Austin Software Process Improvement Network (A-SPIN)
A-SPIN HAS MOVED TO TUESDAY NIGHTS!
A-SPIN Meeting - Tuesday, February 15, 2000
Presentation - "Benefits of High Maturity Organizations"
by Dr. Bill Curtis, TeraQuest Metrics
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
Over the past several years an increasing number of organizations have been assessed at CMM Levels 4 or 5.
This talk will start by presenting some of the unique practices observed in high maturity
organizations, with special attention being paid to statistical control of process and
quality. The talk with then describe the cultures that emerge in these organizations,
with a focus on how maturity enables extraordinary levels of empowerment and why Indian
organizations seem to achieve high maturity with greater ease than American organizations.
The talk will then present the quantitative business results achieved by several high
maturity organizations. The talk will end with a vision of high maturity capabilities
that expands substantially beyond what was envisioned in the CMM.
About the Speaker
Dr. Curtis is
Co-founder and Chief Scientist of TeraQuest, an Austin company that works with clients
internationally to improve their software development capability. A former Director of
the Software Process Program at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), he led the project
to produce the Capability Maturity Model from the process maturity framework developed by
Watts Humphrey. He is the architect and primary author of the People CMM. He came to Austin
in 1983 to help found the Human Interface Laboratory at MCC and later initiated the research
on the software design process in MCC's Software Technology Program. Prior to MCC he
established a world-wide software productivity and quality measurement system at ITT's
Programming Technology Center, experimentally evaluated software development methods in
GE's Space Division, and taught statistics at the University of Washington. He has
published several books and over 100 technical articles.
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
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- 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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