Software Industry 2007 at CMU

I'm an SD Times (SD = Software Development) reader and enjoy editor Alan Zeichick's perspective and links. In his current newsletter, he wrote an analysis of Ray Lane's presentation at the recent New Software Industry 2007 conference that you can read at http://www.sdtimes.com/article/LatestNews-20070501-06.html. Even though the content isn't particularly related to outsourcing, you may want to take a quick look.

Better yet, you can download presentation slides from other presenters as well from http://west.cmu.edu/sofcon/postcon. I found Messerschmidt's particularly interesting. Here's the lineup:

New Software Industry 2007 Conference, Postcon Presentation Slides

Ray Lane
The Personal Enterprise
Mr Cardboard

Michael Cusumano
The Changing Business of Software

Paul Maglio
Steps Toward a Science of Service Systems

John Zysman
The New Logic of Value Creation: Services, Networks and Competition

Timothy Chou
To Infinity and Beyond

Craig Mundie
Long Cycle Research Opportunities

Adam Blum
Although no slides were used, you can visit Adam's blog at http://morails.com.

Shelley Evenson
Designing Service Systems

Bob Glushko
Bridging the "Front Stage" and "Back Stage" in Service System Design

David Messerschmitt
Call for More Collective Action in the New Software Industry