Capers Jones

Who is Capers Jones?

Capers Jones is an American specialist in software engineering methodologies, and is often associated with the function point model of cost estimation.

Jones was born in St Petersburg, Florida, USA and graduated from the University of Florida. Jones became the President and CEO of Capers Jones & Associates and latterly Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research.

Jones collects data on software quality, software risks, and software best practices. His many computer science publications have been widely used by many organizations and educators. He formed his own business in 1984, Software Productivity Research, after holding positions at IBM and ITT. After retiring from Software Productivity Research in 2000, he remains active as an independent management consultant. He has often worked as an expert witness in software breach of contract litigation and also in tax cases where software assets are part of the case.

Mr. Jones is a Distinguished Advisor to the Consortium for IT Software Quality. CISQ brings together industry executives from Global 2000 IT organizations, system integrators, outsourcers, and package vendors to jointly address the challenge of standardizing the measurement of IT software quality and to promote a market-based ecosystem to support its deployment.