Program

TBA Service Project – further information will be available with registration details.

6:30 p.m. Dinner and Movie?  No, Dinner and TSP!

TSP 101 course – Jim Over, SEI

You have been hearing about the Team Software Process (TSP) and the great results organizations are achieving.  You have been looking for an opportunity to learn more about the TSP and know how you can get started.  Well here is your chance!  Join Jim Over, Manager of the TSP Initiative at the SEI, on Sunday, September 20th 6:00pm-8:30pm for dinner and an overview of the TSP. Jim will discuss the benefits of TSP, how to get started, and how to sustain and grow your TSP efforts across your organization.

 

7:30 a.m. Breakfast & Registration

8:15 a.m. Jim Over, SEI - Symposium Welcome

8:30 a.m. Keynote Address – Bill Curtis, Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist, CAST
 
9:30 a.m. Ed Battle, NAVO – Leading and Learning – Using TSP at the MSG Level

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Roberto Ramos, Kernel Technologies – Implementation of the TSP in Small and Medium Size Software Enterprises

11:15 a.m. Noopur Davis, Davis Systems & Barbara Spencer, Adobe Systems Experiences Using the Team Software Process at Adobe Systems

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m. William Nichols & Marsha Pomeroy-Huff, SEI – A Star is Made: Attaining Excellence through Deliberate Practice

2:00 p.m. Mark Stockmyer & David Saint-Amand, NAVAIR – No Experience Necessary, How I Learned to Love that New Team Smell

2:45 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. Alan Padula, Intuit – TSP-Agile Showdown: The Gun Smoke Clears

4:00 p.m. Rafael Salazar, Tec de Monterrey – Introducing TSP in Very Small Software Outsourcing Organizations

6:30 p.m. Reception

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Keynote Address – Watts Humphrey, SEI Fellow

9:30 a.m. Jim Sartain, Adobe Systems – Critical Success Factors for TSP Adoption

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Orville Starnes, AIS – Report on a Multi-Team, Multi-Discipline, Multi-Distributed Launch

11:15 a.m. Jason Ziemer, NAVO – TSP in a Customer Service Environment

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m. Jim Hart, Software Process Dynamics, LLC – TSP at Software Process Dynamics

2:00 p.m. Sudhir Patnaik & Rajan Seriampalayam, Intuit – TSP Practice @ Intuit India – A Competitive Advantage in Delivering High Quality Products On-Time and Within Budget

2:45 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. SEI Interactive Discussion Sessions

What’s on your mind – ask the experts? – Members of SEI TSP Team

Have a question about the PSP or TSP you always wanted to ask, but haven’t? Need advice about how to handle a situation? Need help? If you have a question we have the answer. “It depends."

So join us as the SEI tries to answer the tough questions posed by you and your peers. The SEI will be collecting questions (form ASK) from TSP Symposium Attendees. Questions will be accepted until 6:00 pm on Monday, September 21, 2009, which is the first day of the TSP Symposium. The SEI will then review all questions submitted and try to address the most common and/or difficult questions posed by you the attendees.

How Do You Bring Process Discipline to a Team? – Anita Carleton & Tim Chick

...by establishing and executing team roles for sharing responsibilities for managing the project. When team members execute their role responsibilities, follow defined processes, and meet their goals and commitments, the team performs efficiently and effectively.

Join us for a lively session as we strategize on how your teams can make the most out of the role management functions. Come prepared to discuss how role management works on your teams or come prepared with your questions. We have some of our own questions to get the discussion started:

1. When a role manager function is working well or not working well, why or why not?
2. Do the role managers execute their roles as defined in the TSP Role Manager scripts or has your team added or deleted functions for one or more of the roles?
3. Has your team added any customized role manager functions? Did the team generate a TSP role script for the new manager position?
4. What are your teams doing differently with TSP roles today than when you first started using TSP?

Don’t miss this opportunity to share your insights and problems with fellow TSP practitioners about what makes for successful role management on TSP teams.

3:15 p.m. Check in and take PSP/TSP Certification Exams

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Keynote Address - Honorable Claude M. Bolton, Jr., Executive-In-Residence for the Defense Acquisition University

9:30 a.m. David Webb, Hill Air Force Base – A Quality Process Performance Model for Software Development Projects

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Agustin De La Maza, Juan Valera & Ricardo Garza, Softtek – Best-Practices for TSP Implementation on Outsourced Application Development Projects

11:15 a.m. Dan Wall, Vicarious Visions – Who You Gonna Call? TSP!

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m. SEI Interactive Discussion Sessions

Coach versus Team Lead – What is the difference? – Tim Chick & Jim McHale

Have you ever been asked “What is the difference between the coach and the team leader?” or “Why do we need a coach?” Can you articulate the answer? In TSP the objectives of a coach and team leader are different, but complementary. The TSP Coach’s objective “is to provide the required skill, discipline, insight and even outside perspective teams and individuals require to be successful using tailored approaches to meet the needs of the team and its members within a firm set of principles.” The TSP Team Leader’s objectives are to ensure that the project is successful, build a motivated and effective team, fully utilize the talents and abilities of all team members, and keep management informed. Join us as we discuss how these two important roles really are two sides of the same coin, both are focusing on success from different perspectives.

Additional Interactive Session TBA

2:45 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. Noopur Davis, Davis Systems, Philip Miller & Bill Nichols,SEI and Robert Seacord, CERT – TSP and Secure Coding

4:00 p.m. SEPG NA 2009 Recap – Jim Over, SEI & Yoshihiro Akiyama, Next Process Inc. – Bringing Science for High Maturity Practices with PSP/TSP

4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks – Jim Over, SEI

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m.  SEI-Certified TSP Mentor Coach course pilot

*Course is invitation only.

8:30 a.m. Introductions/Welcome to the Annual PSP Instructor/TSP Coach Workshop

4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

Note: This workshop is held on an annual basis for authorized PSP Instructors, TSP Coaches, and TSP Points of Contact. Invitations were emailed to the eligible members of the PSP/TSP Community.