Improving Software for Society

The IAP is a specialist professional body in the software development field. We believe well-designed software has a positive impact on industry, our communities and future.

We are the voice of our members and aim to uphold and improve industry standards by liaising with government, academia and employers. We have members in over 30 countries and, as a registered charity, are committed to providing a solid foundation to students and a hub of expertise to experienced practitioners.

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VSJ – October 2000

IAP Provisional Accounts for the year ended 31 May 2000   2000   1999   INCOME         Application Fees and Subscriptions £174,578   £162,995   Other Income £24,018   £16,684   Total Income   £198,596   £179,679           EXPENSES         Services to Members and Promotional […]

VSJ – October 2000 – Events

AGM: the IAP’s Annual General Meeting will be held in the Shakespeare room at the Anchor Inn, Bankside, London, SE1 on Saturday 14 October starting at 5.30 p.m. Please contact us on 0208 567 2118 or email admin@iap.org.uk if you plan to attend. Only Members and Fellows may vote at a General Meeting, but all […]

VSJ – September 2000

These pages represent a new venture, both for the IAP and for VSJ, so I’ll start by outlining the kinds of things we envisage going into them over the coming months: Sounding Board: This will be IAP members’ opportunity to get things off their chests. What do you think about IR35, the charge that Microsoft […]

VSJ – September 2000 – Work in Progress

Work in Progress *David Deeks, FIAP, a lecturer at Sunderland University (one of the IAP’s partner universities) is developing a new structured systems analysis and design tool called PISO (Process Improvement for Strategic Objectives). It uses conventional physical and logical data flow diagrams, but in a way that allows strategic objectives at any level of […]

IAP 2000 Annual Symposium

IAP2000, the IAP’s Annual Symposium will be held at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3N 4DH on Friday 20 October. This year, for the first time, we’re running it in association with the BCS. It’s chaired by Brian Oakley CBE, Head European Pathfinder Project and Past President BCS. The theme of the symposium is ‘Frontiers […]

VSJ – September 2000 – Sounding Board

In this introductory issue, Mike Ryan, the IAP’s Director General, writes about the Institution’s history and philosophy: Welcome to the IAP Struggling with the rapidly increasing demands of airframe mathematics, Bob Charles, an eminent aeronautical engineer, was one of the first to appreciate the commercial potential of computers.  He also though computing would become a […]
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