Austin Software Process Improvement Network (A-SPIN)
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Next A-SPIN Meeting - Tuesday, May 15, 2001,
Presentation - How Do You Spell Success? Synergistic Performance Improvement, One Project at a time, presented by George Brotbeck, TeraQuest Metrics, Inc.
Presentation Abstract
Increasingly, software development and information technology-driven organizations are pursuing performance improvement based on multiple reference models. Among the most prevalent of these are the Software Engineering Institute’s Software Capability Maturity Modelsm (SW-CMMsm), and the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Model of Knowledge (PMBoKÒ). In implementing performance improvement initiatives, it is important to have focused priorities and to avoid redundant efforts. However, it is also important to leverage the many potential synergistic relationships that exist among the different models. This talk will look at project-focused performance improvement, drawing on both the SW-CMM and the PMBoK. The use of Project Launch Workshops to facilitate both project initiation and project remediation will be described.
About the Speaker
George Brotbeck brings his expertise and successful track record in Information Technology to his work as Vice President of Services and Operations. George provides training and coaching to project teams, Process Action Teams, Software Engineering Process Groups, and management teams in organizations improving system and software processes.
George has had more than 30 years of experience in positions that include software development, project management, quality assurance management, software group management, Vice President, and Corporate Information Officer. His areas of expertise span business and information technology planning, business process re-engineering, requirements engineering, software quality assurance, project management, software process improvement, and object-oriented systems development. He has worked on small- to large-scale projects in a variety of industries including finance, aerospace, manufacturing, insurance, utilities, automotive, telecommunications, and healthcare. George holds a Software Quality Engineer (SQE) certification from the American Society for Quality (ASQ). In positions both as external and internal consultant, George has helped organizations establish measurement programs, build a quality assurance function, modify their management methods, and create working processes for software development.
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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
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For more information about A-SPIN, contact: Lynn_Thurmond@hotmail.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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