2009 Award: Larry Constantine
Most widely known as the formative creator of quality concepts
in Structured Design,
Larry Constantine is a pioneer of
structured methods, quality metrics, interaction
design, and user performance in safety-critical
applications.
Combining his background in psychology and family therapy with his technical skills
in information technology and software engineering, he has been a principal thought-leader
in the human side of software development.
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"Of Models, Methods, and Muddles: Users and Usability in Model-Driven Development" Larry Constantine, University of Madeira, Portugal 16th Stevens Lecture Tuesday, 21 April 2009, 8:00 AM Plenary Systems & Software Technology Conference (SSTC) Salt Palace Conference Center Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
The Stevens Award
The international Stevens Award was created to recognize outstanding contributions to the literature or practice of methods for software and systems development.
The Stevens Lecture on Software Development Methods presentations focus on lessons learned and challenges, with an emphasis on advancing or analyzing the state of software methods and their direction for the future.
Wayne Stevens
This prestigious award lecture is named in memory of
Wayne Stevens (1944-1993), a highly-respected consultant,
author, pioneer, and advocate of the practical application of software methods and tools.
His 1974 IBM Systems Journal article "Structured Design" was the first published on the topic and has been widely reprinted. Stevens was the author of the books: Software Design: Concepts and Methods (Prentice-Hall Intl, 1991) and Using Structured Design (Wiley, 1981). His last article "Data Flow Analysis and Design" appears in the Encyclopedia of Software Engineering (Wiley, 1994). Stevens was the chief architect of application development methodology for IBM's consulting group.
Managing Sponsor
The Stevens Award and lecture is managed by the Reengineering Forum (REF) industry association. The award was founded by IWCASE, an international workshop association of users and developers of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) technology, recently merged into REF. Stevens was a member of the IWCASE executive board.
For further information, contact:
stevens@reengineer.org