Dec 1

Seattle, Eastside Area Software Process Improvement Network (SeaSPIN) presents "Beginning with the End in Mind: Driving Development with Acceptance Tests" by Elisabeth Hendrickson

Abstract
In The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey names "Begin with the End in Mind" as the second of the seven habits. This habit applies not just to individuals, but to software development teams as well. In Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD), the Product Owner begins requirements discussions with expectations and examples, and the whole team collaborates to distill these into acceptance tests that define the essence of “ (more)

Dec 2

DC SPIN presents Organizational Culture and Process Improvement by Judah Mogilensky, Process Enhancement Partners, Inc.

 Title:
Organizational Culture  and Process Improvement

Abstract:
 
People often speak of process improvement, or any organizational change initiative, as involving a "culture change."  In fact, many even say that cultural support or cultural resistance can be a major determining factor in whether an improvement program succeeds or fails.  Yet people in the process improvement field, who mostly come from background in (more)

Dec 3

TWIN SPIN presents a TSP Overview

 Abstract: 

The Team Software Process (TSP) helps engineering teams develop and deliver high-quality software-intensive systems within planned cost and schedule commitments. TSP integrates software engineering, estimating, planning and tracking, quality management, and self-directed teaming concepts into a defined process and measurement framework that was designed to be easily integrated with an organization's existing practices. Using TSP's self-directed t (more)

Dec 8

Toronto SPIN presents Managing Technological Change

Abstract(s)

Topic : Making Change Work: Exploring key elements of successful change management
by Janet Mertens
Senior Consultant, Global Business Services, IBM Canada Ltd.

"The Only Thing Certain Is Uncertainty" - Managing Technology Change
by Winifred Menezes
SEI SCAMPI High Maturity Lead Appraiser

Location   

IBM Canada
Room D109
3600 Steeles Ave. East

Dec 17

SEI Webinar Series: The Impact of Scale by Linda Northrop

About the Webinar

Many systems of the future will be of ultra-large size on one or many dimensions – number of lines of code; number of people employing the system for different purposes; amount of data stored, accessed, manipulated, and refined; number of connections and interdependencies among software components; and the number of hardware elements to which they interface. They will be ultra-large-scale (ULS) systems.  

The characteristics o (more)

Mar 22 - 25

SEPG North America 2010

The premier conference on software and systems process improvement is coming to Savannah, GA March 22-25, 2010, and we invite you to be part of it!