Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 11:18:19 -0500 From: John Pustaver Subject: MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Software Quality Group Meeting, Wed, Dec 13, Steve Rakitin, Management's Role in Achieving Predictable Software Development Meeting of the Software Quality Group of New England Meetings of the Software Quality Group are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the facilities of Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below). MEETING DAY & DATE: Wednesday, Dec 13, 2000 TIME: 6:15 PM HEADLINE: Management's Role in Achieving Predictable Software Development SPEAKER: Steve Rakitin, Software Quality Consulting MORE INFO: John Pustaver, 978-443-4254, pustaver@swquality.com LOCATION: Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below) DESCRIPTION: For many companies, the demand for their software products frequently exceeds their capability to deliver. As a result, many software companies frequently fail to meet customer expectations. This leads to frustrated, unhappy customers and frustrated employees. Most software organizations lack discipline, credibility, and most importantly, predictability. As a result, it is very difficult to accurately determine when software products will be released, the features these products will have, and their overall quality. Without knowing when products will be released, your organization may not be able to plan customer training and product promotions, your resource utilization across projects may become difficult to manage, and your customers may be unable to plan for introduction of your software into their organization. A predictable software development process can significantly improve an organization's ability to deliver quality software on time, to meet customer expectations, and to improve employee satisfaction. This overview provides Managers and Executives with proven techniques they can use to help their organizations become more predictable. These techniques can help your organization manage commitments more effectively, balance issues of time-to-market vs. quality, and as a direct result, improve your bottom line. Steve has over 25 years experience as a software engineer and software quality manager. He's published several papers on the subject of software quality and authored the book: Software Verification & Validation: A Practitioner's Guide. His company, Software Quality Consulting, works with clients who are interested in improving the predictability of their software development process. NEXT MEETING NOTE: The next meeting will be held on Jan 10, 2001: Mark Shelley, Removing Defects through Structural Analysis 2000-2001 Software Quality Group Calendar Oct. 11, 2000: Linda McInnis, Relentless Software Development Nov. 8, 2000: Eric Patel , Web Testing Dec. 13, 2000: Steve Rakitin, Management's Role in Achieving Predictable Software Development Jan 10, 2001: Mark Shelley, Removing Defects through Structural Analysis Feb. 14, 2001: Metrics Panel Mar. 14, 2001: Anna Allison, Meaningful Metrics: Is the Software Improving? Apr 11, 2001: Johanna Rothmann May 9, 2001: Bill Silver, Best Testing Practices June 13, 2001: TBD July 11, 2001: Annual Hot Topics Night The Software Quality Group holds monthly meetings. Topics covered at these meetings have included software testing, inspections, ISO 9000, metrics configuration management, and demonstrations of vendor QA tools. There is no charge. The Software Quality Group meets monthly at 6:15pm on the second Wednesday of the month at the facilities of Sun Microsystems, Burlington, MA. Driving directions: From 128/95 Take the Rt. 3 exit heading north (not the Middlesex Turnpike exit if you're coming form the south). From Rt. 3N take the first exit (which is Rt. 62 - Bedford Ave). Turn east toward Burlington. Approximately 0.3 mile after the interchange, turn right onto Network Drive, which leads to the campus on your right. Take the second drive off of Network Drive into the Sun parking lot. Park in the visitor lot and enter the lobby opposite the Sun clock tower. Information about future meetings will be available on the Software Quality Page at http://www.swquality.com/users/pustaver. To be on the email distribution list, send a note to pustaver@swquality.com. The Software Quality Group is cosponsored by Sun Microsystems and the ASQ Software Division and all are welcome. There is NO charge. Directors of the Software Quality Group are John Pustaver, Region I Councilor, American Society for Quality Software Division and Paul Ratty, Sun Microsystems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Software Quality Consulting voice:978-443-4254 fax:978-443-6052 pustaver@swquality.com http://www.swquality.com/users/pustaver