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Achieving Process Maturity in a Small Organization (20-May-97)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David M. Rosenberg)
Wed Apr 23 12:37:33 1997
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:37:26 -0400
To: itlt@MIT.EDU, delivery@MIT.EDU, it-project-news@MIT.EDU,
mr-bridges@MIT.EDU, ppage@MIT.EDU
From: "David M. Rosenberg" <Rosenberg@MIT.EDU>
I'd like to call your attention to the following announcement
of a meeting to be held in Needham on the evening of 20-May-97.
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 20:56:34 -0400 (EDT)
To: rprice@ma.ultranet.com
From: Ron Price <rprice@pricelessads.com>
Subject: Boston SPIN May Meeting Announcement
!PLEASE NOTE:
!GTE would like us to use the cafeteria entrance from now on.
!See directions below if you are unfamiliar with their facilities.
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Boston SPIN May Meeting Announcement
Topic: Achieving Process Maturity in a Small Organization
and on Small Projects
Guest Speakers: Donna L. Johnson and Judith G. Brodman
WHEN: Tuesday, May 20, 1997 at 6:30 PM (refreshments),
7:00-8:30 PM (meeting)
HOST: Boston Area - Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN)
(Admission Free)
LOCATION: GTE, Building #5, 77 A Street, Needham, MA
(Wheelchair accessible)
MEETING OVERVIEW:
In this talk, Ms. Johnson and Ms. Brodman discuss the challenges
organizations that are small or have small projects face with their
software process improvement efforts. Traditional models, such as the
CMM, serve large organizations in their improvement efforts, but
overwhelm the limited resources of small organizations and small
projects. Areas that are particularly challenging to small
organizations, such as documentation, training, and metrics, will be
examined in light of practices that other organizations have
successfully put into place to meet improvement goals, whether these
goals be to satisfy CMM and ISO requirements or to reduce time to
market. Ms. Johnson and Ms. Brodman will show small organizations how to
overcome their improvement challenges without resorting to an elaborate
infrastructure to support process improvement, and how to extend
practices that are already in place in an organization to meet
improvement goals.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Donna Johnson and Judith Brodman are President and CEO, respectively, of
LOGOS International, Inc. Their special focus has been on the ROI for
software process improvement initiatives and on the issues facing small
businesses, small organizations, and small projects in their improvement
efforts.
Ms. Johnson and Ms. Brodman have published The LOGOS Tailored CMM and
are working on two additional books which address documentation
shortcuts and process improvement aids. They have published articles and
presented at conferences world-wide on their consulting and research
experiences.
Ms. Johnson is Chair of the Boston SPIN and Ms. Brodman is the
author of the 'Dear SPIN Doctor' column in the Boston SPIN Newsletter.
UPCOMING MEETINGS:
June 17 - Metrics, Anita Carleton, Software Engineering Institute
MEETING CANCELLATIONS due to inclement weather will be announced
on radio WRKO 680 AM, WBZ Channel 7,
and sent e-mail by 3 PM on day of meeting.
DIRECTIONS
To get to GTE, Building #5:
From Route 128 in Needham, take exit 19A onto Highland Avenue East. At
first traffic light, turn RIGHT onto Second Avenue. Go 1/4 mile (passing
hillside Sheraton entrance on right) and turn RIGHT onto A Street. Take the
first left into the GTE parking lot and enter the building through the
cafeteria entrance. This door is to the left of the main entrance by the
flagpole. There will be a security guard at the entrance.
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BOSTON SPIN
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Software Process Improvement Network
Mission
SPIN is a forum for the free and open exchange of software process
improvement experiences and ideas. The organization will serve as
a source of educational and scientific information for its members,
other SPIN organizations and the general software community.
Boston SPIN Sponsors:
* GTE Government Systems, Needham, MA
* Raytheon Company, Andover, MA
* We also thank the Computer Science department of UMass-Lowell
for providing support and hosting our Web page.
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- - - Please feel free to copy and pass this notice on to others
- - - Boston SPIN Web home page: http://www.cs.uml.edu/Boston-SPIN/
- - - Corrections, additions, and deletions to our mailing list should
be brought to the attention of one of our point of contacts
listed below.
For E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION of notices and newsletter:
Ron Price
Electronic Mail: rprice@ma.ultranet.com
For HARD COPY DISTRIBUTION:
Maureen Harris
GTE Government Systems
Building 5, Dept 7110
77 'A' Street
Needham, MA 02194
Telephone: (617) 455-3393 Fax: (617) 455-3030
Electronic Mail: Maureen.Harris@GSC.GTE.Com
For SPIN Related Information <-- separate e-mail distribution
Charlie Ryan
Software Engineering Institute
ESC/AXS (Bldg 1704)
5 Eglin Street
Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2116
Telephone: (617) 377-8324
Electronic Mail: ryan@sei.cmu.edu
For Boston SPIN Program information
Ken Oasis
Telephone: (617) 563-4197
Electronic Mail: ken.oasis@fmr.com
