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"Driving
Process Improvement into the Future"
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About
the Conference |
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Asia SEPGSM Conference brings together practitioners
and thought leaders from industry, academia and government
for sharing and exchanging ideas and learning in the area
of software process improvement.
The
Asia SEPGSM Conference will focus on the software
process improvement for successful business initiatives.
It will present the current state of practice in process
improvement around the software process improvement (SPI)
and demonstrate the results of SPI in achieving the business
objectives.
Invitation
to Speak
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Suggested
areas for Tutorials /Papers/Best
Practices
Submissions |
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All submissions related
to software process improvement will be equally considered
but the following areas will be of special interest:
- CMMI®
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Process Areas
- Roadmap to CMMI®
- Upgrading from CMM® to CMMI®
- Integrating Six Sigma with CMM®/CMMI®
- Preparing for CMMI® Appraisals
- Software
Six Sigma
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DMAIC vs DMADV in Software
- Extreme
Quality
- The
People CMM®
- Knowledge
Management in IT organizations
- Process
Simulation
- Process
Improvement
The selection, customization and deployment of processes
that build and control the building of a product. Motivation
techniques and process buy-ins. Business justification
for process improvement, its implementation, training,
expenses and approaches.
- Supplier/Customer/User
How companies build and strengthen partnerships, manage
risks; and use technology to enable supplier selection,
enhance customer/user satisfaction.
- Special
Topics
Metrics and Measurement, Models and Frameworks, Quality
and Process Improvement for Service Industry.
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Tutorials
(Half-day/Full-day) |
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for subject area experts to share their in-depth expertise
with other members of their profession; these should enable
participants to apply specific techniques to real-world
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The
Best Practices Showcase (45 minutes including Q&A) |
A
Best Practice is a method, process, technology, culture,
or organizational structure, used to achieve superior results
and set an industry standard.
The SEPGSM Best Practice Showcase' recognizes
and rewards the application of world-class software engineering
methods, technologies and processes. To be recognized in
this category, a practice must be documented to produce
superior results compared to other practices industry-wide.
The
award is based on evaluation of the written report.
Reports should identify and describe the candidate Best
Practice, demonstrate its results or impact, document
the process through which it was put into practice, and
provide criteria to determine the likelihood of its success
in other organizations.
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The
Best Papers Showcase (45 minutes including Q&A) |
The
SEPGSM Best Paper Showcase' recognizes and rewards
significant contributions to the field of software process
improvement, software engineering and quality management.
Papers that deal with challenges of transitional technologies,
and allow a better understanding and deeper insight into
technologies, cultures, management styles of tomorrow, are
solicited.
Contributions describing results, not just proposals, applying
software process improvement techniques in real-life situations
are encouraged.
Papers
would be evaluated on the significance of one or many
of the following attributes:
The
content, criticality of IT usage, completeness, presentability
and the way they address the key issues of relevance to
industry, applicability in diverse environments, strategic
advantage and macro issues.
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Selection
and Evaluation Process |
- STEP
ONE: Submit author
intent form with biography and one page abstract
Decide
submission category - whether it is a Best Practice
or Paper. Submit Author Intent Form, one page abstract,
and biography to the Conference Manager. For Author
intent form, log on to: www.qaiindia.com
Upon receipt of the above, all authors will be contacted
by the Conference Manager with guidelines, formats,
evaluation criteria and other details of Report/Paper
submission.
- STEP
TWO:
Submission of Best Paper/Practice
Submit
Best Practice Report/Paper in accordance with the guidelines
already sent to you. Submission does not guarantee presentation
at the SEPG Conference but makes submission eligible
for step three.
- STEP
THREE:
Evaluation & Screening
All
submissions will be evaluated using detailed Best Practice/Paper
evaluation criteria. A subset of submissions will get
to present at the SEPG Conference.
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STEP FOUR:
Best Paper / Best Practice Awards (For India)
The
Awards Committee shall select one submission in each
category (Best Practice/Paper) for awards. These awards
will be announced and presented at the Conference Plenary
Session in India.
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Key
Dates for Submission to be a Speaker |
- Author
Intent Form (with abstract and bio) latest by April
30, 2003
- Final
Papers/Best Practice/Tutorial presentations, latest
by May 25, 2003
- Notification
of selection as Speaker: June 30, 2003
- Awards
at the Conference in India: August 01, 2003.
For
all enquiries related to submission of papers, please
contact Ms. Amrita Sapre at conferences@qaiindia.com
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CMM®
and Capability Maturity Model are registered in the US Patent
and Trademark office. CMMISM, Capability Maturity
Model Integration SM are service marks of Carnegie
Mellon University.
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Sponsors |
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T-Shirt Sponsor
Official Portal
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sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.qaiindia.com |
