During the past few years Hyderabad SPIN has survived the various difficulties and hurdles normally expected for a professional non-profit organization. Despite the busy schedules and work pressures, the members of Hyderabad SPIN were able to meet and share their knowledge with fellow members.

The target for HYDSPIN on number of sessions is 12 per year i.e. one session per month on an average. At the end of the year, an annual meet is conducted in which summary of the events of the year are presented and a new coordinator is elected for next year. New/ Renewal of membership for the coming year is done the same day.

Following is the usual agenda of annual meet.

09:30 – 10:00 hrs : Registration and Networking

10:00 – 10:15 hrs : Annual Report by Coordinator

10:15– 11:00 hrs : Guest Lecture session

11:00 – 11:15 hrs : Coffe/Tea Break

11:15 – 12:15 hrs : Benchmarking Results - Presentation

12:15 – 12:30 hrs : Presentation of Mementoes

12:30 – 12:45 hrs : Vote of Thanks by Coordinator

12:45 - 13:00 hrs: Selection of New SPIN Coordinator; Plans for Next Year

13:00 onwards : Annual Gala lunch

 

Here are some of the activities which have been organized by HYDERABAD SPIN.

Current year 2006 activities:

Re-designing of web site

 

Past Activities:

2005

• Introduced a new roles as Support Coordinators for CSQA Sessions, Newsletter, Benchmarking
• Initiated Process Benchmarking along with Metric Benchmarking
• Ten Organizations Participated in the Benchmarking Exercise (go to Benchmarking Report 2005)
• Quality Workshop was conducted in which Best Practices were shared from member organizations

  Knowledge Sharing Sessions

  • An approach towards securing Today's Network by Shakeel Ahmed Khan, Veeras Infotek
  • Presentation of purpose, R & R, description of Process Benchmarking - Maneesha, coordinator HYDSPIN: 12th Jan
  • Usage of Statistics in Business Decision Making - The Wipro Way - Mr. Apparao, Head of Quality, Enterprise Solutions Division, Wipro Technologies: 27th Jan
  • JBoss ( a Best Professional Open Source Java Middleware Platform) - Mr. Subramaniam Satyamoorthy, Director & Head of Asia Pacific, of JBoss Inc: 4th Feb
  • Software Estimation: Focusing on Function point analysis – Bharathi, Kornerstone consultants: 28th Feb
  • Tips & Tricks to Black Box Testing - Mr. Kumaravel Ranganathan of SSA Global: 4th Mar
  • Level 5 and Beyond– Mr. Watts Humphrey: 22nd Mar
  • Test Automation - Overview of testing landscape and Indium's expertise - Mr. Srikanth, Business Development Manager of Indium Software (India) Ltd, Chennai: 7th Apr
  • IT Governance - An opportunity for complying with Sarbanes Oxley– Jacob Paul, Satyam: 20th Apr
  • Using the Competency Framework for HR Excellence- Mr. Rajesh Naik, Consulting Partner, QAI India Ltd: 2nd May
  • Indian Culture and impact on Team's performance - Mr. Ramesh Thota, Product Manager, Danlaw Technologies Pvt Ltd: 23rd Jul
  • Tips & Tricks to Black Box Testing - Mr. Kumaravel Ranganathan: 5th Aug
  • Overview of PMBOK new edition– Adiki Venkatesh: 3rd Sep
  • Various Management Systems and Compliance requirements for IT Governance - Mr. Sudarshan, VP of BSI India Pvt Ltd: 21st Sep
  • Improving Internal Audit Effectiveness - Mr. Sridhar Chakravarthy Mulakaluri, a Sr. consultant of KPMG: 13th Oct
  • Quality Workshop: 22nd Oct
  • CMMI Implementation in a Projectized way - an experience of SSA Global - Mr. Ganesh Puthucode: 30th Nov
  • Designing a Process Asset Library - Mr.  Siva Sai N: 7th Dec
  • Annual Day: 17th Dec
    
    

 

2004

• Interaction with other SPINs across India
• Interaction with PMI, HYSEA
• Benchmarking on selected parameters and processes.
• CSQA awareness sessions continuation
• Sessions from Sitara QAI, QSIT, Parasoft, Kornerstones, ISI, QCFI
• Quality workshop, Tools Workshop
• Best practice sharing by software organizations

2002 & 2003

• Creation of group ID for HYDSPIN, Increase in number of members of HYDSPIN
• Reactivating the web site and Uploading of new files
• Quality Workshop, Best practice Sharing by software organizations
• Benchmarking on selected metrics with 11 organizations participation
• CSQA sessions continuation. H'bad as center for CSQA exams
• Sessions from Sitara Technologies, KPMG, QAI, STQC, MUSA

Lecture sessions during 2002

• January - A case study on Six Sigma - G Apparao , Wipro Technologies
• February - Team building - an advantage in Software Development - Y V Subramanyam, Danlaw Technologies
• February - Session on Processes, Tools and Methodologies- Ameeta Roy, Rational Software
• March - Repetition of Processes, Tools and Methodologies- Ameeta Roy, Rational Software
• March - An overview on eCMM - Bennet Kumar, Satyam Computer Services
• April - An overview on Function point estimation - Bharati Vasanthakrishnan, Tanning Technologies
• May - An overview of PCMM - T.Srinivias, KPMG Ltd
• May - Transitioning from CMM to CMMI - Raghav Nandyal, Sitara Technologies
• May - RUP vs Extreme programming - Ameeta Roy, Rational Software
• June - CSQA awareness session - Maneesha, Motorola India Electronics Ltd; Ramesh Ketharaju, Intergraph Ltd; Adiki Venkatesh, Baan Ltd
• June - Six Sigma in Internet Application Development - Hareesh Amre, GE India Business center
• July - Moving from a manual to an automated approach for Testing - SS Ramakant, Rational Software
• August - Benchmarking in Software Industry - Maneesha from Motorola India Electronics Ltd
• August to December - Benchmarking on selected parameters, involving 11 organizations
• August - Pitfalls in taking corrective Actions - C K Varma, STQC
• September - Guidelines and tips for CSQA exam - Adiki Venkatesh, Baan Ltd; Ramesh Ketharaju, Intergraph Ltd; Gururaj Tamprapani, Orbitech Solutions; Suryanarayana V,Tanning Technologies; Maneesha, Motorola India Electronics Ltd
• October - Software Automation - Ameeta Roy, Rational Software
• October - Repetition of Software Automation - SS Ramakant, Rational Software
• November - Best practice sharing sessions
• November - Orthogonal Defect Classification - KS Prakasa Rao, Consultant
• December - Tips on CSQA exam - Adiki Venkatesh, Baan Ltd; Ramesh Ketharaju, Intergraph Ltd; Gururaj Tamprapani, Orbitech Solutions; Suryanarayana V,Tanning Technologies; Maneesha, Motorola India Electronics Ltd
• December - Annual Meeting

2001

• G. Apparao, Wipro Technologies - Six Sigma Implementation in Wipro - 19th Jan. 2001
• T. Ram Mohan, Intergraph Consulting Pvt. Ltd. - Process Compliance Measurement and Automation - 16th Mar. 2001
• PV Anantha Ramaiah, Suryajyothi Infotech - CQA Examination : Information and Tips for preparation - 30th May 2001
• N.J. Rao, Gem Intelicom Ltd - Six Sigma Quality and its linkage to CMM Model - 29th June 2001
• U. Nagaraju, Feature Techno Designs - VLSI/Embedded – Trends and technologies - 10th Aug. 2001
• K. Ramesh chandra Intergraph Consulting Pvt. Ltd - PMI Standards – Overview -28th Sep. 2001
• SPIN annual Event - Dec 2001
• An overview of CMMi - J Maneesha, Motorola India Electronics Pvt Ltd.
  ISO 17799: Information Security Management System - NE Prasad, Head – STQC IT Services

2000

• C.R. Pandian - Quality Improvement Consultants (QIC) - Quantitative Process Management Techniques - 27th Jan 2K
• KS Prakash Rao - Free Lancer (Consultant) - Overview of ISO 9000-2000 revisions - 18th Feb 2K
• Krishna Koneru - Wipro Technologies- iProcess: Reengineering for the Internet Economy-11th March 2K
• SV Nathan - Wipro Technologies - Process improvements thru Internal & external audits - 28th April 2K
• Ms.Nallani Pratima - Baan Info Systems India Ltd.- Extreme Programming (XP) Concepts Overview - 04th Sep 2k
• Savio Rodrigues - Visual soft Technologies ltd - Adhering to software life cycle - 11th Oct. 2k
• Ms Sailaja - Softpro Systems Pvt Ltd -Practical Approach to Handling changes in Customer requirements - 22nd Nov.2K

SPIN annual Event - Dec 2000

• Top Management's Perspective of SQA Activities - PV Subrahmanyam, CEO, Lanco Global Systems Ltd
  
• Sponsors Talk by T.HARI, AVP HR - Satyam
  
• Panel Discussion :
  

  1.Delivery Schedules vs SQA Conflicts: Moderated - K S Prakasa Rao,
  2.Software Process Improvements - Anthony D'souza, AVP, Satyam
  3.Customer Satisfaction - C.H.Murthy AVP, Satyam

1999

• Automation of Software Testing and Test Tools
• How Wipro could achieve Level 5 of SEI CMM - Part 1
• How Wipro could achieve Level 5 of SEI CMM - Part 2
• How Wipro could achieve Level 5 of SEI CMM - Part 3
• Effective ways of Gathering Requirements
• Software Project Management
• People - CMM , implementation experiences at Intergraph
• SPIN annual Event - Dec 1999
• Lectures by highly experienced speakers had been an added advantage to the participants by they being highly professional, live, practical, relevant and interesting. To understand the requirements of small software organizations in Software Process Improvement.

1998

• Types of Software metrics, their implementation and usefulness.
• Importance of progress tracking in software project management.
• Requirements Management
• Types of testing and testing methodologies.
• Software Engineering: Strategies and Tactics that work
• SPICE Vs CMM Assessments

1996 - 1997

• Lecture on ISO to CMM.
• Discussions on some Key Process Areas of SEI-CMM.
• Discussion Software Metrics
• TQM in Software Industry
• Personal Software Process
• Requirements Management KPA of CMM
• In addition to these activities SPIN has distributed News letters and other reading material to its members on free/cost to cost basis
• Starting November 1997 an exclusive email account has been launched for the SPIN coordinator, to facilitate a faster exchange of ideas between the members who have an email facility. Members can ask for information and clarification of their doubts by sending us an email. However, since this is purely a voluntary service, neither SPIN coordinators nor SPIN can be held responsible for any delay in forwarding/replying of queries and doubts.