Title: Agile Methods & Other Fairy Tales (word format)
Date, Time & Location
Madison : March 20, 2007: 5:30 -7:00 pm, for more information conact: (Wisconsin
Information Systems Quality Assurance ( WISQA)
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David Longstreet, a software economist, is an international consultant
with clients in every corner of the globe. With over 20 years of IT experience,
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Mr Longstreet conducts research with the Bureau of Economic Analysis and
Harvard University. He is a member of the Academy of Management and the
American Economic Society. He has written numerous articles and two books
Mr. Longstreet spent nearly a decade on the board of directors for the
International Function Point User Group (IFPUG) and is a past member of
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Speaking
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He is a part-time instructor of Economics, Psychology and Statistics at
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