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An Interview with Barry Boehm,
IT Metrics and Productivity Journal [ITMPI Journal Flyer]
Barry Boehm received his B.A. degree from Harvard in 1957, and his M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees from UCLA in 1961 and 1964, all in Mathematics. Between 1989 and 1992, he
served within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) as Director of the DARPA
Information Science and Technology Office, and as Director of the DDR&E Software
and Computer Technology Office.
His current research interests include software
process modeling, software requirements engineering, software architectures,
software metrics and cost models, software engineering environments, and
knowledge-based software engineering. His contributions to the field include
the Constructive Cost Model (COCOMO), the Spiral Model of the software process,
the Theory W (win-win) approach to software management and requirements
determination and two advanced software engineering environments: the TRW Software
Productivity System and Quantum Leap Environment.
The
Complete Interview
between Barry Boehm and Michael Milutis,
Executive Director of the IT Metrics and Productivity
Institute, took place in April of 2006.
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