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At the IWSM-Mensura Conference Rome 2023, Colin Hammond was asked to both review academic paper submissions and present his own peer-reviewed industry paper on the Symbiotic Relationship between Sizing and Requirements Quality , revealed through automated analysis.

Colin Hammond has been asked on three occasions to present at the Joint IT and Software Cost Forum: 2019, 2021 and 2023.  This a conference that helps US Government departments responsible for investments in IT and software to pool best known ideas and techniques for improving cost estimation.  It's an invitation only event co-hosted by and organized by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (AFCAA), the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Cost Estimating Directorate, the Office of the Secretary Defense Cost Analysis and Program Evaluation (OSD CAPE), the Office of the Assistant Secretary [...]

Exploring biases in software cost estimation with Amritpal Agar.  Colin Hammond was invited to share his views and expertise in software costing, in particular some of the biases that affects the reliability of software cost estimates.  Listen to the podcast episode. @CostofPodcast

ScopeMaster founder and creator, Colin Hammond was invited by ex AIPM President Prof. Ricardo Viana Vargas, PhD and Prof. Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez to provide insight to the global class of project managers on how AI can be used responsibly in the context of large software projects.

Following previous presentations at Geekle, Colin Hammond, ScopeMaster founder was asked to present on automated requirements QA with ScopeMaster at this years Geekle conference on AI in QA and Testing

Colin Hammond was invited to present Automated Requirements Analysis and QA at the British Computer Society specialist interest group 2023 at the BCS in London. Watch the video here.