Software Development Risk Management

Scott Margolis

Wednesday, August 3, 2005

Networking @ 5:45; Bootcamp @ 6:15; Business @ 6:45; Program @ 7:00 PM

at Countrywide, 2900 Madera, Simi Valley, CA 93065

From the moment the decision to start a software project is made, a high element of risk is introduced. Every phase of a project, from requirements to pre-production carries an element of risk. The identification of these risks and the processes for managing and mitigating risk early in a software project are infrequently planned. Some of the ways in which planning and developing processes for software development risk management, including quality assurance, quality control, and testing, will be discussed in this seminar.

Scott Margolis is a Senior Project Manager for the Compuware Corporation of Detroit, Michigan and is based in the Dallas, Texas region. Representing Compuware, Mr. Margolis primarily serves the western US region as an expert in the QA processes and methodologies embodied in the CARS solution. He holds a B.S. in Computer and Management Science from the Metropolitan State College of Denver and holds the PMP designation awarded by the Project Management Institute. Margolis won the Presidents Innovation award at Jeppesen-Sanderson, a division of Boeing, in 1997, and personally holds 4 United States Copyrights for software and database programs that he has developed since 1986. His recent engagements include work with the upper half of several Fortune 100 companies and he has been an invited speaker at the Center for Applied Scientific Computing and the Institute for Scientific Computing Research based at the Lawrence Livermore Labs. Mr. Margolis is a member of the American Society for Quality.