Austin Software Process Improvement Network (A-SPIN)
A-SPIN HAS MOVED TO TUESDAY NIGHTS!
A-SPIN Meeting - TUESDAY, November 16
Join us for Dinner (6:00 - 6:30 p.m.) Before the Meeting!
Presentation - "Grand Unification of Practical Software Quality"
by Austin SPIN Board Members and Coordinated by John Smith
General Admission Ticket - $5 per person
Dinner - Additional $5 per person
Payable at the Door: Cash, Check, or Charge
Dinner reservations are required by 4:30 p.m., Thursday, November 11th.
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
The Austin SPIN presentation this month will be a Grand Unification of the programs on Practical Software Quality which have formed the Austin SPIN program theme this year. We have looked at practical approaches to begin a software quality program, at practical ways to address scheduling, scope creep, and requirements management, at ways to ask questions and talk to management, at practical risk management, etc. This month's program will wrap up this year's theme in an entertaining presentation of The Final Approach by the Austin SPIN board members. John Smith, member of the ASPIN Board, will be the Coordinator for this month's presentation.
About the Speakers
The Executive Board members of the Austin SPIN are:
Lynn Thurmond, Trimble Navigation, President
Roy Deegan, Dell
Teri Eubanks, TNRCC
Danny Lambert, TNRCC
Rick Luce, Momentum Software
Stu Penny, P II
Diane Scheffelin, TDHS
John Smith, TNRCC
About the Coordinator
John Smith is a Contracts Manager at the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC). He has more than twenty years' experience in hardware / software development, process improvement and project management. John holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Information Systems. He is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, Software Quality Institute, Software Project Management Program; as a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) he has earned the Project Management Professional Certification; and he is an ASPIN Board Member.
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.
Links to Other SPIN Resources
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