2004/2005 Meeting Schedule


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The Software Quality Discussion Group meets every two weeks, from September through May, at the Calgary campus of the DeVry Institute. All sessions are free and advance registration is not required. Our meetings alternate between Open Discussion and Best Practices sessions. The schedule for 2004/2005 is as follows:

(Click on the Title for a brief abstract of the topic and a short bio of the presenter, where applicable. Click on the Date to see the poster for the meeting, if available at this time.)


Date Type Topic/Speaker
2004
Sep 15 Best What's new in the world of AGILE - XPAU Conference highlights
Janet Gregory, Wireless-Matrix
Sep 29 Open Your essential toolkit
Facilitated, open discussion
Oct 13 Best Project post-mortems
Fiona Koether, Nortel
Oct 27 Open Halloween war stories
Facilitated, open discussion
Nov 10 Best The business case for "doing it right" — are we capable?
Facilitated, open discussion
Nov 24 Best The PAS project - Mixing AGILE and traditional approaches
Colin Cassie, CGI
Dec 8 Soiree Sixth First Annual Quality Soiree
Open to all participants
2005
Jan 12 Open The Role of the Q/A Manager
Nina Sharpe, CGI
Jan 26 Best Criteria Based OO Design Evaluation
Jenny Antoneti
Feb 9 Best SimQuali - Simulation-Based Decision Support for Software Quality Assurance
Anthony Ebsworth, Securac and Jim McElroy, University of Calgary
Feb 23 Best Project Support vs. Project Management Offices
Cara Fitzgerald and Roxanne Becker, EnCana
Mar 9 Best Software Architectural Evaluations
Mario Barbacci, IEEE Distiguished Visitor Program Invited Speaker
Mar 23 Open Estimating — for what it's worth!
Facilitated, open discussion
Apr 6 Best RUBY for Testing Web Applications
Paul Rogers, Wireless Matrix
Apr 20 Best Flowcharting processes for documentation and improvement
Lisa Molesky, Telvent
May 4 Best Requirements — enlightenment or obfuscation?
Facilitated, open discussion
May 18 Best Architectural Techniques for Interoperability and Co-existence
Robert Gezelter, IEEE Distiguished Visitor Program Invited Speaker
Jun 1 Planning Annual Planning Session