Alan S. Koch
FL, US
Alan S. Koch, PMP is a speaker and writer on effective Project Management methods. He is President of ASK Process, Inc.
"Alan S. Koch, PMP is a speaker and writer on effective Project Management methods. He is a certified Project Management Professional and President of ASK Process, Inc., a training and consulting company that helps companies to improve the return on their software investment by focusing on the quality of both their software products and the processes they use to development them.Mr. Koch's 28 years in software development include:• 14 years designing, developing and maintaining software,• 5 years in Quality Assurance (including establishing & managing a QA department),• 8 years in Software Process Improvement, and• 9 years in Management.Mr. Koch was with the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for 13 years where he became familiar with the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), earned the authorization to teach the Personal Software Process (PSP) and worked with Watts Humphrey in pilot testing the Team Software Process (TSP).Mr. Koch:• Authored Agile Software Development: Evaluating the Methods for your Organization, Artech House Book, 2005,• Authored ""TSP can be the Building Blocks for CMMI"", Crosstalk Magazine, March 2005.• Consulted with a variety of software organizations in their process improvement programs,• Has taught hundreds of professionals in numerous organizations and government agencies topics concerning project management, process improvement, and software quality• Presented at numerous recent software quality and process conferences,• Taught as an adjunct professor of Computer Science,• Mentored students in CMU's Master of Software Engineering (MSE) Program,• Is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI),• Is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and• Is a member of the board of National Speakers Association, Pittsburgh Chapter.For more information about Mr. Koch's education and experience, please refer to his resume at http://www.ASKProcess.com/experience.html."
"Alan S. Koch, PMP is a speaker and writer on effective Project Management methods. He is a certified Project Management Professional and President of ASK Process, Inc., a training and consulting company that helps companies to improve the return on their software investment by focusing on the quality of both their software products and the processes they use to development them.Mr. Koch's 28 years in software development include:• 14 years designing, developing and maintaining software,• 5 years in Quality Assurance (including establishing & managing a QA department),• 8 years in Software Process Improvement, and• 9 years in Management.Mr. Koch was with the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for 13 years where he became familiar with the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), earned the authorization to teach the Personal Software Process (PSP) and worked with Watts Humphrey in pilot testing the Team Software Process (TSP).Mr. Koch:• Authored Agile Software Development: Evaluating the Methods for your Organization, Artech House Book, 2005,• Authored ""TSP can be the Building Blocks for CMMI"", Crosstalk Magazine, March 2005.• Consulted with a variety of software organizations in their process improvement programs,• Has taught hundreds of professionals in numerous organizations and government agencies topics concerning project management, process improvement, and software quality• Presented at numerous recent software quality and process conferences,• Taught as an adjunct professor of Computer Science,• Mentored students in CMU's Master of Software Engineering (MSE) Program,• Is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI),• Is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and• Is a member of the board of National Speakers Association, Pittsburgh Chapter.For more information about Mr. Koch's education and experience, please refer to his resume at http://www.ASKProcess.com/experience.html."
2010