Capers Jones

He is currently the president and CEO of Capers Jones & Associates LLC. He is also the founder and former chairman of Software Productivity Research LLC (SPR). He holds the title of Chief Scientist Emeritus at SPR. Capers Jones founded SPR in 1984. He is also a member of the advisory board of Computer Aid Inc. (CAI). He was awarded a life-time membership by the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG). He was named as a distinguished advisor to the Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ).
Capers Jones is a well-known author and an international public speaker. Some of his books have been translated into five languages. Among his book titles are: “Assessment and Control of Software Risks” (Prentice Hall 1994); “Patterns of Software Systems Failure and Success”; (International Thomson 1995), “Software Quality” (International Thomson 1997); “Software Assessments, Benchmarks, and Best Practices” (Addison Wesley Longman 2000), “Software Cost Estimation”, 2nd edition (McGraw Hill 2007) and “Applied Software Measurement”, 3rd edition; (McGraw Hill 2008).
His latest technical book is "Software Engineering Best Practices" which was published by McGraw Hill in the autumn of 2009.
Past events by this speaker
- From 10/21/10 to 10/22/10 - SOFTWARE ESTIMATION AND SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT Analysis of Best Practices