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Aug-Oct 2005 Edition

News Editor: HYDSPIN Working Group

Dear SPIN members,

Welcome to August-October 2005 edition of Newsletter.

In this Issue:

Sessions held in August 2005
Sessions held in September 2005
Sessions held in October 2005
Other sessions
Link of the Edition
Knowledge Point

HYDSPIN sessions in August 2005

5th August 2005

Topic:
Speaker: Mr. Kumaravel Ranganathan, Sr. Quality Analyst - SSA Global
Venue:
Timings:

HYDSPIN sessions in Sept 2005

3rd September 2005

Topic:
Speaker: Mr. Adiki Venkatesh,
Venue:
Timings:

21st September 2005

Topic:
Speaker: Mr. Sudarshan, VP of BSI India Pvt Ltd
Venue:
Timings: 6.30 pm to 8.00 Pm

HYDSPIN sessions in Oct 2005

13th October 2005

Topic:
Speaker: Mr. Sridhar Chakravarthy Mulakaluri, Sr. Consultant - KPMG
Venue:
Timings:

22nd October 2005

Quality Workshop - Agenda

9:30am to 9:45am - Introduction
9:45am to 10:30am - Presentation on "Who needs Process" by the guest speaker Mr. Kedarnath Udiyavar, Head of Polaris and President of HYSEA
10:30am to 11:00am - "OASIS - A tool for tracking of business parameters" - by Vimal Vyas of Wipro
11:00am to 11:30am - Tea break
11:30am to 12:00pm - "Measurement and Analysis on Internal Quality Audit process - an experience at SSA Global" - by Adiki Venkatesh, SEPG of SSA Global
12:00pm to 12:30pm - “Quality Improvement in testing projects through KM” - by Manisha Saboo of Virtusa
12:30pm to 1:00pm - "Project Health Review" - by Bhavani & Diwakar of Polaris
1:00pm to 2:00pm - Lunch

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Other Events

Metrics and process benchmarking activities are underway.

10 Organisations are participating in this activity.

Data received from all the organizations.

Data analysis is being planned for this month.

Final presentation is planned for SPIN - Annual day in Dec 3rd week.

Link of the Edition: http://management.about.com

( This link has details about several management tips, articles, latest initiative in market, must reading and several links.)

Knowledge Point: It's often better to have a few small, well-focused teams than a single large team.

A Software wizard may not have the temperament or desire to be a team leader. Don't force the wizard to become one.

Jelled teams are the ideal, but they're not easy to achieve. At a minimum, be certain to avoid a "toxic environment".

Article of the Edition:

None.

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