Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 07:29:53 -0500 From: Mike Long Subject: SWEQSIG: November Roundtable Folks, Topic: Roundtable discussion of issues on your plate Facilitator: James McKim, ISRG Inc. Where: Adaptec, see directions below When: Tuesday 11/28/2000, 7:30-9pm This month is an opportunity for you to share the technical issues you see in your workplace either today or what you see in the future. And if you have no issues in your workplace, please come and help us get to your level of excellence ;-> But seriously, this is a session of sharing ideas, things that have worked for you. Please attend. After this, we have an EXCITING set of upcoming meetings (UPDATE YOUR CALENDARS): Topic: Fixing Broken Software Engineerng Projects When: Tuesday 1/30/2001, 7:30-9pm Presenter: James McKim, President and co-founder of ISRG, Inc. www.isrginc.com and a member of the NH Project Management Institute Chapter Where: Adaptec Abstract: Most software engineering efforts fail. Why? Reasons range from scope creep to lack of resources to bad design to bad coding. But some software engineering efforts succeed. Why? Good Project Management. Identified as a result of our well-received March session on Inch Pebbles by Johanna Rothman, this session will explore the discipline of project management as applies to software engineering. It will cover: * 13 reasons for project failure * The 9 Areas of Project Management? * Software Project Management Techniques and Tools (e.g. WBS, Gantt, PERT, MS-Project, AIMware, WB testing, BB testing, etc.) Topic: Beyond MS Project: Designing an Enterprise PM Framework When: Wednesday 2/21/2001, 7:30-9pm (**** NOTE - Not a Tuesday! ***) Presenter: Steve MacIsaac Where: St. Anselm's College in Manchester, NH ABSTRACT: Project management systems were first developed in the 1960's and until five years ago hadn't changed very much. Now with the advent of Program Management systems many people are forecasting that multi project, portfolio, performance management systems will replace accounting systems as the enterprise backbone in the not too distance future. In addition PM systems have a profusion of communications, collaboration and problems solving functions never envisioned just a few years ago. BIO: Steve MacIsaac the President of the Maine PMI Chapter, a Professor teaching project Management at several local Universities, a PM consultant and the designer one of the first enterprise PM systems will take us far beyond the normal limits set for PM systems by MS Project. Topic: Web Load Test Tool Bakeoff When: Tuesday 3/27/2001, 7:30-9pm Presenter: Thomas J. Poirier: Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, Conduciv inc. Where: Conduciv (in Nashua on Franklin St., directions to be sent our closer to this event) Abstract: What? The New England Software Quality Assurance Forum (NESQAF) is kicking off its 2000-2001 season with a Load Test Tool Bake Off!! Who? ... The 6 largest providers of Load Testing tools will be providing information and short presentations on their products, including: Compuware, Mercury, Rational, RadView, RSW, and Segue Bio: Thomas J. Poirier: Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, Conduciv inc. Formerly of Andersen Consulting, Tom has 18+ years in software development and project management and 10+ years in the Test Automation field with an extensive and widely recognized expertise in automated software testing. He has been internationally published since 1992, and speaks frequently at national and international conferences on automated software testing. He presently serves as President of the New England Software Quality Assurance Forum (NESQAF), has a BS in Mathematics and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and makes his home in Nashua, NH. **** These seminars are FREE and we encourage your attendance. All presenters and coordinators are volunteers who appreciate your presence. --- Directions to Adaptec: 9 Townsend West in Nashua, NH 03063 Take Route 3 to Exit 8 in Nashua. This is Somerset Boulevard. Continue to the end of Somerset Boulevard, and make a RIGHT TURN at the Ground Round. After the Building 19 on your left, get in the left lane. You will see a Country Tavern restarant on your left. Make a left at the next light, which is Townsend West. Go past the first business plaza on your right. About a block or so, you will see the entrance that has signs for Compuware/Numega and Adaptec. Adaptec is in the 3 rightmost pods as you face the business plaza. The entrance is at the pod furthest to the right as you face the building (the middle pod has an Adaptec sign, but that's an employee-only-badge entrance). ============================== To get removed from this email distribution list or to add yourself, send mail to majordomo@lists.mv.net The subject is ignored (to expedite, send mail FROM the account you are adding or removing). In the body of the message put subscribe sweqsig or unsubscribe sweqsig