What Better Software Means to the CEO

Today's organizations depend on software applications for their business success-and survival. When applications fail, businesses are severely damaged-revenue losses in the millions, key data stolen, brands and reputations damaged. Security vulnerabilities impact consumer trust and result in violations of customer privacy or customer lawsuits. Often the root cause of these dire consequences is an information and communication gap between development and corporate management. Simply stated, business executives often do not know the first thing about how software is built, tested, or maintained. They often refuse to approve the time and resources necessary to ship a product with acceptable quality and security. Likewise, development teams often do not know the first thing about business and cannot adequately justify their needs to business. Join Jeffery Payne as he discusses how senior executives think about software and some approaches that software development managers can use to effectively communicate to executive management their needs regarding software risks, the real costs of software quality, the software ROI, and the role software security should play in business decisions.