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Webster is Principal and Founder at at Bruce F. Webster & Associates, as well as an Adjunct Professor for the BYU Computer Science Department. He works with organizations to help them with troubled or failed information technology (IT) projects. He has also worked in several dozen legal cases as a consultant and as a testifying expert, both in the United States and Japan. He can be reached at 303.502.4141 or at bwebster@bfwa.com.

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CS 428 – Winter 2019 – Webster #02 readings

May 2, 2019 0 Comments
CS 428 – Winter 2019 – Webster #02 readings

In-class lecture (02/04/19) on the Webster #02 set of readings for CS 428: How to Retain IT Talent with Goal Alignment Remember Conway’s Law Controlling IT Costs: Using a Maintenance Architect Negotiations and Lovesongs Class slides are here.

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CS 428 – Winter 2019 – Peopleware, Part III

April 30, 2019 0 Comments
CS 428 – Winter 2019 – Peopleware, Part III

My lecture covering chapters 13 through 20 of Peopleware (3rd ed.) by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister. The slides used are here.

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CS 428 – Winter 2019 – Peopleware, Part II

April 26, 2019 0 Comments
CS 428 – Winter 2019 – Peopleware, Part II

My lecture covering chapters 7 through 12 of Peopleware (3rd ed.) by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister. The slides used are here.

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CS 428 – Winter 2019 – Webster #01 readings

February 8, 2019 0 Comments
CS 428 – Winter 2019 – Webster #01 readings

In-class lecture on three of my blog posts on software engineering: The Real Software Crisis — an article published in BYTE (January, 1996) The Wetware Crisis: TEPES — A follow-up post written in 2008 The Wetware Crisis: The Dead Sea Effect — How IT organizations can go bad

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The Mythical Man-Month, part 2 (CS 428, Winter 2019)

February 5, 2019 0 Comments
The Mythical Man-Month, part 2 (CS 428, Winter 2019)

My in-class lecture covering chapters 4, 7, 11 and 14 of The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks.

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