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From: Bruce Lynch <blynch@cutter.com>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: American Programmer Summit
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ED YOURDON TO ASSESS THE INTERNET'S BUSINESS IMPACT AT FIRST AMERCIAN
PROGRAMMER SUMMIT

How are companies really using the Internet today?  What types of
applications are they developing?  How much is the development costing
them? How concerned are companies with Internet security?  Will the
Internet increase the importance of OO technologies?

Ed Yourdon, the author of Rise & Resurrection of the American Programmer
and editor of the monthly journal American Programmer,  will answer
these questions in his keynote speech at the American Programmer Summit
'97, sponsored by Cutter Information Corp. of Arlington, Massachusetts.

Yourdon's findings will be based on an in-depth survey he has just
conducted in cooperation with Cutter Information Corp.  Yourdon and
Cutter surveyed managers and developers of Internet and intranet
applications, questioning them on topics such as what programming
languages they use, how much of the time and budget for Internet
projects is devoted to testing, and how many IT application developers
their companies expect to lose as developers gain expertise in Internet
applications.

At the three-day American Programmer Summit '97, Ed Yourdon will bring
together some of the world's most knowledgeable experts on information
technology issues including year-2000 database problems, Internet
applications, strategic planning, project management, best practices,
and  peopleware.  Sessions are scheduled for April 8-10, 1997.

This conference will be like a `live' version of American Programmer,
says Ed Yourdon, who also edits the monthly newsletters Application
Development Strategies  and Corporate Internet Strategies.

Many of the participants will be the same authors who contribute to the
journal,  says Yourdon.  Now they'll have the opportunity to respond to
each other, argue their points, engage in dazzling repartee, pound the
table, and come to near-blows   all in the interests of getting at the
truth about the topics we all care about.

Highlights of American Programmer Summit '97 will include the following:
Rob Thomsett presents a controversial session on the need for
organizations to move from technical metrics to business metrics in
order to achieve real results.
Dr. Alan Davis discusses Best Practices, including the controversy over
SEI-CMM and ISO-9000, and forecasts likely future developments.
Tom DeMarco, coauthor of the highly acclaimed book Peopleware, speaks on
the critical importance of personnel for success in the IT field.
Paul Strassmann, former CIO of the US Department of Defense, shows how
to apply value-added economics to the planning and budgeting of computer
projects.
Peter de Jager hammers home some grim realities in his presentation Year
2000: Unjustified Optimism.

Networking opportunities abound at the Summit.  The expert panelists
will study and report on the participants   cases.   The participants
can experiment with a project management simulation game during the
conference sessions and during a cocktail reception at Boston's Computer
Museum.  And all participants will have the opportunity to challenge
their peers and discuss their experiences with the keynote presenters.

Additional information on the American Programmer Summit '97 is
available by contacting Kara Lovering at Cutter Information Corp.  Phone
800-964-8702 or 617-648-8702, fax 800-888-1816 or 800-648-1950, or send
e-mail to lovering@cutter.com.  Details are also available at the Cutter
Information Corp. Web site at http://www.cutter.com/itgroup/
