The Software Quality Discussion Group meets every two weeks, from September through May. All sessions are free and advance registration is not required.

Our events include "Introductory" and "Best Practice" sessions, networking events and planning meetings. Occassionally, we host vendor presentations. The schedule for this season is as follows:

Date	Type	Topic/Speaker
12-Sep-01	Intro	Introduction to the CSQE Program Colette Bielech, Autodesk »
26-Sep-01	Intro	Software Processes Janet Gregory »
10-Oct-01	Best	Professionalism and Ethics for Software Practitioners Tom Keenan, University of Calgary »
24-Oct-01	Best	Alternatives to Software Engineering Pete McBreen, Pete McBreen Consulting »
7-Nov-01	Best	Quality Management Best Practices Fiona Koether, Nortel »
21-Nov-01	Best	Requirements Engineering Armin Eberlein, University of Calgary »
5-Dec-01	Soiree	Third Annual SQDG Soiree Open to all participants »
9-Jan-02	Intro	An Introduction to Software Project Management Robert Satnik, GE Harris Energy Control Systems »
23-Jan-02	Best	Improve your IT Project Success with Change Management Susan Cramer, Burntsand »
6-Feb-02	Best	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Project Participant Competence Greg Skulmoski, University of Calgary »
20-Feb-02	Best	Questioning Extreme Programming - Should we optimize our software development process? Pete McBreen, McBreen Consulting »
6-Mar-02	Intro	Software Inspections Christine Bovaird, Nortel »
20-Mar-02	Best	Human Computer Interaction Tammie Fulton, xwave »
3-Apr-02	Intro	Software Testing Richard Duff, QPM Inc. »
17-Apr-02	Best	Software Testing Best Practices Sherry Heinze, Diversity Consulting Limited »
1-May-02	Best	Quality Assurance Features in Together Control Centre Miroslav Novak, TogetherSoft Corporation »
8-May-02	Best	A Software Engineering Measurement System (SEMS) Dr. Yingxu Wang, University of Calgary »
15-May-02	Best	Thin Client Technology Ken Wallewein »
29-May-02	Planning	Annual Planning Session Open to all participants »

** Please note scheduled sessions are subject to change.

Please see the 2001/2002 Event Details page for a listing of the events including presentation abstracts, speaker biographies, and additional event details.

This year's sessions will be held at the Calgary campus of the DeVry Institute.

Our sponsors for the 2001/2002 season include:

• Io Software Consultants
• DeVry
• IEEE Southern Alberta Section
• ASQ Calgary Section

Thank you to all our 2001/2002 sponsors, we greatly appreciate your support.