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Dr Paulk is a Senior Systems Scientist at the Institute for Software Research, School of Computer Science, at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He worked at the University’s Software Engineering Institute from 1987-2002 where he led the development of the Software CMM.
 
 He currently teaches in the Master of Software Engineering program at CMU. Dr Paulk also teaches professional education courses and graduate courses, and is a part-time consultant through Paulk Consulting.
 
 Dr Paulk’s primary research interests include:

 
• Total Quality Management
• Best practice for sourcing IT-enabled services for the IT Services Qualification Center (for example Software CMM, ISO/IEC 15504, eSCM-SP)
• Empirical research on high maturity practices
• Statistical thinking
• Agile methods; and
• Service management.

The Australian Public Service (APS) is increasingly being tasked with solving very complex policy problems. Some of these policy issues are so complex they have been called ‘wicked’ problems. The term ‘wicked’ in this context is used, not in the sense of evil, but rather as an issue highly resistant to resolution.

Successfully solving or at least managing these wicked policy problems requires a reassessment of some of the traditional ways of working and solving problems in the APS.   They challenge our governance structures, our skills base and our organisational capacity.

It is important, as a first step, that wicked problems be recognised as such. Successfully tackling wicked problems requires a broad recognition and understanding, including from governments and Ministers, that there are no quick fixes and simple solutions.

Here you can access, at no cost, information to support your learning and effectiveness, including useful tools for problem-solving in your community or field. The two main resources for learning here are: 
• Strategy Tools to help you approach issues and work with other stakeholders more effectively. This is the main section of the site in terms of original materials available only here.
   
   
• Program Tools for responding to specific, substantive problems by learning what works and what doesn't in a given area (housing, health, education, etc.), often through the clearinghouses and exchange sites available on-line

ain Features:     
• Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts   it as a real disk.
   
  
• Encrypts an entire partition or <!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) -->storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive<!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- google_ad_section_start -->.
   
   
• Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication).
   
   
• Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent.
   
   
• <!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) -->Parallelization and pipelining<!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- google_ad_section_start --> allow data to be read and written as fast as if the drive was not encrypted.
   
   
• Provides plausible deniability, in case an adversary   forces you to reveal the password:
   
    Hidden volume (steganography) and hidden operating system.
   
  
• Encryption algorithms: AES-256, Serpent, and Twofish.  Mode of operation: XTS.  <!-- google_ad_section_end --> 

  Further information regarding features of the software may be found in the documentation.

Start Websites Right

  If you build websites for a living, you know that content organization and approval can be an overwhelming  process. We've all tried flowcharts, and wireframes, html mocks... even paper. All of these suffer from  crucial flaws... They're not interactive, and they carry no momentum into the build phase.