Charles W. Butler is a Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems at Colorado State University. He teaches and conducts research in IT and collaborates with IT managers in developing improved IT management strategies and processes, software development methodologies, and metrics and QA for traditional and object software. For 15 years, Dr. Butler served as Chief Software Scientist for McCabe & Associates and completed… Read More

Dr. Gary L. Richardson currently serves as the coordinator for the graduate-level University of Houston project management certificate program. He has worked in various types of organizations during his 30-plus-year professional career. Early on, Richardson worked for Texas Instruments, the Defense Communications Agency, the US Department of Labor, and the US Air Force. Later, Richardson worked for Texaco and Service Corporation International in… Read More