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Announcement: TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE (TCS2001) Conference -- Keynote Speakers

From: PAZ Associates <pazhpn_at_erols.com>
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 17:42:00 -0500
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             18th International Conference and Exposition on

                        TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE
              Theme: Meeting the New Challenges of Testing
                            June 18-22, 2001
            Washington, D.C. * Hyatt Regency (Bethesda) * USA 
        (Conference: June 20-22; Workshops/Tutorials: June 18-19)
  

In cooperation with:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGSoft American Society for Quality (ASQ) Software Division IEEE Reliability Society
Software Technology Support Center (STSC)

The general sessions of the Conference on Testing Computer Software will address major issues of concern to the developers and users of software. The theme of the Conference "Meeting the New Challenges of Testing" focuses on providing practical and essential solutions to the software development profession, and the users of computer software at all levels.

Tom Gilb's topic will be "Real Time Priority and Risk Management for World Class Software Quality." He will discuss that world-class software quality cannot be achieved using conventional thinking. Scarce human and time resources must be managed in a dynamic way; with regard to multiple stakeholder values and actual resource consumption. And multitudes of potential threats to success must be identified and managed.

Warren S. Reid's will discuss "Is That Your Final Answer? Surviving Cross Examination in the Courtroom." Lawsuits involving large-scale system failures and dot.com failures are one of the fastest growing areas of litigation in the legal profession today. Unexpectedly you may find yourself in a courtroom with an unhappy vendor or customer. To stave off being second-guessed, you will need to know how to perform, communicate, and document your work in a way it will survive a courtroom test, and to present your position with professional aplomb on the witness stand.

John Musa will cover "Efficient Testing with a Measure to Select Testing Strategies." The problem of how to select the most efficient testing strategies will be addressed. The market forces that are making it more and more imperative to improve testing efficiency will be explored. The requirements for selecting a measure to evaluate testing strategies and tools will be summarized. A proposal for a measure is presented, along with sufficient details of its application to show that most of the potential problems have been addressed.

Edward Jones will present "Educators Join the Fray -- Tester Training for Undergraduates" He will describe the efforts to expose undergraduate students to the practice and principles of software testing. The goals of this effort are three-fold: (1) give students hands-on experience in the fundamentals of testing; (2) to transfer a quality-centric value system (attitude towards testing/quality); (3) to transfer testing skills and attitude into the undergraduate curriculum.

Simon Mills will explore "A World-Wide Web of Intrigue -- Deceptive Testing." His talk covers the new issues related to e-commerce applications, and the many old issues surfacing under a new guise. He will present case study experiences to reflect "new challenges" as being reflections of yesterdays problems.
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The Conference will conclude with the wrap-up session: "Conference Reflections - and a few surprises thrown in!" Marnie Hutcheson will expertly summarize: What we did; Where we've been; Where we're going.

For a continuously updated program check out on the Web:

             <http://www.uspdi.org/conference/program.html>

For complete program details and registration please contact the U.S. Professional Development Institute (USPDI):

Regular Mail: USPDI, 612 Ethan Allen Avenue, Suite 100; Takoma Park,

              MD 20912-5400, USA.
Phone:        [+1] 301-270-1033
Fax:          [+1] 301-270-1040
E-mail:       admin_at_uspdi.org (Subject: TCS2001)

On-line:

Brochure request: <http://www.uspdi.org/conference/brochure.html> 
Registration:     <http://www.uspdi.org/conference/register.html>
Web download:     <http://www.uspdi.org/conference/printbrochure.html>

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