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2007-2010 Meetings:
Date Presentation Name Slides
September 15th, 2010 Karlheinz Muenchow - Pragmatic Lean-Agile for Complex Systems Development, La Quinta  
September 15th, 2010 Heather McKeen - Planning for Success: The Evolution of the Georgia Aquarium, La Quinta  
August 18th, 2010 David Altman - Understanding the Genesis of Failed Requirements, La Quinta PDF
July 21st, 2010 Barbara A. Carkenord - Developing Requirements for Purchased Software (COTS), La Quinta PDF
June 16th, 2010 Bill Bentley - Alliance Networking, La Quinta PDF
May 19th, 2010 Scott Banks - Reducing Risks Through Effective Peer Reviews, La Quinta PPT
April 21st, 2010 Hans Eckman - Becoming a Leader When Working With Offshore and Distributed Teams, La Quinta PDF
March 17th, 2010 Jeffrey L. Dutton - The Importance of the CMMI to Lean/Agile, Six Sigma, and ITIL Performance Improvement Efforts, La Quinta PDF
February 17th, 2010 Todd Ague - Thriving - Organizationally and Individually - in a Post-Acquisition Environment, La Quinta PPT
January 20th, 2010 Mark Henderson - Using SharePoint to Achieve ISO 9001:2008 Certification, La Quinta PDF PPTX
December 9th, 2009 Atlanta SPIN Inaugural Mixer Event  
November 11th, 2009 Panel: Didi Davis, Ken Bradley, Paul Stinson, Tony Gerena - Obama, ARRA, and Healthcare IT (HIT): Can Improvements in Technology Really Improve Health?, La Quinta PPT
October 21st, 2009 Mark Sohl - Perspective: Building a Trusted Relationship with Business - the Key to Successful Process Improvement Efforts, La Quinta DOC
September 16th, 2009 Charles Johnson - Empowering Your Organization - Reporting As A Change Catalyst, La Quinta PDF
August 19th, 2009 J. Robert Crow - Crashing with the Nose Up: Building a Collaborative Work Environment, La Quinta PPT
July 15th, 2009 Cancelled  
June 17th, 2009 Hank Rainwater and Noel A. Kierans - Quality Assurance in Offshore Development Model, La Quinta PPT
May 20th, 2009 Carlee A. Bishop - Systems Engineering for Space Systems Architecture Development, La Quinta PPT
April 15th, 2009 Joseph Mathew - Unique Process Challenges in Developing Software for Mobile Devices, La Quinta PDF
March 18th, 2009 Srikant Chellappa - Quality Assurance in Agile Methodology, La Quinta PPT PPTX
February 18th, 2009 Donna L. Simmons - Ten Commandments of Testing, La Quinta PDF
January 21st, 2009 Mark W. Pellegrini, GTRI - Titanic CM Disasters (or, "We Don't Need No Stinkin' Lifeboats"), La Quinta PPT
December 10th, 2008 Tarun Talwar, Mindspan, Inc - Aligning Software Projects With Business Needs, La Quinta PDF
November 12th, 2008 Dr. Iraj Hirmanpour, AimAms, Inc - Testing Capability Model (TCM) - What Is It, Why Is It Needed, How Is It Used, La Quinta PPT
October 15th, 2008 Panel: Angela Gschwind; Fred Haigh; Mike Nearman Process Improvement Horror Stories!, La Quinta PPT PPT PPT
September 17th, 2008 Fred Haigh - Process Improvement Alphabet Soup, La Quinta PDF
August 20th, 2008 Fred Jewell, Accenture - Applied Influence, La Quinta PDF
July 16th, 2008 Lisa A. Grant, MBA PMP, La Quinta - Lessons Learned and Best Practices in Process Improvement - a Project Manager's Perspective PPT
June 18th, 2008 Michael B. Nearman, AGSI - Overcoming Process Improvement Inertia, Southern Polytechnic (Different Location!!!) PPT
May 21st, 2008 Michael Youdanin, Conflair - Implementation Assurance: Quality in the age of Packaged Software and SaaS, La Quinta PPT
April 16th, 2008 Girish Seshagiri, CEO of Advanced Information Services Inc. - Lessons Learned In Seamless Integration of CMMI, TSP, and PSP - Why All Three Are Needed, La Quinta PPT
March 19th, 2008 Thomas Guthrie, VP of Operations, Cox Communications - Reinventing IT Operations as a Managed Services Organization, La Quinta PPT
February 20th, 2008 Bruce R. Duncil - Why Lessons Learned Aren't (And What You Can Do About It!), La Quinta PDF
January 16th, 2008 Tony Timbol - Leveraging Lean Philosophies in Your CMMI Implementation, La Quinta PDF
December 12, 2007 Frank Tsui - Communications in Software Development Projects, La Quinta PPT
November 14, 2007 David Longstreet - The Agile Method and Other Fairly Tales, La Quinta PDF
October 24, 2007 John A. DiMaria- ISO 20000 Workshop (Special Event), Roundbox Global PDF
October 17, 2007 Nelson Perez- Applying Agile Techniques to Process Development: Lessons Learned , La Quinta PDF
September 19, 2007 SIGNATURE EVENT PLANNED: Ed Yourdon, "The Internet's Second Wave: Web 2.0" PDF
August 15, 2007 David N. Card - The Challenge of Productivity Measurement, La Quinta PDF
July 18, 2007 Eshan Chawla - Effective Project Portfolio Management, La Quinta PDF
June 20, 2007 Michael Workman - Success Factors in Virtual Working, La Quinta PDF
May 16, 2007 Scott Banks - Problem Reporting is Not a Problem, It's an Opportunity, La Quinta PDF
April 18, 2007 Kevin Schaan - Requirements Management & Definition Best Practices, La Quinta PDF
March 21, 2007 Robert E. Raygan - Enterprise Configuration Management in an ITIL World, La Quinta PPT
February 21, 2007 Thomas Guthrie, Cox Communications - Making Sense of Six Sigma - The Journey towards Process Improvement in Software and IT, La Quinta PPT
January 17, 2007 John DiMaria, BSI Americas - The importance of using international standards and certification in your compliance program, La Quinta PDF

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