ASQ Section 0511 May 2021 Meeting Announcement

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Quality Matters: Questions on Questions

Presented by
Vladimir Nesterovich
ASQ Section 0511 Chair



Short Narrative/Description:

ASQ Section 0511 is a community of quality professionals of Northern Virginia, with tremendous cumulative experience across multiple industries, companies, and government agencies. Any single one of you in our ASQ Section is a formidable source of takes, opinions, and lessons on a number of Quality Matters.

A Quality Matter is an aspect, focus, slice, segment of the quality landscape that one deals with in a particular situation.

• Do you support or lead CMMI Appraisals?
• Or lead peer reviews and inspections?
• Or apply the Body of Knowledge of a particular ASQ Certification that you hold?
• Or use a process improvement methodology that is in or out of vogue at the moment?
• Do you conduct Quality Audits and write Audit Reports?
• Are you a lead in Process Improvement Initiatives, perhaps struggling with your Organization's unwillingness to participate in them?
• Have you applied quantitative and statistical methods for process improvement and project management?
• Are you responsible for Lessons Learned in your Organization?
• Is your experience as a Quality Professional similar to or different from the experience of a Quality Professional in another industry, government or private, big or small?

These (and many other) areas are examples of Quality Matters, at least in some of which you are opinionated and in the know, because you been there, done that, and got a stack of bloodied T-Shirts.

And I have Questions about your experience in those specific Quality Matters because I desperately need to know how to do some things and, more importantly, whether it actually works.

• I have Questions on each of the Quality Matters of interest to me.
• And you have Questions about the Quality Matters that did not even occur to me to think of.

Yet I don't know your experience. And you don't know mine. And look at all those other people in the Monthly Section meetings: you don't know their experiences, either.

• And if only you knew, you would do some things differently.
• Or, because it worked for someone else, you might even attempt something that you have not touched with a 10-foot pole.

Thus, I have Questions about those Questions on Quality Matters. Come and find out!

And, by the way... A spoiler alert: I will not ask you to volunteer.

Speaker Background:

Vladimir is a Quality Professional working in the DC area in software development, mostly for long-term government clients. His experience includes all phases of Software Development, CMMI for Development and Services, CMMI High Maturity, R, Auditor in all Practice Areas, Process Improvement Lead, Lessons Learned Lead, Risk Manager, Agile Implementation Lead, ASQ CSSGB/CSSBB, CSQE.

Reservations: There is no charge to attend. To register, please use our on line reservation form which can be used up to the day of the meeting. If your plans change, please contact dba21@asq0511.org, and let us know.

Schedule:

• 6:00pm - 7:00pm – Section Leadership Committee meeting
  The following information is for a recurring meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month:
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• 7:00pm - 8:30pm – Section Meeting and Presentation
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Meetings are open to all ASQ members as well as to the public.

Handouts:

• Presentation Slides — PDF
• Topic Lists — PDF

Next Meeting:
Wednesday, 9 June 2021 — TBD

Call for Speakers!!!
Would you or someone you know like to speak at a future ASQ meeting? We're always looking for volunteers. Be creative! Exercise your public presentation skills! Earn recertification credits! Get a free dinner! Please contact programs21@asq0511.org.