The following keynotes will be given at SPICE 2008 in Nuremberg:

Mark Paulk, Senior Systems Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University

Understanding High Maturity Practices

"High maturity" as used in the Capability Maturity Model for Software or CMM Integration implies a superior process capability, with the expectation of continual, measured improvement. High maturity is intrinsic to the definitions of Maturity Levels 4 and 5 in these models, and a growing number of organizations have been assessed at these Levels, but the reliability of high maturity assessments has been a concern for many years. The Software Engineering Institute has taken a number of actions to address this concern, but the lack of wide-spread experience with high maturity practices remains a challenge for both assessors and process engineers. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the fundamental principles of process management at the higher maturity levels, some of the effective engineering and management practices empirically found in workshops and surveys of high maturity organizations, and some of the common mistakes that are made.

Mark is a Senior Systems Scientist at the IT Services Qualification Center at Carnegie Mellon University, where he works on best practices for sourcing of IT-enabled services.  From 1987 to 2002, Mark was with the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon, where he led the work on the Capability Maturity Model for Software.  Mark’s personal research interests revolve around empirical methods, high maturity practices, statistical process control, and agile methods.  Mark received his PhD in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, his MS in computer science from Vanderbilt University, and his BS in mathematics and computer science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.  He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Senior Member of the ASQ, and an ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer.

Linda Ibrahim, International Project Leader for Enterprise SPICE

SPICE'ing Up Your Enterprise

Dr. Linda Ibrahim is the international project leader for Enterprise SPICE. Dr. Ibrahim is Chief Engineer for Process Improvement at Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). She is lead author and architect of FAA- integrated Capability Maturity Model (iCMM), its Safety and Security extensions, and appraisal method. She co-chairs the Enterprise Process Improvement Community of Practice (EPIC). Linda has worked in software engineering as practitioner, manager, educator, consultant and researcher; in the US, Europe, and Middle East.

Francois Coallier, Président/Chairman ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC7

What does Engineering mean in 'Software Engineering'

Dr. François Coallier is chair the Department of Software and IT engineering at the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), one of Canada's leading engineering school, affiliated to the Université du Québec network. He has nearly twenty-two years of industrial experience in one of Canada's largest companies, where he held various engineering and managerial positions in engineering, quality engineering, IT procurement, IT infrastructure deployment and operation and IT Enterprise Architecture Management. Dr. Coallier has been continuously involved in software and systems engineering standards development since 1984, being the international Chairman of the Joint ISO and IEC subcommittee responsible for the elaboration of Software and Systems Engineering Standards (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7) since 1997. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and a Golden Core Member of the IEEE Computer Society.

Edoardo Sivera, Head of Software Engineering Team, Fiat Group Automobiles (FGA)

Automotive SPICE® Assessment Experiences: An Overview of Fiat Group Automobiles Software Methodologies

Edoardo Sivera is Head of the Software Engineering Team in Fiat Group Automobiles (FGA) and represents FGA in AutomotiveSPICE and the AUTOSAR consortium. He is a graduate engineer from "Politecnico di Torino", Turin, Italy. He has been working at FGA since 1991. Eduardo has extensive experience in embedded software development, CAN network design, automotive system architecture definition and software process improvement. Principal activities include function validation through model development and simulation, software project management, software quality management and ISO/IEC 15504 (SPICE) assessments. In 2006 Edoardo founded the "Software Factory" team whose main goals are to design, develop and verify software modules for all FGA vehicle brands.