Karl Lebsanft studied mathematics and computer science. He is a project manager with the department 'Processes for Software and Systems' of Siemens Corporate
Technology in Munich, Germany. Hi is working as a company internal consultant for software process analysis
and improvement. He has nearly 20 years of experience in software engineering, project management, and process
innovation. He has led the execution of numerous CMM-based maturity level assessments worldwide. He coaches the introduction of
measurement programs on all organizational levels, from development tup to the management and business levels.
In addition, his responsibilities include research on measurement and evaluation of projects and processes. His research interests
are located in the fields of process modeling, simulation, metrics, and project estimation.
Thomas Mehner received his diploma in computer science from the Technical University of Munich in 1982. In 1983 he joined the corporate research and development
division of the Siemens AG. He is a project manager in the department 'Processes for Software and Systems' of Siemens Corporate Technology
in Munich, Germany. With seven years of experience as a company internal process consultant, he is on of the most-experienced
lead assessors in this area at Siemens Corporate Technology in Munich, Germany. With seven years of experience as a company internal process consultant, he is one of the most-experienced lead assessors in
this area at Siemens. He is particularly responsible for the area of process innovation (e.g. incremental processes, spiral development,
make or buy decisions, how component-oriented development influences the development processes, etc.). He has particular domain expertise in areas of telecommunications, industrial automation,
and defense.
