Software Best Practices Conference to be Held in Toronto, Ontario on September 11, 2007

CAI and the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute are hosting a one-day seminar in Toronto, Ontario on September 11, 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.

Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) May 25, 2007 -- CAI and the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute are hosting a one-day seminar in Toronto, Ontario on September 11, 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, Dr. David Zubrow, Director of Software Measurement and Analysis at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute (SEI), David Herron, Principal with the David Consulting Group and author of "Function Point Analysis: Successful Measurement for Software Projects," Gary Gack, President of Process-Fusion.net and a Visiting Scientist with the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), and Bob Lawhorn, CTO of CAI. The venue for the conference will be the Fairmont Royal York at 100 Front Street West. 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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