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19th PSM Users’ Group Workshop:
"Fundamental Measurement Principles: The Basis for Advanced Engineering Decision Information"

Crystal City, Virginia
10 - 14 September 2018

Welcome and Introduction - Cheryl Jones, PSM Project Manager
Agenda

Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
*Keynote: Monitoring Agile* *Matt Kennedy*	*Using Army Software Sustainment Cost Estimating Results* *Cheryl Jones, James Doswell*	COSYSMO 3.0 Dr. Jim Alstad
Keynote: DSB Task Force on Design and Acquisition of Software for Defense Systems Bill LaPlante	*Complications with Using Affordability Efficiency Measures – $/FH Tells You How Much a Flight Hour Costs, Not What You Get For It* *Dr. Mike Yokell*	Keynote: DoD’s Digital Engineering Strategy and Implementation: Measurement Challenges Philomena Zimmerman
An Approach to Fixed Price Agile Michael Harris	Managing Capability Evolution in Complicated Engineering Environments Through Measurement Jo Ann Lane	Integration of Parametric Cost Estimation with System Architecture – It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it! Barry Papke, Gan Wang	*Workshop Outbriefs*
Extended Case Study of Causal Learning within Architecture Research Robert Stoddard, Rick Kazman, David Danks, Mike Konrad	Software and Systems Engineering Measurement Challenges in Integrating Software Assurance into Defense Systems Kenneth Nidiffer	Measurement of Software Throughout the Lifecycle Using SRDRs James Doswell	*Workshop Outbriefs*
	Words and Numbers Anthony Powell	Analysis and Quality in Measurement Reporting Sal Bruno	*Workshop Outbriefs* *Conference Wrap-up*
		Cybersecurity in the Cloud Arlene Minkiewicz

Workshops
*1. Measurement for Agile Programs* Facilitators: Matt Kennedy, US Treasury, Bill Golaz and Greg Niemann, Lockheed Martin, Paul Janusz, US Army ARDEC	4. Measures for Iterative Software Development and Acquisition *Facilitators: Geoff Draper, Harris Corp; Joe Elm, L3T Technologies; Cheryl Jones, US Army ARDEC ; Greg Niemann, Lockheed Martin*	*7. Measurement in Digital Engineering* *Facilitators: Judith Dahmann, MITRE; Chris Schreiber and Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin; Peter Korfiatis, Brian Soeder, and Ryan Jacobs, MITRE*
*2. Causal Search in Observational Data* Facilitators: Mike Konrad and Robert Stoddard, SEI	5. Resolving Complications with Using Affordability and Affordability Efficiency Measures *Facilitators: Dr. Mike Yokell and Bill Golaz, Lockheed Martin*	*8. Measurement on Sustainment Programs* *Facilitators: Dr. Brad Clark, Software Metrics, Inc., James Doswell, US Army DASA-CE, Paul Janusz, US Army ARDEC*
*3. Improving Software Maintenance & Sustainment Cost Estimation in Practice* Facilitator: Dr. Robert N. Charette, ITABHI Corporation, Cheryl Jones, US Army ARDEC	6. COCOMO III Workshop: Refining the COCOMO III Model *Facilitator: Dr. Brad Clark, USC Center for Systems and Software Engineering*	*9. COSYSMO 3.0: The Final Model for Estimating Systems Engineering Costs* *Facilitators: Dr. Jim Alstad and Dr. Barry Boehm, USC Center for Systems and Software Engineering*

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