Chapter Overview 17 February 2011 North Star Chapter 1 Tonights Schedule 6:15 PM – Arrive at Boston Scientific 6:30 PM – Welcome and Chapter Overview Brendan

Chapter Overview17 February 2011North Star Chapter

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Tonight’s Schedule

• 6:15 PM – Arrive at Boston Scientific

• 6:30 PM – Welcome and Chapter Overview

Brendan Hall, 2011 President-Elect

• 6:45 PM – “CMMI Overview & What’s New – CMMI

V1.3”

Dr. Bruce Beadell & Pat Wegerson

8:30 PM – Adjourn


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2011 Program Theme

SE In A Changing World

(innovation, safety, education)


13 January: Integrated Systems within 3M + Tour of SEMS Lab

3M 17 February: CMMI Overview & What’s New – CMMI V1.3

Boston Scientific, Arden Hills as Host 17 March: SE Program Updates – U of M (IT & CCE), U of St Thomas

PaR Systems as Host 21 April: Usability Requirements

Goodrich as Host 19 May: Review of Papers for INCOSE 2011

Southtown Center Timber Lodge 16 June: Summer Social

Cruise on Mississippi plus Dinner at TBD

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2011 Calendar


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Event Calendar

Details online @http://www.incose.org

Mar 8-9, 2011: 6th International Conference On SE

(Herzlia, Israel)

Apr 14-16, 2011: 9th Annual Conference on S E Research

(Crowne Plaza - Redondo Beach, CA)

May 2-4, 2011: S E Test and Evaluation Conference

(Canberra, Australia)

June 20-23, 2011: 21st Annual INCOSE International Symposia

(Hyatt Regency Denver – Denver, Colorado)


Communication

North Star Chapter Web Site:

www.incose.org/northstar

• North Star Newsletter – The Integrator– December 2010 issue viewable/downloadable

• North Star Chapter Meeting Information– Charts from past meetings are viewable and

downloadable on the website


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• INCOSE North Star is seeking assistance to help spread the

word about chapter events

• Volunteers are being sought to aid communication of meeting and seminar

information as well as help with other related activities

• The main objective of the team is to grow and retain members

• Please sign up to get more information and assist

• Sign up at the meeting, see Ambassador Group sign up sheet at the table

• For more information contact [email protected]

Ambassador Group


2011Chapter Organization

Contact Eileen Arnold

• Systems Science• SE Technical Process• Architecture• SE Management Process• Requirements• Risk • SE Support Processes • Measurement• Modeling & Tools• Specialty Engineering• Application Sectors

INCOSE Certification Advisory Group (CAG)Eileen Arnold – Chair

CAG Project ManagerDave Walden

Measurement Working GroupPaul Frenz – Chair

SE Competency Eileen Arnold - Chair

PresidentPaul Frenz

SecretaryAngela

Robinson

TreasurerJohn Palmer

Dir. IndustryMark Feitel

President ElectBrendan Hall

Past PresidentMark Elpers

Dir. Acad/Govt Neill Radke

North Star Leadership

CommunicationEileen Arnold

Technical Operations


For posting or seeking job opportunities:

• Go to: www.incose.org

– Select “Education and Careers”

– Select “Post a Job”

– Create an account

– Post job openings

– Select “View Jobs” to see the listings

Job Opportunities

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• Attendance at our meetings continues to grow…but so does the cost of Pizza

• We will continue to have networking time and serve appetizers and soft drinks

• We ask that you help us by making a voluntary donation• You decide if and the amount and place it in the gold box

(any amount helps)

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Many thanks, your response to date has been most helpful

Donations


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Why sign in?

• For the past several years we have had the chapter incentive

program to encourage attendance at our meetings.

• For 2011, a $50 gift certificate for BP gasoline will be awarded to

every member attending six or more regular meetings or who

brings one new member into the chapter. (Note – You must be a

member in good standing for the entire year to qualify)

• For guests or members attending for the first time, this also

insures your notification by email of all subsequent events.

Attendance

BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST!

PLEASE WRITE SO WE CAN READ IT!!


Bruce Beadell has over 20 years experience as a software engineering manager, quality assurance manager, and process improvement leader with several large aerospace defense companies. He has successfully deployed SW-CMM and CMMI at these defense companies and has participated in numerous SW-CMM and CMMI appraisals. He was the principal technical lead for GDAIS ICS ITS achieving CMMI V1.2 ML5 in November 2009.

Bruce was awarded an Ed.D doctoral degree in Leadership by the University of St. Thomas in November 2009. His doctoral dissertation was a bottoms-up case study on how engineering practitioners perceive the value of the CMMI in terms of their job performance and job satisfaction. Bruce's doctoral dissertation was dedicated to his process heroes: Watts Humphrey, Bill Curtis, and Mike Konrad. For without their engineering process vision, passion, and commitment there would be a major void in engineering development models and products.

Bruce presently holds five degrees: Ed.D, MS Software Engineering, BS Computer Science, MBA Management, and BA Economics. He has a passion for helping people produce quality products, for process improvement, and for the acquisition of practical knowledge. Bruce works for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GDAIS) in Bloomington, MN in Enterprise Mission Assurance as a Lead Principal Systems Engineer

Dr. Bruce Beadell

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Pat Wegerson has developed products and processes, engineered quality for, and managed successful software and systems in the semiconductor, biomedical and aerospace & defense industries. Mr. Wegerson has also championed process improvement initiatives, led an organization to achieve the Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) Capability Maturity Model for Software (SW-CMMSM) Level 2 maturity, and currently works in quality and process improvement at a CMMI Maturity Level 5 development organization. He has assessed, developed, and deployed processes to achieve measurable improvements in predictability, productivity, and profitablility.

Mr. Wegerson regularly presents on software / systems product and process development, project management, and industry best practices. He has taught as an adjunct in a graduate school engineering program. Mr. Wegerson holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Software Engineering. He is a senior member of ASQ (American Society for Quality), a member of IEEE and PMI, an ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer and a PMI Project Management Professional.

Pat Wegerson

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Chapter Overview 17 February 2011 North Star Chapter 1 Tonights Schedule 6:15 PM – Arrive at Boston Scientific 6:30 PM – Welcome and Chapter Overview Brendan