[Twin-SPIN] April-7 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 
April 7th, 2011 
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:  "Avoiding Process Improvement Pitfalls" 

 

.         Speaker:  MSteve Huck, PMP, Practice Director - E3, TRISSENTIAL 

 

Abstract:  Avoiding Process Improvement Pitfalls

Many IT organizations desire to improve their software and system development processes.  They have experienced the ongoing pain of poor product quality, missed customer expectations, and blown project budgets.  Executives and directors living though this are attracted to the many white papers and consultants hyping the benefits of process improvement, and are quick to trigger an initiative.  However, while trying to "improve" their processes, many organizations lack the solid understanding of what it takes to be successful and run into a common set of process improvement pitfalls.  Awareness of these pitfalls is essential not only for success, but also to prevent long term organizational damage. This presentation will explore the most common process improvement pitfalls, organizational impacts, and best practices to avoid.  

 

 

Speakers Bio:  

Steve Huck, PMP, (Practice Director - Trissential) has real world front-line experience helping over 20 Fortune 500 organizations such as AT&T, United Airlines and  Accenture launch and execute successful process improvement programs.  This includes moving a 3,500-person IT organization from CMMI L1 to L4 in only 4 years.  In addition, Steve was lead inventor for Accenture's patented Accelerated Process Improvement Framework, a toolkit to jump start an organization's CMMI journey.  Steve currently serves as Practice Director for Trissential's E3 practice which helps clients on their Business Analysis, Solution Development, Quality Assurance and Service Management improvement journeys

 

Program Manager:  Paul Kraska

 

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)

 

$200 Sponsors

BenchmarkQA

 

$100 Sponsors

Fissure

Quality Software Technologies

 

 

Best regards.   Hope to see you on April 7th

  

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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