QM in Agile Development: How can we optimally integrate the advantages of the agile world with the accomplishments of traditional QM? Solutions, case studies, and experience will be presented at SWPM's training on March 6, 2012, in Stuttgart. (Training Calendar)
Tool-Based RM: Dr. Andreas Birk and Gerald Heller will give a talk on practices for tool-based requirements management at REConf 2012 on March 14, 2012, in Munich. (Event Page)
RM for Software Variants: SWPM will give a tutorial on "RM for Product Lines and Software Variants" at REConf 2012 on March 15, 2012, in Munich. (Event Page)
Symposium Software Architecture: The call for papers for the second Symposium "Software Architecture" is open until March 19. (Conference Homepage)
Software Product Management: The next SWPM training that prepares for "Certified Software Product Manager" of ISPMA will take place on April 24-26, 2012, in Stuttgart. (Training Calendar)
Profile
Software.Process.Management has been founded in early 2007 by Dr. Andreas Birk to help organizations aligning their software processes with their business goals.
We offer a unique combination of excellent software engineering expertise with a profound understanding of how software creates business value.
Our domain experience includes automotive, industrial automation, medical electronics, telecommunication, e-business, and enterprise information systems.
Personal profiles: Dr. Andreas Birk and Gerald Heller
Dr. Andreas Birk
I am founder and principal consultant of Software.Process.Management, committed to establishing software processes that create business value.
In more than fifteen years in the software industry and with leading applied research institutions, I have built a profound understanding how software engineering contributes to sustained business success.
I am deeply familiar with industrial software development practice from various engagements as project lead, solution architect and quality manager.
My ongoing research activities have provided me with a comprehensive knowledge of up-to-date software engineering methods, including requirements management, software product lines, process improvement, and others.
I am a widely-published author in renowned national and international journals and magazines. I speak regularly at international conferences.
I hold a diploma (Dipl.-Inform.) in software engineering and economics, and a PhD in software engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. I am a member of ACM, IEEE CS, and GI.
Gerald Heller
I am principal consultant of Software.Process.Management and help organizations to improve their software business in the areas of requirements engineering, software product management, and test management.
My expertise is built on 20 years experience of globally distributed, large scale software development. My professional activities and responsibilities have covered almost every aspect of the software lifecycle.
Regularly, I speak at international conferences and publish in journals.
I hold a diploma in computer science (Dipl.-Inf. Univ.) from Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany. I am a member of IEEE CS, GI and ASQF. I am founding member of the International Software Product Management Association (ISPMA).