Dr. Mark Paulk

Associate Professor of Instruction

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2005
M.S., Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, 1980
B.S., Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1978

Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, University of Texas at Dallas, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, Computer Science Department, 2014
“Extreme Programming from a CMM Perspective” (published in 2001) selected as one of “IEEE Software’s 25th-Anniversary Top Picks” (IEEE Software, January/February 2009)
“Capability Maturity Model, Version 1.1” (published in 1993, co-authored with Weber, Curtis, and Chrissis) selected as one of “The Most Cited IEEE Software Articles” (IEEE Software, January/February 2009)
Carnegie Mellon Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Satisfying Customers: Capability Maturity Model for Software Team, 1995
SEI Customer Satisfaction Award for work in developing the Capability Maturity Model for Software, 1992

J. Garzas and M.C. Paulk, “A Case Study of Software Process Improvement with CMMI-DEV and Scrum in Spanish Companies,” Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 2013.
M.C. Paulk, “A Scrum Adoption Survey,” ASQ Software Quality Professional, Vol. 15, No. 2, March 2013, pp. 27-34.
D.M. Northcutt and M.C. Paulk, “A Statistical Sampling Methodology for Process Assessments,” ASQ Software Quality Professional, Vol. 12, No. 4, September 2010, pp. 19-28.
E.B. Hyder, K.M. Heston, M.C. Paulk, and W.E. Hefley, The eSourcing Capability Model for Service Providers, Van Haren Publishing, Zaltbommel, Netherlands, 2010.
C.F. Kemerer and M.C. Paulk, “The Impact of Design and Code Reviews on Software Quality: An Empirical Study Based on PSP Data,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 4, July/August 2009, pp. 534-550.