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Tutorial: Global Software Engineering (Princeton, USA, 23. Aug. 2010)Global Software Engineering Lessons from Industry
– Distributed Software Development, Outsourcing, and Supplier Management
Speaker: Christof Ebert, Managing Director, Vector Consulting Services
Venue: IEEE Int. Conference on Global Software Engineering 2010, Princeton, USA
Date: 23. Aug. 2010.
Software and IT industries are today truly global, and so is software engineering. Be it offshoring or outsourcing, component or service integration – managing global software engineering has rapidly become a key competence for successful engineers and managers. The diversity of suppliers, cultures and products require dedicated techniques, tools, and practices to overcome challenges. Session attendees will get an opportunity to explore the current state of practice in this area as well as new thoughts and trends that will shape the future.
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Dr. Christof Ebert is managing director and partner at Vector Consulting Services. He is helping clients worldwide to improve technical product development and to manage organizational changes. Prior to that, he held engineering and management positions for fifteen years in telecommunication, IT and transportation. While at Alcatel, he had global responsibility for processes, tools and software technology and was ramping up a captive offshore center on CMMI maturity level 5. Over the years he had set up several offshoring sites and supported numerous companies in mitigating global software engineering and outsourcing risks and thus get concrete benefits from such programs. He is the author of "Going Global - Distributed Software Development, Outsourcing, and Supplier Management" which appears in its second edition at Wiley IEEE in 2010. He serves on the executive board of the IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE) series, teaches at the University of Stuttgart and is a SEI certified CMMI Instructor. Contact him at christof.ebert@vector.com
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