It was announced at the DVCUG All-Day Seminar that for the next meeting Weds Feb 27th that Jackie Jenson will be talking for 2 hours on IBM's Web Query product.  ( There seems to be a lot to the product. )

        And as always, give us some feedback on the All-Day Seminar (what you liked, what you didn't, and if you did not go to it, what topic or speaker would have brought you to it.)  Simply respond to this email.

DVCUG 26th Annual Educational Seminar
December 5, 2007, Sheraton Park Ridge of King of Prussia

480 North Gulph Road, King of Prussia, PA US 19406
(When getting off the PATurnpike at Valley Forge (Exit 326), 
use the First Right Exit onto Rte 363 .aka. Gulph Road. Second building on the right.)
-================================================================-

Early Bird Registration $150 by November 18th for current members

Track 1: Java Track – Planet J
   Session A: Building System i5 web applications
   Session B: Building B2B and B2C applications with iSeries data
   Session C: Building real-time System i5 Executive dashboards
Track 2: HMC Related Track – Pete Massiello
   Session A: HMC, i5, FSP, Firmware:
   Session B: How to cleanup your System i
   Session C: What to do to make your System i perform better
Track 3 : System Management Track – Al Barsa
   Session A: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about System Values
   Session B: AS/400 Save While Active
   Session C: ABC’s of OS/400 System Management

Schedule for Wednesday December 5th
7:30 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 9:30 KEYNOTE: Getting Ready for V6R1 by Al Barsa
9:30 – 10:00 BREAK
10:00 – 11:45 Session A
11:45 – 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 – 2:30 Session B
2:30 – 2:45 BREAK
2:45 – 4:30 Session C
Beverages & snacks served during registration and between sessions. Lunch included.

Questions: Contact: Denise Ketzes (302) 285-0730   FAX: (302) 285 0730

Link to PDF of the Brochure to download the application
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F.Y.I.  Mary Poppendieck is a well-known author, speaker and
consultant for Software Organizations.
She will be speaking at Siemens over on Rte 202.
( Her book got me hooked on Agile and Lean Development.)
-John V.

-----Original Message-----
From: agilephilly@yahoogroups.com

The next Agile Philly meeting will be presented by Mary Poppendieck
and located at Siemens Medical Solutions in Malvern, PA .  The
meeting starts at 6:00PM on Monday, November 5th.

The meeting is open to all. If you want to attend, please RSVP via
email to mailto:AgilePhillyCoordinators@yahoogroups.com. Please
include your name and organization.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the meeting,
location, or anything else, either email
mailto:AgilePhillyCoordinators@yahoogroups.com or
feel free to call toll free 1-888-AGILEPHILLY (1-888-244-5374).

Summary of the topic:

Organizational Agility by Mary Poppendieck
(http://www.agilephilly.com/OrganizationalAgility.ashx)

Location of venue:
Siemens Medical Solutions, 51 Valley Stream Parkway, Malvern, PA in
Auditorium A of the Corp III building

October 1st already.  And it is that time again to support DVCUG with your annual dues.

Some extra perks besides hearing about great topics from great speakers at our local meetings, is that as a member of DVCUG, you are also eligible for the User Group Discount at COMMON events and our sister group in the Maryland - Washington DC area. 

In fact, The Washington Area Midrange Group (WAM) has finalized their all-day education seminar at the Univ of Maryland on Friday November 16th.

It is about a 1.5 hour drive from Philly.  I'll be going.

Here is a list of topics and speakers
http://www.wash-midrange.org/cgi-bin/jam.pl

Here is the registration page
http://www.wash-midrange.org/cgi-bin/jamreg.pl

And stay tuned to hear about the DVCUG All-Day Seminar coming December 5th!

anyone used hotcerts.com test engines to pass 000-700 for your exam ...

Fall is here and it time to start thinking about learning new stuff -
and the student should be you!

Beside the upcoming DVCUG Quarterly Meeting on Sept 13th
http://www.dvcug.org/meetings2007/mtgtopic09.htm,
our sister group in Maryland has announced their traditional November
All-Day Education Seminar.  To get a flavor of what they are planning,
http://wash-midrange.org/cgi-bin/jam.pl


WASHINGTON AREA MIDRANGE ANNUAL ALL-DAY SEMINAR .aka. The WAM-JAM

November 16, 2007 - College Park, MD
Time: 8:15 AM to 5:00 PM
Registration: 7:30 - 8:15
Place: University of Maryland Conference Center
<http://www.umuc.edu/locate/adelphi.shtml>
University Boulevard & Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20742
Tel: 301-985-7300
Continental breakfast during registration, lunch provided, and parking
is free.
Directions
<http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohist
ory=&searchtab=address&searchtype=address&address=3501+University+Blvd.+
East&city=Adelphi&state=MD&zipcode=20783&search=++Search++>  from
Mapquest.

	 Registration Deadlines and Prices
The registration fee for DVCUG members is $260.00.
The registration fee for non-members is $295.00.
(Checks payable to Washington Area Midrange.
http://wash-midrange.org/cgi-bin/jamreg.pl)

Tracks include Systems Management, Applications Development, iSeries Web
Access, General Systems Topics, and Java/Websphere

The Breakfast Keynote is by Carson Soule on "Life after V6R1
The Lunch Keynote is "IBM System i: The 'i' Means Innovation" by Jim
Herring, Director of IBM's High End POWER Systems

M.A.P. Consulting Services, Inc. has a 4-6 month EDI consulting
engagement with their direct client located just off exit 8A of the NJ
Turnpike. The candidate must know Trusted Link GUI Version 6.1. You
must have 2 years GUI mapping experience with that version. Must know
AS400 CL.
All work is to be done on site.

Please contact Peggy Pacella directly to apply at
ppacella@... or 609-271-8193.

Thank you.

Dear DVCUG Members and Friends,

MidAtlantic Midrange is proud to offer the next in their continuing
education seminars, bringing  you the best education and educators
available in the iSeries world, and to do so at User Group Rates.

The seminar will be held in Fort Washington, Pa on September 13th at
the Fort Washington Hotel and Conference Center from 8:30 am until
5:00pm.

The course fee is $295 for non-user group members and $260 for user
group members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between
Washington Area Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.
Members of other AS/400 User groups may also apply under the user
group rate.

Please see below for further information and registration
instructions.  For any further questions or reservations, contact
K.B. Soni at 301-590-7121 or email kbsoni@....

===================================================================

             MidAtlantic Midrange is offering "Migrating From SEU and
PDM to WDSC...And Beyond" With Joe Pluta

             This one-day seminar explores topics that will help
enhance your skill sets and abilities in iSeries Access in the
latest V5R4 technology environment.  During this packed seminar we
will be covering the very timely topics of:

       What you will learn:

In order to use the tools, you need to know about them.
You'll learn about Eclipse, the tool that is taking the Java
development world by storm, and how WDSC is descended from it.
You'll also get an understanding of how the Rational tooling from
IBM plays a part in the whole process.

       Migrating from SEU and PDM to WDSC
In this extended introduction to the WDSC tooling for RPG developers
you will learn how to perform all of the day-to-day tasks you do
today with SEU and PDM, as well as the many unique features of WDSC
that will make you more productive from day one.

       Web Application Architectures
Here you'll be introduced to the entire spectrum of web development,
starting with the basics of HTTP and moving all the way to the
advanced architectures of Java ServerPages and even Ajax. This is no
buzzword heavy blue-sky presentation, either. Joe's extensive
background in client/ server design is brought to the table to
provide you with real world techniques that integrate existing
business logic with the latest interface technologies.

       RPG and Java Interoperability
The biggest truth today is that no single technology provides the
total solution, and this is especially true in web application
design. Joe explains the ways that Java and RPG can be integrated to
provide stunning new applications.

       Debugging Web Applications
The day ends up with a live demonstration in which Joe deploys and
debugs a real, working web application before your eyes using only
WDSC on the workstation and RPG on the host. No gimmicks, no canned
demos, this is the real thing right before your eyes.


Joe Pluta of Pluta Brothers Design, Inc. has worked on and around
the IBM midrange for nearly 30 years and focuses on moving legacy
systems and their programmers into the next generation of web-
enabled applications. Joe has written over a hundred articles on all
aspects of IBM midrange technology, and his books on Eclipse and
WDSC are required reading in colleges and businesses around the
country. He is an expert on WDSC, Java, web development and EGL and
how to make them interact with RPG business logic. He mentors and
teaches courses around the country.


Seminar starts at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held on
Sept 13 at the Fort Washington Hotel and Conference Center at 432
Pennsylvania Avenue, Fort Washington, PA 19034 (215-643-3000)


The course fee is $295 for non-user group members and $260 for user
group members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between
Washington Area Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.
Members of other AS/400 User groups may also apply under the user
group rate.

Mail your registration fee with the following

Name: ___________________________________________________________



Company:________________________________________________________



Address:_________________________________________________________



City: _________________________________
State: _____   Zip: __________



Office Phone: ____________________________
   Fax:___________________________



Email address:
_____________________________________________________________



Please mail completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange,
Conference Services, 12023 Blackberry Terrace., North Potomac, MD
20878.

For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at 301-
590-7121 or email kbsoni@....
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> The DVCUG web page
> (http://www.dvcug.org/meetings2007/mtgtopic06.htm)
> is showing this event at the normal meeting start time of 5:30PM.
> The announcement stated 3:30PM.  Which time is correct?  Thanks!
>
> Scott

The DVCUG web page showing 5:30-6:30 for Registration and Networking is correct.

The event reminder from Yahoo Groups was just sending out it's reminder mid-day
to everyone.

A very good question though.  Thanks for bringing it up.



--- In dvcug@yahoogroups.com, dvcug@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> Reminder from: dvcug Yahoo! Group
>  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dvcug/cal
>
> Weds DVCUG meeting at the Union League Downtown
> Wednesday June 20, 2007
> 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm for a start time of 5:30-6:30 for registration
>
> Location: Dress appropriately for the Union League (DVCUG with Mark
Shearer)
>
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A Power Day of Java and PHP Technology - "Grounds for Java & PHP"
With Blair Wyman from IBM Rochester

This one-day seminar explores topics that will help enhance your
skill sets and abilities in iSeries Java and PHP in the latest V5R4
technology environment. During this packed seminar we will be
covering the very timely topics of:

Grounds for Java & PHP - Series PHP: The 'H' is for 'Huge'

As programmers, we are pretty good about drawing logical
conclusions, but it doesn't take a programmer to figure this much
out: IF a programming technology bursts onto the scene and steals
the show THEN there's probably something "interesting" going on
ENDIF. Join Blair for a heads up birds eye view the latest language
to iSeries - PHP.

Intro to Java Native Interfaces

The Java language provides a rich set of programming capabilities
everywhere it is supported.  By design, Java's powerful capabilities
are independent of the underlying hardware and operating system;
portability is a hallmark of Java.  But how is Java's portability
accomplished, and at what cost?

This session describes the requirements Java's portability places on
the systems that support the language, the crucial role played by so-
called "native code," and the architected ways that programmers can
use native code as part of their own Java applications and solutions.

A full spectrum of approaches to native code "everything from Java's
Runtime.exec() through RPG's support for Java *OBJECT" will be
outlined, along with the relative costs and benefits of each.

By the end of this session, the attendee will understand: how Java
maintains portability, even in the design of its native interfaces,
how these native interfaces are used in various solutions, and how
to evaluate the use of native code in their own Java solutions.

Using the Java Native Interface (JNI)

Java uses virtual machine technology to provide common programming
facilities across a variety of operating system platforms.  For
programmers writing nothing but Java code, this is comforting: the
future value of that Java code is assured.

But what if a programmer needs to mix Java and non-Java ("native")
code in one solution?  Besides the obvious "process-level" solutions
such as "Runtime.exec()" from Java, or "RUNJVA" from Command Entry --
  suppose the programmer needs finer-grained access to native code?
How can a platform-independent virtual machine provide access to
platform-dependent function?

The Java Native Interface (JNI) is a partial answer to this dilemma,
in the form of a specification that describes:

* How Java calls "native methods" procedures implemented in
another
language,
* How native code calls back into Java to interact with the VM,
* How a native program can "embed" a VM for Java in its own
processing.

By the end of this session, you will understand the initial
motivation for
JNI: to provide for VM-independent native methods; the two
distinct "sides" of the JNI: native methods and the Invocation API;
the complete set of programming facilities provided by the JNI the
role of JNI as a model for other platform-independent native
interfaces such as JVMTI.

Using the Java Virtual Machine Tools Interface (JVMTI)

Obviously, using Java code as part of any programmed solution means
using it with a Virtual Machine for Java.  While many of us are
familiar with various platform-specific tools (i.e. oscilloscopes,
JobWatcher, PTDV, svmon, tprof, WRKACTJOB, etc.), the challenge for
the Java architecture is to facilitate this type of tooling in a
platform-independent fashion.

The first version of this architecture separated "debugging"
from "profiling," and resulted in the Java VM Debug (JVMDI) and
Profiling (JVMPI) Interfaces in JDK 1.2.  While separating these
features makes logical sense (rarely is profiling done
simultaneously with debugging), the design overlap between these
interfaces suggested they ultimately be combined into a
single "tools" interface.

The result of this combination the JavaVirtual Machine Tools
Interface (JVMTI) is the subject of this session.  By the end of
this session you will understand:

* How the JVMTI is structured in terms of calls and data
structures
* How to write JVMTI agents that inspect and interrogate the VM
* How IBM can and does extend JVMTI in its new IBM Technology
VM for Java

JDK 1.5 Enhancements Overview

Java continues to evolve, in direct response to the wants and needs
of its developers. The latest version of Java supported on System i -
  JDK 1.5 - includes many new and enhanced features, in both the
language itself and the core set of Java library APIs.

This session begins with a brief overview of Java's evolution over
its five major releases, continues with a high-level survey of the
version 1.5 language enhancements, and wraps up with
selected "deeper dives" into a few of these enhancements using
examples and code snippets.

By the end of this session, you will be able to describe the 1.5
enhancements to Java:

* The basic types of enhancements included in version 1.5,
* The review and recommendation processes that made them
possible,
* Their possible impacts on existing code, andtheir positive
impact on the design of new or re-engineered code.

Blair Wyman works in the IBM Rochester lab specializing in Java and
PHP resources. He is a regular speaker at the IBM iSeries Technical
Conference and a many Local User Groups, as well as other national
iSeries technical conferences such as COMMON.

These seminars start at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM and will be held
on:

June 21, 2007 at the Holiday Inn in Ft. Washington, PA.
  <http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?
country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=
&address=432+Pennsylvania+Ave.&city=FORT+WASHINGTON&state=PA&zipcode=
19034&submit=Get+Map>

but also at
June 18, 2007 at the Clarion Hotel at Richmond Airport, VA.
                                  - and -
June 19, 2007 at the College Park Holiday Inn in College Park, MD.


The course fee is $285 for non-user group members and $250 for user
group members. This fee offering is a special arrangement between
Washington Area Midrange Users Group and MidAtlantic Midrange.
Members of other AS/400 User groups may also apply under the user
group rate.

Name: _____________________________________________________

Company:___________________________________________________

Address:____________________________________________________

City: _________________________________ State: _____ Zip: ________

Office Phone: _______________________ Fax: ______________________

Email address: _________________________________________________

Please circle the date of the session you plan on attending.

Please mail completed form with check to: MidAtlantic Midrange,
Conference Services,

15708 Pissaro Terrace, North Potomac, MD 20878.

For any further questions or reservations, contact K.B. Soni at 301-
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Below is the job description for an RPG Programmer/Analysts position
which needs to be filled immediately. Interested parties should send
a resume to the address listed below. Thanks!


Salary Range: Commensurate with Experience
Reporting To: IT Director
Location: Reading, PA
General Job Description: RPG Programmer & System Analyst
Updated: 05/07/07

Under limited supervision, this position is responsible for various
activities pertaining to programming and analysis, such as designing,
coding, testing, debugging and implementing complex programs;
analyzing user's requirements; resolving technical issues  and other
related functions as required.

While most work will support our custom business system, experience
with the JD Edwards World is highly desirable.

This position will also hold responsibility for operational aspects
related to the AS/400 including, but not limited to: operating
system, hardware, backups, disaster recovery, and upgrades.


• Fluent in RPG, RPGIV, CL, Query 400 and SQL
• An understanding of advanced programming techniques such as
         Built in Functions, service programs, and stored procedures.
• JD Edwards Programming experience highly desirable
• Other desirable skill include: LANSA, XML, HTML, and FTP
• Adhere to company change management policy
• In-depth knowledge of AS/400 system architecture, standard
         programming development and testing practices,programming
         lanuages and tools.
• Demonstrates a strong ability to troubleshoot the work of
         other programmers.
• Participate in detail planning with operational and technical
         personnel
• Develops functional specifications for new applications or
         enhancements to existing applications.
• Manage help tickets and organize work around priorities
         assigned by the Help Desk management software tool.
• Attend conferences to keep current in the application field
         bringing new technologies and ideas to the company.
• On-call after hours support rotation required
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, focus
         and concentrate despite constant interruptions, deal with
         difficult and/or upset individuals, work under pressure,
         meet inflexible deadlines.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in information
         systems, computer science, business administration or
         related  field.
• Five years of RPG programming experience required. Further
         programming experience may substitute for the required
         education on a year for-year basis.


Rentokil/Ehrlich
Attn: IT Director
500 Spring Ridge Dr
Wyomissing, PA 19610

Dear DVCUG Members and Friends,
Please join us in celebrating DVCUG's 26th birthday at the Union
League in Philadelphia. Our guest speaker, Mark Shearer, General
Manager for System i, will be discussing the latest on System i and
IBM's future plans for this platform.

There will be many prizes, including gift certificates, gift baskets,
shirts, hats, etc.

******The First 60 to register get a FREE GIFT - Register Early******

See more details below as well as the flyer attachment.

Stay tuned to the website for updates.





Date:                             Wednesday June 20, 2007


Speaker:                        Mark Shearer and IBM Announcements
with Rick Clements


Location:                       Union League of Philadelphia

                                       140 South Broad Street

                                        Philadelphia, PA

                                        215-563-6500

Directions/parking:        http://www.unionleague.org/directions-
parking.php

Dress Code:                For men:    Jacket and collared shirt are
required at all times on the first floor members-only section of the
League House and the Boker Room on the ground level. Jacket and tie
are preferred.



                                       For women:   Dresses, blouses
and skirts, or pants suit are considered appropriate, professional
attire. Pants should be tailored and are acceptable when worn with a
jacket or other garments which would be appropriate if worn with a
skirt.



Time:                                       5:30pm  - 6:30pm
registration & networking

                                                   6:30pm - 7:15pm
dinner will be served

                                                   7:15pm - 7:30pm IBM
Announcements

                                                   7:30pm - 8:30pm
Presentation by Mark Shearer

                                                   8:30pm - 9:15pm
Networking continues




Cost:                                       $30 for full members

                                                  $40 non-members

                                                  $40 not pre-
registered

Register deadline:              June 15, 2007

Register at:                        register@...

DVCUG purchase/refund policy: Please be sure you can attend before
prepaying.  DVCUG cannot provide refunds since your payment goes
toward the meal we order for you.  If you pre-register and do NOT
attend the meeting, you will be billed for the Full Meeting
Registration Fee if not pre-paid



www.dvcug.org

I just wanted to let everyone know that the Excel 2007 IBM Client
Access Add-In was resolved by the service pack SI 26879.

The symptoms were that within Excel, when you clicked the button in
the button bar to download or upload a file, nothing happened.  It
has now been fixed.

- John Voris

-============== on Jan 17th, John Voris wrote ==================-

> Excel 2007 problem with Client Access Downloads

> The fix in the Service Pack for iSeries Access - Download Add-in -
compatable with the new Excel 2007  - contains a bad .xla file.

> There is a workaround where IBM will send you a corrected .xla
file.
Or wait until the next Service Pack for Client Access.

> ... I'll keep you guys informed ...

"Get to the Web Fast with iSeries Access for the Web"

Wednesday, April 25th at the Sheraton Park Ridge in King of
Prussia, Pa for the DVCUG Spring meeting.

Carole Miner, Senior Software Engineer for iSeries Client
Integration at IBM Laboratory, will be the speaker.

Also, IBM Announcements with Rick Clements

Register at the website http://www.dvcug.org
or mailto:register@...
Deadline for Registration: April 20, 2007


Location: Sheraton Park Ridge Hotel & Conference Center
    480 N Gulph Road
    King of Prussia, PA 19406
    610-878-1460


5:00pm - 5:30m registration & networking
5:30pm to 6:15pm dinner
6:15pm - 6:30pm IBM Announcements
6:30pm - 8:35pm Presentation & Discussion
8:35pm - 9:00pm Networking continues


Cost: $30 for full members
       $40 non-members
       $40 not pre-registered

http://www.dvcug.org

The next Midrange All-Day seminar is on March 1, 2007 at the Holiday
Inn in Ft. Washington, PA

A Power Day of Java and PHP Technology will have Blair Wyman from
IBM Rochester presenting on:

    Grounds for Java & iSeries PHP - the latest language ported to
the iSeries.

    Intro to Java Native Interfaces will approach Java's native code
from Java's Runtime.exec() through RPG's support for Java *OBJECT,
along with the relative costs and benefits of each.

    Using the Java Native Interface (JNI) to do things like RUNJVA
from Command Entry Line.

    Using the Java Virtual Machine Tools Interface (JVMTI) structures
and interfaces

    JDK 1.5 Enhancements Overview


http://www.wash-midrange.org/seminars/wyman0702.shtml
$250 for user group members

The fix in the Service Pack for iSeries Access - Download Add-in -
caompatable with the new Excel 2007 contains a bad .xla file.

There is a workaround where IBM will send you a corrected .xla file.
Or wait until the next Service Pack for Client Access.

... I'll keep you guys informed ...



--- In dvcug@yahoogroups.com, "johnvoris" <jvoris@...> wrote:

One thing I discovered in December - The Excel Add-in for Excel 2007
does not work.  There is a PTF available for it.

Office 2007/CA v5R4/ - Failed excel.exe during data transfer with
cwbtfxla.xll

The link from IBM tech support describes the exact issue. It
mentions a PTF, but no other details after that.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?
id=nas2eb31cb7d061efb6c862572490041f03e

--- End forwarded message ---

We will be meeting at GSI commerce.

See www.dvcug.org for more information.

The topic is "Cross Platform Security Compliance"
Topic:  Cross Platform Security  Compliance
Date:   Wednesday January 24, 2007
Speaker: Matt Graybiel AND IBM Announcements with Rick  Clements
Location: GSI  Commerce
935 First  Avenue
King of Prussia, PA   19406
610-491-7000
Time:  5:30pm -  9:00pm
5:30pm  - 6:30pm registration &  networking Dinner will be served from
6:30pm to  7:15pm 7:15pm - 8:30pm  Speakers 8:30pm - 9:00pm Networking
continues

One thing I discovered in December - The Excel Add-in for Excel 2007
does not work.  There is a PTF avaailable for it.

Office 2007/CA v5R4/ - Failed excel.exe during data transfer with
cwbtfxla.xll

The link from IBM tech support describing the exact issue. It
mentions a PTF, but no other details after that.

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?
id=nas2eb31cb7d061efb6c862572490041f03e

iam looking for ibm exams from certmagic.com .
anyone got certmagic guides for these exams ?? .
Please share it with me

The last time that SPIN had a software engineer from NASA speak (back in the 1990's), it was one of the most interesting talks I had ever heard

Her talk was fascinating.  This one also sounds like another great topic and speaker!

SEIMENS is located one block from the Malvern HILTON where we often have our August DVCUG meeting. 
=============================================================================

The next meeting of the Philadelphia-Area SPIN will be held on December 11, 2006 6-8PM at Siemens, Malvern PA.
TOPIC: The Value of Managing the Review Process presented by Mike Chapman
More on this topic:
It is the thirtieth anniversary since Michael Fagan introduced his review process to the software world. Yet development organizations either have no review process or they are inefficient. The review process is central to the development cycle and affects every team member. The data to evaluate the process is now available and clearly shows that for each 100 KLOC gross savings exceeds $250,000 over the life of the project. This paper and presentation re-examines the issues related to the internal review process and presents very specific numbers that show the value and the trade-offs that have to be managed proactively.

More on Mike Chapman:
Mr. Chapman has eighteen years experience in software development including nine on development teams and nine on IV&V and IV&V research teams.  He is the Principal Investigator for NASA’s Metrics Data Program.  Now beginning its fifth year of operation, MDP collects software project artifacts; generates metrics on those projects; and makes the data available to the software community.  As part of the MDP effort, his team was tasked to automate and collect metrics on the review process for NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, and for elements of Goddard Space Flight Center. His company, Integrated Software Metrics, Inc., commercialized the resulting tool, InSpec. 

 Using data from MDP he is co-author of the following IEEE published papers:
 Learning Early Lifecycle IV&V Quality Indicators; T. Menzies and J.S. Di Stefano and M. Chapman; IEEE Metrics '03; 2003

When Can We Test Less?; T. Menzies and J. Di Stefano and K. Ammar and K. McGill and P. Callis and R. Chapman and J, Davis; Accepted by IEEE Metrics'03; 2003;

 The agenda for the meeting includes:
6:00 - 6:30 Check-in,lite dinner, and networking
6:30 - 7:30 Presentation
7:30 - 8:00 Networking
REGISTRATION:
Attendance is free, to register e-mail philly_spin@...
Directions:
Siemens
51 Valley Stream Parkway
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355
(610) 219-6300

Directions to Siemens from King of Prussia, North and East:
Take US-202 South towards West Chester. W DEKALB PIKE/US-202 S becomes US-202 S. Take the exit towards GREAT VALLEY (PA-29 N). Turn LEFT onto SWEDESFORD RD travel 1/2 mile. Turn RIGHT onto PA-29 N travel .3 miles. Turn RIGHT onto VALLEY STREAM PKWY. Make your THIRD LEFT into Corp III entrance (Wachovia sign is also on the corner). There are 3 buildings that are all connected, but you are looking for Corp III. Continue around the circle and Look for Visitor parking . There will be visitor signs and you will turn left at sign to park. Enter in the Corp III entrance (to the Left of the parking garage). You must sign in with security at the desk and you will be escorted to the auditorium. There will be SPIN committee members to assist you.

Directions to Siemens from West Chester, South and West:
Take US-202 N. Take the PA-29 North. Turn right and another right PA-29 N. Turn RIGHT (Third Light) onto VALLEY STREAM PKWY. Make your THIRD LEFT into Corp III entrance (Wachovia sign is on the corner also ). There are 3 buildings that are all connected, but you are looking for Corp III. Continue around the circle and Look for Visitor parking. There will be visitor signs and you will turn left at sign to park. Enter in the Corp III entrance (to the Left of the parking garage). You must sign in with security at the desk and you will be escorted to the auditorium. There will be SPIN committee members to assist you.

The agenda for the meeting includes:
6:00 - 6:30 Check-in, lite dinner, and networking
6:30 - 7:30 Presentation
7:30 - 8:00 Networking
A SPIN is a group of software/information technology professionals who are interested in software process improvement. The SPIN is sponsored by the ASQ <http://www.asqphilly.org>(American Society for Quality) and the SEI (Software Engineering Institute).

On December 12th, there is a System i Telephony event.  The closest cities are McLean VA and New York City.
http://ibm.com/events/smb

My company is hiring an i5 DBA.  If you are interested in this
position, let me know.

Cindy Monyek
Sr. i5 System Administrator
E-mail: monyekc@...

Title: Database Administrator
Job Grade: X
Type: Regular
Department: TIS-Operations

Description:
Develop and document tools and services to transform and replicate
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Implement schema changes in databases and maintain those changes
through strict configuration management
Install and develop Stored Procedures to support the application
layer of the infrastructure
Troubleshoot problems when necessary on a 24x7 basis

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Three or more years working as a DBA in an Oracle environment
Three or more years working as a programmer in a 3GL/4GL/Object-
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Demonstrated proficiency in developing Data Transformation tools
Demonstrated proficiency in SQL and PL/SQL
Demonstrated knowledge of shell environments (C, Korn, KSH, Bourne)
Effective oral and written skills
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field

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Solaris 2.7/2.8 experience
Red Hat Linux experience
Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g and RAC experience
Enterprise level data replication (Oracle Streams, SharePlex, Golden
Gate)
Experience in managing data in a Very Large Database environment (1
Terabyte or more)