Better Software Conference & Expo 2008 brochure

cOnfeRence aT-a-gLance WednesdaY, june 11 8:30 8:45 9:45 Opening Remarks — Lee Copeland, Program Chair That’s no Way to Run a Business — Ken Schwaber, Advanced Development Methods, Inc. Morning Break Managing projects and Teams W1 agile Management W2 agile development W process improvement W4 W5 Testing Requirements W6 special Topics W7 10:00 What’s the Deal with “Best Practices”—Revisiting the Idea Dan North, Thoughtworks Flow, Pull, Innovate: The Secrets to Agile Adoption Jean Tabaka, Rally Software Development Agile in the Non-Agile Enterprise: Hurdling Obstacles Michele Sliger, Sliger Consulting More than the Process Police: CMMI® Process and Product Quality Assurance Will McKnight, Next Level Consultants Lessons Learned in Programmer Testing James Newkirk, Microsoft Beyond User Stories: Managing Requirements by Business Need Alan Shalloway, Net Objectives Agile Death Marches: Fast, Expensive, Deadly Ken Schwaber, Advanced Development Methods, Inc. 11:30 12:45 Lunch in the EXPO (EXPO open 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W1 W14 Bandages or Tombstones? Distinguishing Between Minor Setbacks and Impending Doom Payson Hall, Catalysis Group, Inc. Pragmatic Agility: Principles, Not Dogma Andy Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmers Collaborative Card Play: A Fun Way to Learn Agile Modeling Jeff Patton, Independent Consultant Deception and Estimation: How We Fool Ourselves Linda Rising, Independent Consultant Early Defect Detection for Software Analysis and Design Vladimir Pavlov, International Software and Productivity Engineering Institute Answer the Call: Help Product Owners Define and Prioritize Requirements Kent McDonald, Knowledge Bridge Partners The Give and Take of Design Criticism Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Wirfs-Brock Associates 2:15 2:45 Networking Break in the EXPO W15 W16 W17 W18 W19 W20 W21 The Psychology of Software Engineers James McCaffrey, Volt Information Sciences, Inc. Agile Leadership: Coaching Great Teams Robert Galen, Robert Galen Consulting Group Agile Software Testing Strategies Jared Richardson, 6th Sense Analytics Successful Process Improvement—The Agile Way Nelson Perez, Sierra’s Edge, Inc. Ten Principles of an Agile Tester Lisa Crispin, ePlan Services, Inc. Who Are Your Project Stakeholders? Linda Westfall, The Westfall Team Eight Steps to a Virtualized Test Environment John Janakiraman, illumita 4:15 4:30 5:30 Networking Break in the EXPO (EXPO open 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.) The good, the Better, and the Rather puzzling: The agile experience at five companies — Michael Mah, QSM Associates Reception in the EXPO, 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. ThuRsdaY, june 12 8:30 8:35 9:45 Opening Remarks — Lee Copeland, Program Chair attacking Waste in software: Three practices We Must embrace now — Jean Tabaka, Rally Software Development Networking Break in the EXPO (EXPO open 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) Managing projects and Teams T1 personal development T2 agile development T T4 Metrics T5 sOa T6 security special Topics T7 10:15 Fifteen Tips for Speeding Up Your Project Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Your Attention Please: Concentration is a Learnable Skill Lee Devin, Swarthmore College Continuous Integration: The Cornerstone of a Great Shop Jared Richardson, 6th Sense Analytics The Uncertainty Surrounding the Cone of Uncertainty Todd Little, Landmark Graphics Corporation A Toolkit for Assessing SOA Readiness Jerry Smith, Symphony Services Software Security Assessment: The Naked Truth Herbert (Hugh) Thompson, People Security SOX and HIPPA and RESPA, Oh My! Mastering Software Compliance Elle Ringham, Cognizant Technology Solutions 11:45 1:00 Lunch in the EXPO • Meet the Speakers T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T1 T14 A Recipe for Self-Induced Project Failure Mike Seavers, BJC HealthCare The Leadership Imperative: Creating a Culture of Trust Pollyanna Pixton, Accelinnova The Impact of Poor Estimating and How to Fix It Mitch Lacey, Ascentium Function Point Analysis: A Quick and Easy Primer David Garmus & David Herron, The David Consulting Group SOA Testing Challenges and Proven Practices Guruprasad Gopalakrishnan, Wipro Technologies Automating Security Testing with cUrl and Perl Paco Hope, Cigital Real Software QA Linda Westfall, The Westfall Team 2:30 3:00 Networking Break in the EXPO (EXPO open 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) T15 T16 T17 T18 T19 T20 T21 Maximizing ROI on New Technology Acquisition Chris Ronak, Divestco, Inc. An Alternative to Consensus: Accelerating Effective Decisions Michele Sliger, Sliger Consulting Test-Driven Analysis: Focus on the User, Not the Code Ken Pugh, Net Objectives You Just Don’t Understand Me: Interdisciplinary Awareness to the Rescue Mike Tholfsen, Microsoft The Challenges of SOA Security Jimmy Xu, CGI, Inc. Fuzzing: New Tests for Robustness and Security Ari Takanen, Codenomicon Scenario-Based Architecture Reviews: A Quality Process Kevin Bodie, Pitney Bowes 4:30 4:45 5:30 Networking Break Lessons Learned in project Management — Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. ASTQB Certified Tester Certification Exam More than 99.7% of 2007 attendees recommend the Better Software Conference & EXPO to others in the industry. To regisTer call 888-268-8770 or 904-278-0524 or visiT www.sqe.com/bscereg 5 http://www.sqe.com/bscereg

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