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Monthly Meeting 10/01/2009

Thu, 10/01/2009 - 6:00pm

Website Training (Continued)

Learn how to use the new IEEE-SCV-TMC website.

5:30PM Thursday, October 1 2009, at Ramada Inn (before the main IEEE SCV TMC meeting).

  • Creating content
    • Meeting, Meeting proposal
    • Blog
    • Website page
  • Subscribing to content
  • Main focus - Questions & Answers
Time
  • 6:00 PM: Registration
  • 6:30 PM: Management Forum
  • 7:15 PM: Dinner
  • 7:45 PM: After Dinner Presentation
  • 9:00 PM: Adjourn
Management Forum
Topic: 
Networking - You and the TMC
Presented by: 
IEEE-SCV-TMC board

With this opening meeting of the fall season, in addition to introductions all around, our networking will encompass your TMC local chapter's activities in the following areas:

  • Presentation of Chapter Volunteer awards 
  • Preview of the year's upcoming meetings - planned and what members would like
  • Review relevency of what members have asked for in the past.
  • Identify chapter officer and volunteer needs and fulfillment
  • Update the planning for 2011 international TMC conference in Silicon Valley

 

After Dinner Presentation
Topic: 
The Knowledge Transfer Bottleneck
Presented by: 
Steve Bockman, founder, North Bay Agile SIG

The Knowledge Transfer Bottleneck

In project development there are many ways to transfer the knowledge about how to build a product to the people who do the actual building. Production can be severely hampered, however, if that knowledge is being produced more rapidly than it can be consumed. This is the knowledge transfer bottleneck.

In this highly interactive workshop we will explore three different methods for knowledge transfer (documentation, reverse engineering and mentoring) by employing them to construct a fleet of aircraft of unusual design. We'll compare and contrast the results, draw analogies between manufacturing and software development, and learn how to remove the bottleneck.

Steve Bockman

Steve Bockman

Steve Bockman is an independent software developer and certified ScrumMaster who began his career in 1977 in a utility position, installing software packages for a manufacturer of business computers. Since then he has worked in the fields of speech recognition, terrain analysis, computer graphics, desktop publishing, industrial automation and web applications.

Steve's first exposure to anything Agile occurred in 2000, but his involvement began in earnest in 2005 while participating in the development of a client/server application where changing requirements were part of the ground rules. Steve was responsible for introducing many Agile principles and practices to the project, and has been an Agile coach and innovator since that project's inception.

As the founder of North Bay Agile, a special interest group dedicated to the pursuit and study of Agile software development in the San Francisco North Bay, Steve continually strives to communicate the essence of Agile development to novices and advanced practitioners. He has given presentations on estimation, test-driven development, pair programming and refactoring at North Bay Agile, BayXP, BayAPLN , BAADD and Agile Open California 2008, as well as at the Agile2007 and Agile2008 conferences.

Meal
Choices: 
Pastrami or Beef Sandwich
Vegetarian or Tuna Sandwich
Chicken or Turkey Sandwich
Meal includes: 
Salad, Sodas, Water and Coffee
Place

RAMADA Silicon Valey

Location

RAMADA Silicon Valley
1217 Wildwood Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
United States
Phone: 408-245-5330
See map: Google Maps

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Cost
  • All charges are paid at the door by check or cash
  • No credit cards
Early bird – IEEE member: 
$10.00
Early bird – Non-member: 
$13.00
Early bird deadline: 
12:00AM 09/30/2009 (PDT)
Standard – IEEE member: 
$13.00
Standard – Non-member: 
$16.00
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