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Seminar Title: "Measuring Progress Towards Engineering Goals in
Software Process Improvement (SPI) and Project
Management
- CMMI-SE/SW from a Japanese perspective"

Topic: Learn about the SEI-CMM (Capability Maturity Model)
What is Software Process Improvement?
Does using a Capability Maturity Model (CMM) lead to good
Project Management?
How to collect Data Matrices and how do they help
in Project Management?

Speaker: Dr. Sourav Kundu
Founder and CEO of KSG, Inc. & Faculty of Tokyo
Metropolitan University, Japan

When: November 18th, 2003 (Tuesday) Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Location: Tokyo American Club (TAC), 2-1-2 Azabudai, Minato-ku
(For directions see below)

Cost: 5,000 yen for JPMF Global SIG Members;
7,000 yen for non-members
Includes top class buffet
Annual membership 3,000 yen - Join on the evening for the
members price!

Signup Deadline: Extended 12:00 noon on Monday 17th November*
(But limited to 60 people)
Sign-up by sending an email to events@...
Please also send any cancellations by this deadline.

Details:

Dr. Kundu will present on the Systems and Software Engineering body of
knowledge in a Japanese context. He will show how a well defined project and
organizational metrics strategy can help Software Process Improvement (SPI)
and how the engineering goals of the project and the SPI program can be
realized using a Software Metrics Program.

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Agenda:

Doors open at 18:30 and a cash bar will be available for drinks when you
arrive and during informal networking time. A standing buffet will be served
at 19:00 and the speaker presentation will begin at 20:00. There will be an
opportunity for Q&A at the end of the presentation. The meeting is expected
to finish shortly after 21:00.

Directions to Tokyo American Club:

The nearest subway station is Kamiyacho (Hibiya Line). Car parking is not
available at TAC but there are car-park facilities at the Tokyo Tower site
which is within walking distance of TAC. There is a shuttle bus between the
Tokyo Tower car park and TAC. A map and directions for TAC can be found at
http://www.tac-club.org/

Once you arrive at TAC please proceed directly to the President's Room on
the third floor where the Global SIG event will be held.

*Notes:
If you miss the signup deadline but still wish to attend please contact us
by email events@... and we will try to reallocate any
last-minute cancellation places. If you discover after you have signed-up
that you can no longer attend please let us know as soon as possible.
No-shows on the night will be contacted by our Treasurer after the event and
asked to pay the event fee.
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have any enquiries about membership please send an e-mail to
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