Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 14:14:58 -0400 From: John Pustaver Subject: MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Software Quality Group Meeting, Wednesday, July 16, 2003, 8th Annual Hot Topics Night Hi Everyone, The summer heat has arrived!. Please join us for our Annual Hot Topics Night! More information below. This month we will be giving away 2 copies of Steve Rakitin's Software Verification and Validation, 1st edition. Please note the date change. We will be meeting on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Due to enhanced security, a picture ID is now required for attendance. Best wishes, John Pustaver Director, Software Quality Group of New England Deputy 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@ieee.com. The Jobs website is at http://www.swquality.com/users/pustaver/jobs/. 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, July 16, 2003 TIME: 6:00 PM Networking, 6:30 PM Meeting HEADLINE: Annual Hot Topic Night Moderator: John Pustaver MORE INFO: John Pustaver, 978-884-9116, pustaver@ieee.org LOCATION: Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below) DESCRIPTION: Is there a software quality problem that has got you hot under the collar (or, at least looking for answers) or do you just want to talk about some really cool idea you have? Cool down in the comfort of Sun's meeting room while we chew it over. Send me a note with what you would like to discuss and I will publicize the topic in the next notice for others who might be interested in your topic. If you don't send an email, you can inform me before the meeting. I will have forms that can be filled out. Each topic will be presented to the group for discussion. Anyone in the group can respond. Hopefully, someone else in the group has some knowledge or experience that will provide an answer or solution or at least point you in the right direction. If you don't have a hot topic to bring to the meeting, bring your knowledge and experience; It could benefit someone else at the meeting. Past meetings have often been interesting and entertaining. NEXT MEETING NOTE: No meeting in August. Our next meeting will be held Sep. 10, 2002, TBD 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 McInnis, Surviving and Thriving in Virtual Teams Apr 9, 2003: Milt Boyd, When will the testing be done? May 14, 2003: Paul Piper, Load Testing Tools June 11, 2003: David Herron, David Consulting Group, Software QA Risk Factors July 16, 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