Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:14:41 -0500 From: John Pustaver Subject: MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Software Quality Group Meeting, Wed, Jan 10, Mark Shelley, Structural Techniques - Methods for Early Software Defect Removal Happy New Millenium! 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, Jan 10, 2001 TIME: 6:15 PM HEADLINE: Structural Techniques - Methods for Early Software Defect Removal SPEAKER: Mark Shelley, Natural MicroSystems, Inc MORE INFO: John Pustaver, 978-443-4254, pustaver@swquality.com LOCATION: Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below) DESCRIPTION: The presentation will cover the following: A brief overview of structural techniques. Two predictive metrics and how to use them. Halstead's Effort Equation Cyclomatic Complexity Avoiding Bad Techniques A 3rd party method to remove defects based on code analysis. Most of the presentation will spend time on the mechanics of the two metrics and on the 3rd party method. Mark has used all of these methods successfully on several projects. Mark Shelley has 20 years of computer experience in organizations sized from 6 to 150,000 people. He has developed code for all facets of computing from FDDI device drivers, to POS (Point of Sale) software applications. Over the last 10 years, he has concentrated his efforts in SW Quality Assurance tools and defect removal methods. Over the years, he has worked for Raytheon, Wang, NEC, Banyan Systems, and Giganet. Today, he is a principal software engineer at Natural MicroSystems, Inc., a leading provider of converged telephony and networking products. NEXT MEETING NOTE: The next meeting will be held on Feb. 14, 2001: Metrics Panel 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, 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