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Austin Software Process Improvement Network (A-SPIN)

A-SPIN HAS MOVED TO TUESDAY NIGHTS!

To view George Brotbeck's May SPIN presentation "How Do You Spell Success? Synergistic Performance Improvement, One Project at a time", (Acrobat 4.0 document) please click here.

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Next A-SPIN Meeting - Tuesday, July 17, 2001,
Presentation - ColdFusion, Development and Uses, presented by William Gerber, Eastern Research Group (ERG).

Presentation Abstract

ColdFusion is a rapid web application development tool. This simple and straightforward tag based language provides an easy to learn development environment that is both powerful and flexible. Web applications written in ColdFusion can access a wide range of database and e-mail systems. ColdFusion works with multitier architectures and can be extended with external components.

This presentation will give a broad overview of some capabilities of ColdFusion, including a brief example application. General hardware and software issues for a ColdFusion environment will also be discussed.

About the Speaker

William Gerber is an Engineer at Eastern Research Group in Austin, Texas. He was formerly the lead administrator and a programmer for ColdFusion at the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC). He helped establish ColdFusion as the primary web application development tool at the TNRCC.

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    Payable at the Door:  Cash, Check, or Charge

    TOP TEN TOPICS FOR THE "PI SMORGASBORD" (TO BE HELD IN AUGUST):

    1. Software process at "internet speed"-- Completing projects in weeks not months
    2. Risk and Issue Management, Practical Applications in the Business World
    3. Career development for IT professionals
    4. Project Management for Large Development Projects
    5. Project Management for Small Development Projects
    6. Future directions in new development processes and technologies
    7. Lessons learned from interesting Project Management efforts
    8. Simple (KISS) metrics programs
    9. Managing distributed teams and maintaining project control
    10. Requirement Management strategies

    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.

    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@austin-spin.org

    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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