Mark Paulk​

Presentation:
“Issues in Adopting Scrum and Agile Practices”

Meeting Details:
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Speaker Bio:
Dr. Mark Paulk, Carnegie Mellon University

Mark grew up in Limestone County, Alabama. His father, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews still live here. He moved to Pittsbugh in 1987 to begin his career at Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute. Dr. Paulk received his PhD in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, his MS in computer science from Vanderbilt University, and his BS in mathematics and computer science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is a Fellow of the ASQ, an ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer, and a Senior Member of the IEEE.

Dr. Paulk is a Senior Systems Scientist at the Institute for Software Research in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Paulk’s research interests are Total Quality Management, best practices, empirical research, high maturity practices, statistical thinking, and agile methods. He teaches in the Master of Software Engineering program; does empirical research on high maturity, agile methods, and service management; and works on best practices for sourcing IT-enabled services. From 2002 to 2009, Dr. Paulk worked at the IT Services Qualification Center. From 1987 to 2002, Dr. Paulk worked at the Software Engineering Institute.

Event: Luncheon
Date: September 20th, 2011
Time: 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Location: Qinetiq North America Systems Engineering Group, Building 1 (left), 1st Floor, 890 Explorer Blvd, Huntsville AL 35806

Guest Speaker: Dr. Mark Paulk
Topic: Issues in Adopting Scrum and Agile Practices

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information no later than COB Monday, September 19:

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