ASQ Section 0511 June 2021 Meeting Announcement
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Quality Matters Round Table: ASQ Certifications
Moderated 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.
The 9 June 2021 Section 0511 meeting is a Round Table Discussion of one of the 26 Quality Matters noted at the May 2021 meeting, namely: ASQ Certifications.
Quality Matters Polls:
If you have not yet done so, please respond by Sunday Night Midnight 6 June 2021 to the poll conducted by our Section 0511 Chair for Voice of the Customer
This and future polls will help us identify which Quality Matter topics you want to discuss, which questions you have about them, and when to hold those discussions.
This poll is the first Quality Matters poll but not the last. Even if you have missed this poll's deadline, come to the June 2021 Round Table Discussion anyway. And then keep an eye for future polls.
Quality Matters: Questions on ASQ Certifications
- The following questions on the topic of ASQ Certifications will be up for discussion at the June 2021 Section 0511 Round Table:
1) Why did you obtain your ASQ certifications?
2) Did you use your ASQ certifications in winning business such as in proposals?
3) Did your ASQ certifications help you in getting recognition or a promotion?
4) What role do the certification Bodies of Knowledge (BOKs) play in your work?
5) What training, if any, should quality professionals pursue as part of recertification?
6) How else do you use the fact that you have an ASQ professional certification?
7) Have you found your ASQ certifications worth attaining and maintaining?
8) Have you considered letting your certifications expire?
9) How many certifications do you have and how many should one have?
10) Do quality professionals in the United States need ASQ professional certifications?
Note: For the purposes of this Round Table, a professional certification is an ASQ certification that expires every three (3) years. If you have only certifications that do not expire, then some of these questions will not apply to you.
Read these questions now and become familiar with them. The questions discussed at the June 9, 2021 Round Table may be slightly modified from the above in case good improvements to those questions are received through our poll; however, they will not differ significantly from the above, if at all.
You Speak Up, I Moderate:
- At the June 2021 meeting, YOU are the speaker:
The meeting is a Round Table discussion, not a presentation by a Featured Speaker.
You should speak up. You can get floor multiple times. Please do!
If you decide only to listen what others say and not share your experience and opinions, that is your choice, and it will be respected. You are encouraged to attend the discussion anyway if only to listen; you will not be called out to speak unless you speak up!
Speak of your personal experience and express your personal opinions.
You do not need to prepare a speech or slides, just speak up. You already know your experience and your opinions, and that is all that matters.
Time will not allow lengthy speeches. We have 6-7 minutes per question, on average. So, be brief and share floor with others, so that several people could speak on every question.
Time will not allow digressions. Speak on the topic and, specifically, on the question that is up for discussion. (Did I mention you should become familiar with the questions above?)
Time will not allow discussion of similar topics. For example, topics such as ASQ, ASQ Section 0511, Quality Professionals, Continuing Education are NOT in scope of this discussion unless mentioning them reflects DIRECTLY upon your experience with and opinions on your ASQ Certifications.
The list of the questions will be displayed during the discussion. We will go by the question list, top to bottom. Thus, limit your speech to the question at hand, perhaps drawing on the previously stated material but holding off on the questions that are still down the list.
It is OK to speak on some questions and not on some others. Time will not allow everyone to speak on every question anyway.
Your experience is unique and differs from the experience of others. Make it known! It is irrelevant what some book says on this topic or what they said on this topic someplace else. What matters is what YOU think on this NOW.
A discussion is not a debate. You will get floor to express your experience and opinions on this Quality Matter, not to criticize the experience and opinions of other discussion participants.
A discussion is not a Q&A session with the Moderator. The questions on the agenda are up for you to speak on, not for finding correct answers that do not exist.
Have fun! This is your chance to get to know other Quality Professionals better and allow others to get to know you.
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.
Meeting Handouts:
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
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- 7:00pm - 8:30pm – Section Meeting and Presentation
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Next Meeting:
Wednesday, 14 July 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.