Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 21:09:07 -0400 From: John Pustaver Subject: MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Software Quality Group Meeting, Wednesday, May 12, 1999, Optimum Software Testing Oops! Hi Everyone, Come to hear Bill Silver speak about software testing and see our new meeting place at Sun in Burlington! Best wishes, John Software Quality Group Meeting Meetings of the Software Quality Group are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the facilities of Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below). MEETING DAY & DATE: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 TIME: 6:15 PM HEADLINE: Optimum Software Testing SPEAKER: Bill Silver, Principal, Quality Fractals MORE INFO: John Pustaver, 978-443-4254, pustaver@swquality.com LOCATION: Sun Microsystems, Burlington (Driving directions below) DESCRIPTION: Bill will present a practice-based methodology for assessing true software engineering capability, and how to apply it to software testing. In addition to 12 metrics that measure the overall performance of the software testing life cycle, Bill will discuss how the assessment directly links test capability with test life cycle performance and overall corporate business performance. This talk will use the assessment methodology to answer a number of questions: - What is quality? - How valuable are consistent processes? - What does process improvement mean? - What are metrics? - What is the difference between QA and testing? - How can we assess the effectiveness of assessment methodologies? About the Speaker: Bill Silver, a principal in Quality Fractals, has held executive positions leading software testing in several companies, including system vendors, software vendors, and IS/IT in Financial companies. The former publisher of Software Quality World magazine, Bill has published articles and taught seminars on software testing and metrics. He has conducted numerous test capability assessments. He has hands-on experience in all phases of software engineering, including: development, testing, and customer service. NEXT MEETING NOTE: The next meeting will be held on June 9, 1999, SQA and testing, bringing it all together - combining quality activities and testing, Margot Sevigny-Martin 1999 Software Quality Group Calendar July 14, 1999 Annual Hot Topics Night August 1999 No meeting Sep. 8, 1999 Functional Safety, Milt Boyd, Factory Mutual System The Software Quality Group holds monthly meetings. Topics covered at these meetings have included software testing, inspections, ISO 9000, metrics configuration management, and demonstrations of vendor QA tools. There is no charge. The Software Quality Group meets monthly at 6:15pm on the second Wednesday of the month at the facilities of Sun Microsystems, Burlington, MA. Driving directions: >From 128/95 Take the RT. 3 north/Middlesex Turnpike exit. From the exit ramp, go on Rt. 3N (not on Middlesex Turnpike). From Rt. 3N take the first exit (which is Rt. 62 - Bedford Ave). Turn east toward Burlington. Approximately 0.3 mile after the interchange, turn right onto Network Drive, which leads to the campus on your right. Take the second drive off of Network Drive into the Sun parking lot. Park in the visitor lot and enter the lobby opposite the Sun clock tower. Information about future meetings will be available on the Software Quality Page at http://www.swquality.com/users/pustaver. To be on the email distribution list, send a note to pustaver@swquality.com. The Software Quality Group is cosponsored by the ASQ Software Division and all are welcome. Directors of the Software Quality Group are John Pustaver, Region I Councilor, American Society for Quality, Software Division and Paul Ratty, Sun Microsystems. --------------------------------------------------------------- Software Quality Consulting voice:978-443-4254 Fax:978-443-6052 pustaver@swquality.com http://www.swquality.com/users/pustaver