Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 08:25:43 -0400 From: John Pustaver Subject: MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Software Quality Group Meeting, Wednesday, June 11, 2003: Software QA Risk Factors Hi Everyone, Failure to identify risks and assess their impact early in a software project can lead to embarrassing schedule slips and even greater delays as the project team scrambles to deal with problems while trying to make up for lost time. At this meeting, David Herron will present ideas that will help us to make a difference in the next project. 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. 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, June 11, 2003 TIME: 6:00 PM Networking, 6:30 PM Meeting HEADLINE: Sofware QA Risk Factors SPEAKER: David Herron, Consultant MORE INFO: John Pustaver, 978-443-4254, pustaver@ieee.org LOCATION: Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below) DESCRIPTION: David Herron will present a technique for identifying risk factors early on in a project and how to assess their impact on the project. The technique along with some templates will be provided for your future use. David Herron has over 30 years of experience in software development. He has served as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies in the area of software metrics and software risk management. He has addressed audiences throughout the United States and Europe on functional measures and software process involvement. David is co-author of the books Measuring the Software Process, and Function Point Analysis: Measurement Practices for Successful Software Projects. He is a partner in the David Consulting Group. 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 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