[Twin-SPIN] Jan-5 Meeting Announcement

[PAUL W KRASKA]

Twin-SPIN 
For the Minneapolis/St. Paul Regional Area

 

We have reserved parking at the Washington Avenue Ramp! If there is event parking tell the parking attendant when you enter that you have a reservation with TwinSPIN. If there is no event parking, take a ticket and tell the parking attendant when you leave that you have a reservation with TwinSPIN 

                                                                     Meeting   Announcement:                         
Thursday

January 5th, 2012 
5:30-8:00 p.m. at The University of Minnesota 
5:30 start for networking, 6:15 start of meeting.

Keller Hall (EE/CS Building) 
Room Keller Hall 3- 115 (Look for signs)

EE/CS Building has been renamed Keller Hall
Minneapolis, MN

 

Directions:   
A map is available at http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/EE/CSci/<http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/EE/CSci/> 
Check out the detailed map under the "close up" button. 
 
This Month's Meeting:


Topic:  "Agile and Medical Device Software" 

 

Speaker: Kelly Weyrauch - Medtronic 

 

Abstract:  

Agile and Medical Device Software topics include recommendations from a paper on Agile for Medical Device Software by the AAMI committee including: 

·         Align Agile Values with regulated Values

·         Add Agile to an existing, robust, effective Quality Management System

·         Align Agile's Incremental/Evolutionary lifecycle with (mis)expecatations of more Linear models

In addition the following will be discussed::

·         What does the FDA think of Agile?

·         Challenges unique to Medical Device Software

o   = Continuous Release

o   = Myths, misperception, miscommunication, and mistakes 

Audience questions, discussion and participation will be encouraged! 

 

Speakers Bio: 

Kelly Weyrauch is a Senior Principal Systems Engineer at Medtronic, with 20 years experience in delivering medical device software for pacing and defibrillation systems. As a leader of the Agile movement within Medtronic, he leads the adoption of Agile within the context of the highly regulated, Class III medical device software environment. As one of the lead authors on the AAMI Committee that produced the Technical Information Report, "Guidance on the Use of Agile Practices in the Development of Medical Device Software", Kelly worked with other industry and FDA leaders to provide guidance to the medical device industry and regulatory worlds. As a leader in the Agile community, he has blazed the trail for using Agile in the regulated world, overcoming barriers by tailoring the use of Agile to align with regulatory expectations. Kelly is an experienced definer, designer, teacher, facilitator, and coach. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and a MS in Software Design and Development from the University of St. Thomas.

 

Program Manager:  Megan Graham - Medtronic

 

Twin-SPIN Mission Statement:
The Twin-SPIN software process improvement network  (SPIN) is a regional organization established in January of 1996 as a   forum for the free and open exchange of software process improvement   experiences and ideas. Representatives from industry, government, academia, other professional organizations, and consultants are welcome to participate. Our mission is to help sustain commitment and enhance skills in the area of software process improvement through an active program of networking and mutual support. The organization strives to serve as a source of educational and experiential information for its members, other SPIN organizations, and the general community of software professionals.  

Meetings are normally held on the 1st Thursday of each month from 5:45-8:00 p.m. Twin-SPIN is a non-profit organization and is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Center for Software Engineering (UMSEC).  See: http://twin-spin.cs.umn.edu<http://twin-spin.cs.umn.edu/>

2010 Sponsors:

Facility Sponsor 
University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

 

$2,000 Sponsors 
University of Minnesota Software Engineering Center (UMSEC)



$600 Sponsors

General Dynamics - AIS

 

$400 Sponsors

IIST/Software Dimensions

PACT (Pat O'Toole)

 

$300 Sponsors

Trissential 

 

 

$200 Sponsors

BenchmarkQA

 

$100 Sponsors

Fissure

Quality Software Technologies

 

Best regards.   Hope to see you on January 5th. 

 

Paul W. Kraska PhD
Twin-SPIN Coordinator

612.823.6217

Paul Kraska <kraskapw at msn.com<mailto:kraskapw at msn.com>>

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