Software Best Practices Conference to be Held in Minneapolis, MN on October 23, 2007

CAI and the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute are hosting a one-day seminar in Minneapolis, MN on October 23, 2007 that will show CIOs and senior IT practitioners how to leverage software best practices to dramatically improve the productivity and quality of their software development and maintenance organizations.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) May 23, 2007 -- CAI and the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute are hosting a one-day seminar in Minneapolis, MN on October 23, 2007 that will show CIOs and senior IT practitioners how to leverage software best practices to dramatically improve the productivity and quality of their software development and maintenance organizations.

The conference will include keynote presentations by Capers Jones, noted author and Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research, Patrick O'Toole, Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute, Dr. Larry Dribin, Director of the Chicago Software Process Improvement Network (C-SPIN), Tom Love, CEO of ShouldersCorp and author of "Object Lessons: Lessons Learned from Object Oriented Development," and Bob Lawhorn, CTO of CAI. The venue for the conference will be the Grand Hotel Minneapolis at 615 2nd Avenue South. The event is a full day catered affair with breakfast and lunch included.

To read more about our speakers, please visit our online repository of thought leader interviews at http://www.itmpi.org/interviews.

The registration fee is $695.00. Group rate and early bird discounts are available. To register for this event, please visit our event registration page at http://www.itmpi.org/events. For telephone registration please call us at 610-530-5225.

This conference is being organized by the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute (ITMPI), an organization founded by CAI and dedicated to the promotion of best practices in IT. The Institute advances the work of organizations and individuals who are focused on the role of metrics and process management in the creation and support of software. For more about the Institute, please contact Michael Milutis, the Institute's Executive Director. For information about the Institute's weekly webinar program, please visit http://www.itmpi.org/webinars.

Computer Aid (CAI) is an IT outsourcing firm that has been providing software development and maintenance services to Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies for over 25 years. For more information about CAI, visit us on the web at http://www.compaid.com.

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