News

• 06/03/08 SPIN is on vacation during June, July and August. Watch this website for details about our next meeting to be held on Thursday, 09/18/2008.
• 05/02/08 May meeting announced: "Practical Application of Test Automation Frameworks" by Lee Barnes, Founder and CTO of Utopia Solutions to be held at the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Thursday, 05/15/08.
• 04/20/08 Click here for presentation slides from March's meeting "Doing the 'nearly impossible' relatively easily - how to measure, manage, and control change, culture, workforce alignment/focus, and organizational politics." by Jim Stanton, founder of Perception Management, Inc.
• 03/26/08 April meeting announced: "Doing the 'nearly impossible' relatively easily - how to measure, manage, and control change, culture, workforce alignment/focus, and organizational politics." by Jim Stanton, founder of Perception Management, Inc. to be held at the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Thursday, 04/17/08.
• 02/27/08 March meeting announced: "Right Requirements, Right Now: Strategies for Successful Software Projects" by Scott Stribrny of Group Atlantic, Inc. to be held at Trisept Solutions on Thursday, 03/20/08.
• 02/25/08 Click here for presentation slides from February's meeting "Putting the engineering in software engineering: Technology infrastructure in process improvement" by Nada daVeiga of Parasoft.
• 02/18/08 Speaker change: Thursday's presentation, "Putting the engineering in software engineering: Technology infrastructure in process improvement" will be delivered by Parasoft Manager Nada daVeiga instead of Dr. Dorota Huizinga and Dr. Adam Kolawa.
• 01/30/08 February meeting announced: "Putting the engineering in software engineering: Technology infrastructure in process improvement" by Dr. Dorota Huizinga and Dr. Adam Kolawa to be held at Metavante Corporation on Thursday, 02/21/08.
• 01/21/08 Click here for presentation slides from January's meeting "Assessing Your Agility" by Kenny Rubin of Innolution, LLC.
• 01/03/08 January meeting announced: "Assessing Your Agility" by Kenny Rubin of Innolution, LLC to be held at Rockwell Software on Thursday, 01/17/08.
• 12/12/07 SPIN will not meet in December. Happy Holidays.
• 10/18/07 November meeting announced: The Second Annual "Evening with the Executives" moderated by Keith Korsi of Trissential. This CxO Roundtable will be held at Wells Fargo on Thursday, 11/15/07.
• 09/20/07 October meeting announced: "The Hidden Truths about IT Outsourcing" by John W. Mishler, Ph.D., visiting Scientist with Carnegie-Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI). The meeting will be held at Children's Health Systems on Thursday, 10/18/07.
• 08/21/07 We're back! Help us start the 2007-08 SPIN season by attending "Designing a Testing Approach to SOA" by Michael Lawler of the Spherion Corporation. The meeting will be held at Northwoods Software Inc. (4600 West Schroeder Dr, Brown Deer, WI) on Thursday, 09/20/07.
• 06/01/07 SPIN is on vacation during June, July, and August. Watch this website for details about our next meeting to be held Thursday, 09/20/2007.
• 05/08/07 SPIN member discounts available on software testing training classes to be held in Chicago in the summer of 07. Click here for more information.
• 04/15/07 May meeting announced: "Separation of Duties: Why projects deserve a Project Manager and a Business Analyst"" by Dave Debruine and Michelle Burke of Trissential. The meeting will be held at Direct Supply (6663 N Industrial Road, Milwaukee) on Thursday, 05/17/07.
• 03/19/07 The Milwaukee SPIN will hold its annual elections on the 5/17/2007 during the SPIN envent at Direct Supply, Inc. Members that have attended at least three SPIN events in the past 12 months are eligible to vote.
• 03/15/07 April meeting announced: "Facilitation Tips- How to Handle Problem People" by Roxanne Miller of RequirementsQuest. The meeting will be held at MSOE (1025 N. Broadway, Milwaukee) on Thursday, 04/19/07.
• 03/15/07 Milwaukee SPIN has become a sponsor of the MSOE's software testing competition, the "Bug Stomp." See the Bug Stomp Website for more information.
• 03/05/07 Nominations are now open for Milwaukee SPIN Board positions. Please contact us if you would like to make a nomination, or if you are interested in serving on the Milwaukee SPIN Board.
• 03/01/07 March meeting announced. "Risk-based Testing Strategies" by Michael Lawler of the Spherion Corporation.
• 02/28/07 New Milwaukee SPIN website design. Send us email if you have questions, concerns or suggestions.
• 02/23/07 The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) released a new SPIN brochure. It can be downloaded at the SEI SPIN website.