Software Process Improvement Network
(A-SPIN)
More Lessons from the Field, by Tipton Cole, President, Tipton Cole + Co
Overview:
This will be a quick review and continuation of a past presentation, ''19 Things It Took Me 25 Years In The Computer Business To Learn''. The discussion will range from product and project management, to team management and process. Each lesson individually seeks to extend insight into the true inner workings of your software organization and customers. After the presentation, the audience should have ''new eyes'' for considerations and truths missed in traditional software process discussions.
About the Speaker:
Tipton Cole wrote his first FORTRAN program in June, 1968. The first compile spit out more errors than lines of code. Mr. Cole is a triple-threat graduate from UT with degrees in Math (BA 1974), Computer Science (MA 1976) and Law (JD 1978). He started his first business with a partner in December, 1977 – just before his last semester of law school. In the intervening quarter century, he has developed software products and projects for clients large and small throughout Texas and the US including: Coca-Cola Company, Weyerhaeuser, HP, GTE, D&B, ExxonMobil, Texas Mill Supply, and Karl Rove + Company. He has implemented and installed software for customers in more than 20 different programming languages. Mr. Cole taught computer science courses both at the University of Texas at Austin and at St. Edward’s University. He developed the York-Mills Notation (for SAP ABAP/4) with Dennis Barrett. His most current interest is technical consulting in litigation involving intellectual property or business disputes.