SPIN Members…

GREATER BALTIMORE SPIN December 2009 Meeting

Business Value of Agile Software Methods.

PRESENTER:

Dr. David Rico.

DESCRIPTION:

Dr. David Rico will provide a brief introduction to Agile Methods, an overview of popular Agile Methods, and a brief survey of the benefits of Agile Methods as reported by major industry studies (including rarely seen, late-breaking economic data and results from the top consulting firms). He will present a survey of costs and benefits, a suite of metrics for quantifying business value, a discussion of parametric models, a methodology for estimating ROI, and a comparison of 11 major Agile and Traditional Methods. The results of this briefing have been published in a major international journal and a new book entitled, "Business Value of Agile Software Methods: Maximizing ROI with Just-in-Time Processes and Documentation"©.

Who Should Attend?

• IT Directors. Project Managers, Tech Leads, PMPs, ScrumMasters, Business Analysts
• Everyone should bring their business partners with them.

PRESENTER BIO:

Dr. David F. Rico has been a technical leader in support of NASA, DARPA, DISA, SPAWAR, USAF, AFMC, NAVAIR, CECOM, and MICOM for over 25 years. He has led, managed, or participated in over 20 organization change initiatives using Agile Methods, Lean Six Sigma, ISO 9001, CMMI, SW-CMM, Enterprise Architecture, Baldrige, and DoD 5000. He specializes in information technology (IT) investment analysis, IT project management, and IT-enabled change. He has been an international keynote speaker, presented at leading industry conferences, published numerous articles, and written or contributed to six textbooks. He's a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM).  

WHEN?

Tuesday evening, December 8th, 2009
6:00-6:30 -=- Registration, Networking and Reception (food and refreshments courtesy of TexelTek, Inc.)
6:30-6:45 -=- Introductions
6:45-8:00 -=- Presentation/Content
8:00-8:15 -=- General Q & A, Meeting Feedback, and Announcements
8:15      -=- Close and Adjourn

WHERE?

TexelTek, Inc.
6716 Alexander Bell Drive, Suite 200
Columbia, MD 21046

RSVP

Please RSVP at aplnmd@agilemaryland.org so we know how many are coming.

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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
December 3rd, 2009
5:30-8:00 p.m. at The University of Minnesota
5:30 start for networking, 6:15 start of meeting.

EE/CS Building
Room EE/CS 3- 111 (Look for signs)
Minneapolis, MN

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

Program Manager:  Paul Kraska

 

Topic: The Team Software Process

 

Speaker: Jim Over – Senior Staff Member Software Engineering Institute

 

Abstract: 
The Team Software Process (TSP) helps engineering teams develop and deliver high-quality software-intensive systems within planned cost and schedule commitments. TSP integrates software engineering, estimating, planning and tracking, quality management, and self-directed teaming concepts into a defined process and measurement framework that was designed to be easily integrated with an organization’s existing practices. Using TSP’s self-directed teaming approach, development teams make their own plans and estimates and use their data to track their own work, to manage product quality, and to meet project commitments.

 

Managers like TSP because TSP teams routinely meet their commitments, have a data-based, quantitative understanding of the status of their projects, and they build-in quality at every step.

 

Developers like TSP because they own their plans, know where they stand, can represent their position using facts and data, and have the ability to build a quality product without unreasonable work commitments.

 

A growing number of organizations are using TSP to help them gain competitive advantage, build better products, and improve performance, including Intuit, Microsoft, Adobe, Sun Microsystems, Activision, Oracle, and many others.

 

This session will:

·        Provide an overview of TSP
·        Present a summary of TSP results
·        Describe how TSP works in a project setting
·        Describe how TSP is introduced in a project

 

Speaker Bio:

Jim Over is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Software Engineering Process Management, Carnegie Mellon University.  Jim has led SEI’s TSP Initiative since its inception, transitioning the TSP into organizations in the United States and abroad.  He joined the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in 1987 and has been manager of the Team Software Process Program at the SEI since 1994.

Jim has more than thirty-five years of technical and management experience in the software engineering industry.  He received an award in March 2000 from Boeing Corporation for innovation and leadership in software process improvement. His interests include process and quality management. Jim is the co-author of several SEI publications on software process definition and improvement. He attended Northern Illinois University.

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

2009 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 – Advanced Information Systems (GD-AIS)

 

$500 Sponsors

PACT/Parametric Technology Corporation

 

$200 Sponsors

BenchmarkQA     

 

$100 Sponsors

Fissure
Integral Process Solutions
Quality Software Technologies

Best regards.   Hope to see you on December 3rd 

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