Tucson Chapter of SPIN

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 7th, 2003

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

Guest Speakers: Jeff Young,Software Quality Engineer for Honeywell,Tucson, AZ

Mike Palmer,Software Engineering Process Group lead at Honeywell,Tucson, AZ

Schedule:

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

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

6:30 to 8:00 PM: Enjoying the food, networking and evening speakers

Topic Abstract: "Guidelines for the Production of Software for Airborne Systems

and Equipment - Versus Military Standards"

As software engineers working in the defense industry, most of us are

intimately familiar with the standards that govern the production of

military software. When boarding a commercial aircraft for that

well-deserved vacation, have you ever wondered what governs the production

of commercial avionics software?

Come find out at the SPIN meeting on August 7th. Jeff and Mike will

inform and enlighten us with a comparison of the "guideline" that governs the

production of commercial airborne software, DO-178B, versus the military

standards that we are all too familiar with.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND? DO-178B is required for any commercial flight critical

software system. Systems such as flight controls, electronic flight

displays, and

landing gear applications must meet the highest level of requirements for

safety,

security, and reliability.

Many of us may not be involved with DO-178B related software, but could

use the

knowledge of DO-178B to better our own products/expertise in control

systems,

medical software, telecommunications, transportation and other critical

software

industries. If you are managing, engineering, testing or auditing a

high-reliability

or avionics software project, this presentation may be of interest.

Jeff Young has 18 years of experience in software development and software

process.

For the last 8 years Jeff has focused on software quality and process

definition and improvement. He currently works at Honeywell as a Software

Quality Engineer supporting the Modular Aerospace Controls project and the

site software processes. Previously he was with Raytheon; Commonwealth

Industrial & Scientific Research Organization, Australia; and Lawrence

Livermore National Lab. He is an American Society for Quality Certified

Software Quality Engineer and a Honeywell Six Sigma Greenbelt.

Mike Palmer is the Software Engineering Process Group lead at Honeywell in

Tucson.

During his 20 years in the software development, Mike has taught degree

level Computer Science classes, consulted and taught Ada software

engineering throughout Europe, and has led the software development effort

on three LRUs that now fly on the European Fighter Aircraft.

With Honeywell, Mike has recently performed as project lead for the

implementation and roll-out of the Software Design For Six Sigma

curriculum throughout Honeywell Aerospace, which spans USA, Canada and the

UK.

Additional Information: For more information on the Tucson SPIN please

visit our web site at http://www.TucsonSPIN.org. To suggest ways we can

improve contact us via e-mail at info@TucsonSPIN.org. The Tucson SPIN meets

the first Thursday of each month.

Please forward this Email invitation to friends or coworkers who may be

interested. People wanting to be added to the distribution list for future

meeting announcements and/or people with possible topics for future Tucson

SPIN meetings may send an email to: AttendMeeting@TucsonSPIN.org.

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

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

Pedro Ahlmark

Tucson SPIN Secretary