Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:52:42 -0400 From: John Pustaver Subject: MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Software Quality Group Meeting, Wed, Nov 8, Eric Patel, RapidSQA: Web Testing At The Speed Of The Internet 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, Nov 8, 2000 TIME: 6:15 PM HEADLINE: Eric Patel, RapidSQA: Web Testing At The Speed Of The Internet SPEAKER: Eric Patel, SourceGate Systems, Director of QA MORE INFO: John Pustaver, 978-443-4254, pustaver@swquality.com LOCATION: Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below) DESCRIPTION: The demand for high quality websites in business, especially for e-commerce, has led to the reengineering of traditional testing practices in order to keep up with this e-business pace. Business pressures have mandated the QA organization to test more software, in more complex environments, in abbreviated (and often unrealistic) timeframes, while maintaining high quality. This iterative, rapid release schedule has called for an optimized, rapid testing strategy. Rapid Software Quality Assurance (RapidSQA) is a modified testing methodology containing best practices for optimizing Web testing. Eric Patel is Director of Quality Assurance for SourceGate Systems, an Internet start-up company that develops personal portal technologies that provide ISPs and other Internet access providers with the information delivery infrastructure to offer configurable, personalized, and persistent assistance to their users. Their flagship product, the PowerBar, is a micro-browser thin client that enriches a user's Internet experience. NEXT MEETING NOTE: The next meeting will be held on Dec. 13, 2000: Steve Rakitin 1999-2000 Software Quality Group Calendar Oct. 11, 2000: Linda McInnis, Relentless Software Development Nov. 8, 2000: Eric Patel , Web Testing Dec. 13, 2000: Steve Rakitin Jan 10, 2001 TBD Mar. 14, 2001: Anna Allison, Meaningful Metrics: Is the Software Improving? May 9, 2001: Bill Silver, Best Testing Practices 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