Conference Program

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TUESDAY, October 5, 2010
8:00 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
	Project Management	Test Automation	Test Implementation Strategies	Industry Best Practices
BREAK: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	How Effective IT Project Management Can Support Good Project Quality	Image-based Automated Testing Technologies	Using Business Architecture and Object Role Modeling Methodologies for Requirements and Testing	Implementing ITIL with CMMI
	Brad Eichstadt, RSM McGladrey	Elfriede Dustin, IDT	Matthew Hadwen, CSC	George Jackelen, Software Consultants, Inc.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Keynote Address
	Problems and challenges of the CIO of NCIS Christopher W. Cote, NCIS
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
	Project Management	Test Automation	Test Implementation Strategies	Industry Best Practices
BREAK: 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Software Quality Activity Matrix	Making Test Automation Live Up to Its Promises	Agile QA Methodology	Testing, Testing, 1-2-3: A Basic Primer for Building a Test Center of Excellence
	Sandra Toalston, SanSeek	Bob Crews, Checkpoint Technologies, Inc.	Bill Rinko-Gay, Eliassen Group	Terrye Ashby and David Fern, Social Security Administration
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Conference Reception

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WEDNESDAY, October 6, 2010
8:00 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
	Project Management	Test Automation	Test Implementation Strategies	Industry Best Practices
BREAK: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	How to Implement Effective Program and Risk Management Dashboards	The Automation Trap and How to Avoid It	Test Case Writing, As Easy As 1, 2, 3	How to Effectively Implement the CMMI for Services Model If You Do Not Develop Software
	Joe Mayo, Mantech	Michael Giacometti, Cognizant	Dana Armstrong, Nationwide Insurance	Ralph Williams, Cooliemon
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Keynote Address
	Emerging Trends in Quality and Testing Tom Ticknor, QAI Global Institute
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
	Project Management	Test Automation	Test Implementation Strategies	Industry Best Practices
BREAK: 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Managing Risk in Highly Complex Projects	Methods for Building and Managing a Globally Distributed Software Testing Team	Better Planning for Your Testing Effort: A Risk Based Focus on Test Planning and Estimating	Quality Attributes of Requirements
	Paula D. Smith, GB Tech, Inc.	Dr. David Kapfhammer, Bank of America	Tim Pelland, Keane Federal Systems	Mark Haynes, Synova
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Conference Wrap Up Questions and Answers Speaker Sessions

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