International Institute of Information Technology

(Formerly Indian Institute of Information Technology)

DEEMED UNIVERSITY

Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500 019, Andhra Pradesh

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4^th Distinguish Lecture

on

‘Can Programming be Fun?’

by

Prof Watts S Humphrey

on

Tuesday, 22 Mar 2005 @ 1530hrs

International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad is conducting 4^th Distinguish Lecture on Tuesday, 22 March from 1530hrs in Seminar Hall (Room No.119), Main Building on ‘Can Programming be Fun?’ by Prof Watts S Humphrey.

Synopsis of Distinguish Lecture

Some projects are exciting, productive, and fun, while others are just a lot of work. In this talk, Watts Humphrey discusses both hardware and software projects he has worked on and what made some of them memorable. He also describes his experiences in establishing the conditions that make projects rewarding for team members and why these conditions are not common for software work. After reviewing the actions some hardware teams have found helpful in improving their working performance, he discusses some steps, we in the software community can take to make our work more exciting, productive, and fun. In closing, he comments on the techniques software developers can use to improve their personal working environment and the impact these actions can have on project performance.

Brief Bio-Data of Prof Watts S Humphrey

Watts S Humphrey founded the Software Process Program of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. From 1959 to 1986 he was associated with IBM, where he was Director of programming quality and process. His publications include many technical papers and nine books. His most recent books are "Winning with Software: An Executive Strategy" (2001)¹, "Introduction to the Team Software Process" (2000)², "Introduction to the Personal Software Process" (1997)³ and “Managing Technical People" (1996)⁴ and Prof Humphrey holds five U.S. Patents. In 2000, the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute was named in his honor in Chennai, India. He is recipient of many awards including Aerospace Engineering Award, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. He is considered one of the most influential authority and father of Software Engineering.

You are requested to attend. Kindly confirm your participation latest by 21 Mar(F/N) by e-mail (vijaya@iiit.net) or telephone 040-2300 1967, 2300 1969 Ex: 119 or Fax 040-2300 1413 to enable us to make necessary arrangements.

R K Bagga

Advisor, Outreach Division

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