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NYC SPIN Call for Presentations

Overview

The New York City SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) offers an annual schedule of events for its members (and guests). Our objective is to promote software development and process improvement through an active program of networking and presentations, as well as partnering with similar groups.
NYCPIN programs help practitioners advance the practice of software development, project management and process improvement. We are seeking proposals for the 2007-2008 schedule of events. Of particular interest this year are practice and experience reports. The following are some suggested topic areas, but we are open to other topics that you feel would be of interest to the SPIN membership.

• Agile Software Development
• Requirements Management
• Project Management
• Quality Assurance
• Estimation
• Retrospectives
• Testing, test directed development, automated test suites
• Deployment, implementation, or transition problems
• Introducing new software practice and process improvement programs into an organization
• Open source as a business strategy – developing and/or employing open source software
• Outsourcing software development – onshore and offshore
• Role and use of standards, Capability Models, Six Sigma, etc. in software process improvement
• Software process improvement in the context of global (distributed) software development – cultural, political and social issues
• Tools to support software development and software process improvement
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) - a framework of best practice approaches intended to facilitate the delivery of high quality information technology (IT) services

You may submit a proposal for yourself or, if you have experts or consultants who are visiting or working with your organization, perhaps you might arrange for them to give a talk. We are also happy to hear from individuals who would like to participate in shared panel sessions on any of the above topics.

Schedule

NYCSPIN events typically are scheduled once a month from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. Check www.nycspin.org to confirm event dates and locations.

Proposal Guidelines

1. Presentations typically last for 90 minutes, including time for questions and answers (usually 1 hour presentation and 30 minutes Q&A)
2. Please submit a proposal containing the following information:
   • Abstract
   • 1 to 3 page description of the presentation topic
   • If proposing an alternative event format, describe the alternative format
   • Speaker Biography, including 1-2 paragraphs describing the speaker’s background/experience (please limit your bio to 200 words maximum)
   • "Who should attend?" "By attending this event you will..."
   • The level and orientation of the intended audience (e.g. beginner, intermediate or advance)
   • Facility Requirements, e.g., LCD projector, overhead projector, flipchart, special room set-up, etc.
   • Dates Available: identify which of the scheduled dates (or others if these are not possible) you are available to present
   • Presenter's Contact Information - address, phone numbers, email and web site

Deadlines

• Proposals to give a presentation in the first half of the year (September – December) should be submitted by September 1, 2007
• Proposals to give a presentation in the second half of the year (January – June) should be submitted by January 1, 2008

We will consider proposals submitted after these dates as appropriate.

The submission deadline for the final presentation materials is normally four weeks before the event in which the speaker is scheduled to deliver the presentation. To submit proposals or ask questions, please contact a member of the NYCSPIN Program Committee.

Where to Send Proposals

Please send proposals to Dr. Olly Gotel, ogotel@pace.edu.

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