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Monday,
October 29, 2007
TUTORIALS
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7:45
am
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Registration &
Continental Breakfast
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8:30
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Applying Agile and Software Development Techniques to Process Development
Nelson Perez, Sierra’s
Edge, Inc
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Bridging the Gap Between Business Strategy and Software Measurement
Dr. Carolyn
Seaman and Myrna Regardie,
Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering Maryland
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Practical
CMMI
Cynthia Wise, Process Transition International, Inc.
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Justifying, Initiating, Establishing, and Measuring a
CMMI-based Improvement Effort
Rolf W. Reitzig,
Cognence, inc.
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Software Verification and Validation for Practitioners and Managers
Steven R. Rakitin, Software Quality Consulting, Inc.
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Tuesday,
October 30, 2007
PRESENTATIONS
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7:15
am
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Registration &
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
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GENERAL
SESSION
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8:00
am
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Welcome
Remarks, Logistics, Sponsor Thanks
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8:15
am
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Morning
Keynote Presentation:
Patterns of Project Management: From Adrenalin junkies to Template
Zombies
Tim Lister,
Principal of the Atlantic Systems Guild
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Process
Improvement
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CMMI
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Agile
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Measurements
& Estimation
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Organizations
& People
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9:30
am
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Adopting Process One Bite at a Time
David West,
Ivar Jacobson Consulting, Americas
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High Maturity Misconceptions
Will Hayes,
Software Engineering Institute
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Agile and the Declaration of Interdependence: A new approach to Process Improvement Projects?
Michael Harris, David Consulting Group
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A Case Study on Implementing an Organizational Measurement Program
Cheryl Saar and Feno Monaco,
Allstate Insurance Company
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Developing Change Agent Skills: Generating "Buy-In" at the Departmental Level
Richard Horwitz, BearingPoint
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10:10 am
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Break in the Exhibit Hall
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10:40
am
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Do’s
and Don’ts of Process Improvement
Pat O'Toole,
PACT
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Capably Applying CMMI - With Maturity! (CMMI best practices)
Stephen Gristock,
JPMorganChase / Independent Consultant
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A Process Architecture for Agile Implementation of CMMI
Hillel Glazer, Entinex, Inc.
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Project Quality Index - A Means for Quantifying Quality
Vijendra Mishra,
Satyam Computer Services Limited
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Weapons of influence - Selling Your Improvement Initiative
Rob Donnellan,
Q/P Management Group
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11:30
am
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Maximizing Associate Potential Using The People Capability Maturity Model (PCMM)
Sandra J. Baptiste, Pershing, LLC
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Decision Analysis and Resolution: Tools to Make it Work
Sharon Miller, L3 Communications ILEX Systems
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Some better practices for Mastering Project Scope while Embracing Agile Project Management
Rajesh Sahu & Sudhendu Das,
Citi - Markets & Banking Technology
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Untethered Activities - The Real Reason for Schedule Slips
Rolf W. Reitzig, cognence, inc
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The Overcommitted Organization: A Proposal to Fail and Possible Ways Out
L.D. Robinson,
MIDCOM
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12:10 pm
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Lunch |
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1:20
pm
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Afternoon
Keynote Presentation:
The Success Journey of a Fast Growth Global Company
Rajesh Hukku,
Chairman, i-flex and General Manager and Senior VP, Financial Services Global Business Unit, Oracle Corporation
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Process Improvement
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CMMI
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General
Topics
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General
Topics
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Organizations
& People
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2:20
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CMMI® as an Afterthought: Aligning Software Process with Business Domain in a non-CMMI World
Ivan Handojo, NJ Manufacturers Insurance Group
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Building a Real-time Process and Product Quality Assurance Audit Process
William C McKnight, Next Level Consultants LLC
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Enabling Software Process Using Team Foundation Server
Brian R. Hackerson,
3M
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Taking Software Requirements from Hearsay to Analysis
Larry Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology
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The Need for IT Change Management
David Herron,
David Consulting Group
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3:00 pm
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Break in the Exhibit Hall
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3:30
pm
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Automation: The Key to Successful Project Management Institutionalization
Jim Costello, Pershing, LLC
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CMMI on the Web
Shane McGraw & Deen Blash, Software Engineering Institute
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Aligning CMMI and ITIL - Where am I and Which Way Should I Go
Pat Mitryk, cognence, Inc.
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Managing Change in the Software Test Environment
Diane Manlove,
IBM
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Convincing Management to Create and Maintain a Process
Justin Poggioli,
Viecore
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4:20
pm
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Afternoon
Keynote Presentation:
CMMI Version 1.2 and Beyond!
Mike Phillips,
CMMI Program Manager, Software Engineering Institute
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5:10 pm
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Adjourn
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