August 2002 Tucson SPIN Meeting Announcement

All: If you plan on attending, please e-mail us at AttendMeeting@TucsonSPIN.org so that we can plan the food, beverages and facilities.

Date: Thursday evening, August 1st, 2002

Location: Misys Hospital Systems, 4801 E. Broadway (One block east of Swan

on north side of Broadway)

Guest Speaker: David A. Herrera, Principal Software Engineer, Raytheon

Missile Systems

Topic: Software Quality Engineering: Significant Success Criteria,

Mistakes and Lessons Learned

5:45 to 6:15 pm: Refreshments and networking

6:15 to 6:30 pm: Business and announcements

6:30 to 8:00 pm: Evening speakers

integrated correctly, is an extremely important success factor for all

types of software engineering projects. An SQE must add value to the

project through more than simply performing quality audits. Unfortunately,

many software organizations and software project managers have marginalized

the SQE role to just that.

Domain expertise, thorough process knowledge (including methodologies and

tools) and analytical and people skills are just some of the additional and

very important criteria required for the optimal SQE role. This

presentation addresses successes and mistakes the presenter has personally

experienced on several software development projects (at three different

aerospace companies) as an SQE, how and why they occurred, how problems

were resolved and the most significant lessons learned that should be

communicated.

who has worked on multiple missile software projects at Raytheon Missile

Systems in Tucson since July 1999. David has worked as an SQA Manager for

SAIC on an IT E-commerce project in San Diego, California and he has also

worked in the Software Supplier Management Department at Northrop Grumman,

B-2 Division. His specific project experience includes assisting

scientists to determine the best trajectories for the Voyager spacecraft at

JPL, performing analysis on data obtained from the Mariner 10 spacecraft on

Comet Kohoutek at JPL, designing flight simulation software at Lockheed in

Ontario, CA, designing real-time software for an air traffic control

project at General Dynamics in Pomona, CA, and working in Saudi Arabia as a

Software Engineer Lead with TELOS Corporation. David has a B.S. degree in

Mathematics from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

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the first Thursday of each month.

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We welcome and value your attendance and participation. There are no member

dues. Food is available at the meeting for a nominal donation.