Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 17:46:16 -0400 From: John Pustaver Subject: MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Software Quality Group Meeting, Wednesday, Oct 9, 2002: Dan Goddu, Applying the CSQE Body of Knowledge (BOK) to the Workplace as a Method of Process Improvement Hi Everyone, People often ask about the value of CSQE (ASQ's Certified Software Quality Engineer) certification. At this meeting, Dan Goddu of Empirix will tell us how applying the CSQE BOK can lead to process improvement. Due to enhanced security, a picture ID is now required for attendance. 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, Oct 9, 2002 TIME: 6:00 PM Networking, 6:30 PM Meeting HEADLINE: Applying the CSQE Body of Knowledge (BOK) to the Workplace as a Method of Process Improvement SPEAKER: Dan Goddu, Empirix MORE INFO: John Pustaver, 978-443-4254, pustaver@swquality.com LOCATION: Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below) DESCRIPTION: While being certified by ASQ as a Software Quality Engineer is rewarding in and of itself, what do you do with it? This talk discusses an approach of practically applying the CSQE BOK into a Software Quality Plan that can be used to drive process improvement in a product life cycle. 2002-2003 Software Quality Group Calendar Sep 18, 2002: John Pustaver, Flavors of Software Test Automation Oct. 9, 2002: Dan Goddu, Applying the CSQE Body of Knowledge (BOK) to the Workplace as a Method of Process Improvement Nov. 13, 2002: Marc Rene, GTECH, Introducing and Sustaining a Worldwide Software Inspection Process Dec. 11, 2002: TBD Jan 8, 2003: Steve Rakitin & Scott Anderson, Impact of Agile Methods on Software Quality Feb. 12, 2003: Paul Piper, Load Testing Tools Mar. 12, 2003: Anna Allison Memorial Presentation, Linda McGinnis, Surviving and Thriving in Virtual Teams Apr 9, 2003: Johanna Rothman, Test Planning in an Agile Environment May 14, 2003: TBD June 11, 2003: TBD July 9, 2003: Annual Hot Topics Night August 2003: 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. Directors of the Software Quality Group are John Pustaver, Region I Councilor, American Society for Quality Software Division, Eric Patel, Deputy Regional Councilor, ASQ-SD, Michele Rupert and Jack Morrison of Sun Microsystems. To unsubscribe, reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" as the subject. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SWQuality, Inc. Software Quality Solutions voice:978-443-4254 fax:978-443-6052 pustaver@swquality.com http://www.swquality.com Visit the Software Quality Page at http://www.swquality.com/users/pustaver/index.shtml