Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 17:25:56 -0500 From: Daniel Forrest Allen Subject: Boston SPIN - December Meeting Announcement Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) Meeting Announcement Topic: Product Development and Process Roundtables Speaker: All of you When: Tuesday, December 21, 1999. 6:30pm-8:30pm 6:30-7:00 Networking 7:00-7:10 Announcements and topic selection 7:10-8:10 Roundtable discussions 8:10-8:30 Each roundtable reports back to the group Who: Everyone (Academia, Government, Industry) Location: General Dynamics, 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? Are you in search of Lessons Learned from others? Would you like feedback from our diverse backgrounds (Government, commercial, industrial, consultant) on topics related to your projected career moves? Propose your wish list of issues, volunteer as a facilitator, or just come ready to participate. We will select topics, engage the roundtables, and then report back to the group. To propose an issue, or facilitate a roundtable, please contact Caroline Starita at staritac@tycoelectronics.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. General Dynamics is the last building on the right. Enter the parking lot by the General Dynamics 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. . See http://www.gd-cs.com/needham.html for directions. Cancellations (including weather cancellations): We will notify the membership via email to the SPIN distribution list by 3pm., post the notice on the SPIN web page, and announce the cancellation on Channel 7 TV and radio, WRKO AM 680. SPIN Sponsors: General Dynamics Communications Systems, Needham, MA, http://www.gd-cs.com/needham.html Raytheon Corp., Lexington, MA, http://www.raytheon.com We thank the Computer Science department of UMass-Lowell for providing support and hosting our web page.