Conference Program
Monday, April 16, 2007
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8:30 am - 4:30 pm
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  Barb Merwin
Quality Assurance Institute Worldwide

Best Practices for Fulfilling the Business Analysts Responsibilities

This full-day workshop will focus on the Best Practices for the Software Business Analyst. It will address the BA’s involvement in the critical stages of a project and how to maximize the contribution and the results. Attendees will learn the 7 Best Practices for BAs and how to apply them in their organization. They will come away with an action plan for implementation. This is a highly interactive workshop, which uses attendee participation for skill building exercises.
Tim Pelland
Quality Assurance Institute Worldwide

Arm Yourself With the Ammunition Needed to Win the Battle: One Day Boot Camp for Quality

This One-Day Boot Camp is a foundation tutorial for IT Quality Principles. It provides an excellent overview and a macro introduction to the entire IT quality professional area by introducing and reviewing the principles expounded by leading quality experts. It offers important fundamentals to properly organize a quality initiative for improved productivity and organizational integrity. This one-day seminar covers Quality Principles, including:

• Quality Assurance • Quality Control • Cost of Quality • Two Views of Quality • Concepts of Quality • PDCA Concept • Six Sigma • Vision • Mission • Values • Quality Policy • Quality Tools • QA Charter • Overviews of the world’s leading quality models • Building a Quality Environment/Infrastructure Council, Committee, and Work Group
Dr. Tom Peeples
Peeples & Associates

Using Six Sigma to Improve Software Quality: The Top Ten Challenges

While Six Sigma has been hyped as a panacea for process improvement, that course of action comes with many inherent challenges. This workshop discusses the fundamentals of the Six Sigma approach to process improvement and works through the top ten challenges for success. A software development case study will be presented and workshop attendees will be guided through the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) phases of the Six Sigma Technique. Material and handouts presented in this workshop will be equivalent to White/Yellow Belt training.

8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Manager's Workshop

Conference Program
Monday, April 16, 2007
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