Appendix G. About the authors
KARL WIEGERS is principal consultant with Process Impact, a software process consulting and education company in Portland, Oregon. His interests include requirements engineering, peer reviews, project management, and process improvement. Previously, he spent 18 years at Eastman Kodak Company as a photographic research scientist, software developer, software manager, and software process and quality improvement leader. Karl received a PhD degree in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois. When he’s not on the computer, Karl enjoys wine tasting, playing guitar, writing and recording songs, and doing volunteer work.
Karl is the author of numerous books and articles on software development, chemistry, self-help, and military history. His books include the two previous editions of Software Requirements (Microsoft Press, 1999 and 2003), More About Software Requirements (Microsoft Press, 2006), Practical Project Initiation (Microsoft Press, 2007), Peer Reviews in Software (Addison-Wesley, 2001), and Creating a Software Engineering Culture (Dorset House Publishing, 1996). He is also the author of a memoir of life lessons, Pearls from Sand (Morgan James Publishing, 2011). Karl has served on the editorial board for IEEE Software magazine and as a contributing editor for Software Development magazine. He has delivered more than 300 seminars and training courses on software requirements. You can reach Karl at www.processimpact.com and www.karlwiegers.com. (Photo credit: Emily Down, Jama Software)
JOY BEATTY is a vice president at Seilevel, a professional services and training company in Austin, Texas, that helps redefine the way customers create software requirements. With 15 years of experience in business analysis, Joy evolves new methods and helps customers implement best practices that improve requirements elicitation and modeling. She assists Fortune 500 companies as they build business analysis centers of excellence. Joy has provided training to thousands of business analysts and is a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP). Joy graduated from Purdue University with BS degrees in both computer science and mathematics. Joy’s passions beyond requirements include rowing, swimming, and being outside with her family.
Joy is actively involved as a leader in the requirements community. She has worked with the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) on A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide). Additionally, she writes about requirements methodologies in journals, white papers, and blog posts and presents at requirements-related conferences. She also co-authored Visual Models for Software Requirements (Microsoft Press, 2012). Joy can be reached at www.seilevel.com and joy.beatty@seilevel.com.