Conference Program* At A Glance
		0800 – 0845 Registration & Seating 0845 – 0850 Welcome address by Navyug Mohnot, Executive Director, QAI 0850 – 0900 Welcome address by Shakti Sagar, President, HYSEA Inaugural address by Chief Guest Address by Dr. K. Subramaniam, Covansys - 'People - The Key to Success in Business' Keynote address by Dr. Eric De Smet, AGI - 'How to Maximize ROI of IT Projects Now and in Future?' Tea/Coffee Networking Break 'Implementing Effective Phase End & Post Project Analysis' - Vibha Rao & Sreedhar Sambukumar, SPCN 'Process Performance Model for Maintenance Phase/Project' - Shiv Garg, Hughes Software Systems 'QPM & Defect Prevention Automation' - Sharmishtha Shenoy, Satyam 'Effective Implementation of SQA Function Using a Virtual SQA Team' - S. Y. Shenoy & Mahesh Badimi, Oracle 'Learning & Development Process at Tata Honeywell' - Vimal Kapur, Atul Raje & Harminder Dua, Tata Honeywell 'Role of Automation in Implementation of the PCMM® Model' - Siddharth Malhotra, Parameshwaran Ramesh & Ajay Tejpal, CSC India 'Business Continuity for Clients - A Bonanza or Potluck' - Wg. Cdr. M. Murugesan & Dr. P. Shenbagaraman, HCL Tech. 'System Dynamics Simulation Model of Extreme Programming' - S. Kuppuswami, Vivekanandan & Paul Rodrigues, Pondicherry Engg. College 'Cyclomatic Code Complexity' - Girish Dandin, Wipro Technologies 'Reducing Cycle Time & Defects in Curriculum Development' - Aradhana Puri & Smita Bellur, Oracle India 'Process Performance Improvements Through PCMM® L5' - Ganapathy Subramanian & Dr. S. Muralidharan, Covansys 'Testing Maturity Model Framework for Internet-Based Applications' - Bharat Shah, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems 'Applying TSPSM to Very Small Teams' - Baan Infosystems (1999) 'Business Objectives and SPI Goals' - AIS (1999) 'Product Maintenance: Putting Best Practices into Action' - Oracle (2001) 'Use of SPC for Software Processes' - Satyam (2002) 1245 - 1330 Lunch Address by Iraj Hirmanpour, SEISM USA - 'Climbing the CMMI® Maturity Ladder with PSPSM & TSPSM' Address by Dr. Rajendra Bera, IBM - 'Future Processes Must Tread an Evolutionary Path' Address by Prof. G. Ramesh, Anna University - 'Global Project Teams' Address by S. N. Zindal, STPI Corporate Presentations by Merant, Covansys & Compulink Tea/Coffee Networking Break 'People Practices of PCMM®' - Sujatha Das, SISL 'Business CMMI® - Applying CMMI® Model to Business Processes' - Pawan Kumar & Jyoti Sahai, vMoksha Technologies 'Measuring Effectiveness of Automated Test Process' - Vinod Suvarna & Sripathy Ramachandran, CG Smith ' Business Results Through Defect Prevention' - Ashok Sontakke, QAI & He Xiaoyuan, Neusoft 'Quality Aspect -Performance' - Rajesh SarangaPani & Babu Lakshmanan, Baan InfoSystems 'Bug Prediction & Tracking- A QPM Approach' - Annu George & Balamurali L., NeST 'QPM Tools' - N G Raju & Amaranadha, Infotech 'Process Improvement in Product Evaluation by Focusing on Customer Aspirations' - Sunil Gupta, A. Anuradha & Siddhartha Pant, Hughes Software Systems 'Predictive Feed Forward Compliance Control' - S. Ravi, Mascot Systems 1930 onwards Awards Presentation Ceremony for the 'QAI's Best of the Best Awards' and the 'CSI-QAI Process Excellence Award' winners, followed by presentation by Microsoft, Gala Entertainment & Dinner with cocktails
		0900 Book Signing Ceremony               Address by Mike Kress, Boeing - 'Comparing the CMM®, CMMI® & Related ISO Standards for Improvement & Measurement' Address by Prof. Sudhakar Deshmukh, Kellogg Management School - 'Strategic Operations' Address by Dr. Madanmohan Rao, Advisor QAI - 'Leading with Knowledge: Learnings from Knowledge Management Practices in the InfoTech Sector' Corporate Presentation by Borland Tea/Coffee Networking Break 'Agile Integrated Metrics Scorecard (AIMS)' - Dr. Anil Revankar, Wipro Technologies 'Software Process Capability Enhancement' - Mahesh Chinnagiri, Indian Statistical Institute 'Benchmarking Process Deployment Rigour Using Six Sigma' - Rosemary Hegde,  Kalpan Raval, TCS 'Software Six Sigma - DMAIC vs DMADV in Software' - Abid Ali, V. Ramaswamy, Ashley Fernandes & Mona Pandya, TCS 'Test Automation - Rapid Development Approach' - Murali & Sirisha, Baan InfoSystems 'Application of Design of Experiments in Software Testing' - Omar Farook, J. Padmasankar & Sanju KP, Global eXchange Services India 'Demand Management and Re-engineering Initiatives' - Ravindranath N Machani & S V S Prasad, TCS 'Usage of Metrics for Process Performance Prediction' - Simi Khanna, Patni Computer Services 'High Level Tracking of Software Projects' - Jayadeep A.V., Unni Sankar, NeST   Neils Malotaux, N R Malotaux Consultancy - 'How to Deliver Quality On Time' Bruce Schoor, Soft O2 - 'Shipping Software On Time through Metrics-driven Process Improvements' 1300 - 1345 Lunch Presentation by the Winner of QAI 'Best of the Best Award' for Best Practice** Presentation by the Winner of QAI 'Best of the Best Award' for Best Paper** Address by Dr. Arun Maheshwari, CSC - 'Business Excellence Through Process Improvements' Address by Dr. Susanta Misra, Motorola - 'Realizing Business Value Through Process Improvements' Corporate Presentations by Satyam & Telelogic Tea/Coffee Networking Break Address by C. R. Nagaraj, Satyam - 'Integrating Six Sigma & CMMI®' Address by Satish Tumu, QAI - 'CBA-IPI Vs SCAMPI: Investigative Vs Verification Approach' Address by Dr. V. P. Kochikar, Infosys Technologies - 'Towards a Knowledge Sharing Organization' 1715 Vote of Thanks

The Papers above are randomly listed and not in the order of presentation.
** The Winners will be selected from the above listed papers & practices.
* Conference Program subject to last minute change(s).

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