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QAAM - Quality Assurance Association of Maryland

"Have a Quality Day!"

10th Annual Mid-Atlantic Quality & Program Management Conference Program

Printable Conference Program Click Here.

TUESDAY, September 27, 2011
8:00 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Concurrent Track Sessions
Program Management Techniques
Software Testing
Cloud Technology and Agile Methodologies
Industry Best Practices
BREAK:
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Topic 1: The Foundation for Process Improvement

Topic 2: A Primer on Software Security. an Adjunct of Software Quality

Co-Presented by David Oddis and Sean Poris - College Board

A Technical Approach to Writing Good Requirements for Testing

Bill Rinko-Gay - Consultant


SwA and the Cloud – Counting the risks 

Co-Presented by Andy Murren and Anirban Sengupta
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Did you say, "CMMI for SERVICES"

Hillel Glazer - Entinex, Inc.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch & Keynote Address

How PMI is Developing Certifications and Methods to Manage Agile
Karl Best, Project Management Institute

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Concurrent Track Sessions
Program Management Techniques
Software Testing
Cloud Technology and Agile Methodologies
Industry Best Practices
BREAK:
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Cobit, ISACA Risk IT Practices and Techniques and How to use them

Joe Mayo, PMP

Keane Federal Systems

 

How to Successfully Plan and Implement an Open Source and CLOUD-based Testing Framework

Anish Sharma – Business Performance Systems


QA Integration as Part of Agile Adoption

Sivakumar Thekkenaduvath

UST - Global

Cost of Quality Optimization A necessity for Independent Verification and Validation

Co-Presented by Anirban Sengupta and Aunghumand Das
Cognizant Technology Solutions

       
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Conference Reception at the Maritime Institute


WEDNESDAY, September 28, 2011
8:00 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Concurrent Track Sessions
Program Management Techniques
Software Testing
Cloud Technology and Agile Methodologies
Industry Best Practices
BREAK:
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
 

Proven Development Methodologies for Managing and Testing Quality IT Projects  

Brad Eichstadt, CSQA, PMP, MCP

RMS McGladrey

 

Design for Testability

 

Co-Presented by Bill Rinko-Gay and Dr. Cristi Stanca Consultants

 

Implementing Agile
(Can Your Organization Handle the Truth?)

 

Co-Presented by Mr. Keith Corner and Tony Barrett

Valued Technology, Inc.

 

Software Goodness: What do we really mean when we say 'Quality' when referring to software products and systems?'

Larry Baker

Defense Acquisition University

       
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch & Keynote Address

Building Quality into an IT Infrastructure
Jim Butler, NCIS

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Concurrent Track Sessions
Program Management Techniques
Software Testing
Cloud Technology and Agile Methodologies
Industry Best Practices
BREAK:
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
 

Agile Product Delivery - Delivering Value, Quality and Continuous Improvement through feedback

Bob Payne, LitheSpeed LLC

 

Developing an Automated Testing Process
 

Raj Rao
Keane Inc.

 

Understanding Cloud Computing Services, Risks, Costs and Benefits

 Richard Bianchi Microsoft  

 

What is Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITILv3®) and how does it apply to software development?

Jeannette King, MBA, PMP,

SRE, Inc.

       
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Conference Wrap Up
Questions and Answers Speaker Sessions