AITP of Southern New England

May 25, 2004 Meeting

Out Of Ad Hoc into Maturity

Guest Speaker: Ann Danby
Software Quality Associates

Please join us for an exciting evening with Software Quality Associates of Providence, RI as they present “Out of Ad Hoc into Maturity”. A little bit of planning now can produce a successful, efficient software process later. We are all very familiar with adrenaline charged; take no prisoners approach to software development. For quality professionals, this is a very painful state. We often hear: "Just test the stuff that is broken", "Are you done yet", "Just tell me the critical things", "Process will slow us down" and so on. These environments typically rely on a hero culture to get the job done. A mature organization forms a team that will work cohesively to build a good product using a realistic process. It is the job of the QA professional to sell why it makes sense to introduce change into this environment. Primary areas of change that should be considered are: Requirements Management, Project Management and Software Quality Assurance. This talk will touch upon these primary areas by presenting successful changes that we have observed or implemented.

Mrs. Danby has over 18 years of experience in the architecture and implementation of software/hardware strategies & services. Since 1999, Ann has been part of the SQA family utilizing her unique ability to quickly develop quality solutions within many different industry segments. Ann has helped SQA client companies transform their development environment and achieve the highest levels of quality and customer satisfaction. Anne is often called on to mentor quality professionals in the areas of test planning, test automation and development of process standards. Anne also has training in FDA software and system requirements, assorted development processes and languages. Anne is an ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer and holds a BA in Mathematics/Philosophy from LaSalle University.

SQA has recently been named by a top national publication as one of the IT industry’s fastest growing professional service company in America and is one of only a few professional service firms dedicated exclusively to software QA at every stage of the development process. SQA, headquartered in Providence Rhode Island, has set a new standard in software QA services to a range of clients nationwide. SQA's offerings are focused on QA and Software Development Process Optimization, QA Organizational Strategy and Design and Test Automation Excellence. For more information, please visit www.sqassociates.com or call (888) 299-7638

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