Arlene F. Minkiewicz is the Chief Scientist at PRICE Systems

PRICE Systems

PRICE Systems was founded in 1975 as a business within the RCA Corporation. It is generally acknowledged as the earliest developer of parametric cost estimation software....

, a company generally acknowledged as the earliest developer of parametric cost estimation software.She leads the cost research activity for the entire suite of cost estimating products that PRICE develops and maintains. Minkiewicz has over 25 years of experience designing and implementing cost models.

In 1997 Minkiewicz contributed to the science of software measurement by proposing predictive object points (POPs) as a means of measuring three characteristics of object-oriented software (combined data and functions, object communication and reuse via software. Her research has been published in leading trade journals including Software Development; Crosstalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, and the British Software Review. In 2002 Minkiewicz was named the Clyde Perry Parametrician of the Year by the International Society of Parametric Analysts.

Education

Minkiewicz holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

 from Lehigh University

Lehigh University

Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...

, (Bethlehem, Pa.) and a master's in computer science

Computer science

Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

 from Drexel University

Drexel University

Drexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...

, (Philadelphia, Pa).

U.S. patent

On June 6, 2000, Minkiewicz (along with Bruce E. Fad) was awarded U.S. patent 6073107 for parametric software forecasting system and method, a parametric software estimating system that provides a class of user selectable size metrics.

Speaker and industry commentator

Minkiewicz speaks frequently on subjects pertaining to cost estimating and measurement at professional conferences including the 21st Annual Systems and Software Technology Conference. She recently commented on how government organizations evolved from major software innovators to users of commercially-developed applications for the publication Federal Computer Week

Federal Computer Week

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Books

Minkiewicz has been a contributing author on several books about parametric modeling. These include:

• The Unified Process Inception Phase : Best Practices for Implementing the UP by Scott W. Ambler and Larry Constantine, CMP Books
• Software Process Improvement: Metrics, Measurement and Process Modeling by Michael Haug, Eric W. Olsen, Lars Bergman, Editors: ISBN 3-540-41787
• Software Cost Estimation and Sizing Methods, Issues, and Guidelines by Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, ISBN 0-8350-3713-7
• Software Project Management For Software Assurance: A DACS State-Of-The-Art Report by Thomas McGibbon, Elaine Fedchak, and Robert Vienneau, Data Analysis Center for Software
• Systems Cost Engineering by Dale Shermon, ISBN 978-0-566-08861-2