Austin Software Process Improvement Network (A-SPIN)
A-SPIN HAS MOVED TO TUESDAY NIGHTS!
A-SPIN Meeting - TUESDAY, October 19th
Join us for Dinner (6:00 - 6:30 p.m.) Before the Meeting!
Presentation
- "Software Development Project Risk Management"
by Danny Lambert, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC)
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., Wednesday, October 13th.
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
Risk Management is the art and science of identifying, analyzing, and responding to risk factors throughout the life of a project and in the best interest of the objectives. In his book "Rapid Development", author Steve McConnell illustrates the high anxiety software project managers often endure, in comparing their projects to the operations of casino operators in Vegas. Shifting user requirements, poor schedule estimates, unreliable contractors, management inexperience, personnel problems, bleeding-edge technology failures, changing government regulations, and performance shortfalls are only some of the 'risk factors' that project managers must respond to. Managing risks in software projects is dependent on Risk Management Planning. The 'Risk Management Plan' activity is pro-active, and much like an insurance policy. Here, the project manager is betting that something really bad is going to happen, and hoping that it will not! Risk Management provides the software development project much better odds for success.
The presentation will consist of a short talk about risk management strategies and techniques and a case study in which the audience will participate. You will see first-hand how to identify, measure the impact of and develop a response to the most frequently encountered software development risks. The presentation combines materials from several sources, some of which are Steve McConnell's book "Rapid Development" and Jim McCarthy's book "Dynamics of Software Development".
About the Speaker
Danny Lambert is an Information Technology Project Manager at the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC). He has over sixteen years experience in software development. The last six years focusing on project management and process improvement. Danny is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, Software Quality Institute, Software Project Management Program, has earned the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Professional certification, is a Board Member of the Austin Chapter of PMI and 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.
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