Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 22:13:43 -0500 From: Daniel Forrest Allen Subject: Boston SPIN - December Meeting Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) December Meeting Announcement Topic: Product Development and Process Roundtables: Peer Reviews, Challenges in Testing, Requirements Management, Metrics, Process Improvement Speaker: All of you - Come one, Come all!! When: Tuesday, December 15, 1998. 6:30pm-8:30pm 6:30-6:45 Networking 6:45-7:00 Announcements and topic selection 7:00-8:00 Roundtables 8:00-8:30 Each roundtable reports back to the group Who: Everyone (Academia, Government, Industry) Location: GTE, 77 "A" St., Needham MA. Info: See our web page, http://www.cs.uml.edu/Boston-SPIN For SPIN info, contact Johanna Rothman, 781-641-4046, or jr@jrothman.com Abstract: Do you need information about handling thorny situations at work? Could you benefit from leading edge approaches and innovative solutions for handling current project challenges? In an effort to elevate your organizational ranking from SEI CMM Level 2 to Level 3, are you in search of Lessons Learned from other survivors? Would you like feedback from the diverse backgrounds (Government, commercial, industrial, consultant) on topics related to your projected career moves? We have had substantial interest in our roundtables, enough so that we are trying a program of just roundtables. We selected (by vote at the November meeting) five topics so far: Peer Reviews, Challenges in Testing, Requirements Management, Metrics, Process Improvement. Dolores McCarthy will be the facilitator for the Requirements Management. We are looking for people to facilitate the other roundtables. If you are interested in facilitating or providing input into any of the roundtable topics, please contact Caroline Starita at staritac@amp.com, 978-442-4004. Facilitators will document the results of their discussions, and we will publish them in the In_the_SPIN newsletter. To propose an issue, or facilitate a roundtable, please contact Caroline Starita at staritac@amp.com, 978-442-4004. Pre-meeting roundtables will resume in January. Directions: From Route 128 in Needham, take exit 19A onto Highland Avenue East. Take your first right by the Ground Round and take your second left onto "A" Street. GTE is the last building on the right. Enter the parking lot by the GTE sign and come into the building by the cafeteria entrance, which is located to the left of the main entrance. There will be a security guard at the entrance. SPIN Sponsors: GTE Government Systems, Needham, MA We thank the Computer Science department of UMass-Lowell for providing support and hosting our web page.