Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 16:41:58 -0500 From: John Pustaver Subject: MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Software Quality Group Meeting, Wednesday, Feb 12, 2003: Johanna Rothman, Rothman Associates, Planning and Managing Testing in an Agile Environment Hi Everyone, How can testing be performed effectively in an Agile development environment? At this session, Johanna Rothman will help us to explore some approaches. Notice the change in the schedule. Paul Piper's talk on load testing tools has been shifted to May. A copy of Steve Rakitin's, Software Verification and Validation, 1st edition, will be given to a lucky attendee. 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 Deputy 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, Feb. 12 2003 TIME: 6:00 PM Networking, 6:30 PM Meeting HEADLINE: Planning and Managing Testing in an Agile Environment DEBATERS: Johanna Rothman, Rothman Associates MORE INFO: John Pustaver, 978-443-4254, pustaver@swquality.com LOCATION: Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below) DESCRIPTION: Agile development methods are particularly useful when we don't know all the requirements, when requirements are apt to change, when we want to have something ready to ship at a moment's notice, and when we can't necessarily plan all of our projects in advance. Agile development makes traditional testing difficult to plan and manage. What can we do, to test the product, to provide information to the project team and to provide the customer the best possible product? In this interactive presentation, we'll discuss techniques such as iterative project planning, pair planning, planning for pair testing, and exploratory testing singly and in pairs. We'll discuss the stresses agility puts on managers and on the technical staff, and explore ways to plan, manage, and monitor the work, and product risk. Come prepared to have fun. Johanna Rothman consults on managing high technology product development. She helps managers, teams, and organizations become more effective by focusing on project management, risk management, and people management. Johanna uses pragmatic techniques to help her clients apply effective practices that create successful teams and projects. A frequent speaker and author on managing high technology product development, Johanna has written numerous articles and is now a columnist for Software Development, Computerworld.com, and StickyMinds.com. Johanna publishes Reflections, an acclaimed quarterly newsletter about managing product development. Johanna is a member of the clinical faculty of The Gordon Institute at Tufts University, which offers a practical management degree program for engineers, and served as the Program Chair for the Software Management Conference for two years. Johanna's book, Hiring Technical People, will be available in September. 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: Howie Dow, What is a Black Belt? Jan 8, 2003: Steve Rakitin & Scott Andersen, Impact of Agile Methods on Software Quality Feb. 12, 2003: Johanna Rothman, Test Planning in an Agile Environment Mar. 12, 2003: Anna Allison Memorial Presentation, Linda McGinnis, Surviving and Thriving in Virtual Teams Apr 9, 2003: Milt Boyd, Topic TBD May 14, 2003: Paul Piper, Load Testing Tools June 11, 2003: David Herron, David Consulting Group, Software QA Risk Factors 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 Deputy Councilor, American Society for Quality Software Division, Eric Patel, Regional Councilor, ASQ-SD, Liz Hryniewich, Allan Foley, and Jack Morrison of Sun Microsystems. To unsubscribe, reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" as the subject. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Pustaver, Director Software Quality Group of New England voice:978-443-4254 pustaver@ieee.org Visit the Software Quality Page at http://www.swquality.com/users/pustaver/index.shtml