Materials from  Past Meetings

2009 2008 2007

2006 2005 2004

 2010

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Topic: Defining Evidence in Software Certification
    Speaker: Allan Stavely, PhD
    Location: Fiestas Restaurant and Cantina

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Topic: DISC - A Practitioner's Report
    Speaker: Thierry Thelliez, Doxcelerate
    Location: MCR Conference Room

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Topic: Agile CMMI
    Speaker: Dana Roberson, NNSA Service Center
    Location: MCR Conference Room

2009 Back to Top

Wednesday, May 18, 2009
Topic: The Art of Applying Commercial Best Practices for the DOD
    Speaker: Dr. David Cook
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Topic: Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V)
    Speaker: Vinnie Gerecke
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

2008  Back to Top

Thursday, November 20, 2008
Topic: Interview to Win
    Speakers: Kimberly Beauford and Colleen Christensen
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, October 25, 2008
Topic:  "The Current Version of CMMI, Version 1.2: What It Is, Is It Effective, What Does It Look Like, and What are the Critical Steps to Implementing CMMI as the Model for Process Improvement?"
  Speakers: Dr. Nestor K. Ovalle
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Topic:  "Information Security Requirements for Applications – a Proactive Approach to Information Security"
  Speaker: Robert Childs, VP and Information Security Officer, First Community Bank
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Topic:  "Creating a Resume for IT Professionals"
  Speakers: Brad Key, QinetiQ North America and Tina Aragon, TekSystems
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Topic:  "10 Keys to Project Management"
  Speaker: Ralph Wallace, PMP
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Topic:  "The Use of Comments In Computer Programs"
  Speaker: Dr. Clinton R. Lanier
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Topic:  "Strategic Planning Governance"
  Speaker: Keith Whalen
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Topic:  "Managing Your Meetings"
  Speaker: Jerry Karasz
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

2007  Back to Top

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
 Topic:  "Identifying and Managing Risks in Your Processes"
  Speaker: Leon Spackman
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, September 19, 2007
 Topic:  "The Future of Software Products and Their Development"
  Speaker: Mark Salisbury
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
 Topic:  "Flipping the ‘Usable’ Bit"
  Speaker: Brad Key
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, January 21, 2007
 Topic:  "How Does Project Management Fit With Other Models?"
  Speaker: Jane Betterton
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

2006  Back to Top

Wednesday, November 15, 2006
 Topic:  "The Effect of Programming Languages on Process Improvement"
  Speaker: David Cook, AEgis
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, October 18, 2006
 Topic:  "The Process of Mentoring"
  Speaker: Neal Smith, Apogen
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, September 20, 2006
 Topic:  "SCRUM by SCRUM (Executing a SCRUM Sprint)"
  Speaker: Thierry Thelliez and Sprint Team, Doxcelerate
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, August 16, 2006
 Topic:  "Running Technical Meetings"
  Speaker: Sheri Clark, Boeing-SVS
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, May 17, 2006
 Topic:  "Risk-Based Testing Workshop"
  Speaker: Larry McCartney, ReSpec
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
 Topic:  "Verification Testing Overview"
  Speaker: Deborah Ortiz
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, March 15, 2006
 Topic:  "Myths About Writing"
  Speaker: Jerry Weinberg, Weinberg Consulting
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, February 15, 2006
 Topic:  "Trusted Computing (A CDS Solution): A New Approach to Trusted Information Sharing"
  Speaker: Kathy Brooks and Chris Beggio, CDS
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, January 18, 2006
 Topic:  "Just what is a Quality Culture and how can an organization develop it?"
  Speaker: Ken Harmon, Consultant
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

2005  Back to Top

Wednesday, November 16, 2005
 Topic:  "Data Management in Automated Testing"
  Speaker: Russell Eddleman, Compuware
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, October 19, 2005
 Topic:  "So What’s Your Problem? Tools to Help You Get to the Root of Things"
  Speaker: Deborah Weaver Parker, Parker & Associates
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, September 21, 2005
 Topic:  "Writing Good Requirements – A Hands-On Approach"
  Speaker: Jerry Karasz, Senior Computer Scientist, Apogen Technologies, Inc.
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room D

Wednesday, July 20, 2005
 Topic:  "Systemic Advice for Software Development Managers"
  Speaker: Gerald (Jerry) Weinberg
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room C

Wednesday, June 15, 2005
 Topic:  "Lean Six Sigma - Real Experiences from Real Practitioners"
  Speakers: Cindy Longenbaugh & Joe Schofield, Sandia National Laboratories
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room C

Wednesday, May 25, 2005
 Topic:  "SCRUM Methodology"
  Speaker: Thierry Thelliez, Doxcelerate
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room C

Wednesday, April 20, 2005
 Topic:  "Knowledge Management"
  Speaker: Steve Hogan VP/CIO, Terradigm, Inc.
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room C

Wednesday, March 20, 2005
 Topic:  "Welcome to Quality Management"
  Speaker: Ken Manicki, Sr. Program Manager, Office of Science & Technology, NM Economic Development Department
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room C

Thursday, February 15, 2005
Topic: "Presentation on Effective Project Teams"

    Speaker: Erika Jones, President and founder of Erika Jones & Associates, Inc. (EJA)
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room C

2004  Back to Top

Wednesday, October 27, 2004
 Topic:  "Climbing the CMMI Maturity Ladder with TSP"
  Speaker: Iraj Hirmanpour, Principal AMS, SEI PSP/TSP Transition Partner
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room C

 Wednesday, September 22, 2004   
 Topic:  “.NET, A Tool for Process Improvement"
  Speaker: Jerry Karasz, Apogen Technologies
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room C

 Wednesday, July 21 2004   
 Topic:  “Preparing your Organization for a CMMI Appraisal"
  Speaker:  Jeni Turgeon, Honeywell
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room C

Thursday, May 20 2004   
Topic:  “What is this CMMI anyway?”

    Speaker:  Sheri Clark, Bloodworth Integrated Technologies 
    Location: UNM Continuing Ed Building, North, Room C

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