S2ESC Aug 2006 Meeting Web Presence Report Mark Henley, Webmaster

Overview Status Content Improvements CS SAB Portal Publicity

Status Site Currently Hosted on IEEE-CS Web Servers –One or More May Be in Use – Transparent to Users Webmasters Can Update Directly Using FTP –Passworded Admin Accounts CS Web Service Personnel Are Very Responsive for Admin Issues CS Web Service Personnel Are Not Staffed to Provide Major Capability Upgrades Server Availability “Up-time” Has Been Very High

Content “Join S2ESC” Updated to Point to TECA Website S2ESC Organization Charts Need Updating –New Management Board Members & Terms of Office –New Planning, Study, & Working Group Members –New Development Partners & At-Large Members Working Group Lists –Need Addresses for Stephen Schwarm & Dave Zubrow –“Forming in 2006” Section has been Deleted Working Group Resources –Updated Links to SAB Handbook –Updated Link to SAB Policies and Procedures

Content, continued S2ESC-Related Conferences –Added Archives for S2ESC’s Presentations at SSTC 2006 –Do Not Have any Archive for SSTC 2005 –Other Conferences We Might List ?? S2ESC Minutes –Still Need October, November, & December 2005 –Still Need Jan 2006 Links –ASQ Software Division Link has been Updated

Improvements Updates Currently Planned: –Site Look & Feel As of Now, Plans Are for Style Match Either IEEE or IEEE CS Web Site –Mouseover Menus for Main Site Topic Tabs –Server-side Search Capability CS SAB Portal Relationship Will Affect Final Decision on These Updates

CS SAB Portal Discussion

Publicity Plan to Make S2ESC More Visible on TCSE Web Site as Part of That Site’s Reorganization Googling “Software Engineering Standards” Produces Interesting Results: –IEEE SWE Standards Zone is First Entry Links to Our Standards Collection for Sale, and to our Working Groups Does NOT Have a Link to S2ESC Home Page –S2ESC is the Sixth Entry –Intervening Entries Include com, an AOL Hometown site, and Leonard Tripp’s 2001 Presentation on SWE Standards & Certification

Publicity, continued IEEE SE Online Has No Reference to S2ESC –Link for “Standards” Has Only a Text Discussion Further Discussion on Publicity Options ?? –SE Online, SEI,