From: Titelbaum, Alan Subject: *CAL* FW: **UPCOMING NESQAF MEETING December 1, 1998 and Rescheduling of Annual Dinner Date: Friday, November 27, 1998 2:41 PM NOTICE OF UPCOMING NESQAF MEETING New England Software Quality Assurance Forum Meeting ---------------------------------------------------- Meeting Date: December 1, 1998, 6:30-9:00 PM Refreshments served 6:00-6:30 PM Speaker: Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting TOPIC: Grease and Glue: Program Management and the Test Function Many organizations are looking to program management to bring all the company's functions together: product development and testing, marketing, training, customer support, and sales. The program manager is the person who organizes and schedules the intra-company tasks. SQA managers do not always understand how to best use the program manager. This talk will discuss the role of the program manager and how the SQA can influence the program manager for project success. BIO on the speaker: Johanna Rothman speaks, writes, and consults on managing high technology product development to improve productivity and quality. She has over twenty years experience in software engineering and management. Johanna is part of the clinical faculty of The Gordon Institute at Tufts University. Johanna has a MS in Systems (Software) Engineering from Boston University. She also has a BS in Computer Science and a BA in English Literature from the University of Vermont. She holds two ASQ certifications: Certified Quality Auditor and Certified Software Quality Engineer. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO A SPEAKER SCHEDULING CONFLICT, WE POSTPONED THE NESQAF ANNUAL DINNER THAT WAS TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 15, 1998. A RESCHEDULING DATE WILL BE SENT OUT. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVIENCE THAT THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED. Our 1998-1999 Schedule is as follow: December 1, 1998 Speaker: Johanna Rothman, President, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. December 1998, Annual Dinner POSTPONED Due to scheduling conflict January 5, 1999 NO MEETING. Due to holiday February 2, 1999 Speaker: TBD March 2, 1999 Speaker: TBD April 6, 1999 Speaker: TBD May 4, 1999 Speaker: TBD June 1, 1999 Speaker: TBD Location: Lotus Development Corporation, One Rogers Street Building, Cambridge, Massachusetts It is the One Rogers Street Building across from the Cambridgeside Galleria Mall. Free parking in the One Rogers Street garage. Dial (617)693-4732 for directions. Call Alan (617) 856-2467 for more information about NESQAF.