News of the Month
Dallas Section ASQ is proud to announce Rex Black, presenting the Webinar “Five Testing Best Practices”.
With a quarter-century of software and systems engineering experience, Rex Black is President of RBCS (www.rbcs-us.com), a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. For over fifteen years, RBCS has delivered services in consulting, outsourcing and training for software and hardware testing, with clients ranging from Fortune 20 companies to start-ups, helping them save time and money through improved product development, decreased tech support calls, improved corporate reputation and more. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today. His popular first book, Managing the Testing Process, has sold over 35,000 copies around the world, including Japanese, Chinese, and Indian releases, and is now in its third edition. His five other books on testing, Advanced Software Testing: Volume I, Advanced Software Testing: Volume II, Critical Testing Processes, Foundations of Software Testing,and Pragmatic Software Testing, have also sold tens of thousands of copies, including Hebrew, Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Russian editions. He has written over thirty articles, presented hundreds of papers, workshops, and seminars, and given about fifty keynotes and other speeches at conferences and events around the world.
Five Testing Best Practices
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Webinar Registration
Register for one of the two presentations that is more convenient for you.
Please ensure that you enter the required ASQ information at the bottom of the registration form in order to gain credit for attendance!
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT - Click here to register.
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM CDT - Click here to register
A best practice is an approach to doing something that generally gives good results when applied appropriately and thoughtfully. In other words, a best practice is like a good habit. For testing, best practices include analytical risk-based testing strategies, clear test objectives, continuous test process improvement, trained and certified test teams, and intelligently distributed testing work. Based on 25 years of industry experience, Rex Black will talk about what has worked for him, his RBCS associates, and for RBCS clients, over and over again, around the world and across many different types of projects. Come prepared to pick up some new good habits.
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Dallas Section ASQ invites you to join us for a fascinating evening of good company, good food and informative presentations as we hold our first PD Meeting for the ASQ year on Thursday, September 24th.
Dallas ASQ is pleased to introduce Mike English at the September 24, 2009 PD Meeting as he presents “The Quality of the Made in China Brand – What It May Mean for ASQ”
From the interdependence of Chinese and American economies to the need for continued improvement in Chinese manufacturing and other industries, the role China plays in our everyday lives is significant. Please join us for an informative and interesting presentation on this timely topic.
This presentation will enlighten ASQ members about myths and truths about the quality of the “Made in China” brand along with an outlook and insightful characteristics about China’s economy, workforce, and governmental standards. We all know about quality problems of lead in toys, defective and dangerous tires, tainted seafood, poisonous toothpaste, and the highly publicized tainted milk scandal. But what's been done about it? In addition, because ASQ has created a China “footprint” via ASQ China, ASQ Dallas members will also be briefed about why and how ASQ is focusing on China. Much of this talk will be based on the author’s six months experience working in Shanghai and Shenzhen during 2008. Attendees will leave with fresh knowledge about the quality of so many products they buy every day from Wal-Marts across the USA.
Dallas ASQ is pleased to introduce Michael Bottoms as he presents “5S/Visual Workplace – A Fundamental LEAN Tool”
This tutorial will present an introduction to the fundamental LEAN tool of 5S/Visual Workplace. We will review its importance as a foundation to build on, purpose and “how to get started” as well as some real life examples.
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2009 Fall ConferencePlanning is underway for the 2009 Fall conference, scheduled for Friday October 23, 2009 at the Crown Plaza Suites near Coit and LBJ. Start thinking now about how you might participate in the conference. The following opportunities are available:
Conference Committee – Volunteers are needed to develop a theme and begin organizing and coordinating the conference.
Presenters – If you have a topic you would like to present at the conference or know someone who does, please let us know.
Sponsors – Market your company’s products and services to conference attendees.
If you are interested in one of these areas, please contact Marion Bize or Fred Martin.
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Dallas Section Starting up a new SIG - Design and Construction SIG
A new SIG is being formed within the Dallas Section of ASQ that focuses on quality issues in design and construction. It is being co-sponsored by the ASQ Design and Construction Division. We see the effect of quality in the “built environment”, or sometimes the lack of quality, around us every day. Whether it’s highways that don’t seem to work as intended once opened or sports practice structures that don’t seem to hold up to routine storms, these quality issues can have a significant and sometimes very visible impact on the public health, safety, and welfare. While various industries, agencies, and practice areas have their own groups that look at very specific quality issues, the goal of the Design and Construction SIG will be to identify and discuss those “cross-cutting” quality concepts that apply across a range of projects, from public works to commercial buildings to power plants. Participation is open to anyone interested in quality in either the design of projects or the construction of them. If you’re interested, please feel free to email Danny Kahler, PE, ASQ Design and Construction Division Vice-Chair for Design Firms.
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Are you interested in serving on the Financial Audit Committee?
If so, please give Hank Fahrlander a call at 972-783-1216