Current & UPCOMING EVENTS
Many companies that relied purely on mainframe applications are beginning to incorporate the advantages offered by new age development techniques. This Master Class will explore how to you successfully develop applications in this mixed environment to optimise the advantages of both.
Chuck Myers is probably the world's most experienced CMMI instructor. He has, over the past 20 years, worked closely with the SEI delivering CMMI training around the world. This 5 day course, which Chuck developed himself, focuses on preparing you to be a CMMI expert within your organisation.
Prof Barry Dwolatzky, Director: JCSE at Wits University reports back on the tour to Mexico and the States to investigate the benefits of Team Softwate Process (TSP) and Personal Software Process (TSP).
Dr Chuck Myers, President & CEO, Integrated Process Solutions, USA will provide an overview of the need to address three different dimensions for effective implementation: technical, process and organisational.
The Joburg Centre for Software Engineering and Dimension Data and will be hosting a one day Process Improvement Briefing to bring you the very best expertise South Africa, The USA and India has to offer on this topic.
This FREE one day Briefing will focus on Managing Organisational Change: people and skills issues and the role of CMMI and other process improvement frameworks and methods in supporting the effectiveness and competitiveness of organisations.
The People Capability Maturity Model (People CMM) is a framework that helps organizations successfully address their critical people issues. Based on the best current practices in fields such as human resources, knowledge management, and organizational development, the People CMM guides organizations in improving their processes for managing and developing their workforces
PAST EVENTS
The JCSE and QuantiMetrics presented a Master Class which discussed software sizing, estimation and benchmarking.
Aslam Khan presented on Behavior Driven Development (BDD), a framework that focuses on producing testable requirements. It addresses the problem of poorly defined stories by capturing each feature as a set of behaviors. BDD follows a strongly user-focused approach by describing contexts for business events that yield value driven business outcomes.
Martin Rennhackkamp from PBT Group explained how BI capability should be positioned and be managed to align it with the business’ strategic goals and objectives.
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Prof. Barry Dwolatzky and Dr Pieter van Zyl from Nedbank reported back on the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) annual SEPG Conference.
Chris Naidoo from Psybergate discussed The Test Driven Development lifecycle using practical examples
The SA Electrotechnical Export Council presented this morning seminar on Intellectual Property. Don MacRobert, seasoned Patent and Intellectual Property lawyer, presented how to create it and protect it, and how to get Government funding support for obtaining patents.
Wayne Mallinson discussed the critical link between testing and successful software development.
Dr Dave Zubrow, Team Lead of the Software Engineering Measurement and Analysis Initiative from the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University in the USA, discussed how to define and use measures to manage and improve software projects, products, and processes.
Prof Barry Dwolatzky, Director of the JCSE presented the SEI’s Team Software Process and Personal Software Process(TSP and PSP) methodologies.
Ernest Mnkandla presented a discussion on how to tailor your agile practices to your given project environment and still remain within the benefits of agility.
Jim Over, Team Lead of the TSP Initiative from the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Melon University, presented a SPIN on the benefits of TSP/PSP and his experience in implementing TSP/PSP.
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Tetyana Loskutova discussed how db4objects Inc successfully uses an XP methodology and agile processes in a team spread over 9 countries.
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Year Planner
The JCSE offers a variety of events, courses and skills development programs running throughout the year. We've put together a page to see what's on when, so you can take full advantage of our products.