Authors
David Garmus’ previoustwo books were coauthored with his business part- ner, David Herron, on functional mea- surement. Mr. Garmusis an acknowledged authority in the sizing, measurement, and estimation of soft- ware application development and maintenance. Asa cofounder of the David Consulting Group, he supports
softwaredevelopment organizationsinachieving software excellence with a metric-centered approach. Mr. Garmusis a Past President of IFPUGanda member of theIFPUG CountingPracticesCommittee.HehasaBS fromthe University of California at Los Angeles and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He has spoken at numerous conferences and written many articles and books on various measurement- related topics. Mr.Garmus is a Certified Function Point Specialist, having fulfilled all IFPUG requirements for this title under all releases of the IFPUG Counting Practices Manual, and is a Certified Software Measurement Specialist.
Janet Russac has over 25 years of expe- rience as a programmer, analyst, and measurementspecialist in software application development and mainte- nance. She is the founder of Software Measurement Expertise and leads a team of experienced consultants that offer expertise in function point analy- sis, software measurement,estimation,
auditing, training, and mentoring. She is a published author who presents workshops at companies, professional organiza- tions, and conferences and is often a featured speaker at con- ferences. Ms. Russac served as theChairof theIFPUG Management Reporting Committee from 2002 to 2004 and led the creation of an international industry certification pro- cess for individuals in the field of software measurementas Certified Software MeasurementSpecialists. She currently
serves on the IFPUG Counting Practices Committee and the IFPUG Communications and Marketing Committee. Ms. Russac is a Certified Function Point Specialist and a Certified Software Measurement Specialist.
Royce Edwards is a senior consultant forSoftware CompositionTechnol- ogies, where he applies function point analysis and software estimation tech- niques to resolve business challenges in software development organizations. He is a software management profes- sional with over 25 years of experience in development, reverse engineering,
systems administration, architecture, and software analysis. Mr. Edwards brings an accomplished and unique skill set to software measurement andestimation. Hehas advised a diverse list of clients in the telecommunications, manufactur- ing,scientific, government, andinformationtechnology areas, and he has mastered the adaptation of solutions to meet the needs of varied organizational environments. Mr. Edwards frequently teaches workshops related specificallytoWeb application measurement. He has presented research papers at conferences and has written articles and white papers for various publications. Mr. Edwards is a Certified Function PointSpecialist and a member of the IFPUGCounting Practices Committee.
