| Date | Title (and link to Abstract and Speaker Bio)
Speaker(s)
Presentation files |
| Apr 12 | Figuring Out Software Process Support Tools
Brooks Slides |
| Mar 12 | Guerilla Quality
Fiebrich_Yeakley |
| Feb 12 | IBM Rational Overview
Ting slides |
| Jan 12 | Multi-dimentional Testing wit Business System Integration
Forrest Breyfogle |
| Nov 11 | Perfection: The Foundation of Lean
Scott Bellware
Bellware slides |
| Oct 11 | Transforming Your Organization for Excellence and Adaptability
Jeff Smith
Smith slides |
| Sep 11 | IC Design Methods for Software
Andrew Cahoon
Cahoon slides |
| Aug 11 | Getting Started with Personal Project Planning
Steve Teleki
Teleki slides |
| July 11 | What Open Source Can Teach Us About Software Process
Ruven Brooks
Brooks slides |
| May 11 | Accelerating Enterprise Adoption of the Cloud
Matt Fisher
Fisher slides |
| Apr 11 | Building Business Cases for Initiating Internal Projects
David Angelow
Angelow slides |
| Mar 11 | Joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society
Driving a Kaizen Culture Using Regular Operations Reviews
David J. Anderson
Kaisen Slides |
| Feb 11 | Joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society
Building Sofware at Scale – How Microsoft builds SQL Server
Conor Cunningham, Principal Software A
rchitect, SQL Server Engine at Microsoft
SQL Slides |
| Jan 11 | Austin SPIN
CMMI: How Relevant is it for Today’s Software Organizations?
Dr. Bill Curtis, Chief Scientist at CAST Software; co-author of a variety of maturity models
Viviana Rubinstein, President and CEO of Liveware; CMMI Instructor and High Maturity Lead Appraiser
Jorge Boria, Senior VP of Liveware; CMMI Instructor, High Maturity Lead Appraiser, SEI Visiting Scientist – Observer of Candidate Lead Appraisers and Instructors
CMMI Slides
|
| Nov 10 | Austin SPIN
Risk-based Testing: What is it and How You Can Benefit?
Rex Black, President of RBCS
Black’s Slides
|
| Oct 10 | Joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society
Software Development Productivity through Process Customization and AutomationRyan Gritz, The Knot, Inc., Mindy Krupp, The Knot, Inc., and Bob Hardister, Overwatch Systems
TFS slides
|
| Sep 10 | Austin SPIN
Software Estimation – Demystifying the Black Art
Panel Discussion, with references to Steve McConnell’s Book
Scott Brookhart, Software Architect at Texas Education Agency,
Kara Nicholas, PM at UT Austin,
Andrew Badgley, Validation Technician at AMD
Estimation Slides
|
| Aug 10 | Joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society
The Changing Future of Software, Computation, and the development and Business Processes – What is Next?
David Smith, Futurist/TechnologySpeaker, CEO HBMG, Inc.
Mr. Smith’s slides
|
| Jul 10 | Joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society
Using the CMMI-SVC to Transform an Organization into a High-Functioning, Customer-Driven Profit Center
Henry Schneider, President, Process and Product Quality Consulting
Mr. Schneider’s slides
|
| May 10 | Joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society
When Good Enough Makes a Project Early Enough
or: Don’t Try to Be On Time!
Jorge Boria, Sr. Vice-President International Process Improvement Services, Liveware
Mr. Boria’s slides
|
Apr 10
| Test Reporting for Impact
Rex Black, President of Rex Black Consulting Services
Mr. Black’s slides
|
Mar 10
| Sharepoint: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Phillip Wheat, Community Architect Evangelist, Microsoft
Mr. Wheat’s slides
|
| Feb 10 | Introduction to the Jazz Technology Platform: Team Collaboration and Process Enablement
Ronnie Pinkerton, Technical Account Manager at IBM Software Group – Rational
Mr. Pinkerton’s slides
|
Dec 09
| Tailoring Earned Value Management for Practical Use: Yes, It can Be done!
Dr. Janet Ply, Managing Director, Pendere and Dr. Joyce Statz, Statz Consulting
Dr. Ply and Dr. Statz’ slides
|
| Nov 09 | Building Blocks of Software Project Success
Steven Teleki, Software Engineering Program Director, IBM Software Group
Mr. Teleki’s slides
|
Oct 09
| Requirements Elicitation using Innovation Games
Jeff Brantley, VP Marketing and Sales Operations at Sharp Propane
Mr. Brantley’s slides
|
| Sep 09 | Essentials of Organizational Change Management
Andrew Cahoon, Managing Director at Clarum Group and Mike Leamon, Sr. Consultant at Clarum Group
Mr. Cahoon and Mr. Leamon’s slides
|
| Aug 09 | The Austin-SPIN Un-Meeting
Austin SPIN Attendees
Session Notes |
| Jul 09 | The Basics of ITIL® (IT Infrastructure Library) From a Software Practitioner’s Perspective
John Woods, IT Management Consultant |
| May 09 | Making Lean Six Sigma and CMMI Work for You (part 2 of a 2-part series)
Dave Srulowitz
Dave Srulowitz’s slides for part 2 |
| Apr 09 | Making Lean Six Sigma and CMMI Work for You (part 1 of a 2-part series)
Dave Srulowitz
Dave Srulowitz’s slides for part 1 |
| Mar 09 | Identifying and Handling Project Risks
Cindy Margules, owner, PM Transformations
Cindy Margules’ slides |
| Feb 09 | Communicating Effectively with Different Personality Styles
Bijoy Goswami
Bijoy Goswami’s slides |
| Jan 09 | Panel Discussion: Implementing CMMI-based Process Improvement for Small Organizations
Jorge Boria facilitator, panelists: Karen Ulferts, Bert Welge and Roy Deegan |
| Nov 08 | Webinar: CMMI and Agile Methods: Embrace Both!
Mike Konrad, SEI, Carnegie-Mellon Software Engineering Institute
SEI report, CMMI® or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both! |
| Oct 08 | Panel Discussion: Leveraging Requirements Management Tools
Steve Grossman, IBM; Robert Quevillon, Compuware; Morris Selby, IBM
Steve Grossman’s_slides Robert Quevillon’s_slides |
| Sep 08 | Special joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society
The Three Constraints of the Project Manager: Leading Knowledge Worker Teams to Success With a Culture of Integrity
Doug Russell, President, Executive Team Leadership
Doug Russell’s slide |
| Aug 08 | Building a Detailed Estimate: A Brief Workshop
Joyce Statz, Statz Consulting
Joyce Statz’_slides exercise_sheets |
| Jul 08 | Measuring and Managing Software Projects in an Agile World
Paul Beavers, Senior Director of R&D, BMC Software
Paul Beavers’ slides |
| May 08 | Special joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society
Taking User Stories to the Next Step: Solution Constraints and Requirements Refinement
Scott Bellware; Bob Million, Million Design Group (MDG)
Bob Million’s slides |
| Apr 08 | Team Collaboration in Global Software Development
Herb Krasner, President, Krasner Consulting
Herb Krasner’s slides |
| Mar 08 | What Austin Software Professionals Want to Know: An Agile Requirements Workshop
Ms. Marsha Hughes, PMP, CSM
Ms. Marsha Hughes’ slides |
| Feb 08 | Special joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society
In Collaboration We Stand – If The Terrorists Can Do It, Why Can’t We?
Mr. David Smith
Mr. David Smith’s slides |
| Jan 08 | Special joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Agile Austin
Evolution of Software Development Lifecycles: Waterfallacies and Agile Methods
Mr. Jorge Boria, Sr. Vice President – Liveware
Mr. Jorge Boria’s slides |
| Nov 07 | Best Practices for Maintenance: Processes to Help the Majority of the Application Work We Do
Mr. Johan Sundlof, Transition Manager, Computer Aid Inc.
Mr. Johan Sundlof’s slides |
| Oct 07 | Special joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society
Integrating Project Work Using Collaborative Environments
Mr. Steve Teleki, IBM
Mr. Steve Teleki’s slides
Ms. Joyce Statz’s introductory slides |
| Sep 07 | Who Cares About Eclipse? It’s Not Just For Developers Any More.
Mr. Ian Buchanan, Senior Product Manager, Borland
Mr. Ian Buchanan’s slides |
| Aug 07 | Designing Solutions That Fit – Proven Methods For Common Scenarios
Mr. Dan Massey, Partner and Chief Architect, Capability Measurement
Mr. Dan Massey’s slides |
| Jul 07 | Tough Requirements Problems and Proven Solutions
Ms. Linda Shafer, IEEE Computer Society Publications Board Ms. Debbie Yedlin, Product Manager, Borland Mr. Tony Chen, President, Seilevel
Ms. Linda Shafer’s slides Ms. Debbie Yedlin’s slides Mr. Tony Chen’s slides |
| May 07 | Separating the Gold from the Fool’s Gold
Ms. Leslie Martiich
Ms. Leslie Martinich’s slides
Mr. Thomas Wyoming’s notes from the session |
| Apr 07 | Software Acquisition Risk: Be Very Worried, But Be Prepared!
Dr. Joyce Statz, Statz Consulting
Dr. Joyce Statz’s slides
Risk Factors from Dr. Statz |
| Mar 07 | Rolling IT Out: Facilitating IT-enabled Change
Professor Tim Claus, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Professor Tim Claus’ slides
|
| Feb 07 | Panel: Software Portfolio Management: Process and Automation to Successfully Manage Large Numbers of Complex Projects
Corby James, Chief Technology Officer at Noblestar
Bill Krakar, Product Engineering Manager, Freescale
Darrel A. Raynor, COO/CIO – Triand, Inc. and St. Edwards Professional Education Center
Corby James slides
Bill Krakar’s sides |
| Jan 07 | Panel: Annual State of the Software Industry
Bill Bayer, Director of Marketing Communications at Silicon Integration Initiative
Carla Crull, Sr. Recruiter, Kforce Professional Staffing
Maurie James, Vice President, the VP Source
Moderator: Steve Zettner
Bill Bayer’s slides
Carla Crull’s slides
Maurie James’ slides |
| Sep 06 | Applying the Right Process to the Right Environment
Michael K. Daskalantonakis, MKD Technologies, Inc.
Michael K. Daskalantonakis’ slides |
| Aug 06 | Panel discussion: Using UI Feedback to Drive Development
Bjorn Aannestad, PointServe
Dr. Laura Faulkner, Applied Research Laboratories, UT Austin
Scott Bellware, First Choice Software
Bjorn Aannestad’s slides
Dr. Laura Faulkner’s slides
Scott Bellware’s slides
Dr. Faulkner’s Test Sheet |
| May 06 | Managing Business Transformation
Dr. Janet Ply, PhD, Pendére
Dr. Janet Ply’s slides |
| Mar 06 | Special joint meeting with IEEE-CS
New Pragmatic Methods for Developing Software Product Lines
Dr. Charles Krueger, BigLever Software
Dr. Charles Krueger’s slides |
| Sep 05 | Intellectual Property: A Product Management Perspective
Don Jarrell, Dir of Product Management Practice, Digital Thinking, Inc.
Don Jarrell’s slides |
| Mar 05 | Special joint meeting – Austin SPIN & Austin Society for Quality
Software Risk
Don Shafer, Athens Group
Don Shafer’s slides |
