| Keynotes | Invited Sessions | Panel | Paper Sessions | Tutorials | Workshops | Demonstrations |
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Abstract
Software is key to the success of virtually every business, either because the products marketed are at least partially software or because business operations depend on software. At the same time, there are a plethora of technology approaches on the software landscape. How should an organization make the important decision of which to use? On the flip side, researchers and innovators spawn new approaches with keen insight into the technical problems they address. But how do they motivate businesses to adopt these approaches? And why do some of the most promising technology advances never get embraced? Too often the gap between business goals and software technology is simply not bridged.
Bio
Linda Northrop has over 30 years of experience in the software development field as practitioner, manager, consultant, and educator. She is currently director of the Product Line Systems Program at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). The Product Line Systems Program works in the areas of software architecture, reengineering, component and product line engineering. She is co-author of Software Product Lines: Practices and Patterns, conference chair of the Second Software Product Line Conference, chair-elect of the OOPSLA Steering Committee, member of the Computer Sciences Accreditation Commission, and recipient of the 2001 Carnegie Science Award of Excellence for Information Technology. Before joining the SEI, she was associated with both the United States Air Force Academy and the State University of New York as professor of computer science, and with both Eastman Kodak and IBM as a software engineer.
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