Ottawa SPIN: Meeting Reports and Presentations

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This page provides a collection of reports from the SPIN's meetings and events, along with the presenter bios and the materials of presentations (when available).  

1999 Topics, Speakers & Event Sponsors
April 15th
Announcement
Report
Software Estimation
Gorden B. Wright, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
March 22nd
Announcement
Report
Software Process Improvement - The Raytheon Experience
Gary Wolf, Raytheon Systems
January 27th
Announcement
Report
Risk Management
Audrey J. Dorofee, Carnegie Mellon University
1998 Topics, Speakers & Event Sponsors
December 10th
Announcement
Report
Pulling a Project out of Trouble
Tom Sury, CGI Group
October 15th
Announcement
Report
Year 2000: A Springboard to Long Term Improvements
Mike Giovinazzo, Deloitte Touche/DRT Systems
March 30th
Announcement
Report
Getting Started in Software Process Measurement, sponsored by PWGSC/GTIS
Beth A. Layman, Lockheed Martin
January 22nd 
Announcement 
Report
Estimation Process 
Introduction, Louise Hawthorne, Process Inc
The Estimation Process, Vern French, Prior Data Sciences 
Estimation Using Functional Measure for Real-Time Software, Jean-Marc Desharnais & Denis St-Pierre, Software Engineering Lab in Applied Metrics
January 13th
Announcement
Report
SEI CMM Tutorial, Sponsored by Process Inc & Nortel
David Constant & Louise Hawthorne, Process Inc
1997  
November 20th 
Announcement 
Report
What Do We Mean By A 'Defined Process'? sponsored by Computing Devices Canada 
Predictable Application Development, Sue Fitzpatrick, SHL Systemhouse 
Documenting Procedures: Doing It By the Book...Not!, Raymond Carbonneau, Thomson-CSF
October 2nd 
Announcement 
Report
An Improvement Story: Perspectives From the Front 
Paul Murphy, Patricia Bokij, Rob Pravato, Linda Wilson, Doug Kerwin: Nortel
June 19th 
Announcement 
Report
Risk Management in Practice: sponsored by Institute for Government Informatics Professionals 
Theory vs Practice, Denis Godcharles, Godcharles, Goulet & Assoc. 
Software Risk Assessment, Julia Ginley, PWGSC 
Risk Management at Work: Putting Theory Into Practice, Glyn Jones, HVR Canada
May 6th 
Announcement 
Report
From Dependence to Influence: Developing and Nurturing Effective Sponsorship, Dr. Chuck Myers, Software Engineering Institute, sponsored by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
March 26th 
Announcement 
Report
Managing Your SoftwareProject's Work Products
Configuration Management, Cathy Wagenaar, SHL Vision* Solutions 
Software Development in a Global Environment, Gita MacLean & David Bracewell, Nortel
January 23rd 
Announcement 
Report 
The Great SPI Debate: In Search of the Holy Grail:  sponsored by the Treasury Board Secretariat 
ISO 9000, Francois Luneau, Department of National Defence 
CMM, Michael Raftus, GrafP 
Trillium, John F. Wilson , Bell Canada 
SPICE, Jean-Normand Drouin, Bell Canada
1996  
November 21st 
Announcement 
Report 
Core Software Metrics
Their Role in Politics, Process, and Risk Management, Michael C. Mah, QSM
Oct 28th -30th 
Announcement 
Report 
6th International Conference on Software Quality 
The Ottawa SPIN encourages attendance at this Ottawa conference 
Oct 7th -10th 
Announcement 
Report 
Vision '96 
This event is organized by our sister Montreal SPIN and will be held at the Radisson in Montreal. A four-day conference, it includes a full day of tutorials as well. 
September 19, 1996 
Announcement 
Report 
Getting Started in Software Process Improvement (SPI) 
An Industry-Level Approach to Initiating Software Process Improvement Based on the SEI IDEAL Model, Louise Hawthorne, Process Inc 
Getting Executive Buy-in and Support, Lindy Abry, SHL Systemhouse 
Newbridge's Strategy & Motivation for Starting Process Improvement, Chandan Banerjee, Newbridge Networks 
My Project Is Different" - Dealing with Differences Within an Organization, Bill Samulack, Canadian Marconi Company 
Establishing an SEPG in a Small Company, Raymond B. Carbonneau, Thomson-CSF
June 13, 1996 Inauguration Meeting sponsored by Computing Devices Canada and PWGSC/GTIS 
David Constant, Process Inc 
Don Joyce, Nortel, 
Norman Rajala, Nortel, 
Claude Laporte, Oerlikon Aerospace) 

 


Last updated: April 23rd, 1999