Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:00:14 -0400 From: John Pustaver Subject: MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Software Quality Group Meeting, Wednesday, Oct 13, 2004: Stephanie Beach, Eleven Technology, How to Start A QA Department from Scratch Hi Everyone! You've been hired (or thrust) into the QA Manager's role with no existing quality organization. What do you do? Stephanie Beach will provide some answers at this meeting. A lucky attendee will win a $25 gift certificate from SoftPro (now at 75 Third Ave in Waltham). Due to enhanced security, a picture ID is 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@ieee.org. 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, Oct 13, 2004 TIME: 6:00 PM Networking, 6:30 PM Meeting HEADLINE: How to Start A QA Department from Scratch SPEAKER: Stephanie Beach, Eleven Technology MORE INFO: John Pustaver, 978-443-4254, pustaver@ieee.org LOCATION: Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below) DESCRIPTION: You've been hired (or thrust) into the QA Manager's role with no existing quality organization. What do you do? Stephanie Beach will provide some answers at this meeting. Stephanie Beach has been in the Computer Industry since Honeywell in 1981 testing banking equipment. After her two year stay at Honeywell, she began working for startup companies doing QA, Inspection, Software development, System Administration, and Support. Usually all at once. After having 2 successful startups, Stephanie began a 3 year job working at JP Morgan Chase where she was hired to improve their QA department. She is now working as the SQA Manager at another startup company called Eleven Technology in Cambridge Mass. 2004-2005 Software Quality Group Calendar Sept 8, 2004: Robin Goldsmith, Go Pro Management, Testing Whether Requirements Are Right Oct. 13, 2004: Stephanie Beach, Eleven Technology, How to Start A QA Department from Scratch Nov. 10, 2004: Brian LeSuer, Star Quality, Planning for Effective Test Automation Dec. 8, 2004: Ted Rivera , Rational Software, Top Ten Opinions About Software Testing Jan 12, 2005: Carol Perletz, Nokia, A Quality Perspective on the Menlo Software Factory Software Development Methodology Feb. 9, 2005: Tony Timbol, David Consulting Group, Latest Industry Data for Application Development and Maintenance Mar. 10, 2004: Anna Allison Memorial Presentation, Linda McInnis, Noble Associates, Champagne QA on a Beer Budget Apr 13, 2005: Howie Dow, Dory Consulting Group, Results from Inspecting Test Automation Scripts May 11, 2005: Dr. Bill Eventoff, ESTM Associates, Applying Six Sigma to Software Development June 8, 2005: John DiMassi and Ann Danby, Out of Ad Hoc and Into Maturity July 13, 2005: Annual Hot Topics Night August 2005: 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@ieee.org. The Software Quality Group is cosponsored by Sun Microsystems and the American Society for Quality 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, Education Director and Regional Councilor, ASQ-SD, and Steve Rakitin, Program Director. Sun Microsystems is represented by Liz Hryniewich, Allan Foley, and Jack Morrison. 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