The Road to Predictability

"ProV International invites you to an evening of dinner, discussions and lively debate on the topic of driving Predictability into information system delivery."

Don't you wish all "bugs" were as easy to uncover as the moth that was found in the Harvard Mark II computer by Grace Hopper and her team in 1944.  When Grace Hopper and her team found this bug, one would assume that after she removed it, her team determined an effective way to prevent this from happening again… at least for a bug of this size.  Once this bug was found it was easy to remove it.  However, most of us would rather not have to worry about removing the bugs.  In fact, our preference would be not having them show up in the first place.

Whether we develop software to be used as part of commercial applications or internal process and productivity tools, we’ve learned that software defects are inevitable. Another axiom that seems to remain constant —the role and value of testing is misunderstood by many in senior management.

Much of the focus associated with current testing and quality assurance methods are centered on tools and processes for finding and removing defects quickly and efficiently.  Volumes of scholarly papers and books have been written on helping the software engineer improve the quality of the code being delivered, but what about prevention?  With every tool or methodology, there is usually a small dose of recommendations, which imply prevention; however, are they realistic and why haven't we seen a significant change in the number of projects that have issues with quality, delays, and cost? 

As a supplier of software services and solutions, this is a primary focus for us, as it will help us to be a more effective and dependable partner to our clients.  We would like to invite you to an evening of dinner and discussion, with an opportunity to network with your peers and to share experiences, while we try to raise the awareness of what can be some innovative means to making improvements in creating a predictable delivery process.

Topics Presented:

• The Problem Statement; Root Cause / Source of Issues
• Independent Verification & Validation
• Value Proposition of IV&V within a Process & Product QA Focus
• Industry Standards ; IEEE 1012
• World Class Benchmark for IV&V

Wondering who Should Attend?

Software professionals seeking the latest practices in software development today from the highly structured plan-driven approaches to the highly creative, agile ones

• CTOs, and CIOs
• Project managers
• Measurement and process improvement specialists
• Requirements and business analysts
• Software architects
• Lead developers and software engineers
• Test and QA managers