General
For information about the next session, see Next Session.
Presentation materials from past sessions are maintained whenever they can be obtained. They serve as a useful reference base. This information can be found at Past Sessions.
Do you have something to contribute to a members session as a presenter? If so we would love to hear from you at secretary@sqnz.org.nz.
For potential presenters we have prepared some information for you in the form of Guidelines for Member sessions presenters.
Next Session
Thursday, 18 June, 2009
4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (speaker starts at around 4:15pm)
Equinox House,
5th Floor,
111 The Terrace or 222 Lambton Quay,
Wellington.
Often a secondary consideration, data is arguably the most important aspect of any productive system. It represents the DNA of the organisation, and is the life blood of any system. In today's world of a seemingly insatiable demand for more and more information, more than ever the information in these systems is relied upon to measure corporate performance, drive a competitive advantage and provide an instant snapshot of the organisations health. Does your data always come with quality…….
This session takes a look at data from a number of perspectives and identifies impacts across a number of disciplines when quality levels are not met. We will cover the role of data through the SDLC and the relationship with migration activities that establish a start up position for new systems. And then, assuming you have managed to attain a quality level on start up, how you maintain that going forward in your productive environment.
About the Presenter:
Pat McKeefry is an independent consultant with over eighteen years experience implementing and supporting ERP solutions both here in New Zealand and overseas. Much of this experience has been with the SAP product set. He has held numerous roles over that period including functional consulting, quality assurance, process improvement and project management and has developed considerable knowledge of data migration and data governance over that time.
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Of interest
Charge: $20; NZOQ members $15.00; SQNZ Members Nil (already covered by your personal or corporate membership); students a gold coin
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Past Sessions
Material from past members' sessions is available on this site as a useful reference.
Guidelines For Presenters
Purpose
The purpose of these guidelines is to assist speakers and Software Quality NZ to jointly achieve a successful outcome at SQNZ Members' Sessions.
Objective
The objective of a Members' Session is to provide the audience with information they would find useful and can apply in their day-to-day work.
Audience
The audience comprises mostly senior IT
professionals familiar with Software Quality concepts and
terminology. There may be some students present but presentations should
usually be aimed at experienced professionals. Typical attendance levels
are 10 to 40.
Communication
Each Members' Session is organised by one committee member, who will be your primary contact for any matters relating to the meeting.
If you need to communicate with the SQNZ and have been unable to contact the organising committee member, then please email secretary@sqnz.org.nz.
Format
General
Members session's are usually conducted as either workshops or presentations, we usually focus on one topic per session, with one or two speakers being the norm but sometimes more. Our organiser will be happy to discuss with you the desirable timings for the presentation or workshop and questions.
Materials
It is desirable, based on past member's sessions feedback, that a presentation include use of Powerpoint slides. We also encourage potential presenters to have accompanying notes and handouts available - thirty copies is the optimum number based on past attendances.
Software Quality NZ web site
SQNZ would also like to make the slides and other material available for download from this website. Your presentation will be posted at the top of our Past Sessions page from the week after the date of your presentation. In this way, we are building up a repository of material that will be useful to the software development community.
All presentation material is posted acknowledging the presenter.
Other format points
- Member's sessions times: 4:00pm to 6:30pm on the third
Thursday of each even numbered month - We can supply a datashow (contact the organiser and let them know if you need one)
Assistance
We are happy to provide assistance as required in preparation of the presentation. We can help in setting up Powerpoint or Word material and can assist with checking materials prior to the presentation.
Flyer
A flier will be prepared about 4 weeks before the meeting date for distribution to those on our mailing list. You will be requested to provide a short description about the topic, your title/position and any other relevant information which will attract people to the presentation.
Copyright
When you make your presentation or submit material to the SQNZ, you warrant that you are either the sole owner of the material or have full power and authority to publish it; you also warrant that it does not infringe any copyright or contain libellous or unlawful matter.
Copyright for material published and/or distributed by the SQNZ remains with the presenter.
Exclusions
The SQNZ is an independent body and provides information of a general nature that does not endorse or support any particular product or service.
Presenters are asked not to include industrial strength endorsement or recommendation of products and services in their presentations. Detracting from your competitors products and service offerings is also a definite no-no. We do not mind the odd logo or contact details creeping in on presentation materials so long as it is done tastefully. The distribution of business cards or contact details to attendees is quite acceptable as is promoting your material's presence on our web page starting from around the first of the following month for a minimum of three months.