Program* Schedule for 2000

(*Including Special Events)


Call for Program Speakers:

If you would like to participate or know some who should participate as a speaker or panelist in our meetings, please contact the TCQAA Program Committee for more information.


Thursday, January 13, 2000

Managing Your Project by Managing Your Requirements
  David Levitt
An Independent Consultant
Level:   Intermediate
Track:   Project Management / Requirements Management
Location:   Ridgedale Library

Thursday, February 10, 2000

Software Process Improvement in 12 Steps
 Kent Schnaith
West Group
Level:   Intermediate
Track:   Process Improvement /
Capability Maturity Model
Location:   Southdale Library

Thursday, March 9, 2000

Y2K: What Worked --- and What Didn't
Craig Sicard
NSP
Level:   All 
Track:   Y2K / Testing
Location:   Ridgedale Library

Thursday, April13, 2000

Automated Testing Life-cycle Methodology (ATLM)
Elfriede Dustin
BNA Software (Bureau of National Affairs)
Track: Managing Software Testing
Presentation Level: Intermediate
Audience:   Software Testers; Managers of Software Testing; Managers of Automated Testing
Location:   Ridgedale Library
Elfriede Dustin is a test manager supporting the testing of tax management systems at BNA Software. She is the lead author of the best-selling book "Automated Software Testing", published in July 1999. The book has been getting excellent reviews throughout the testing community.

About the Book | Buy the Book

April 24th through the 27th, 2000

CQA and CSTE Prep Courses. 

Instructor will be Steve Devinney form QAI. 

April 24 and 25 for the CQA Prep Course
April 26 and 27 for the CSTE Prep Course

See CSTE & CQA Exams for more information.

Thursday, May 11, 2000

Structured Testing  
  Karen Bishop-Stone, CSQE, CSTE
President, Testware Associates, Inc.
Level:   All
Track:   Software Test 
Location:   Ridgedale Library

Thursday, June 15, 2000

No speaker - Board Meeting Only - all members welcome
Location:  Ramsey County Library in Roseville. - Intersection of Hamline Avenue and Co. Road B 
(contact board for exact time)

Friday, June 9, 2000

CSTE & CQA Exams

Thursday, July 13, 2000

-Web Performance
Harold  Melamed,
-Metamor Industry Solutions
Level:   -
Track:   Web / e-Commerce Testing
Location:   -Ridgedale Library

Thursday, August 10, 2000

No speaker - Board Meeting Only - all members welcome (contact board for location - currently planned for Southdale Library)

Thursday, September 14, 2000

The Only Constant is Change: The Impact of Environment on Build,
Test, Documentation and Release in an e-commerce Company
Barbara Ruf,  
NetPerceptions
Level:   beginner to intermediate
Track:   Web / e-commerce testing / i-commerce testing
Location:   Rockford Road Library

September 18-22,  2000

PSQT '00 - North 
                      The International Conference on
                      Practical Software Quality Techniques
                      Minneapolis, Minnesota

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Net Perceptions' Approach to Common Testing Issues
Rachel Gronholz, Mark Luttinen, Dean Woodhouse, Vicki Kaping, Vijay Ramanathan
Net Perceptions
Level:   Beginner - Intermediate
Track:   Web / e-commerce testing / i-commerce testing
Location:  Southdale Library

Friday, November 3, 2000

CSTE & CQA Exams

Thursday November 9, 2000 

Requirements: Keys to Project Success
Lee A. Peterson 
Willow Group, Inc.
Level:   All
Track:   Requirements
Location:   -Ridgedale Library

Thursday December 14, 2000

The Spherion Web Usability Evaluation Process
Marj Kyriopoulos
Spherion
Level:  -
Track:  Web Testing
Location:  -Southdale Library