901Niazi.pdf PDF 181KB)
by Dr. Mahmood Niazi
This article identifies seven critical barriers to successful software process improvement implementation and provides guidelines to avoid each barrier.
 
 
  Open Forum  
  * Three Encouraging Developments in Software Management  (0901Derby.pdf PDF 81KB)
by Esther Derby
While some software managers are falling back on forced ranking and incentives to improve productivity, Derby examines the processes and benefits of three long-term solutions.
 
 
  Departments  
 
From the Sponsor (PDF file PDF 52KB)
Web Sites (PDF file PDF 21KB)
Coming Events (PDF file PDF 35KB)
Letters to the Editor (PDF file PDF 33KB)
SSTC 2009 (PDF file PDF 346KB)
BackTalk (PDF file PDF 52KB)
Back Cover (PDF file PDF 295KB)
 

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