Upcoming Events |
Date |
Event |
Location |
| May 15, 2008 |
Mary Beth Chrissis (SEI), CMMI Version 1.2 and Beyond |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS |
| July 23, 2008 |
Migrating Legacy Components to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Environments |
SEI, Pittsburgh, PA |
| October 13, 2008 |
Software Process Symposium - Tutorials |
Edison, New Jersy |
| October 14, 2008 |
Software Process Symposium - Conference |
Edison, New Jersey |
| October 15, 2008 |
Migrating Legacy Components to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Environments |
SEI, Arlington, VA |
Past Events |
2008 |
Event |
Location |
| May 8, 2008 |
Process Improvement in Multimodel Environments Workshop |
Arlington, VA |
| May 8, 2008 |
SPIN Webinar Demonstration |
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| April 29, 2008 |
Systems & Software Technology Conference |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| April 23, 2008 |
Migrating Legacy Components to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Environments |
SEI, Pittsburgh, PA |
| April 14, 2008 |
Minneapolis ITCW (International Testing Certification Week) |
Minneapolis, MN |
| April 3, 2008 |
Jamshid Vayghan (IBM Corporation), Enterprise Information Management: Challenges and Opportunities |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS |
| March 21, 2008 |
CMMI for Acquisition Supplement Training |
Tampa, Florida |
| March 17, 2008 |
SEPG 2008 |
Tampa, FL |
| March 6, 2008 |
Geof Lory, Project Management – Discipline or Role |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS |
| March 6, 2008 |
Structured Software Test Planning (SSTP) |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| February 21, 2008 |
Twin Cities Roundtable on Test Driven Development (TDD) |
IDS Center, Minneapolis, MN |
| February 13, 2008 |
Minneapolis Free Software Testing Seminar |
Minneapolis, MN |
| February 7, 2008 |
Brett Peterson (VisionShare Inc.), Extreme Programming: From Theory to Practice |
University of Minnesota, Amundson Hall |
| January 30, 2008 |
Migrating Legacy Components to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Environments |
SEI, Pittsburgh, PA |
| January 15, 2008 |
Esther Derby (Esther Derby Associates, Inc.), Why Middle Management Matters: Managers' Role in Agile Adoption |
University of Saint Thomas, St. Paul, MN |
| January 3, 2008 |
Jesse Freese (Fissure), Project Estimation |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-111 |
2007 |
Event |
Location |
| December 6, 2007 |
Nate Schutta (Travelers), Test Infecting the Legacy Organization – Test Driven Development (TDD) |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-115 |
| November 12, 2007 |
The Software Process Improvement Open Forum |
Orlando, FL |
| November 1, 2007 |
David Gelperin (ClearSpecs Enterprises), Controlling Requirements Risk: A Catalog of Safety Tactics |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-115 |
| October 11, 2007 |
OTUG Agile2007 Retrospective |
University of Saint Thomas, OSS, Saint Paul, MN |
| October 4, 2007 |
Gary Hansberger (Benchmark QA), Test Automation |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-115 |
| September 6, 2007 |
Pat O'Toole (PACT), Do's and Don'ts of Appraisal Preparation |
University of Minnesota, Room EE/CS 3-111, Minneapolis, MN |
| July 16, 2007 |
Intro to CMMI |
Mall of America |
| June 7, 2007 |
Planning Meeting |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-115 |
| May 3, 2007 |
Milinda Rambel Stone (Board of Pensions/ELCA), Formalization of Requirements Engineering / Management - Determining the Right Approach for your Organization |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-115 |
| April 5, 2007 |
Kathy Bassin (IBM), Software Reliability |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-115 |
| March 1, 2007 |
CANCELLED - due to weather |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS Building, Room 3-115 |
| February 22, 2007 |
Watts Humphrey (SEI), Winning Software Teams |
University of Minnesota, Room EE/CS 3-115 |
| January 4, 2007 |
Outsourcing Panel |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-115 |
2006 |
Event |
Location |
| December 7, 2006 |
Corey Benish, IT Governance - SOX |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-115 |
| December 6, 2006 |
Mary and Tom Poppendieck, Implementing Lean Software Development: Practitioners Course |
Minneapolis, MN |
| November 2, 2006 |
Mark Paulk (CMU), Agile Methods and Process Discipline |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-115 |
| October 5, 2006 |
Nandan Dasgupta (Wells Fargo) : Lifting the Veil; The Relationship Between Budgeting and Iterative Development: The Value of Corporate Control |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS 3-115 |
| September 11, 2006 |
14th IEEE Int'l Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'06) |
Millennium Hotel, downtown Minneapolis, MN |
| September 11, 2006 |
International Conference on Practical Software Quality & Testing (PSQT 2006 North) |
Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, Plymouth, MN |
| September 7, 2006 |
Sorry - No September Meeting |
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| June 1, 2006 |
Twin-SPIN Program Planning |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS Building - Room TBD |
| May 4, 2006 |
Darrel F. Untereker (Medtronic) : Judgment - Decision Making Under Uncertainty - Its Relationship to Quality |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS Building - Room 3-115 |
| April 6, 2006 |
Mark Thompson (Target Corp.) : Flavors of Six Sigma and tools to use for business value discovery |
EE/CS 3 - 115 |
| March 2, 2006 |
Keith D. Hornbacher - Project Risk Management -- Very Good Practices |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS Building - Room 3 - 230 |
| February 13, 2006 |
5th IEEE International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS 2006) |
Orlando, Florida U.S.A. |
| February 9, 2006 |
Dr. John Knight - Faulty Human Communications: Its Impact on Dependability And What To Do About It |
EE/CS 3-230 |
| January 13, 2006 |
Code Freeze Symposium |
University of Minnesota - EE/CS building |
| January 5, 2006 |
Mike Whalen - Getting in Really Right--Software Development for Highly Critical Systems |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS Building - Room 3 - 125 |
2005 |
Event |
Location |
| December 6, 2005 |
Agile Experience Group Meeting - The Product Owner / Customer Role in Agile Development |
University of St. Thomas - O' Shaughnessy Science Hall |
| December 1, 2005 |
Gary L. Jedynak - Assessing Expertise: A practical way to determine competence as it might benefit the individual programmer and the formation of a more capable team. |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS Building - Room 3 - 111 |
| November 3, 2005 |
Dr. Stephen H. Kan -- Process Strategy and Practices: Achieving Improved Quality and Costs of Quality in a High Maturity Software Organization |
EE/CS Building 3-111 |
| October 6, 2005 |
Dr. Ellen Domb, President The PQR Group -- TRIZ--How can the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving help Software and Systems Development |
EE/CS Building, Room 3-111 |
| September 1, 2005 |
Pat O'Toole - Implementation Experiences of the CMMI |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS Building -2, Room 3-230 |
| July 7, 2005 |
Twin-SPIN Program Planning |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS Building 3-111 |
| June 29, 2005 |
Pat O'Toole - Intro to CMMI |
LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
| June 2, 2005 |
Joyce Statz - Optimizing Software Delivery: Should we Buy, Build, or Outsource? |
University of Minnesota, Lind Hall 305 |
| May 5, 2005 |
Capers Jones - Software Quality in 2005: A survey of the state of the art |
EE/CS Building, Room 3-230 |
| April 7, 2005 |
Larry Putnam Sr. - Why good Measurement, Estimating and Control Techniques are Important for Process Improvement Programs |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS Building, 3-230 |
| March 30, 2005 |
Pat O'Toole - Intro to CMMI |
Bloomington, Minnesota |
| March 15, 2005 |
Mark Denne and Jane Cleland-Huang - Incremental Funding Methodology |
University of St. Thomas, OEC |
| March 3, 2005 |
Patrick Coleman - Implementing PSP at Honeywell Aerospace Electronic Systems |
University of Minnesota, EE/CS Building, 3-180 |
| February 3, 2005 |
Dr. Sam Racine - Evaluating the Usability of Web-based Applications: A Case Study |
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| January 6, 2005 |
Megan Graham - Software Defect Prevention Using Orthogonal Defect Classification |
EE/CS 3-230 |
2004 |
Event |
Location |
| November 4, 2004 |
Software Process Development: Using What You Already Know |
EE/CS 3-111 |
| October 7, 2004 |
Proving the Shalls: The Future of Requirements |
Amundson 162 |
| September 16, 2004 |
Building Ships and Building Software: Practicing Virtue in Software Design |
EE/CS 3-180, 6-8pm |
| September 10, 2004 |
TCQAA Golf Classic to benifit the MN Foodshelf Network |
Legacy Golf Course, Faribault, MN |
| June 3, 2004 |
Twin-SPIN Planning & Brainstorming |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 |
| May 20, 2004 |
6 Sigma for software product development and process improvement |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 |
| April 1, 2004 |
Software Process in a Growing Startup |
Lind Hall 305 |
| March 4, 2004 |
Product Line Engineering: A Process Improvement Perspective |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 |
| February 5, 2004 |
Panel Discussion: Management Support for Process Improvement |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 |
| January 8, 2004 |
A panel discussion on the topic: Can Good Software Architecture and Design Really Be Done In An Iterative Manner? |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 230, in the building to the left of our usual one |
2003 |
Event |
Location |
| December 3, 2003 |
Metrics - Are We Doing Well or Are We Doing Poorly |
The Clarion Hotel (I-494 & Hwy 100), Bloomington, MN |
| November 6, 2003 |
Project Management |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 230 |
| October 2, 2003 |
Software Architecture |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-230 |
| September 4, 2003 |
Innovation for breakthrough New-business growth |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 |
| June 5, 2003 |
Twin-SPIN Planning & Brainstorming and IMA Open House and Lecture |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 |
| May 1, 2003 |
Software Risk Management (or “How to keep your boss off your back”) |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 |
| April 3, 2003 |
Technology Introduction: "Bringing J2EE into your Established (Slightly Hidebound) Organization" |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 |
| March 6, 2003 |
Applying Future Search Conferences to Process Improvement |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 |
| February 6, 2003 |
Concurrent Development – A Better Way to Lead Software Projects |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 |
| January 9, 2003 |
What’s RIGHT with the CMMI |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg., Room EE/CS 3-180 |
2002 |
Event |
Location |
| December 5, 2002 |
Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices |
Akerman Hall, Room 317 |
| November 7, 2002 |
A Do-it-yourself Practical Software Project Assessment Method |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg, Room EE/Csi 3-180 |
| October 3, 2002 |
Adding Bits of Precision to Use Cases |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg, Room EE/Csi 3-180 |
| June 6, 2002 |
Software Architecture |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg, Room EE/Csi 3-180 |
| May 2, 2002 |
Two SEI Presentations: "New Hires Using Experienced Process Guidance" and "Software Quality Assurance: Friend or Foe?" |
Akerman Hall 313 |
| April 4, 2002 |
Lean Programming |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg, Room EE/Csi 3-180 |
| February 28, 2002 |
What Is Excellence? |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg, Room EE/Csi 3-180 |
| February 7, 2002 |
Risks in Projects Using New Technologies |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg, Room EE/Csi 3-180 |
| January 3, 2002 |
The Do's and Don'ts of Software Process Improvement |
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2001 |
Event |
Location |
| December 6, 2001 |
eXtreme Programming |
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| November 1, 2001 |
Personal Software Process (PSP) Panel and Group Discussion |
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| October 4, 2001 |
Software Economics |
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| September 6, 2001 |
User Involvement in IT Software Development |
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| July 9, 2001 |
Requirements, Traceability, and Tools |
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Bldg, Room EE/Csi 3-180 |
| June 7, 2001 |
Attracting, Motivating and Retaining Software Engineers |
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| May 3, 2001 |
Documenting Your Processes |
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| April 5, 2001 |
Certification Debate |
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| March 8, 2001 |
eXtreme Programming |
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| February 1, 2001 |
The Evolution of an SEPG (Software Engineering Process Group) |
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| January 4, 2001 |
The CMMI |
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2000 |
Event |
Location |
| December 7, 2000 |
Getting Out of Our Own Way |
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| November 2, 2000 |
Intergroup Coordination & Integrated System Management: Product Management Process |
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| October 19, 2000 |
New Models for Test Development |
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| September 7, 2000 |
Implementing a Software Process Improvement Plan in a Small Business |
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| June 1, 2000 |
Checklist Sharing |
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| May 4, 2000 |
Requirements Capture: Some simple steps towards quality requirements |
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| April 6, 2000 |
Requirements Management: An Object-Oriented Approach |
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| March 3, 2000 |
Advanced Software Inspections |
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| February 3, 2000 |
Cultural Change - How to Make Deep Improvements Stick |
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| January 6, 2000 |
Best Practices and Introduction to Testing Maturity Model |
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1999 |
Event |
Location |
| December 2, 1999 |
Improvement Model for Small Organizations |
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| November 5, 1999 |
Postmortems in Software Development Projects |
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| October 5, 1999 |
Advanced Software Inspections |
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| September 9, 1999 |
Success Stories on the Journey to Level 2 |
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| June 3, 1999 |
Star Wars and Process Improvement |
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| May 9, 1999 |
User Interfaces |
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| April 8, 1999 |
Tool Automation |
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| March 4, 1999 |
Measuring Programming Language Effectiveness |
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| February 4, 1999 |
A Better Alternative to the KPA-by-KPA Approach to Process Definition and Process Roll-out |
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| January 7, 1999 |
Software Process Improvement 101 |
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1998 |
Event |
Location |
| December 3, 1998 |
Software Process Improvement 101 |
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| November 5, 1998 |
Moving Towards JAVA Test Automation |
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| October 13, 1998 |
On the Cart and the Horse:
Putting Process Improvement Activities in the Right Order |
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| September 10, 1998 |
Integrated Process and Project Management and the Capability Maturity Model |
Dunwoody Institute |
| June 4, 1998 |
Process Improvement From Within - Improving TwinSPIN |
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| May 7, 1998 |
Developing Practical Software Processes |
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| April 2, 1998 |
Automated Testing Techniques |
Dunwoody Institute |
| March 5, 1998 |
Testing Issues With Object Oriented Design Software |
Dunwoody Institute |
| February 5, 1998 |
The Problems with Requirements Specifications: What are they and what can we do about it? |
Dunwoody Institute |
| January 8, 1998 |
Organizational Cultures and Managing Change - From Principles to Practice |
Dunwoody Institute |
1997 |
Event |
Location |
| December 4, 1997 |
FAA Software Development Guidelines |
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| November 6, 1997 |
Object-Oriented Technology: What Is It and How Does it impact Software Quality? |
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| October 2, 1997 |
Defect Prediction |
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| September 4, 1997 |
Requirements: Enter the Software Development Tar Pit Here |
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| May 1, 1997 |
The Waterfall is Not All Wet! |
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| April 10, 1997 |
A Measurement Framework That Works |
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| March 6, 1997 |
A Measurement Framework That Works |
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| February 6, 1997 |
Software Metrics - A Panel and Group Discussion |
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| January 9, 1997 |
Software Metrics - Starting at the Top |
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1996 |
Event |
Location |
| December 5, 1996 |
Return on Investment (ROI) for SPI |
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| November 7, 1996 |
Automated Testing - Lessons Learned |
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| October 3, 1996 |
Software Testability Support Model |
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| September 5, 1996 |
Software Inspections |
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