Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:41:43 -0500
From: Charlie Ryan <ryan@SEI.CMU.EDU>
Subject: RE: Realtimes events for March


Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN)
March Meeting Announcement

Topic:     Bridging the Gap With Software Process Automation

Guest Speakers:  Lawrence Gerard, Rational Software (www.rational.com)
                 Neil White, aimware inc (www.aimware.com)

WHEN:  Tuesday, March 17, 1998 at 6:30pm (networking & refreshments),
7:00-8:30pm (meeting)
HOST:  Boston area Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN)
(Admission Free)
LOCATION:      GTE, Building #5, 77 A Street, Needham, MA (Wheelchair
accessible)
INFO:          Maureen Harris (617) 455-3393,
maureen.harris@GSC.GTE.com;
               Ken Oasis (617) 563-4197, ken.oasis@fmr.com; or
                               www.cs.uml.edu/Boston-SPIN/;

Software process automation combines the concepts of process management
with project management and workflow. Implementing process is tough
enough without having to deal with the disconnect between the process
and doing the work.  Software process automation bridges this gap and
makes process part of the day to day routine of the development team.

Mr. Gerard's presentation and demo will cover a brief overview of
Rational's ClearGuide process automation solution.  ClearGuide enables
process as part of every activity in the project plan, linking the high
level plans with how to get the work done.  But it doesn't stop there.
ClearGuide tracks the files created or changed for each activity and
dynamically provides tracking data for all activities in the plan. With
ClearGuide, the project plan becomes a dynamic repository with the most
current information on what has happened and what needs to happen.

Mr. White's presentation and demo will cover how one software
development company has dedicated it's efforts to automate it's own
software development processes. aimware inc. has been fortunate enough
to start with a clean slate with regard to it's software development
practices. Many of the company's defined processes were already drafted
prior to hiring staff and, from the beginning, tools were put in place
to facilitate distribution and changes to the definition of internal
practices. This presentation will show how one company is using software
as a means to make life easier for it's development teams and to
continually improve their own software development capability.

Lawrence Gerard is the ClearGuide Product Manager at Rational Software
Corp.  With 17 years in software development, Lawrence has over 10 years
of experience consulting & implementing processes for the Software
Configuration Management & Project Management disciplines.

Neil White is a Software Process Improvement Consultant with aimware
inc. a software  development company that specializes in creating
software for Software Process Improvement. Neil trained at the SEI and
presented at the SEPG in San Jose and has delivered classes in Software
Process Improvement classes both in the US and Europe.

Directions: To get to GTE, Building #5:

From Route 128 in Needham, take exit 19A onto Highland Avenue East. At
first traffic light turn RIGHT onto Second Street.  Go 1/4 mile (passing
hillside Sheraton entrance on right) and turn RIGHT onto A Street.  Go
1/5 mile and before GTE HQ building on left (multi-story glass facade),
turn LEFT into Parking lot.  Please enter at the cafeteria.