ASQ Software Division Region 6 Report for 3Q2007
By Tom Gilchrist

The University of Washington Extension is taking applications for the 90-hour Software Testing Certificate program held evenings in October in Bellevue, WA.  This is a great resource for testers who trained “on the job” to get information and skills to become a better tester.  See http://www.sasqag.org for links and more information.

Also in October, the annual Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference will be held October 8-10, 2007.  (http://www.pnsqc.org/).  Then on Oct 11 and 12, 2007 the Seventh International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2007) will be held in Portland (http://paris.utdallas.edu/qsic07/).  The IEEE Computer Press will publish conference proceedings.

The Seattle SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) is holding monthly meetings.  The organization is driven with a single, clear-cut goal in mind: change an organization in a way that improves that organization's ability to develop software.  If you are interested in more information on SeaSpin, you can go to http://www.seaspin.org

If you’re in the Seattle area on the third Thursday of every month (except December), The Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group (SASQAG) holds monthly public meetings in the Seattle area.  SASQAG also supports certification and study groups.  If you are in the area and want to attend, please look at www.sasqag.org for upcoming events, directions, and meeting time. 

If you have information on local software quality and testing events in your area of Region 6, please send them to me for our events calendar   Visit http://www.tomgtomg.com/asq6 for information on events around Region 6.

Tom Gilchrist, Region 6 ASQ Software Division
tomg@tomgtomg.com