[Choose-news] CHOOSE Forum 2006 - December 18, 2006

[Harald Gall]

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			CHOOSE Forum 2006
				on
	"Assessing Software Quality in Products and Processes"
                                 and
                       CHOOSE General Assembly

		http://www.choose.s-i.ch/events.html
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CALL OF PARTICIPATION

Conference of the Swiss Group for Object-Oriented Systems and  
Environments (CHOOSE)

Monday December 18, 2006 — Full day
Allegro Grand Casino Kursaal Bern
Bern

On-line registration and a preliminary program for this event are now  
available on the CHOOSE web site: http://www.choose.s-i.ch/events.html


Abstract
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Software quality is a major challenge for the kinds of software  
systems that are developed these days. Modern software systems are  
increasingly large, complex, heterogeneous and open. Both product and  
process quality attributes have a major impact on development and  
release cycles.

This CHOOSE Forum offers a series of presentations from experts that  
come from academia and industry and share their insights into  
software quality assessment. Newest technologies together with  
lessons learned cover aspects in products and processes. This forum  
addresses questions such as:

.) What are effective means for quality assessment?
.) What is the state-of-the-art and the state-of-the-practice in  
quality engineering?
.) What is the impact of software architecture on quality attributes?
.) How can Reengineering contribute to quality assessment?

The day will conclude with a discussion session in which paths should  
be sketched where to go from here for better quality engineering.

The day also includes the CHOOSE General Assembly, including reports  
from the President and the Treasurer, and elections for the CHOOSE  
Executive Board.

Preliminary Schedule
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Time	Session
08.30 – 09.00	Registration and Coffee
09.00 – 09.15	Welcome and Opening
		Oscar Nierstrasz, University of Berne, Switzerland (CHOOSE President)
		Harald Gall, University of Zurich, Switzerland (CHOOSE Forum  
Organizer)
09.15 – 10.00	David Notkin, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
			Software Architecture and Quality
10.00 – 10.30	Coffee Break
10.30 – 12.00	Serge Demeyer, University of Antwerp, Belgium
			Reengineering for Quality
		Jana Koehler, IBM Research Lab Zurich, Switzerland
			Anti-Patterns and typical failures in Business Process Modeling
		Hans Sassenburg, Software Improvement Group AG, Switzerland
			If Software Quality Is So Important, Why Is It So Often Neglected?
12.00 – 13.30	Buffet Lunch and CHOOSE General Assembly
13.30 – 15.00	Jacky Estublier, Grenoble University, France
			Are Software Processes really improving Software quality?
		Sander Tichelaar, Credit Suisse, Switzerland
			Quality Lessons from Lean Manufacturing
		Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland and
		Radu Marinescu, TU Timisoara, Romania
			Object Oriented Metrics in Practice
15.00 – 15.30	Coffee Break
15.30 – 16.00	Panel
17.00 – 17.15	Closing


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Agenda for the CHOOSE General Assembly
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Please note that the General Assembly will be held during the CHOOSE  
Forum. All CHOOSE members are kindly invited to participate.
1. President's report. Activities since the last General Assembly.
2. Treasurer's report for 2005.
3. Miscellaneous.