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Topic: Taming the SOA Beast: Making Quality a Continuous Process Across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Speaker: Wayne Ariola
When: Tuesday December 16, 2008 6:00pm - 8:30pm
6:00-7:00 Networking with PIZZA
6:00-6:45 Roundtables (also with PIZZA)
7:00-7:10 Announcements
7:10-8:10 Presentation
8:10-8:25 Questions and Answers
8:25-8:30 Raffles and Gifts
Who: Everyone (Industry, Government, Academia)
Location: The MITRE Corporation, 202 Burlington Rd. (Rt. 62), Building S, Bedford, MA 01730
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Abstract: Taming the SOA Beast: Making Quality a Continuous Process Across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Your CFO would laugh at the thought of waiting for an auditor to determine whether the books had any errors. Rather, he would ensure that the company had policies and procedures for vetting and then correcting errors long before the audit. If the CFO did not have this, he would go to jail.
Why, then, do so many software development teams wait for QA to identify the errors in their software? Since today's complex SOA applications are becoming increasingly difficult to test at the application level, leaving the burden of testing to QA is inefficient and ineffective. Consequently, applications are released without understanding what defects they include and what impact they will have.
On the other hand, some teams diligently perform developer testing, but don’t effectively validate the application’s high level functionality. As a result, they can’t be confident that the complex and distributed cmponents which comprise a SOA application work together to satisfy the expected business requirements.
A more effective approach advocates enabling quality as a continuous process across the SDLC. Using this approach, developers identify and eliminate errors upon introduction, and QA testers or business analysts focus on validating end-to-end business scenarios. This entire process is supported and unified by an infrastructure that automates repetitive tasks, tracks project status, and provides instant access to the information needed for smart decision making and process improvement.
This presentation explores why such an approach is necessary, how it addresses today’s most pressing SOA development concerns, and how to best introduce it into your own development group.
About the Speaker: Wayne Ariola
Wayne Ariola, VP of Strategy at Parasoft, oversees the company's Business Development team. Ariola has the responsibility for growing the company's revenue and customer base through channel sales strategies. Ariola has more than 12 years strategic consulting experience within the high technology and software development industries. He has a BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a MBA from Indiana University.
About the Roundtables:
Roundtables are focused group or "birds-of-a-feather" discussions, with a Facilitator to stimulate and moderate discussion. These discussions are held during the Networking portion of the SPIN meeting, before the speaker.
Roundtable topic: “Digital Forensics Methodology” Facilitator: Leo Manning
Is your company prepared to respond to an E-Discovery request or employee misconduct involving a company computer? What is a digital forensics methodology? What are some of the software tools of the trade?
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