The Software Quality Discussion Group will, once again, be meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of every month from September through May. The meeting time is from noon to 1:00 p.m. The meetings start at 12:00 p.m. SHARP, so please be on time. Refreshments and a light lunch are provided by our meeting sponsor(s). Remember that all sessions are free but we still require advance registration by RSVP.

The theme for the 2009/2010 season is "Lessons Learned in Software Quality and Testing". This year's goal is to dive into various software development topics and present lessons that have been learned in the real world. Our knowledgeable and experienced presenters will speak about lessons they have learned on the job and give the audience tangible takeaways.

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
15-Sep-09	Best	Continuous Improvement - From Incremental Changes to Monumental Leaps Lynn McKee, Quality Perspectives »
20-Oct-09	Best	Reinvigorate Your Retrospectives Jennitta Andrea, The Andrea Group »
17-Nov-09	Best	Lessons Learned Implementing Agile Janet Gregory, DragonFire Inc. »
15-Dec-09	Best	Lessons Learned in Building a Learning Organization Michelle Dunn »
19-Jan-10	Best	Lessons Learned from Test Automation David Cranstone & Peter Chau, Shaw Communications »
28-Jan-10	Soiree	11th Annual SQDG Networking Event All participants are invited Meeting Sponsor: Integritas Solutions »
16-Feb-10	Best	Lessons Learned Using Metrics - Are your Metrics Dumb or Smart? Mike Griffiths »
16-Mar-10	Best	Lessons Learned in Hiring QA Professionals Sabina Fabbian »
20-Apr-10	Best	Lessons Learned in QA Management Karen Price »
12-May-10	Vendor	A Lap Around the Testing Capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 Aaron Kowal, MS Developer Solutions Technical Specialist Meeting Sponsors: Calgary .NET Usergroup, Microsoft and Inteqna »
18-May-10	Best	Cutting the Mustard - Lessons Learned in Striving to Become a Superstar Tester Nancy Kelln, Unimagined Testing »
10-Jun-10	Best	Testers: Get Out of the Quality Assurance Business Michael Bolton, DevelopSense Meeting Sponsors: Integritas Solutions and Nexen »

** Please note scheduled sessions are subject to change.

Please see the 2009/2010 Event Details page for a listing of the events including presentations abstracts, speaker biographies, and additional event details.

This year's sessions will be held in the 2nd floor XCHANGE Conference Center, Standard Life Building at 5th Ave and 6th St S.W (accessible by +15).

Our primary sponsors for the 2009/2010 season include:

• Integritas Solutions
• P2 Energy Solutions

Additionally, the following sponsors are sponsoring specific sessions:

• Nexen
• Calgary .NET Usergroup
• Microsoft
• Inteqna

Thank you to all our 2009/2010 sponsors, we greatly appreciate your support.

At the end of the season we held a survey to gather feedback about the 2009/2010 season. We received a lot of good feedback and based on your responses we have made improvements for the 2010/2011 season. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey. You can view the results on our 2009/2010 Season Review page.