2001/2002 Season

The Software Quality Discussion Group meets every two weeks, from September through May. All sessions are free and advance registration is not required.

Event Schedule

Our events include "Introductory" and "Best Practice" sessions, networking events and planning meetings. Occassionally, we host vendor presentations. The schedule for this season is as follows:

Date
Type
Topic/Speaker
12-Sep-01 Intro Introduction to the CSQE Program
Colette Bielech, Autodesk

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26-Sep-01 Intro Software Processes
Janet Gregory

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10-Oct-01 Best Professionalism and Ethics for Software Practitioners
Tom Keenan, University of Calgary

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24-Oct-01 Best Alternatives to Software Engineering
Pete McBreen, Pete McBreen Consulting

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7-Nov-01 Best Quality Management Best Practices
Fiona Koether, Nortel

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21-Nov-01 Best Requirements Engineering
Armin Eberlein, University of Calgary

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5-Dec-01 Soiree Third Annual SQDG Soiree
Open to all participants

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9-Jan-02 Intro An Introduction to Software Project Management
Robert Satnik, GE Harris Energy Control Systems

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23-Jan-02 Best Improve your IT Project Success with Change Management
Susan Cramer, Burntsand

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6-Feb-02 Best The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Project Participant Competence
Greg Skulmoski, University of Calgary

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20-Feb-02 Best Questioning Extreme Programming - Should we optimize our software development process?
Pete McBreen, McBreen Consulting

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6-Mar-02 Intro Software Inspections
Christine Bovaird, Nortel

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20-Mar-02 Best Human Computer Interaction
Tammie Fulton, xwave

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3-Apr-02 Intro Software Testing
Richard Duff, QPM Inc.

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17-Apr-02 Best Software Testing Best Practices
Sherry Heinze, Diversity Consulting Limited

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1-May-02 Best Quality Assurance Features in Together Control Centre
Miroslav Novak, TogetherSoft Corporation

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8-May-02 Best A Software Engineering Measurement System (SEMS)
Dr. Yingxu Wang, University of Calgary

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15-May-02 Best Thin Client Technology
Ken Wallewein

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29-May-02 Planning Annual Planning Session
Open to all participants

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** Please note scheduled sessions are subject to change.

Event Details

Please see the 2001/2002 Event Details page for a listing of the events including presentation abstracts, speaker biographies, and additional event details.

Location

This year's sessions will be held at the Calgary campus of the DeVry Institute.

Sponsors

Our sponsors for the 2001/2002 season include:

Thank you to all our 2001/2002 sponsors, we greatly appreciate your support.

2001/2002 Season
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