Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:19:52 -0500 From: "Withall, James H." Subject: Boston SPIN/ASQ Boston Section Joint Meeting Announcement - Wednesday January 19, 2004 6:00pm Dinner; 7:30pm Meeting Please Note: This is our annual joint meeting with ASQ Boston Section. It will be held on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 and not on the regular Boston SPIN meeting night or location. Please go to the ASQ web site for complete information. http://www.asqboston.org/Section_Information/meeting.htm If you wish to have dinner, you must go to the ASQ Boston web site and make a reservation. If you wish to attend only the meeting, there is no cost and a reservation is not needed. We look forward seeing you at our annual Boston SPIN / ASQ Boston Section joint meeting! Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) and ASQ Joint Meeting Announcement Topic: Build the "Right Software" to Delight Your Customer - A Quantitative View Speaker: Unmesh Gundewar When: Wednesday, January 19, 2004 6:00pm-8:30pm 6:00pm Registration and Networking 6:30pm Dinner 7:30pm Speaker Who: Everyone (Industry, Government, Academia) Location: Courtyard by Marriott, 700 Unicorn Drive, Woburn, MA (Driving directions are located below.) Info: The Boston SPIN Web Site is: http:// www.boston-spin.org The ASQ Boston Section Web Site is: http://www.asqboston.org/Section_Information/meeting.htm Abstract: Build the "Right Software" to Delight Your Customer - A Quantitative View Many companies have implemented quality programs such as CMM, TQM, Six Sigma, etc. to improve requirements and software development. However, these initiatives often focus on building the software right - meeting quality expectations and specifications- but do not necessarily focus on building the right software - the right functionality at the right time and at the right cost from the customer's perspective. Unmesh Gundewar explains how EMC employed the Goal, Question, Metric (GQM) methodology to identify key measurements that ensure the 'Right Software' is being developed there. Learn how EMC applies the Six Sigma approach to drive these measurements into the organization and the resulting software. Move beyond the processes designed to get functional requirements and specifications right as Unmesh shares experiences, the challenges faced, and lessons learned from building the right software. About the Speaker: Unmesh Gundewar is a Sr. Consultant and is a part of the executive team that is driving Software Quality through Quality Dashboard and several quality initiatives across the software organization. He holds a patent on the ProjectModel, "A Simple Approach for Achieving CMM Level 2". He has a second patent pending, "Staff-less SQA: An Effective SQA Alternative". He has published numerous papers and is a frequent speaker at local PMI (Project Management Institute), SPIN chapters, and at PMI and SEI conferences. Gundewar holds a master degree from the University of Florida and he is PMP certified. Our Sponsors: Chaco Canyon Consulting http://www.ChacoCanyon.com Chaco Canyon Consulting works with people in problem-solving organizations who make complex products or sophisticated services that need state-of-the-art teamwork, and with organizations that want to achieve high performance by building stronger relationships among their people. AccuRev, Inc. http://www.AccuRev.com AccuRev provides award-winning, stream-based software configuration management tools that provide both the flexibility and built-in best practices that developers need to manage today's complex, parallel, and distributed software development projects. The MITRE Corporation Microsoft Technology Centers (MTCs) The MathWorks Cancellations (including weather cancellations): We will notify the membership via email to the SPIN distribution list, post the notice on the SPIN web page, and send the cancellation announcement to Channel 7 TV starting at 3pm. Driving Directions to 700 Unicorn Drive, Woburn, MA (on the Stoneham line): >From the South: Follow Rte. I-93 North to exit 36 (Montvale Avenue). At the end of the ramp, go straight through the set of lights (across Montvale) onto Unicorn Drive (skating rink is to the right). The hotel is at the end of the drive. >From the North: Follow Rte. I-93 South to exit 36 (Montvale Avenue). Go East on Montvale Avenue (at bottom of ramp, take left at lights toward Stoneham, pass under Rte. I-93) and turn left into Unicorn Park Drive (at lights, skating rink/golf course signs across from Mobil Station). The hotel is at the end of the drive. >From Rte. I-95/128 North or South: Take Rte. 93 South exit from Rte. I-95/128 N or S. Follow Rte. I-93 S for a short distance and take Exit 36 (Montvale Avenue). Follow the "From the North" directions above.