Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 07:58:53 -0400 From: Daniel Forrest Allen Subject: Boston SPIN -October Meeting (Final Announcement) Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) October Meeting Announcement Topic: Software Projects in Crisis: Dealing with Imposed Deadlines Speaker: Michael Mah, QSM Associates, Inc. When: Tuesday Oct. 19, 1999. 6:30pm-8:30pm 6:30-7:00 Networking and Refreshments 7:00-7:10 Announcements 7:10-8:10 Michael Mah: Software Projects in Crisis: Dealing with Imposed Deadlines 8:10-8:30 Questions and Answers Who: Everyone (Academia, Government, Industry) (no charge) 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: Commercial pressures of today's economy result in imposed deadlines being the norm for technology projects. This creates extreme degrees of project risk, and perpetuates the so called "software crisis", whereby a large percentage of projects are canceled, delivered late, or with cost overruns and poor quality. Michael Mah will discuss: - Critical flaws in traditional planning processes - Risk management techniques to avert future need for crisis/contingency planning - Successful navigation techniques for projects already in crisis. About the Speaker: Mr. Mah is Managing Partner with QSM Associates, Inc, specialists on software management, productivity benchmarking, estimation, and project control. As a principal with QSM, Mr. Mah has lectured internationally in North America and the Far East. He is also a senior member of the Cutter Consortium IT Alignment Team and Year 2000 Services Team, headed by Ed Yourdon. With over 17 years of industry experience, Mr. Mah has advised Fortune 500 companies, commercial, and government agencies, and has been a contributing author for publications such as Software Development Magazine, American Programmer, Cutter I.T. Journal, Year 2000 Journal, and Application Development Trends. Mr. Mah holds a degree from Tufts University, Medford, MA. See our web page, http://www.cs.uml.edu/Boston-SPIN to see which topics are selected for this SPIN meeting. 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. Daniel Forrest Allen -------------------- www.danallen.com -------------------- 603-756-0924