ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CAPERS JONES (Narragansett, Rhode Island) is a well-known author, consultant, and speaker in the world of software measurement, metrics, productivity, and quality. He has also appeared as an expert witness in a number of software lawsuits. He was the founder and chairman of Software Productivity Research (SPR), where he retains the title of Chief Scientist Emeritus of SPR. He was awarded a lifetime membership in the International Function Point User’s Group (IFPUG). Jones gives presentations at conferences such as IEEE Software, International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG), the Project Management Institute (PMI), the Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN), the Japanese Software Symposium on Testing (JaSST), and at scores ...