Austin Software Process Improvement Network (A-SPIN)
A-SPIN HAS MOVED TO TUESDAY NIGHTS!
(NOTE - There is no March 2000 ASPIN Meeting.)
Next A-SPIN Meeting - Tuesday, April 18th, 2000
Presentation - "High Performance Software Teams"
by Herb Krasner, Krasner Consulting
General Admission Ticket - $5 per person
Payable at the Door: Cash, Check, or Charge
Austin Software Improvement Network (A-SPIN)
SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) is a forum for the free and open exchange of software process improvement ideas and experiences. The organization serves as a source of educational, scientific and practical information for its members, other SPIN organizations and the general software community. The Austin SPIN is affiliated with the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, the Austin Software Council, the Software Quality Institute and currently has sister SPINs in several cities across the U.S.
Presentation Overview
This talk will discuss typical teamwork problems encountered and why effective teamwork for software development is crucial. The characteristics of high performance software teams will be identified. The talk will describe the software team growth model, and will provide guidance for effective formation, alignment, performance and transition. The crucial roles needed over the development phases are identified and defined. Specific mechanisms for enhancing teamwork are described, including: the launch and alignment workshop, periodic teamwork performance reviews, groupware, conflict management practices and teamness assessments. A discussion of how to implement these principles in your organization will follow the prepared talk. This presentation is based on the material published in:
Constructing Superior Software, Ch. 7, Macmillan Technical Publishing, 2000, ISBN 1-57870-147-3
About the Speaker
For the last 9 years, Herb Krasner has been an independent software systems excellence coach and troubleshooter. With over 27 years of total experience in computing/information systems and software engineering in both industrial and academic settings, he is considered to be expert in:
- Software cost of ownership and quality;
- Software talent and teamwork establishment;
- Strategies for competitive production of superior software products and services: better, faster, and cheaper;
- Software systems and capabilities - assessment, audit, certification and evaluation methods;
- Software and systems engineering disciplines, and related technologies;
- Software project and process management approaches;
- Establishing and deploying effective software quality and process improvement programs;
- Due diligence evaluation of software startups;
- Legal implications of software projects and technologies
He has helped many companies achieve results oriented improvement of their software capabilities, according to a number of models/standards. He frequently helps software startups give birth to their first products. As a Master Lead Assessor, he has successfully led over 40 SEI CMM-based assessments since being trained and certificated at the SEI in 1988. Since coming to Austin in 1983, he has been involved in the development and growth of the Austin professional software community. He is the founder of the Austin SPIN, Past Chairman of the Software Quality Institute at the University of Texas, and has successfully organized or been an invited speaker at many international conferences. He has published over 75 papers, reports and book sections on a variety of software systems subjects, and has presented in many professional forums.
SPIN Meeting Times: Tuesday Evenings, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Meeting Location: Pickle Research Campus, Commons Building, Auditorium 1.122
(SPIN meets the third Tuesday evening of each month (excluding the month of July).
SPIN Meetings are held in the small auditorium in the Commons Building on the Pickle Research Campus (PRC) of The University of Texas at Austin. PRC is located on Braker Lane between MoPac and Burnet Road. Enter the gate on Burnet Road, half a block south of the Braker and Burnet intersection. Inside the PRC Campus, the Commons Building is located on the northeast corner of Road A and Granberry Trail.
Directions
Go to the intersection of MoPac and Braker Lane. Go east on Braker and turn right (south) on Burnet Road. Go a half-block and turn right into the PRC gate. Alternatively, you can go north on Burnet from 183 and turn left into the gate. In either case, from the PRC gate continue straight ahead on Read Granberry Trail. The Commons Building is at the intersection of Read Granberry and Road A. Turn right on Road A and right again to get to the parking lot which is under the water tower on your right.
SPIN Meeting Agenda
6:00 p.m. Dinner (optional)
6:30 p.m. Networking
7:00 p.m. Meeting - Call to Order: Lynn Thurmond, Trimble Navigation, Ltd.
7:30 p.m. Presentation
9:00 p.m. Adjourn
www.utexas.edu
- Tuesday Nights at the Commons
For more information about A-SPIN, contact: Lynn_Thurmond@Trimble.com
SPIN Meeting Announcements
Information about monthly meetings are distributed by postal service and E-mail. To be added to the mailing list, send your name, company, mailing address, zip code and Internet address to:
Fax (512)
471-4824
E-mail: info@sqi.utexas.edu
SPIN Financial Support
Financial support for the Austin SPIN is underwritten by individual and corporate subscriptions to the Software Quality Institute.
SPIN Administration
Facilities arrangements, staffing, and promotion of SPIN activities are provided
by the Software Quality Institute.
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