Twin Cities Quality Assurance Association   (TCQAA)

 Located in the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota,
 TCQAA has been supporting software organizations and information technology professionals since 1986.
 The TCQAA vision is to disseminate and promote quality assurance concepts, principles and practices in information technology across all industries.

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Schedule of Events for 2003

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

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.

January, 2003,             Top of Page

Wednesday, January 15, 2003

UML Recipe for Success
Speaker Bill Staat
Company Guidant
Level:   Intermediate to Advanced
Track:  
Location:   Holiday Inn Select International
3 Appletree Square
Bloomington MN 55425
952-876-8654

February, 2003             Top of Page

Monday, February 3, 2003 & Tuesday February 4, 2003

CSQA Prep class

Location: Prudential Insurance, Plymouth

Registration Form

Wednesday, February 5, 2003 & Thursday February 6, 2003 

CSTE Prep class

Location: Prudential Insurance, Plymouth

Registration Form

 

Thursday, February 13, 2003

QA in an Iterative Development Cycle...A Case Study Audience
Susan Keim
Fourth Shift
Level:   Intermediate
Track:  
Location:   Southdale Library

March             Top of Page

Thursday, March 13, 2003

Software Test Automation: Design, Implement and Maintain a Data Driven Solution 
Tom Hels, Jim Cook, Leo Zdrill
 
Level:   Beginner to Intermediate
Track:  
Location:   Southdale Library

Friday, March 14th   9:00 AM

CSTE & CQA Exams

 Location: Bloomington Knights of Columbus


April             Top of Page

Thursday, April 10, 2003

Effective Software Testing
Elfreide Dustin
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Level:   Intermediate
Track:  
Location:   Southdale Library

May             Top of Page

 

Monday, May  5th & Tuesday May 6th

Class: Effective methods of controlling software projects

Location: National Bone Marrow

Registration Form

Thursday, May 08, 2003

Narrowing the Expectations Gap
Esther Derby
 
Level:   Beginner 
Track:    Requirements
Location:   Ridgedale Library

June             Top of Page

Thursday, June 12, 2003

No speaker - Board Meeting Only - all members welcome
Location:  President's  home


Friday, June 13, 2003   9:00 AM

CSTE & CQA Exams

Location: Bloomington Knights of Columbus


July             Top of Page

Thursday, July 10, 2003

Exploring Exploratory Testing and Learning
Andy Tinkham
graduate student at the Florida Institute of Technology
Level:   Beginner to Intermediate
Track:   New Technologies
Location:   Airport #2 Holiday Inn (Hwy 100 & 494)

August             Top of Page

Thursday, August 14

No speaker - Board Meeting Only - all members welcome
Location:  TBD


September             Top of Page

Thursday, September 18, 2003 (Note: this is the 3rd Thursday of the month)

Randy Rice
Rice Consulting
Level:   Intermediate
Track:   IT Management, QA Management
Location:   Airport #2 Holiday Inn (Hwy 100 & 494)

Friday, September 12th    9:00 AM

CSTE & CQA Exams

Location: Bloomington Knights of Columbus


October             Top of Page

Thursday, October 09, 2003

BUILT TO LAST:  Building a QA organization capable of surviving in an era of cost reductions and cost containment
Ken Finsaas
Spherion
Level:   Intermediate
Track:   Communication
Location:   Airport #2 Holiday Inn (Hwy 100 & 494)

November             Top of Page

Thursday November 13

 Effective Use of Automated Load Testing Tools to Tune Web
Applications
Tom Igielski
Upstream Solutions
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Location:   Airport #2 Holiday Inn (Hwy 100 & 494)

December             Top of Page

Thursday December 11, 2003

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Location:   Airport #2 Holiday Inn (Hwy 100 & 494)