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HomeServices OfferedIT Project Review and RescueExpert WitnessSpeaking, Writing, TeachingPosts and NewsRecommended ReadingsPitfallsBruce F. Webster & Associates IT disaster on the horizon? Already here? We can help.Services OfferedReview, Evaluation and/or Rescue of Large-Scale IT ProjectsBruce F. Webster has been internationally recognized as an expert in information technology (IT) project management and failure for over 20 years. He was invited on three separate occasions to testify before the United States Congress on IT project management issues. At PricewaterhouseCoopers, he researched and published a white paper summarizing patterns in IT system failure litigation based on 120 such cases over a 25-year period. He subsequently published two articles based on that research. He was selected as co-chair for a legal conference focusing on IT systems failure litigation, and also spoke by invitation on the subject at the ABA Section on Litigation Winter Leadership Conference. He has spoken at numerous other conferences, including in Japan, Russia, the Middle East, and Latin America, and has participated in private conferences at the NSA and the World Bank. He currently serves as adjunct faculty for the Brigham Young University Computer Science department, where he teaches the upper-division course on software engineering and project management (CS 428).Click here for more details and information.Expert Witness and Expert TestimonySince 1999, Bruce F. Webster has served as an expert witness or consulting expert in numerous IT-related disputes. These include cases in federal court, federal bankruptcy court, and state court. Webster has qualified and testified in all those jurisdictions. Webster has likewise provided expert testimony in arbitration cases in the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.Given his expertise in IT project management, Webster has frequently served as an expert witness in litigation involving troubled or cancelled IT projects. Webster is also recognized for his work in IT intellectual property issues. He has been accepted in US District Court and testified as an expert in software copyright infringement, trade secret theft, and patent infringement cases; he also testified at the US Patent and Trademark Office in an inter partes review. Webster has served directly as a sole arbitrator and has served multiple times as a neutral expert, all for intellectual property disputes.Other subjects for which that Webster has served as an expert witness or consulting expert include:IT security practices and standards;computer document forensics;standard and customary software industry practices, such as licensing, pricing, and contract interpretation;standard and customary corporate IT practices, including IT governance, use of consultants, and outsourcing;resurrection and/or evaluation of delivered IT systems;analysis of algorithms, system architecture, and database schema.Click here for more details and information.Latest Posts and NewsClassic patterns in disputed IT project: Hertz v. AccentureJust ran across this article at the always-irreverent-but-usually-spot-on Register, an IT news site out of England. The standard patterns of a troubled IT project are so evident in this one report that I may well use it as a case study for my CS 428 (“Real-world software engineering”) class this fall. Here are some of […]admin • April 25, 2019 Neverending Story pattern: School District ERP system late, over-budgetA story a few days ago caught my eye, not because it was unusual, but because it follows so familiar a pattern. Here are a few excerpts from the article: MANATEE — Late nights, hefty contracts and humming computers are a norm in the district’s School Support Center, where employees are working to fix a […]bfwebster • November 14, 2018 Minnesota DMV software project: Faulty Towers/Neverending Story patternsIn my 2000 white paper, “Patterns in IT Litigation: System Failure (1976-2000)” [PDF], which I researched and wrote while at PricewaterhouseCoopers, I describe six broad fact patterns to classify the types of software system implementation failure. One of those patterns I named “Faulty Towers”: The client buys the system from [or has the system developed […]bfwebster • March 29, 2018 The Meltdown/Spectre CPU bugs: a dramatic global case of the “Unintended Consequences” pattern [UPDATED 4/4/18]Back in 2000, PricewaterhouseCooper published my research white paper, “Patterns in IT Litigation: Systems Failure (1976-2000)” (PDF). This paper reflected research I and my staff had done over several months on roughly 120 two- or three-party lawsuits involving information technology. I found that almost all of these lawsuits fell into one or two of six […]bfwebster • January 31, 2018 About BFWAWe offer a variety of analysis, review, and problem-solving services to corporate, government and legal clients. These include: feasibility reviews of IT-related proposals and business plans; review and trouble-shooting of existing IT systems development projects; technical due diligence for investments in IT startups and enterprises; custom training and presentations on key IT subjects and issues; and litigation support (arbitration, mediation, consulting, expert testimony) in IT-related disputes, including intellectual property (copyright, trade secret, patent) and large-scale IT project disputes.Please call Bruce F. Webster at 303.502.4141 or send him an e-mail for more information.Bruce F. 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