EOY, 2003 Tom Gilchrist, SASQAG Chair The Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group.

EOY, 2003Tom Gilchrist, SASQAG Chair

The Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group

2003 Sponsors

Attachmate Corporation SAFECO

SASQAG’s Charter

Purpose:– To Promote Professional Software Quality

Practices

Objectives:– To provide educational and certification

opportunities in a non-commercial atmosphere within an organization of software quality professionals.

SASQAG’s Objectives Include:

Promote sharing of knowledge & experience among members

Build awareness of software quality assurance Support & promote certifications (QAI & ASQ) Share knowledge of software standards and

processes Offer SQA education through classes and lectures

Our Membership

Nearly 700 members Representing over 220 area companies Free Membership Both Testers and SQA professionals

Public Meetings

Held at Attachmate in Bellevue, WA in Factoria

Third Thursday of each month (except Dec) 11 monthly meetings Birds-of-a-Feather

Networking Sessions Average Attendance 55 per meeting

SASQAG Steering Committee

Berit Benson, Membership Chairperson

Cathy Perry, Education Chair

SASQAG Steering Committee

Tom Gilchrist, CSQA, CSQE, Steering Committee Chair

Jeff Finn, CQA , SASQAG Treasurer

New Steering Members for 2003

Tracy Monteith, Program Chair

Michelle Pleas, $99 Training Day Chair

2003 Events

PNSQC/SASQAG Co-Sponsorships QAI CSTE & CSQA Certification Study

Groups and Exams in April and October ASQ CSQE Study Group Support UW SW Testing Certificate Course $99 Training Days

PNSQC Spring Tutorials

Thursday, May 8, 2003 Bellevue, WA– Reduce Rework and Project Delays by

Implementing Peer Reviews (Neil Potter)– Architectures for Automating Testing

(Doug Hoffman)– Test-Driven Development: A Hands-On

Introduction (Ward Cunningham)

PNSQC October Conference

Oct 13-15, 2003 Portland, OR.– Keynotes by Cem Kaner, “How many

lightbulbs does it take to change a tester?”

– Brian Marick, “Agile Testing, a year in review”

230+ Attendees See www.pnsqc.org for more information.

SASQAG $99 Training Days

QA as a Change Agent April 18, 2003 Dave Capocci, Safeco 32 Attendees

SASQAG $99 Training Days

Use Cases for Maximizing Project Success June 13, 2003 Carol Dekkers, President,

Quality Plus Technologies, Inc.

61 Attendees

UW SW Testing Certificate

290 graduates to date 14 section since Fall, 1999 2003 January and October classes Text: Software Testing by Ron Patton

2004 Events and ProgramsTom Gilchrist, SASQAG Chair

The Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group