From pustaver@swquality.com Sat Mar 9 04:21:15 2002 Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 08:54:41 -0500 From: John Pustaver Subject: MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Software Quality Group Meeting (Book Give-away), Wednesday, Mar 13, 2002, Anna Allison Memorial Presentation, Rick Brenner, Decision Making from the Inside Out Hi Everyone, Learn how to use inner conflict productively and get a chance to win a copy of Boris Beizer's book, Black Box Testing. Five copies will be given away at this meeting courtesy of Empirix. Best wishes, John Pustaver Director, Software Quality Group of New England Region I Councilor, ASQ Software Division P.S. If your company has SQA positions to fill for permanent or contract employment, please have HR send me a .htm file for each job with all pertinent info so that it can be posted. There are many people looking. Send to pustaver@swquality.com. Software Quality Group Meeting 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, Mar. 13, 2002 TIME: 6:00 PM Networking, 6:30 PM Presentation HEADLINE: Anna Allison Memorial Presentation, Decision Making from the Inside Out SPEAKER: Rick Brenner, Chaco Canyon Consulting MORE INFO: John Pustaver, 978-443-4254, pustaver@swquality.com LOCATION: Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below) DESCRIPTION: Why do we say, ^ÓI^Òve got to do XYZ,^Ô and somehow it never happens, even though we get inspired after a meeting or a conference or an article or a book? Most of us enjoy some parts of our jobs more than others. We get a little out of balance, investing energy where it^Òs least needed. Why? And what can we do about it? We sometimes find ourselves with goals or responsibilities that inherently conflict. When decisions are difficult, or when we mysteriously get stuck on the execution, inner conflict could be a factor. We either can^Òt decide, or we fool ourselves into believing we have decided when we really haven^Òt. In this highly interactive presentation, we^Òll look at how we can manage our inner conflict, at how we can detect it, deal with it, or even better, resolve it. And we^Òll learn how inner conflict helps determine how we make decisions, both professional and personal. This program is for anybody with responsibilities that may conflict. It^Òs highly interactive, and has great potential for inner learning. Come prepared for funand insight into your own personal decision-making. Rick Brenner is principal of Chaco Canyon Consulting. He works with people in problem-solving organizations that are making products so novel or complex that they need state-of-the-art teamwork and stronger relationships between their people. In his 20 years as a software developer, software development manager, entrepreneur, consultant and coach, he has developed valuable insights into the interactions between people in complex dynamic environments, and between people and the technological media in which they work. Mr. Brenner has held positions at Symbolics, Inc., and at Draper Laboratory, both of Cambridge, Massachusetts. At Symbolics, he was responsible for development of products based on Macsyma, a computer algebra system. At Draper, he was a principal investigator in a DARPA program, the Evolutionary Design of Complex Software, where he conducted research into advanced concepts for software development environments based on dynamic object-oriented programming languages. Since 1993, he has taught Spreadsheet Models for managers, a course he devised, at the Harvard University Extension School. Mr. Brenner holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT. His current interests focus on improving personal and organizational effectiveness in abnormal situations, such as dramatic change, technical emergencies, and high-pressure project environments. He has written a number of essays on these subjects, available at his Web site, www.ChacoCanyon.com, and writes and publishes a weekly email newsletter, Point Lookout. NEXT MEETING NOTE: Our next meeting will be held Apr 10, 2002: Mark Shelley, Metrics 2001-2002 Software Quality Group Calendar Sep 12, 2001: James Isaak, Web Page Engineering Oct. 10, 2001: Steve Rakitin, Writing Software Requirements Nov. 14, 2001: Jim Over, SEI, Personal Software Process (PSP) and Team Software Process (TSP). Dec. 12, 2001: Phil Hollows, Best Practices in Web Load Testing Jan 9, 2002: Bill Silver, Demonstration of Test Design and Automation Feb. 13, 2002: Eric Patel, Career Development Activities for the SQA and Test Professional Mar. 13, 2002: Anna Allison Memorial Presentation, Rick Brenner, Meet Your Executive Committee Apr 10, 2002: Mark Shelley, Metrics May 8, 2002: Marc Rene, Defect Tracking and Reporting June 12, 2002: David Heimann, Implementing Metrics in a Software Development Project - A Case Study July 10, 2002: Annual Hot Topics Night August 2002: NO MEETING 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. 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