Yourdon, Ed The author of a large number of books on software engineering and related topics. http://www.yourdon.com/index.htm

Weinberg, Gerald M. (Jerry) Contains a full description of the services offered by Weinberg's firm. Weinberg was the leading pioneer in recognizing that software development is something done by human beings and the implications of that. http://www.geraldmweinberg.com/

Brooks, Jr., Frederick P. Author of "No Silver Bullet", one of the classics of Software Engineering. http://www.cs.unc.edu/~brooks/

DeMarco, Tom His contributions to software engineering with his books and consulting. http://www.atlsysguild.com/GuildSite/TDM/Tom_DeMarco.html

Basili, Victor R. A member of the Experimental Software Engineering Group at the University of Maryland. http://www.cs.umd.edu/~basili/

Shaw, Mary Alan J. Perlis Professor of Computer Science, Associate Dean for Professional Programs at CMU. http://spoke.compose.cs.cmu.edu/shaweb/

Neumann, Peter Research interests include security, reliability, software engineering, and related fields. Moderates the online Risks Forum. http://www.csl.sri.com/users/neumann/neumann.html

Liu, Jay Proprietor of the JLDN software and information service, and student at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. Reflections, favorite quotes, resume in PDF format. http://www.upsaid.com/jfliu/

Vescoukis, Vassilios Offers publications, books, research projects, presentations and course material on software engineering. http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/~bxb/en_index.htm

McConnell, Steve Steve is the author of Code Complete, Rapid Development and Project Survival Guide. Site includes articles and reading lists. http://www.stevemcconnell.com/

Meyer, Bertrand The home page of Bertrand Meyer, a pioneer of object technology, inventor of "Design by Contract", author of "Object-Oriented Software Construction" and other best sellers, and designer of Eiffel. http://archive.eiffel.com/general/people/meyer/

Software Quality Assurance Software Quality Assurance. Standards, processes, verification and validation. http://www.bergersen.dk/sqa/html_versjon/Software%20Quality%20Assurance.htm