(Also look at Essays on Software Engineering Management)
Participants
The people involved are people just like you. The focus of their career training has shifted to self-learning and growth. Their only apparent common experience is attendance at PSL and Change Shop. However, there is a common motivation: to expand beyond their current limitations. This is the secret of their “incentives” – they come from within.
-Ken Cowles
Each member of the group is a leader of software engineering (line or staff, by whatever title) or in some closely related position.
Participants share the desire to develop into the leaders of the growing and changing profession of software engineering.
Organizations
Organizations will benefit because the SEM group is designed for maximum take-home application.
Participants often use the SEM group to create a support group for organizational changes they are undertaking.
Organizations represented in SEM 94 through SEM 97 include:
Allen-Bradley
American Express Financial
AT&T
L.L. Bean
Cincinnati Bell Information Services
Draper Labs
Elite Systems
First Data Resources
Informix
Integrity Arts
Itron
Knowles Schmitz Consulting
Los Alamos National Laboratories
Lucent Bell Laboratories
The MathWorks
Microsoft
Norwest Technical Services
Pacific Bell Information Services
Petersen Plumbing
Restrac
Rockwell Software
SAIC
Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
The Strategic Advantage
Sun Microsystems
Tandem Computers
TeamworX
Touch Technology
Universal Underwriters Insurance
Viewlogic
Faculty
Jerry Weinberg is the principal faculty member.
For each group, one or more members of prior groups is invited to join Jerry as an assistant.
Also, from time to time, Jerry invites guest faculty members, according to the needs of the group.