EOY, 2003 Tom Gilchrist, SASQAG Chair The Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group

2003 Sponsors 4 Attachmate Corporation 4 SAFECO

SASQAG’s Charter 4 Purpose: –To Promote Professional Software Quality Practices 4 Objectives: –To provide educational and certification opportunities in a non-commercial atmosphere within an organization of software quality professionals.

SASQAG’s Objectives Include: 4 Promote sharing of knowledge & experience among members 4 Build awareness of software quality assurance 4 Support & promote certifications (QAI & ASQ) 4 Share knowledge of software standards and processes 4 Offer SQA education through classes and lectures

Our Membership 4 Nearly 700 members 4 Representing over 220 area companies 4 Free Membership 4 Both Testers and SQA professionals

Public Meetings 4 Held at Attachmate in Bellevue, WA in Factoria 4 Third Thursday of each month (except Dec) 4 11 monthly meetings Birds-of-a-Feather Networking Sessions 4 Average Attendance 55 per meeting

SASQAG Steering Committee 4 Berit Benson, Membership Chairperson 4 Cathy Perry, Education Chair

SASQAG Steering Committee 4 Tom Gilchrist, CSQA, CSQE, Steering Committee Chair 4 Jeff Finn, CQA, SASQAG Treasurer

New Steering Members for Tracy Monteith, Program Chair 4 Michelle Pleas, $99 Training Day Chair

2003 Events 4 PNSQC/SASQAG Co-Sponsorships 4 QAI CSTE & CSQA Certification Study Groups and Exams in April and October 4 ASQ CSQE Study Group Support 4 UW SW Testing Certificate Course 4 $99 Training Days

PNSQC Spring Tutorials 4 Thursday, May 8, 2003 Bellevue, WA –Reduce Rework and Project Delays by Implementing Peer Reviews (Neil Potter) –Architectures for Automating Testing (Doug Hoffman) –Test-Driven Development: A Hands-On Introduction (Ward Cunningham)

PNSQC October Conference 4 Oct 13-15, 2003 Portland, OR. –Keynotes by Cem Kaner, “How many lightbulbs does it take to change a tester?” –Brian Marick, “Agile Testing, a year in review” Attendees 4 See for more information.

SASQAG $99 Training Days 4 QA as a Change Agent 4 April 18, Dave Capocci, Safeco 4 32 Attendees

SASQAG $99 Training Days 4 Use Cases for Maximizing Project Success 4 June 13, Carol Dekkers, President, Quality Plus Technologies, Inc Attendees

UW SW Testing Certificate  290 graduates to date 4 14 section since Fall, January and October classes 4 Text: Software Testing by Ron Patton

2004 Events and Programs Tom Gilchrist, SASQAG Chair The Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group