Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the
month, except for July, August, and December.
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Past dinner meeting topics and recent announcements
(PDF) are below.
| TOPIC |
SPEAKER |
COMPANY |
DATE (mm/dd/yy) |
| Top 10 IT Challenges for the 21st Century |
Thomas C. Staab |
Wind Ridge International |
09/30/08 |
| Man and Machine - Test Automation |
Jonathan Kohl |
|
06/24/08 |
| Six Short Talks About Software Testing |
Michael Bolton |
developSense |
05/27/08 |
| Comparing Cause-Effect Graphing Test Case Coverage to Manual Test Case Coverage |
Gary Mogyorodi |
|
04/29/08 |
| Enterprise Application
Security - A Quality Perspective |
Dalim Khandaker, Jimmy Xu |
CGI |
03/25/08 |
| What Dr. Seuss taught me about software testing |
Robert Sabourin |
AmiBug.com Inc |
02/26/08 |
| VSTS Edition for Testers Presentation |
Barry Gervin, Debra Forsyth |
|
01/29/08 |
| What Haven’t You Noticed Lately: Achieving Awareness in a Complex World |
Mark Federman |
|
11/27/07 |
| Interactive Video Conference with David Platt, author of Why Software Sucks |
David Platt |
|
10/30/07 |
| Requirements Based Testing: Testing What Matters |
Dave Barstow |
Director, Consulting Services |
09/25/07 |
| Everything You Need to Know About the QA Career World Today |
Darla Somerville |
Direct IT Recruiting Inc. |
06/26/07 |
| Say Yes – or say No? What to Do When Faced With the Impossible |
Johanna Rothman |
|
05/29/07 |
| Traps in Test Estimation |
Shrinivas Kulkarni |
Principal Consultant - Testing, iGATE Global Solutions(Bangalore, India) |
04/24/07 |
| Transforming Organizations with Project Management Excellence- The Ontario Public Service (OPS) Experience |
Susan Ksiezopolski |
PMP, Ministry of Government Services (Ontario) |
04/24/07 |
| What’s in Your Toolbox? A Look at Testing Skills |
Paul Carvalho |
Covarity |
03/27/07 |
| Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Test Automation |
Richard Bornet |
|
02/27/07 |
| What Not ToTest |
Robert Sabourin |
Consultant |
01/30/07 |
| Usability Testing - The Tester's Role |
Jim Hobart |
Classic System Solutions, Inc. |
11/28/06 |
| Software Testing as a Social Science |
Cem Kaner |
Florida Institute of Technology |
10/17/06 |
| The Metrics Minefield |
Michael Bolton |
developSense |
09/26/06 |
| Software Requirements Reconsidered:
Beyond Methodology |
Ian Hepell |
ProRisk Group |
06/27/06 |
| Five Trends Affecting Testing |
Rex Black |
Rex Black Consulting |
05/30/06 |
| Strategies for a Successful Systems Integration Test |
Fiona Charles |
|
04/25/06 |
| Hiring the Next Generation of Skilled Software Testers |
Adam White |
PlateSpin |
03/28/06 |
| Flirting with Disaster: True stories of software projects gone awry |
Shane Schick |
ITBusiness.ca |
02/28/06 |
| The Role of Testers (if any) in Agile Software Development |
Scott Ambler |
Ambysoft Inc. |
01/31/06 |
| Special Presentation: Skilled Testers and Their Enemies |
James Bach |
Satisfice, Inc. |
11/29/05 |
| The Tyranny of the Fifth Constraint –
Is thinking on autopilot constraining your success? |
Bill Richardson |
Process Design Consultants |
10/25/05 |
| Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Project Management and Teams |
09/27/05 |
| How Can QA Help Deliver Complex Projects On-time and On-budget |
Alex Rodov |
QA Consultants Ltd. |
06/28/05 |
| Treat Your Test Tools With Respect: The case and considerations for building a robust test tools infrastructure |
Joe Ozorio |
CGI Group Inc. |
05/31/05 |
| Process Improvement Experiences: CMM Level 3 Best Practices |
Gordana Kis |
BMO Financial Group |
04/26/05 |
| Utilizing SWOT Techniques to Effectively Influence and Mature Your Test Processes: Build and reinforce your company's Value Proposition |
Charlene Sebastian and Marsha Quigley |
Bell Canada |
03/29/05 |
| Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Testing and Management |
02/22/05 |
| Consensus and Conflict on the User-Side —
Building Critical Awareness of Work and Workers in the Design Community:
The Case of Ontario Welfare Reform |
Peter H. Sawchuk |
University of Toronto |
01/25/05 |
| Requirements Testing for Web-based Applications –
Writing Requirements in an Iterative Development Environment |
Steven Barry |
Data Kinetics Ltd. |
11/30/04 |
| The Truth about Testers and Programmers |
J. B. Rainsberger |
Diaspar Software Services |
10/26/04 |
| Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Testing and Management |
09/28/04 |
| Just Enough Precision |
David Gelperin |
ClearSpecs Enterprise |
06/29/04 |
| Test Maturity – An Incremental Approach to Improvement |
Barbara Lake |
The Lake Group Inc |
05/25/04 |
| Beating the 'Defect Trap' |
Van Solomonian |
The I.M.O. |
04/20/04 |
| Don’t Test |
Neil Price-Jones |
NVP Software Testing Inc. |
03/30/04 |
| The
ROI From Software Quality |
Dr. Khaled El Emam |
|
02/24/04 |
Beating
the 'Defect Trap'
[rescheduled due to weather] |
Van Solomonian |
The I.M.O. |
01/27/04 |
| Business
Continuity and Disaster Recovery –
Have We Learned Anything? |
Joe Ozorio, CBCP |
CGI Group Inc. |
11/25/03 |
| Breaking
Software for Fun and Profit |
Michael Bolton |
DevelopSense |
10/28/03 |
| Managing
the Test Effort Using Requirements-Based
Testing Metrics |
Gary Mogyorodi |
Software Testing Services |
09/30/03 |
| Test
Automation Approaches to Real Life |
Golam Mustofa and Yury Makedonov |
|
06/24/03 |
| Implementing
a Bug Tracking Solution |
Rob MacFadyen |
|
05/27/03 |
| Social
Engineering Attacks – How to Mitigate the
Risk |
Samantha Cirinna |
CertaPay Inc. |
04/29/03 |
| The
Future of Testing and QA |
Richard Bornet |
Enterprise Software Testing
Systems |
03/25/03 |
| Wide
Area Networking – An Overview |
Chas Birkett |
International Financial
Data Services |
02/25/03 |
| Lessons
Learned: Establishing a Software Process
Improvement Program Using CMM |
Barbara Lake |
The Lake Group Inc. |
01/28/03 |
| UAT
for Web-Based Systems Talking to the (fire)Wall |
Steven Barry |
Data Kinetics Ltd. |
11/26/02 |
| Disaster
Recovery and Business Continuity Planning
- What Is It About Really? |
Joe Ozorio |
CGI Group Inc |
10/29/02 |
| The
Context of Software Development – a Vision
of Quality |
Joerg Niggemann |
ThoughtBlade Inc. and Excelign |
09/24/02 |
| Using
Testing Software: How to keep your expensive
testware from becoming dust collectors |
Neil Price-Jones |
NVP Software Testing Inc. |
06/25/02 |
| The
NEW Importance of Software Configuration
Management |
Steve Knapp |
MKS Inc. |
05/28/02 |
| Defect
Prevention and CMM Level 5 |
Kaniska Rakhit |
Citibank Canada |
04/30/02 |
| Integrating
Quality Management
into the Project Management Process |
Margery J. Cruise |
SPMgroup Ltd. |
03/26/02 |
| Relationships:
Internet Security and Application Testing |
Peter Watson |
Sun Life Financial |
02/26/02 |
| Performance
Testing Fundamentals |
Bryan Cole |
Compuware Corporation |
01/29/02 |
| Web
Metrics: Measuring the Mountain with a Yardstick |
Steven Barry |
Data Kinetics Ltd. |
11/27/01 |
| Automated
Testing: Building a Testing Team and Testing
Model |
Joe Larizza |
International Financial
Data Services |
10/30/01 |
| CMM:
A Foundation For Successful Projects |
Carolyn F. Swadron |
CIBC |
10/02/01 |
| Test
Management in a Web Year |
Kathy Nakeff |
Bell Canada |
06/26/01 |
| The
Challenges of Testing E-Commerce Applications |
Jackie Burrus |
QAI Canada |
05/29/01 |
| How
to Successfully Implement Automated Testing |
Richard Bornet |
IMR Global |
04/24/01 |
| Outsourcing
– Opportunity or Threat |
Brian McConnell and Rob
Spence |
Ajilon Software Quality
Partners |
03/27/01 |
| Ensuring
Quality for Web Projects |
Jennifer Adams |
NAME Inc. |
02/27/01 |
| Testing
with Organizations Outside Your Corporate
Boundaries |
Chris Nyberg |
Bank of Montreal |
01/30/01 |
| How
to Perform a Risk Assessment |
Bryan Schultz |
QAI Canada |
11/28/00 |
| Defect
Tracking – An Essential Software Quality Tool |
Terry MacPherson |
Wallbrant Associates |
10/31/00 |
| Watch
My Back! |
Norman Humphreys |
Systems Xcellence |
09/26/00 |
| Initiating
Software Process Improvement |
Carolyn Swadron |
CIBC |
06/27/00 |
| Risk
Management for E-Commerce Applications – What's
New? |
Angela Mazzona |
KPMG |
05/30/00 |
| Piloting
a Peer Review Process |
Lynne Primrose |
EDS
Canada |
04/25/00 |
| Do
Most of Your Testing Before You Start to Code |
Michael Wearing |
Bramfield
Technology |
03/28/00 |
| A
Comparison of Quality and Process Improvement
Models |
Michael Raftus |
GRafP Technologies |
02/29/00 |
| Testing
and the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) |
Martin Hughes |
CIBC |
01/25/00 |
| Implementing
a Project Office: The Merrill Lynch Canada
Experience |
Linda Vella |
Merrill
Lynch Canada |
11/30/99 |
| Trials
and Tribulations of Automating the Testing
Process |
Michael Bayer |
Client/Server Management |
10/26/99 |
| Managing
Creeping Project Scope |
Tiiu Martin |
Martek Inc. |
09/28/99 |
| How to Deal with Vendors
|
Don Magie |
Compuware Corporation |
06/29/99 |
| Creating a Quality Culture |
Arnold Wytenburg |
Wytenburg Management Inc. |
05/25/99 |
| Requirements Based Testing |
Gary Mogyorodi |
Bender & Associates |
03/30/99 |
| Application Service Levels:
Planning, Validating and Monitoring |
Don Magie |
Compuware Corporation |
02/23/99 |
| Implementing a Global Quality
Program |
Sara Smyth |
GE Capital IT Solutions |
01/26/99 |
| Project
Management: Getting a Project Started the
Right Way |
Jerrold M. (Jerry) Howard |
SHL Systemhouse |
11/24/98 |
| Restoring Confidence in
Information Technology |
Steve Devinney |
Quality Assurance Institute |
10/20/98 |
| Year 2000 Risk Management/Contingency
Planning |
Robert L. (Bob) Bradley |
IBM Global Services |
09/29/98 |
| Requirements Based Testing |
Jim Fitzsimmons |
Visual Systems |
06/23/98 |
| Tools for the
Quality Framework |
Don Magie
|
Compuware |
05/25/98 |
| Sean Chiarito |
Cyrano |
| Bill Miller |
McCabe |
| Charlie Mitchell |
McCabe |
| Michelle Guile |
MKS |
| Project Management and Quality |
Michael Flint |
GE Capital |
04/28/98 |
| Metrics and the Quantification
of Software Quality |
Michael Smith |
McCabe and Associates |
03/31/98 |
| ISO 9001: Lessons Learned
in the Software Arena |
Dexter Zenar |
ISG Technologies Inc. |
02/24/98 |
| The Many Sides of Testing |
Richard Strang |
Independent consultant |
01/27/98 |
| Year
2000: A Testing Approach - Leveraging Your
Existing Testing Process |
Zale Tabakman |
Sector7 CANADA Inc. |
11/25/97 |
| CMM Level 2 and Beyond,
Citibank Canada's Experience |
Alicia Klurfan |
Citibank Canada |
10/28/97 |
| Impementing a Successful
Automated Test System |
Eric Rocks |
Financial Models |
09/30/97 |
| The Microsoft Solutions
Framework |
Doug Laundry |
Microsoft Canada |
06/24/97 |
| The Politics of Quality |
Dexter Zenar |
ISG Technologies |
05/27/97 |
| Testing 2000 - a Progress
Report |
Don Magie |
Compuware |
04/29/97 |
| Software is Too Important
to be Left to the Programmers |
Leif Svalgaard |
TOSC International |
03/25/97 |
| Testing Legacy Software |
Ian Cameron |
Sector7 Canada Inc. |
02/25/97 |
| Data Bloody Data |
Ian Burrows |
IBM Toronto Lab |
01/28/97 |
| Object
And Component Testing |
Dan Corcoran |
London Life Insurance Company |
11/26/96 |
| The 13-Step Approach to
Process Improvement |
Peter Mokriy |
Molson Breweries |
10/29/96 |
| Organize or Agonize |
R. Andrew Sherwood |
Priority Management |
09/24/96 |
| Managing the Test Process
and its Products |
Richard Reeves |
Change Control Ltd. |
06/25/96 |
| An Evening of
Test Tool Vendors |
Dean Macri
|
Data Kinetics |
05/28/96 |
| Vincent Ramouta |
Mercury Interactive |
| Mike Wilson |
SQA Inc. |
| Metrics and the Quantification
of Software Quality |
Michael Smith |
McCabe and Associates |
04/26/96 |
| Building and Motivating
Effective Teams |
Brad Antle |
IBM Canada |
03/27/96 |
| What Makes Testing Difficult |
Jim de Boer |
PRIOR Data Sciences |
01/30/96 |
| How to
Reuse Your Testing |
Henry Kerkhoven |
CP Rail System |
11/28/95 |
| QAI's New Tactical Approach
to Manage by Process |
Steve Devinney |
Quality Assurance Institute |
10/17/95 |
| Adapting the SEI Capability
Maturity Model to a Small Development Shop,
a Process Description |
Anthony Robinson |
Harris Media Systems Limited |
09/26/95 |
| Presentation of a Quality
Management System |
Imre Savari |
DRT Systems International
|
06/27/95 |
| Risk Management for Project
Managers |
Iain Dewar |
Consultant and PMI instructor |
05/30/95 |
| The Impending Software Quality
War |
Chuck House |
Veritas Inc. |
04/25/95 |
| TickIT and the Relationship
to ISO 9000 |
Michael Giguere,
Gitte Jorgensen |
SGS International Certification
Services |
03/28/95 |
| Effective Customer Satisfaction
Measurement |
Paula Mateus |
Hepworth & Company |
02/28/95 |
| A Process to Develop Quality
Driven Processes |
Peter Mokriy |
Molson Breweries |
01/31/95 |
| How to
Build Effective Test Plans |
Henry Kerkhoven |
CP Rail Systems |
11/29/94 |
| Implementing and Maintaining
Support for TQM |
Christine A. Boynton |
Bell Sygma |
10/25/94 |
| How to Sell the QA Role
to Senior Management |
Quality Circle Group Discussion |
N/A |
09/27/94 |
| Business Process Re-Engineering |
Ingo Heel |
Micrografx |
08/30/94 |
| Using Quantitative Data
to Manage - Concepts and Best Practices |
Beth Layman |
Quality Assurance Institute |
06/14/94 |
| Quality Systems Audit -
ISO 9000 Perspective |
Michael Giguere |
SGS International Certification
Services Canada |
05/31/94 |
| Testing Tools |
Panel Discussion |
N/A |
04/26/94 |
| Project Management |
Dhanu M. Kothari |
Digital Equipment of Canada |
03/29/94 |
| ISO 9000 |
Dexter Zenar |
Prior Data Sciences |
02/25/94 |
| Perspectives on Outsourcing |
Mike Brodie |
Ernst & Young |
01/22/94 |
| Independent
User Acceptance Testing |
G. Russell McLean |
Bank of Nova Scotia |
11/30/93 |
| State of Software Quality
Assurance Practices in Toronto |
Panel Discussion |
N/A |
10/26/93 |
| Customer Driven Testing |
Henry Kerkhoven |
CP Rail System |
07/27/93 |
| Benchmarking Quality Using
the Canada Awards for Business Excellence
Criteria |
C. Dennis Beecroft |
University of Waterloo |
05/18/93 |
| Starting/Implementing a
QA Program |
Chris Prendergast |
Delrina Technology |
05/04/93 |
| Delivering Quality Systems |
Michael G. Addario |
Structured Solutions Inc. |
03/30/93 |
| Information Quality Metrics
and Their Use |
Nancy Spencer |
ABT |
02/22/93 |
| Becoming a CQA, Route to
Credibility as an IT QA Expert |
Ron Laurie |
LCBO |
