Joint
IEEE/ASQ
Industry Led Peer Support
Discussion Group
For
Software Quality

Wednesday, February 7th, 2001, 6:30 p.m.
Room 108, Devry Institute


Keeping Things in Control?
An Insider's View of Quality Initiatives at Neles Automation


  This presentation will share some of the initiatives & lessons learned from the process improvement program at Neles Automation: the difficulties that arise when trying to implement change, and the success factors for any process improvement initiative.

Some highlights from the trenches: the benefits and pitfalls of ISO 9001 certification change inertia in a medium-sized organization how organizational structure can hinder results

Neles Automation develops SCADA system software, primarily for the oil and gas, and electric utilities market. The Calgary office is home to 300 employees. For the past 3 years, Lisa Molesky has been the Process Specialist in the R&D department of the Calgary office. Prior to this, Lisa has 8 years experience in software quality assurance, both as a tester & quality assurance engineer, in the military and aerospace industry. Lisa holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta, and is an ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer.

 


Presenter
Lisa Molesky, Neles Automation

The Discussion Group for Software Quality meets every two weeks.
All sessions are free and advance registration is not required


For more information contact Kim Kelln at 830.5983 or e-mail k.kelln@ieee.ca