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This is a bit late as far as notice goes, but if you will be in the Atlanta area this Wednesday evening (11/15), you can attend the monthly meeting of the Atlanta Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) and hear Conflair founder Michael Yudanin deliver a presentation entitled “Off-shoring Assurance: Making it work.”
Read more »Robert Lario, co-founder of INHERIT, LLC, will be presenting at the Atlanta SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) meeting on Wednesday, May 17th at 6:00pm. The topic will be “Model Driven Architecture (MDA): From Theory to Practice, from Promise to Reality.”
Read more »Mark Schadt, a Sr. Engineer with MKS Software will be presenting at the Atlanta SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) meeting tonight (Wednesday, April 19th) at 6:00pm. The topic will be “Development Metrics and Dashboards - Managing Your Projects in Real Time.”
Lois Zells, an international author, lecturer, and business consultant, will be presenting at our Atlanta SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) meeting on Wednesday, March 14th, at 6:30pm. This will be a combined meeting with the AQAA (Atlanta Quality Assurance Association), and will be held at the Dunwoody Public Library.
The topic will be “Still Searching For the Silver Bullet: Pitfalls of RAD, Agile/XP and Other Forms of Iterative Development” Read more »
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George N. Brotbeck, a Principal Consultant with Borland will be presenting at the Atlanta SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) meeting on Wednesday, February 15th, at 6:00pm, at the Oracle field office near the perimeter. The topic will be “Improving Organizational Performance - The Quandary of Multiple Reference Models.”
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Larry Boldt, VP of Customer Management for Orasi Software will be presenting at the Atlanta SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) meeting on Wednesday, January 18th, at 6:00pm. The topic will be “Customer Feedback Management - 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Customer Feedback Process.”
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Tonight I attended the monthly meeting for the Atlanta Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN). As usual, it was a great affair, with around 30 folks gathering at the Oracle’s Atlanta field office. IT veteran and SPIN board member, Ron Wojcik, delivered a fantastic presentation on how a formal project management approach can be integrated with a software development methodology.
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Offshoring for Startups |
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Tenets for Successful Online Communities |
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JAD: Creating a Functionality Matrix |
