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ASQ 0511 - What's New
ASQ 0511 - What's New
Welcome to our New Members!
- New section members receive a free dinner as a thank-you for joining the section.
- To learn about current or future education training opportunities, please contact our Education chair
- Join ASQ 0511 on Linkedin!
- The Northern Virginia Section of the American Society for
Quality (ASQ 0511) is excited to announce the addition of an ASQ
0511Group to the "Linkedin" network.
- What is Linkedin and how can it benefit you?
Linkedin is a free online network of more than 11 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries. Through your network you can:
- Connect with former colleagues, alumni, or other ASQ 0511 members and discover new networking opportunities
- Get introduced to other professionals through the people you know
- Find potential clients, service providers, subject experts, and recommended partners
- Be found for business opportunities
- Discover inside connections that can help you land jobs and close deals
- Post or search job listings
- Find high-quality candidates
- How can you join Linkedin and add ASQ 0511 to your profile?
If you are a member of ASQ 0511, you are automatically eligible to join the Section's Linkedin group. Click here to join Linkedin, or if you are already a LinkedIn member and want to add the ASQ 0511 Group to your account.
When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional and academic accomplishments. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join Linkedin and connect to you. Linkedin is free to join and has a stringent privacy policy. They will not rent or sell your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes or share your contact information with another user.
- What are the benefits of adding a group to my profile?
By adding the ASQ 0511 Group to your profile, you can:
- Accelerate your career through referrals from ASQ 0511 members
- See a list of all fellow ASQ 0511 group members
- Search within the ASQ 0511 group for vital new contacts
- Use special contact settings to communicate directly with fellow ASQ 0511 group members
- Do I have to join Linkedin, add the ASQ 0511 group to my profile, etc.?
No, this is an optional service for ASQ 0511 members who wish to participate.
- We hope to "see" you in the ASQ 0511 group soon,
The ASQ 0511 Communications Team
- The Northern Virginia Section of the American Society for
Quality (ASQ 0511) is excited to announce the addition of an ASQ
0511Group to the "Linkedin" network.
New or updated as of 11 February 2020
- IRS audit of ASQ has been closed — their 501(c)(3) status has been confirmed for the year 2017
- Treasurer's Report for Feb 2020
- February 2020 Meeting — Wednesday, 12 February 2020 – Join us at Daniel O'Connell's in Alexandria to hear Mike Coleman speak on Root Cause in the Fitzgerald Room (with instructions on how to access the Fitzgerald Room)
- January 2020 Meeting Slides — Ones to Watch presented by Michael Novak
- February Meeting Slides — FRoot Cause Analysis (RCA) — Overview and discussion how we can implement this thought process?< presented by Mike Coleman
- 28th Annual ISO 9000 & Audits World — ISO Conference Brochure Available to Download Now
- Board Vision Meeting Notes 26 January 2020 (draft)
- Draft Board Minutes 8 January 2020
- February 2020 Meeting — Wednesday, 12 February 2020 – Join us at Daniel O'Connell's in Alexandria to hear Mike Coleman speak on Root Cause
- With liberties taken from the lyrics of the Who's song "Won't Get Fooled Again" from their 1971 Album, "Who's Next": Meet the new Section Leadership Committee, not the same as the old Section Leadership Committee
- February's Issue of Quality Progress Is Live!
- 2020 Strategic Updates from ASQ: On January ASQ announced the formation of a new 501(c)(6) entity to house certification and organizational membership activities
- Upcoming ASQ Certification Dates! Testing Windows: 3 – 19 April and 1 – 17 May 2020
- February Member Gift Bundle: Powerful Tools for Continuous Improvement
- The Winter 2019 ASQ Quality Management Forum Is Here!
- ASQ is offering its premier lineup of Lean Six Sigma classroom training two more times this year.
- ASQ's 2020 Lean and Six Sigma Conference is a hot ride on the road of your career — one of the best ways to accelerate your skills, knowledge, and connections in the quality industry.
- 19th Annual Lean Six Sigma World Conference — Conference at a Glance
- Earn the Role of Future Quality Leader: Enrollment Ends March 6!
- 2020 World Conference on Quality and Improvement! Get Ready to Join Your Peers!
- A Message From the Geographic Communities Council Chair There are five key areas that I'd like to focus on: myASQ Finance, myASQ, Contract Management, Intellectual Property and SharePoint
- Draft Board Minutes 8 January 2020
- Board Vision Meeting Agenda 8 January 2020
- Certification Spotlight: Six Sigma Black Belt — Testing Window: 6 – 22 March 2020, Application Deadline: 7 February 2020
- 28th Annual ISO 9000 & Audits World — Conference at a Glance
- The RestoreASQ Group provides a way to share information and organize to Restore ASQ to being the Member-led Society it was intended to be and restore support and funding to ASQ Divisions and Sections in their mission to serve ASQ Members
- January 2020 Meeting — Wednesday, 8 January 2020 — Join us at the Tysons Corner Olive Garden to heard Mike Novak speak on Ones to Watch
- February 2020 Meeting — Wednesday, 12 February 2020 — Join us at Daniel O'Connell's in Alexandria to hear Mike Coleman speak on Root Cause
- Section Leadership Committee updates for 2020
- Section meeting dates for 2020
- Secrets To Improve Job Prospects: Tips on being a great candidate for employment.
- 2020 Community Leadership Institute will take place on Sunday, May 3, beginning at 7:30 a.m. with the Fellows and Society Awardees and Medalists joining for a lunch program
Northern Virginia Section 0511 Archives
Archives 2019
New or updated as of 25 December 2019
- January 2020 Meeting — Wednesday, 8 January 2019 — Join us at the Tysons Corner Olive Garden
- December 2019 Meeting — Wednesday, 11 December 2019 — Join us at PJ Skiddoos for our holiday social
- November 2019 Meeting — Wednesday, 13 November 2019 — Check out the Harbour Grille menu for our meeting
- November 2019 Meeting Slides — Finally, a KM Standard! presented by Michael Novak
- ASQ November Member Gift Bundle — Competitive Benchmarking and Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
- Schedule of upcoming Certification Preparation Programs By ASQ
- ASQ Scheduled Certification Examination Dates: Testing Window: January 3-19, 2020 – Application Deadline: December 6, 2019, and Testing Window: February 7-23, 2020 – Application Deadline: January 10, 2020
- Registration Open — Baldrige Criteria Training Richmond, VA – Jan 7, 2020
- Happy World Quality Month! ASQ is excited to join this worldwide celebration of the industry and individuals who strive to provide excellence through quality. Visit www.asq.org/wqm to download exclusive content, learn how to share World Quality Month with your organization, and even find out which quality guru you are! Be sure to stay tuned and share your quality stories with the hashtag #WorldQualityMonth.
- November's Issue of Quality Progress Is Live!
- Draft Board Minutes 9 October 2019
- Recent Membership Committee Reports
- Chair's Message: Consider Serving on our Section's Leadership Team
- Register for either the ISO 9000 & Audits World Conference (ISO) or the Lean Six Sigma World Conference (LSS) in March 2020. Super Saver deadline is 11/30/2019; Early Registration Deadline is January 31, 2020
- ASQ Lean and Six Sigma Conference: Applying Lean and Six Sigma For Organizational Excellence February 23 – 25, 2020 | Phoenix, AZ, Early bird discounts apply through January 20, 2020.
- ASQ Scheduled Certification Examination Dates Testing Window: December 6 – 22, 2019, Application Deadline: November 8, 2019
- November is World Quality Month and ASQ is here to help celebrate YOU!
- Show Your Passion for Quality: Invite a Colleague to Join ASQ and Save $25! For each referral that joins ASQ as a Professional member with discount code REFER25, you'll be entered in a drawing to win a free registration to the 2020 Lean and Six Sigma Conference or World Conference on Quality and Improvement—your choice!
- The ASQ Geographic Communities Council cordially invites you to attend two Geographic Communities Virtual Member Leader Training sessions on Saturday, November 16 and Saturday, December 7. Each session will be hosted through WebEx and are scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Central Standard Time.
- ASQ Courses. Designed by Subject Matter Experts. Taught by Quality Instructors. Leading to Outstanding Results.
- Cincinnati, OH — November 18 – 22, 2019:
- Introduction to Supplier Management
- ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Training with IATF–Exemplar Global Certified 16949:2016 Automotive Emphasis
- ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor Training (Environmental Management System Training)–Exemplar Global Certified
- Quality/Engineering Tools for Supplier Management
- New Orleans, LA — December 9 – 13, 2019, Register by Nov. 3, 2019, save 15%!
- Software Quality Engineering
- ISO 13485:2016 Internal Auditor (Medical Devices Quality Management System Training)–Exemplar Global Certified
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Cost of Quality: Finance for Continuous Improvement
- Long Beach, CA — January 13 – 17, 2020, Register by Dec. 8, 2019, save 15%!
- Black Belt/Quality Engineering Statistics
- ISO 27001:2013 Lead Auditor
- ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor (Quality Management System Training)–Exemplar Global Certified
- Supplier Quality Professional: An Introduction
- SPQA is excited about the number of applicants entering its 2020 Award cycle. We are now seeking volunteer applicants to the 2020 Board of Examiners who will be trained to conduct the examination of an applicant based on the Baldrige Criteria. Applicants must apply each year they wish to be considered. New and returning examiners must complete the online application. The deadline to apply is December 1, 2019.
- Recent resume postings
- Save the Dates!
- November 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 13 November 2019 — ISO 40301, Knowledge Management Systems Requirements presented by Michael Novak at the Harbour Grille, Woodbridge
- December 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 11 December 2019 — Annual Holiday Party at P.J. Skidoos, Fairfax
- September 2019 Meeting Slides -- Lockheed Martin: Priority on Quality presented by Neil Golke and Northrup Grumman: Deep Diving Supplier Zero Defect Plans presented by Julia Price
- October 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 9 October 2019 — Latest Quality Trends from 2019 ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement presented by Barbara McCullough and Cyndi Reichardt at Houlihan's Springfield
- Section meeting dates for last quarter 2019 and 1st half 2020
- Two days remaining to Submit a Proposal – for either the 2020 Lean Six Sigma World Conference or ISO 9000 & Audits World Conference (ISO); Proposal Submission Deadline: October 11, 2019
- The Quality Show Exam & Prep Course Preparatory Course & Certification Exam for Portable 3D Metrologists & CMM Metrologists, Tuesday, October 22
- SPQA 2020 Award Cycle Solicitation due Oct 16, 2019.
- Draft Board Minutes 11 September 2019
- Certification Schedule for December 2019 and January 2020
- Check out the delicious menu for our meeting at Maggiano's this week
- Deadline to register for this month's meeting is Noon Monday, 9 September — Doors open at 6:15 Wednesday evening
- Draft Board Minutes 14 August 2019
- Draft Board Vision Minutes 28 July 2019
- Ignite Testing Transformation: A Roadshow for Quality Leaders -- September 19, 2019 | 5 - 8 p.m. ET
- ASQ Section 509 - General Membership Meeting at That's Amore Restaurant on September 19, 2019: Presentation — A Multi-Media Quality Presentation for Steam Coffin Captain Moses Rogers and The Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier
- 2019 Minitab Insights Conference, a user-dedicated annual event being held this October 8-11 at the Lansdowne Resort & Spa in Leesburg, VA. The conference brings together leading industry professionals and experts in data analysis and quality to discuss using Minitab's latest suite of tools to provide real solutions, share best practices and network.
- SPQA is co-hosting the Baldrige 2019 Fall Conference, Tune Into Excellence. It will be held October 24 and 25 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN.
- The 74th World Conference on Quality and Improvement invites you to submit proposals for presentation in Columbus, OH. Deadline Extended to Sunday, September 8, 2019. Share your real-world examples that demonstrate best practices, tested solutions, and proven results to an audience representing an array of countries, background, and industries. Your quality peers are ready to learn from thought leaders like you!
- Recent job postings -- Systems Engineer with Serious Quantitative Process Improvement Experience (TS/SCI)
- This year is coming to a close. What better time to sign up for the next step in your quality career? Sign up today for ASQ's Black Belt Transition training in Phoenix. Check Out the Early Bird Rate. Ends September 8!
- Time to Move to the Head of the Quality Class. Select One or More of These Convenient, Cost-Effective E-Learning Courses
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Our Section is Excited to Present to two Quality Experts to discuss Supplier Quality at our September 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 11 September 2019
- Advancing Quality Aligned with Future Visions of Space presented by Neil Golke, Quality Engineering Sr. Manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company at Maggiano's Tyson's Corner
- Drive for Excellence, Northrop Grumman's Approach to Zero Defect Planning presented by Julia Price, Supplier Quality Manager, Navigation & Maritime Systems Division, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector
- Three High Demand Workshops to be Featured at Baldrige Fall Conf, Oct 24-25
- Only a Few More Days to Submit Your Proposal for the 2020 Lean and Six Sigma Conference Phoenix, AZ February 24 - 25, 2020. All proposals must be submitted to ASQ by August 14, 2019.
- Pat Nugent, Vice President of Product Management for Mahr Inc., will deliver a keynote address at the ASQ Inspection Division conference on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. The conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport Expo Center in Louisville, KY.
- Call for Papers - 2020 Lean Six Sigma / ISO 9000 & Audits World Conference. Proposal Submission Deadline is October 11, 2019
- One-Day Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training & Certification Program Friday August 16th, 2019 in Fairfax, VA
- The 63rd annual Fall Technical Conference (FTC) will be held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD on September 25-27, 2019.
- Draft Board Minutes 10 July 2019
- ASQ Team Excellence Award: Join ASQ's Team Excellence Award Program and See How Your Team Compares to the Best! Team Entry Materials Due: September 9, 2019
- Save the Date! September 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 11 September 2019 — Advancing Quality Aligned with Future Visions of Space presented by Neil Golke, Quality Engineering Sr. Manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company at Maggiano's Tyson's Corner
- Baldrige Criteria Training – Norfolk, VA - Sept 20
- Call for Region 5 Director Nominations, Sections nominate and elect Region Directors to guide and mentor sections within the regions, for participation in the Geographic Communities Council, and for the opportunity to serve on the ASQ Board of Directors. The nomination period is now open for Region Directors in the South Atlantic (Region 5) for the January 1, 2020–December 31, 2021 term. Our section has been asked by ASQ to nominate an interested candidate by July 31, 2019. If you are interested or know of a person who you would like to nominate, please read the provided guidance.
- July 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 10 July 2019 — Due to the inability of one of the presenters to make the planned meeting, we have rescheduled the presentation to October and given our section the evening of the second Wednesday of the month back for them to do as they may.
- August 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 14 August 2019 — A "Seven Principles" Journal and Learning to Innovate from Leonardo Da Vinci presented by Michael Novak at Olive Garden, Tysons Corner
- September and October Certification Schedule
- Three Comprehensive Courses by a Master Black Belt Instructor Phoenix, Arizona – Starting August 19!
- June 2019 Meeting Slides -- Baldrige Performance Excellence Program | 2019 presented by Steve Bonk
- August 2019 Meeting Slides -- A "Seven Principles" Journal and Learning to Innovate from Leonardo Da Vinci presented by Michael Novak
- June 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 12 June 2019 -- Baldrige Performance Excellence Program | 2019 presented by Steve Bonk, past senior examiner and team leader for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award at P.J. Skidoos, Fairfax
- May 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 8 May 2019 -- The Code of Trust presented by Robin Dreeke, former FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program at On the Border, Reston
- Draft Board Minutes 10 April 2019
- Section meeting dates Monthly Meeting Venues
- Membership Committee Reports
- May 2019 Meeting Slides -- The Code of Trust presented by Robin Dreeke
- January 2019 Meeting Handouts -- Understanding Quality/Compliance Requirements For Diversity And Inclusion Hiring presented by Lori Daly
- Section meeting dates for 2019
- Section meeting dates Monthly Meeting Venues New or updated as of 1 April 2019
- April 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 10 April 2019 -- Senate Productivity and Quality Awards (SPQA) presented by Marcia Harrington at Fiona's Irish Pub, Kingstowne Center
- April 2019 Meeting Slides -- Senate Productivity and Quality Awards (SPQA) presented by Marcia Harrington
- February 2019 Meeting Slides -- The Leaders Role presented by Tom Connally
- March 2019 Meeting Slides -- 50 Years of Quality presented by Geoff Withnell, RCT Systems
- Draft Board Minutes 12 February 2019
- March 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 13 March 2019 -- 50 Years of Quality presented by Geoff Withnell, RCT Systems, at Olive Garden, Tysons Corner
- February 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 13 February 2019 -- The Leaders Role presented by Tom Connally at Country Inn & Suites near Potomac Mills, Woodbridge, meal from Qdoba
- Draft Board Minutes 9 January 2019
- January 2019 Meeting - Wednesday, 9 January 2019 -- Understanding Quality/Compliance Requirements For Diversity And Inclusion Hiring presented by Lori Daly, Vice President at W R Systems, Ltd, at Houlihan's Springfield inside the Hilton hotel
- Section Leadership Committee updates for 2019
Archives 2018
New or updated as of 10 December 2018
- December 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 12 December 2018 -- Annual Holiday Party atP.J. Skidoos, Fairfax
- November 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 14 November 2018 -- Get the Defects Out of Root Cause Analysis ASQ Webinar moderated by Cory Sherb at Fiona's Irish Pub, Kingstowne Center New or updated as of 10 October 2018
- October 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 10 October 2018 -- The Art of Integrating Strategic Planning, Process Metrics, Risk Mitigation, and Auditing Webcast ASQ Webinar moderated by Cory Sherb at P.J. Skidoos, Fairfax
- January 2018 Meeting Slides -- Bio Banking and its Role in Research presented by Jai Singh
- March 2018 Meeting Slides -- Lean Agile Product Development in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) presented by Eugene Nkomba
- April 2018 Meeting Slides -- Translating VOC into Strategy presented by Zak Pierce, Tina Cooper and Michael Casias
- May 2018 Meeting Slides -- Latest Quality Trends Fresh From ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement presented by Barbara McCullough, Cyndi Reichardt, and Eric Jensen
- June 2018 Meeting Slides -- De-Mystifying Knowledge Management presented by Michael J. Novak
- July 2018 Meeting Slides -- Approaches to Environmental Data Quality - A Historical Perspective presented by Ken Rapuano
- August 2018 Meeting Slides -- ISO 9001 Quality Management System ó A Tool For Business Success presented by Matthew Omodia
- September 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 12 September 2018 -- Current Trends in Quality, a Roundtable Discussion facilitated by the Section 0511 Board at Houlihan's Springfield inside the Hilton hotel
- Recent job postings -- Quality Assurance Engineer and Quality Assurance Associate
- August 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 8 August 2018 -- ISO 9001 Quality Management System ó A Tool For Business Success presented by Matthew Omodia, Quality Coordinator, Mattei Transit Engineering at On the Border, Reston
- July 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 11 July 2018 -- Approaches to Environmental Data Quality - A Historical Perspective presented by Ken Rapuano at Olive Garden, Tysons Corner
- June 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 13 June 2018 -- De-Mystifying Knowledge Management presented by Michael J. Novak at Fiona's Irish Pub, Kingstowne Center
- May 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 9 May 2018 -- Latest Quality Trends Fresh From ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement presented by Barbara McCullough, Secretary, ASQ Section 0511, Cyndi Reichardt, Finance Committee, ASQ Section 0511, and Eric Jensen, Exam Committee Chair, ASQ Section 0511 at PJ Skidoos, Fairfax
- April 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 11 April 2018 -- Translating VOC into Strategy presented by Zak Pierce ó Director ó Strategy, Tina Cooper ó Senior Manager ó Public Sector Advisory, Michael Casias ó Senior Associate ó Strategy at Houlihan's Springfield inside the Hilton hotel
- March 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 14 March 2018 -- Lean Agile Product Development in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) presented by Eugene Nkomba, Agile Coach, CMQ/OEb at Country Inn & Suites near Potomac Mills, Woodbridge, meal from Qdoba
- 2018 Meeting Schedule Locations and dates for the rest of the calendar year
- Recent job postings -- Quality Manager, AECOM, Chantilly, VA and Senior Project Analyst, AMSG, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC VA
- Draft Board Vision Minutes 10 Feb 2018
- Recent job postings -- Quality Assurance Internal Auditor,Sierra Nevada Corporation, Hagerstown, MD
- February 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 14 February 2018 -- Delivering Process Excellence Through Process Management Webcast, an ASQ Webinar moderated by Cory Sherb at On the Border, Reston
- January 2018 Meeting - Wednesday, 10 January 2018 -- Bio Banking and its Role in Research by Jai Singh at the Olive Garden in Tysons Corner
Archives 2017
New or updated as of 6 December 2017
- December 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 13 December 2017 -- Social Night at Not Your Average Joes in Reston
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include November 2017
- November 2017 Meeting Slides -- Weathering the Storm: An ISO 9001:2015 Transitional Audit Tale presented by Monica Seh
- Draft Board Minutes - October and November 2017
- Membership Committee Reports -- November 2017
- New speaker and presentation for November 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 8 November 2017 -- Weathering the Storm: An ISO 9001:2015 Transitional Audit Tale presented by Monica Seh at Houlihan's in Springfield
- Recent job postings -- Quality Assurance Specialist, CSRA, West Falls Church, VA
- All the Technology Books Distributed
- Membership Committee Reports -- October 2017
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include October 2017
- November 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 8 November 2017 -- Bio Banking and its Role in Research presented by Jai Singh at Houlihan's in Springfield
- Software SIG meeting - Tuesday, 28 November 2017 -- Technology, Strategy, and Culture Change as Non-Profit Enablers presented by Jim Templin and Lynelle Korte ñ Executive Directors - B2B, Bill Brody. ASQ Market Research Manager, and Cynthia Nazario, Senior Program Specialist
- Recent job postings -- Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs, Transplant Leadership Institute LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
- October 2017 Meeting Slides -- Driving Innovative IT Project Metrics by Embracing Human Nature by John Bowen
- Draft Board Minutes - September 2017
- Scholarships -- available for members
- Software SIG meeting - Tuesday 24 October 2017 -- Phishing for a Living presented by Naheed Bleecker, Vice President, Information Technology, Cielo
- Recent job postings -- Quality Assurance Specialist, Strategic Hiring Solutions, Melbourne, FL
- Recent resume postings
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include August and September 2017
- September 2017 Meeting Slides -- DevOps Audit and Compliance by Jeff Gallimore
- Save the date for the October 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 11 October 2017 -- Driving Innovative IT Project Metrics by Embracing Human Nature presented by John Bowen at Maggiano's Little Italy in Tysons Corner
- Software SIG meeting - Tuesday, 26 September 2017 -- Quality-Driven Innovation in Systems & Software presented by Dr. Nicole Radziwill
- Draft Board Minutes - August 2017
- September 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 13 September 2017 -- DevOps Audit and Compliance by Jeff Gallimore at P.J. Skidoos, Fairfax
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include July 2017
- July 2017 Meeting Slides -- Constructing a More Effective Survey by Cory Sherb
- August 2017 Meeting Slides -- Lean Process Improvement at Inova Health System by Kathy Paro, Keith Hardwick and Melissa A. Martin
- Software SIG meeting - Tuesday, 22 August 2017 -- Improving Enterprise Security: Cyber Threat Sharing with STIX and TAXII Presented by Mr. Christopher Lenk and Mr. Michael Kouremetis
- Board Agenda - August 2017
- Membership Committee Reports -- August 2017
- August 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 10 August 2017 -- Lean Process Improvement at Inova Health System at Fiona's Irish Pub, Kingstowne Center
- Membership Committee Reports -- May & July 2017
- Voice of the Customer 2nd QTR Call
- September 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 13 September 2017 -- at PJ Skidoo's, Fairfax,VA
- Software SIG meeting - Tuesday, 25 July 2017 -- Aligning Corporate Governance with IT Governance and Why Should I Care? Presented by Ms. Louise Peabody, CPA, CRMA, PMP
- July 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 12 July 2017 -- Constructing a More Effective Survey by Cory Sherb at the Tysons Corner Olive Garden
- August 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 9 August 2017 -- at Fiona's Irish Pub in Kingstowne
- Configuration Management Working Group, presentation from 30 May 2017 - Decoding Culture: Beyond the Fluff and Back to Business by Jeff Gallimore, Excella Consulting
- June 2017 Meeting Slides -- Self Assessment as Part of the Quality Leader's Toolkit by Scott Rutherford
- Software SIG meeting Tuesday 27 June 2017 -- New or Improved! Software Engineering Standards for Quality presented by Dr. Annette Reilly, CSDP, IEEE-CS Golden Core and Senior Member
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include May 2017
- June 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 14 June 2017 -- Self Assessment as Part of the Quality Leader's Toolkit by Scott Rutherford
- Configuration Management Working Group, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 - Presents Decoding Culture: Beyond the Fluff and Back to Business by Jeff Gallimore, Excella Consulting
- April 2017 Meeting Slides -- Agile and CMMI, are They Good Bedfellows? by Rebecca McKaughan
- May 2017 Meeting Slides -- Latest Quality Trends Fresh From ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement by Barbara McCullough, Cyndi Reichardt, and Ray Crawford
- May 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 10 May 2017 -- Report from the 70th ASQ World Conference in Milwaukee by Ray Crawford, Barbara McCullough and Cyndi Reichart
- Government Lean Six Sigma Initiatives June - August 2017
- Draft Board Minutes - April 2017
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include March 2017
- Draft Board Minutes - March 2017
- April 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 12 April 2017 -- Agile and CMMI, are They Good Bedfellows? by Rebecca McKaughan at Country Inn & Suites near Potomac Mills, Woodbridge, meal from Qdoba
- Software SIG meeting Tuesday 28 March 2017 -- What is Performance Engineering and How is it Relevant? Presented by Dr. Danny Moore, Systems Engineer, MITRE Corporation
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting -- Wednesday 29 March 2017 -- Fostering a Culture of Quality with High Maturity presented by Ron Lear, Corporate Quality Director, Booz Allen Hamilton and Kevin Schaaff, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
- March 2017 Meeting Slides -- Quality Tools that Outlast Management Trends by Cory Sherb
- April 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 12 April 2017 -- Agile Coach Case Study by Rebecca McKaughan at Country Inn & Suites near Potomac Mills, Woodbridge, meal from Qdoba
- Revised Draft Section Business Plan - March 2017
- March 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 8 March 2017 -- Quality Tools that Outlast Management Trends by Cory Sherb at P.J. Skidoos, Fairfax
- ASQ Certified CMQ/OE Exam Online Class -- offered by the Nebraska section (1302) March through May 2017
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include February 2017
- Section Leadership Committee -- New members of leadership team for 2017
- Section meeting locations for 2017
- CQA refresher training course -- offered Jointly by the Northern Virginia section (0511) and the DC/suburban Maryland section (0509) March and April 2017
New or updated as of 7 February 2017
- Software SIG meeting Tuesday 28 February 2017 -- We are paying for What?! IT Asset Management: security, sanity and saving money presented by Mr. Mr. David Morse, Senior Cyber Security Engineer, MITRE Corporation
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting -- Wednesday 25 March 2017 -- presented by Ron Lear, Director Corporate Quality, Booz Allen Hamilton and Kevin Schaaff, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
New or updated as of 2 February 2017
- Board Agenda - February 2017
- Section Leadership Committee -- New Chair, Chairelect and others for 2017
- February 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 8 February 2017 -- Your Organization's Quality Management System is OK. Now What? by Eric Malloy, at Olive Garden, Tysons Corner
- New, Lower Price - Section Dinner now costs $25 if registration made prior to the cutoff date (usually by the Friday before the meeting)
- New SIG Meetup Group
- Recent job postings -- Program Manager and Software Developer/Software Engineer
- January 2017 Meeting Slides -- Redesigning your Organization's Operational Review Process by Eric Malloy
- February 2017 Meeting Slides -- Your Organization's Quality Management System is OK. Now What? by Mike Novak
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include January 2017
New or updated as of 7 January 2017
- Board Agenda - January 2017
- Section Leadership Committee updates for 2017
- Section meeting dates for 2017
- Software SIG meeting Tuesday 24 January 2017 -- Secure SDLC: How to Get Adoption presented by Mr. Curtis Bragdon, Director of Sales, Code Dx
Archives 2016
New or updated as of 30 December 2016
- Need for members to serve as Chair, Chair-elect, and to fill other board vacancies
- January 2017 Meeting - Wednesday, 11 January 2017 -- Redesigning your Organization's Operational Review Process by Eric Malloy, at Fiona's Irish Pub, Kingstowne Center
- Website Maintenance Training
- 7 January 2017 - Looking for volunteers! Contact our webmaster19@asq0511.org - Draft Board Minutes - December 2016
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include December 2016
- Membership Committee Report -- December 2016
New or updated as of 6 December 2016
- December 2016 Meeting - Wednesday, 14 December 2016 -- Social Night at On the Border, Reston
- November 2016 Meeting Slides, Video and Audio -- Risk Management in Roofing - labor, materials and insurance by Joshua Wilson
- Draft Board Minutes - November 2016
- New Recertification guidance
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include meetings held in August, September, and November 2016
- ASQ Section 0511 YouTube Channel -- Recent videos include November meeting
New or updated as of 7 November 2016
- November 2016 Meeting -- Wednesday, 9 November 2016 -- Risk Management in Roofing - labor, materials and insurance by Joshua Wilson at Houlihan's at the Springfield Hilton
- Board Agenda - November 2016
New or updated as of 8 October 2016
- October 2016 Meeting -- Save the date - Wednesday, 12 October 2016 -- at P.J. Skidoos in Fairfax
- July 2016 Meeting Video and Audio -- From Zero to Hero: 30 days to create better and more efficient health care for Veterans nation-wide (Scott Boodie)
- August 2016 Meeting Video and Audio -- Human Side of Insider Threat Investigations (Doug Sampson)
- September 2016 Meeting Video and Audio -- Agile Project Management (Geoffrey L Withnell)
- Draft Board Agenda - October 2016
- Draft Board Minutes - July - September 2016
New or updated as of 8 September 2016
- September 2016 Meeting -- Wednesday, 14 September 2016 -- Agile Project Management at Not Your Average Joes in Reston
- CQA refresher training course -- offered Jointly by the Northern Virginia section (0511) and the DC/suburban Maryland section (0509) October 2016
- April 2016 Meeting Video and Audio -- Compliance Challenges in Clinical Research Naive Locations: Case Study -- STRIVE (Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola) (Seema Garg)
- May 2016 Meeting Video and Audio -- Quality Management System in Engineering Practice (Shane Beabes)
New or updated as of 18 August 2016
- August 2016 Meeting Presentation -- Human Side of Insider Threat Investigations (Doug Sampson)
- September 2016 Meeting -- Wednesday, 14 September 2016 -- Save the date - Not Your Average Joes in Reston
New or updated as of 9 August 2016
- Draft Board Agenda - August 2016
- Membership Committee Report -- August 2016
- Revised Draft Section Business Plan - August 2016
New or updated as of 3 August 2016
- Software SIG meeting Tuesday 23 August 2016 -- Using Non-Traditional Voice of the Customer Techniques to Measure and Manage the Customer Experience presented by Mr. John Goodman, Vice Chairman of Customer Care
- Draft Board Vision Minutes 30 July 2016
New or updated as of 20 July 2016
- August 2016 Meeting -- Wednesday, 10 August 2016 -- Human Side of Insider Threat Investigations by Doug Sampson at Olive Garden in Tysons Corner
- Draft Board Minutes - July 2016
- June 2016 Meeting Presentation -- Report from the 70th ASQ World Conference (Ray Crawford, Ellen Quinn, Bob Orkin, Barbara McCullough and Cyndi Reichart)
- July 2016 Meeting Presentation -- From Zero to Hero: 30 days to create better and more efficient health care for Veterans nation-wide (Scott Bonney)
- CMQ/OE -- online training course offered by ASQ Olde Colony Section 0111 evenings starting 25 July 2016
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include meetings held in December 2015, January, February, May and July 2016
New or updated as of 13 July 2016
- Education Committee Report -- July 2016
- Board Agenda - July 2016
- Board Minutes - March 2016
New or updated as of 7 July 2016
- Recent job postings -- Quality Auditor-Engineer and Continuous Improvement Expert
- July 2016 Meeting -- Wednesday, 13 July 2016 -- at Fiona's in Kingstowne
- Software SIG meeting Tuesday 26 July 2016 -- Cybersecurity Discoveries from Machine Learning presented by Mr. Curtis Bragdon, Darktrace
New or updated as of 7 June 2016
- Education Committee Report -- June 2016
- Membership Committee Report -- June 2016
- Board Agenda - June 2016
- New Certification Examination Methodology -- Starting Winter 2016
- Technology Books Available
New or updated as of 31 May 2016
- June 2016 Meeting -- Wednesday, 8 June 2016 -- Report from the 70th ASQ World Conference in Milwaukee by Ray Crawford, Ellen Quinn, Bob Orkin, Barbara McCullough and Cyndi Reichart
- Recent job postings -- Assistant Manager Quality Audits and Evaluation Services, Quality Engineer at Aerojet Rocketdyne Culpeper, and QA Specialist
- April 2016 Meeting Presentation -- Compliance Challenges in Clinical Research Naive Locations: Case Study -- STRIVE (Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola) by Seema Garg
- May 2016 Meeting Presentation -- Quality Management System in Engineering Practice by Shane Beabes
- Section Leadership Committee updates - DBA, Historian and Placements
New or updated as of 10 May 2016
- Education Committee Report -- May 2016
- Section Leadership Volunteers needed -- DBA, Newsletter, Placements, Publicity, Software SIG, Treasurer-Elect and Volunteer Coordinator
New or updated as of 6 May 2016
- Board Agenda - May 2016
New or updated as of 4 May 2016
- Lean Six Sigma SIG Meeting -- meeting date Wednesday, 25 May 2016 -- Deming at the Department of Defense by Dr. Cragin Shelton, MITRE Corporation
- Software SIG Meeting -- meeting date Tuesday, 24 May 2016 -- Software Defects and Software Reliability Assessment presented by Kristine Hejna
- Board Minutes -- Draft April
- Lean Six Sigma SIG Meetings -- meeting date Wednesday, 27 April 2016 -- Lightening Talks from the Trenches presented by Mr. Danny Moore, MITRE CORPORATION, Ms. Kristine Hejna, McKENNA PRINCIPALS, and Arlene Hendrix, BATTELLE
- May 2016 Meeting -- Wednesday, 11 May 2016 -- Quality Management System in Engineering Practice by Shane Beabes
New or updated as of 12 Apr 2016
- Board Agenda - April 2016
- Education Committee Report -- April 2016
- Certification Examination Reports -- 5 March 2016 & 5 December 2015
New or updated as of 5 Apr 2016
- Board Minutes -- Final: February 2016, Draft March
- Recent job postings -- Quality Assurance Manager
- Leadership Training -- 9 April 2016
- Scholarships -- available for members and high school seniors
- Software SIG meeting -- meeting date Tuesday, 26 April 2015 -- The IT Infrastructure Library - a tool for creating and maintaining value in IT services presented by Jeanne Schock
New or updated as of 8 Mar 2016
- April 2016 Meeting -- Wednesday, 13 Aprl 2016 -- Compliance Challenges in Clinical Research Naive Locations: Case Study -- STRIVE (Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola) by Seema Garg,
- Board Agenda - March 2016
- Draft Board Minutes - January & February 2016
- Recent job postings -- Quality Assurance/Regulatory Affairs Director
- ASQ Section 0511 Lending Library
- February 2016 Meeting Presentation -- Why Normal is better than Average by Kristine Hejna -- Dinner Slides, Handouts, Audio and Video
New or updated as of 9 Feb 2016
- Board Agenda - February 2016
New or updated as of 7 Feb 2016
- February 2016 Meeting -- Wednesday, 10 February 2016 -- Why Normal is better than Average by Kristine Hejna
New or updated as of 22 Jan 2016
- January 2016 Meeting Presentation -- Earned Value Measurement by Kristine Hejna -- Audio and Video
- ISO 9000 Revision Training -- Postponed due to snow to Saturday, 30 Jan (New weather date 6 Feb)
New or updated as of 15 Jan 2016
- January 2016 Meeting Presentation -- Earned Value Measurement by Kristine Hejna -- Handout
- ISO 9000 Revision Training -- Saturday, 23 Jan (Weather date 30 Jan)
New or updated as of 12 Jan 2016
- Software SIG meeting meeting date Tuesday, 26 January 2016 -- The IT Infrastructure Library - a tool for creating and maintaining value in IT services presented by Jeanne Schock
- Board Agenda - January 2016
New or updated as of 11 Jan 2016
- January 2016 Meeting -- Wednesday, 13 January 2016 -- EVMS - Earned Value Management Systems by Kristine Hejna
- Winter 2016 Section Course -- Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence
Archives 2015
New or updated as of 8 Dec 2015
- Board Agenda - December 2015
- Recent job postings -- Corporate Quality Manager
New or updated as of 1 Dec 2015
- Software SIG meeting meeting date Tuesday, 15 December 2015 -- Evaluating hazards in critical software-dependent systems presented by Dr. Sushil Birla
New or updated as of 13 Nov 2015
- December 2015 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 9 December 2015 -- Holiday Social Night
- November 2015 Meeting Presentation -- Quality Assurance in the Healthcare Sector: Identified Needs & Possible Solutions by Natalie Gottlieb -- Audio and Video
New or updated as of 10 Nov 2015
- Software SIG meeting meeting date Tuesday 24 November 2015 -- Lean Requirements Validation for Improved Quality presented by Cary Bryczek
- November 2015 Meeting Presentation -- Quality Assurance in the Healthcare Sector: Identified Needs & Possible Solutions by Natalie Gottlieb -- Handout
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include November meeting
- SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2015 - Women's Connect Event 15 Dec 2015
- ISO 9000:2015 -- All-day Saturday training session on ISO 9000:2015
New or updated as of 4 November 2015
- Education Committee Reports -- October 2015
- Board Agenda - November 2015
- Draft Board Minutes - September & October 2015
New or updated as of 31 October 2015
- October 2015 Meeting Presentations -- What Works? The Evidence-Based, Data-Driven Government Movement by John M. Kamensky and A Quality Journey: the Pursuit of the Malcolm Baldrige Award Scott McIntyre -- Handouts, Audio and Video
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include October meeting
- ASQ Section 0511 YouTube Channel -- Recent videos include October meeting
New or updated as of 27 October 2015
- November 2015 Meeting -- Wednesday, 4 November 2015 -- Quality Assurance in the Healthcare Sector: Identified Needs & Possible Solutions by Natalie Gottlieb
New or updated as of 9 October 2015
- Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Certification Test Preparation Course -- Sign up by 16 Oct
New or updated as of 24 September 2015
- Woman in Quality Various upcoming activities
New or updated as of 12 September 2015
- September 2015 Meeting Presentation -- Supply Chain Management by Steve McNamara -- Handout, Audio and Video
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include September meeting
- ASQ Section 0511 YouTube Channel -- Recent videos include September meeting
New or updated as of 8 September 2015
- Software SIG meeting meeting date Tuesday 22 September 2015 -- Real World Software Risk Management presented by Mary Lewis
- Board Agenda -- September 2015
New or updated as of 3 September 2015
- Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Certification Test Preparation Course -- Sign up by 11 Sept
New or updated as of 28 August 2015
- September 2015 Meeting -- Wednesday, 9 September 2015 -- Supply Chain Management by Steve McNamara at Olive Garden in Tysons Corner
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include August meeting
- August 2015 Meeting Presentation -- Overseeing Ordnance Investigations And Cleanups On Closing And Formerly Used Military Training Site by James Pastorick -- Handout, Audio and Video
New or updated as of 11 August 2015
- Board Agenda - August 2015
- Software SIG meeting meeting date Tuesday 25 August 2015 -- Testing Software where Cause is De-coupled from Effect presented by George Hurlburt
New or updated as of 7 August 2015
- The ASQ Innovation Division is hosting its Third Annual Innovation Conference Friday, Sept. 18 through Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015 at the Holiday Inn University Area and Conference Center in Charlottesville, VA
New or updated as of 5 August 2015
- Fall 2015 Section Course -- Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence
New or updated as of 31 July 2015
- Recent job postings -- Quality Assurance Specialist
- Recent job postings -- Quality Manager - TS/SCI
New or updated as of 28 July 2015
- August 2015 Meeting -- Wednesday, 12 August 2015 -- Overseeing Ordnance Investigations And Cleanups On Closing And Formerly Used Military Training Site by James Pastorick at Fiona's in Kings Town Shopping Center
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include July meeting
- July 2015 Meeting Presentation -- Managing Quality Assurance in Federal Services Contracts: Roles and Responsibilities of the Government COTR and Contract Project Manager -- Handout, Audio and Video
- Special Meeting in October 2015 -- Wednesday, 14 October 2015 -- Panel Discussion - Advancing Quality: the New Performance Challenge at Maggiano's in Tysons Galleria, Tysons Corner
- ASQ Section 0511 YouTube Channel -- Recent videos include July meeting
New or updated as of 7 July 2015
- Draft Board Vision Minutes 27 June
- Board Agenda - July 2015
- Membership Committee Report -- July 2015
New or updated as of 22 June 2015
- July 2015 Meeting -- Wednesday, 8 July 2015 -- Managing Quality Assurance in Federal Services Contracts: Roles and Responsibilities of the Government COTR and Contract Project Manager by Thomas White
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include June meeting
- New Recertification Chair -- new package mailing address
- Software SIG meeting meeting date Tuesday 23 June 2015 -- Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks: Agile For Legacy Systems resented by Craeg Strong
- Draft Board Minutes - June 2015
- June 2015 Meeting Presentation -- Quality at the Executive Level -- Slides, Audio and Video
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting -- Wednesday 24 June 2015 -- Topic: ProModel: Process and Modeling Healthcare Delivery presented by Geff McDonald, ProModel, Director of Healthcare Initiatives; Kurtis E. Shampine, Pro-Model, Sr. VP Life Sciences Division
New or updated as of 9 June 2015
- Board Agenda - June 2015
- Education Committee Reports -- June 2015
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery -- Recent updates include May meeting
- Certification Examination Report -- 6 June 2015
- Membership Committee Report -- June 2015
New or updated as of 5 June 2015
- Looking for a volunteers to join the section board to fill several vacancies
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery recent updates include presence at the Spring GMU Job Fair
New or updated as of 31 May 2015
- June 2015 Meeting -- Wednesday, 10 June 2015 -- Quality at the Executive Level
- You're invited--three then free
- May 2015 Meeting Presentation -- What transpires at the perennial ASQ World Conference each May? Slides, Audio and Video
- Board Minutes Draft May minutes
- Certification Examination Instructions -- For 6 June 2015 Exam
- Recent job postings EIS Quality Manager
New or updated as of 11 May 2015
- May 2015 Meeting -- Wednesday, 13 May 2015 -- What transpires at the perennial ASQ World Conference each May?
- Education Committee Reports May 2015
- Section 505 - Philadelphia, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 - Dinner Program - The Baldrige Journey
- Board Agenda - May 2015
- Board Minutes ñ draft April minutes
- Software SIG meeting meeting date Tuesday 26 May 2015 ñ Cyber-Security Policy and Ethics Presented by Kelly Yamaguchi
New or updated as of 7 April 2015
- Revised April 2015 Meeting -- Wednesday, 8 April 2015 -- Drive for Quality in China by Gary Coleman
New or updated as of 1 April 2015
- Software SIG meeting meeting date Tuesday 28 April 2015 -- "Be Careful What You Pay For: Applying the Fundamentals of Quality to Software" presented by Rick Spiewak
New or updated as of 20 March 2015
- March 2015 Meeting Presentation -- The Gift of Quality: Enabling Human Exploration by David Swanson
- April 2015 Meeting -- Wednesday, 8 April 2015 -- Quality at the Executive Level by Paul Strasser
- Certification Examination Report -- 7 March 2015
- New location for Certification Examinations
- Section Leadership Committee updates
New or updated as of 10 March 2015
- Board Agenda - March 2015
- VAHQ is looking for speakers for their conference in Richmond in November 2015 by Friday, March 13, 2015
- Education Committee Reports March 2015
- Scholarship Committee Report March 2015
- Recent job postings Quality Manager and UL Field Representative
New or updated as of 3 March 2015
- Looking for a volunteers to serve as Vice-Chair and/or Program Coordinator of the Software SIG Committee.
- March 2015 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 11 March 2015 ñ Gift of Quality by David Swanson
- Section Leadership Committee updates
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery recent updates
- Software SIG meeting meeting date Tuesday 24 March 2015 ñ "Website Performance Testing Strategies to use in Emergency Situation" presented by Rudy Regner
- Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Certification Test Preparation Course ñ Sign up by April 25
New or updated as of 12 February 2015
- Recent job postings ñ Clinical Research Quality Assurance Auditor
- Recent resume postings
- Board Agenda - February 2015
- Revised Draft Section Business Plans - February 2015
- Looking for a volunteers to serve as mentors for the next generation of quality leaders.
- Looking for a volunteers to serve as the section's Treasurer-Elect and the Software SIG co-chair.
- Software SIG meeting meeting date Tuesday 24 February 2015 ñ "Injecting Security into SDLC" ñ How to Incorporate a Security Development Lifecycle into the Software Development Lifecycle presented by Shahid N. Shah
New or updated as of 4 February 2015
- Software SIG meeting meeting date Tuesday 24 February 2015 ñ "Injecting Security into SDLC" ñ How to Incorporate a Security Development Lifecycle into the Software Development Lifecycle presented by Shahid N. Shah
- Revised Draft Section Business Plans ñ February 2015
- Board Minutes ñ June, July & November approved board & vision minutes
New or updated as of 27 January 2015
- Recent job postings ñ Quality Systems Specialist and Quality Manager
- Recent resume postings
- February 2015 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 11 February 2015 ñ The Power of Peer Review presented by Robert Stiles
- November 2014 Meeting Presentation ñ The Art and Science in Ensuring Quality Principles in Knowledge Management by Robert Mitchell
- January 2015 Meeting Presentation ñ Manufacture and Quality Control for Conjugate Vaccines by Andrew Lees
- February 2015 Meeting Presentation ñ The Power of Peer Review by Robert Stiles
- Draft Section Business Plans ñ January 2015
New or updated as of 2 January 2015
- January 2015 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 14 January 2015 ñ Manufacture and Quality Control for Conjugate Vaccines presented by Andrew Lees
- Section Leadership Committee updates
- 2015 Meeting schedule
Archives 2014
- Board Agenda ñ December 2014 revised
- Software SIG meeting ñ Revised meeting date Tuesday, 27 Janauary 2015 - ìIf it passes test, it must be OKî - Common Misconceptions and The Immutable Laws of Software Development presented by Girish Seshagiri
- December 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 10 December 2014 ñ Holiday Social Night
- Board Agenda ñ December 2014
- Software SIG meeting ñ No December meeting - Next meeting is Tuesday, 25 Janauary 2015 - ìIf it passes test, it must be OKî - Common Misconceptions and The Immutable Laws of Software Development presented by Girish Seshagiri
- Draft Board Minutes ñ November 2014
- Board Vision Minutes ñ November 2014
- Education Committee Report ñ December 2014
- Membership Committee Report ñ December 2014
- Board Agenda ñ November 2014
- Draft Board Minutes ñ October 2014
- Board Vision Agenda ñ November 2014
- November 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 12 Nov 2014 ñ The State of the Auditing Profession in 2014 by Robert Mitchell
- ASQ Mini-conference: Quality Today, Success Tomorrow, will be held November 15, 2014 in the Gibble Auditorium of Elizabethtown College
- Board Agenda ñ October 2014
- Draft Board Minutes ñ September 2014
- Draft Board Minutes ñ August 2014
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 28 October 2014 - Risk Management-103: Risk Metrics ó Risk Management-103: Metrics Applications, Part 2, continued from the September talk presented by Mike Helton
- October 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 ñ Building a Better ASQ Chapter 0511
- Looking for a volunteers to serve as assistant proctors and registration assistants for the next certification exam to be held Saturday, 4 October 2014. Registration starts at 7:30 am and the exams starts at 8:00 am.
- ASQ Section 0511 Education Survey ñ Please complete by 6 October 2014
- Recent job postings ñ One position
- September 2014 Meeting Presentation ñ Wednesday, 10 September 2014 ñ Counterfeit Electronic Parts: How to Keep Them Out of Your Supply Chain by John R. Eppler
- September 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 10 September 2014 ñ Counterfeit Electronic Parts: How to Keep Them Out of Your Supply Chain by John R. Eppler
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 23 September 2014 - Risk Management-103: Risk Metrics ó Measuring Risk and the Risk Process Presented by Mike Helton
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 26 August 2014: The Discipline of Software Engineering presented by Mark Doernhoefer
- The 32nd annual Senate Productivity & Quality Award for Virginia (SPQA-VA), the Commonwealths primer quality event, will be held on September 15 and 16 at the Doubletree Midlothian-Richmond Hotel
- Draft Board Minutes ñ July 2014
- Board Vision Meeting ñ Minutes and Agendas
- August 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 13 August 2014 ñ Team Building Using Social Media presented by Adam Parnes
- Innovation Interest Group conference ñ Saturday, September 20, 2014 in Toronto
- Summer 2014 Section Course ñ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 22 July 2014 - Applying Process Mining to IT Big Data by Richard Eng
- Board Agenda ñ July 2014
- Draft Board Minutes ñ June 2014
- July 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 9 July 2014 ñ Social Night with focus on the Quality/Education Connection
- Recent job postings ñ Two positions
- Section Leadership Committee updates
- Board Minutes ñ May 2014
- June 2014 Meeting Presentation ñ Design & Constructing Division of ASQ, Join us in building the future by Robert Orkin
- Certification Examination Report ñ 7 June 2014
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 24 June 2014 - A Rules Engine Experiment: Lessons Learned on When and How to use a Rules-Based Solution by Cris Hutto
- Recent job postings ñ Three positions
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting ñ Wednesday 25 June 2014 ñ Innovative Advances in the Application of Lean Six Sigma by Darrell Davis, Chief Process Improvement Officer; Practice Director, Process and Performance Management, Master Black Belt
- Recent job postings ñ Contracted QC Inspectors and/or Auditors
- Looking for a volunteers to serve as assistant proctors and registration assistants for the next certification exam to be held Saturday, 7 June 2014
- Looking for a volunteers to serve as our section's Treasurer Elect, Secretary, and Arrangements and Software SIG committee chairs.
- Looking for a volunteers to respond to a study on the use of Zero Positional Tolerance at Maximum Material condition.
- May 2014 Meeting Presentation ñ How We Encounter the (Quality) Legacy of Our Founding Fathers Every Day by Gregg Monaco
- Draft Board Minutes ñ May 2014
- Board Minutes ñ March 2014
- Section Leadership Committee updates
- Recent job postings ñ PMI Quality Assurance Manager
- Decision and Risk Analytics, Vienna, VA
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 27 May 2014 ñ Using Agile Principles to Deliver Real Business Value at Scale by Mark Shima and Joseph Hilger
- May 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 14 May 2014 ñ Gregg Monaco: How We Encounter the (Quality) Legacy of Our Founding Fathers Every Day in Northern Virginia (to include adjoining Maryland)
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting ñ Wednesday, 30 April 2014 ñ Enabling Excellence by Rhonda Farrell
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 22 April 2014 ñ Building a Software Assurance Road-map and Using It Effectively by Robert A. Martin
- Spring 2014 Section Course ñ Certified Quality Auditor
- Inquirer's Guide to the Criteria for Performance Excellence Course ñ 10-11 June Staunton
- Board Agenda ñ March 2014
- Recent job postings ñ Quality Manager Aerospace/Energy
- Approved Board Minutes ñ January 2014
- Draft Board Minutes ñ March 2014
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 25 March 2014 ñ Building a Software Assurance Road-map and Using It Effectively by Robert A. Martin
- Board Agenda ñ March 2014
- Certification Examination Report ñ 1 March 2014
- April 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 9 April 2014 ñ Gerard Dache: The Quality & Reliability of Healthcare.gov - What Happened?
- Board Agenda ñ February 2014
- March 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 12 March 2014 ñ Sam Carson: The Art and Science in Ensuring Quality Principles in Knowledge Management
- April 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 9 April 2014 ñ Robert Orkin: Design & Constructing Division of ASQ
- Recent job postings ñ Gemini Tech QA Specialist
- Recent job postings ñ Progress Rail Quality Engineer
- Recent job postings ñ Bechtel QA Engineer Reston
- Recent resume postings
- January 2014 Meeting Presentation ñ An Early Introduction to ISO 9001:2015 by Richard Gillis
- Public Blended Lean Six Sigma Green & Black Belt Certification Workshops
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 25 February 2014 ñ Open Source Software and Government by David Wheeler
- Board Agenda ñ February 2014
- Recent job postings ñ Quality Control/Business Process Engineer
- Looking for a volunteers to serve as our section's Treasurer Elect and Arrangements committee chair
- Board Draft Minutes ñ January 2014
- Board Minutes ñ December 2013
- The Maryland Performance Excellence Awards (MPEA) Program is looking for examiners
- Philly Section - January Meeting - Annual Lean Six Sigma program on Business Analytics
- 2014 Meeting schedule
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 28 January 2014 ñ Wayne Beekman: Getting the Requirements Right... The First Time
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting ñ Wednesday, 29 January 2014 - Danny Moore: Big Data Strategy
- Board Agenda ñ January 2014
- Board Draft Minutes ñ December 2013
- Board Minutes ñ November 2013
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 Events ñ January 2014
- ASQ 0509 Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence Refresher Course ñ Starting Saturday, 18 January 2014
- ASQ 0509 Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Refresher Course ñ Starting Saturday, 18 January 2014
Archives 2013
- January 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 8 January 2014 ñ Richard Gills: An Early Introduction to ISO 9001:2015
- February 2014 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 12 February 2014 ñ Robert Orkin: Design & Constructing Division of ASQ
- ASQ Olde Colony On-line Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence Training ñ Starting Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Board Agenda ñ December 2013
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday 17 December 2013 ñ What Makes Good Enterprise Architecture and How Do You Get There? by Phil Homan
- Board Draft Minutes ñ November 2013
- Board Minutes ñ September and October 2013
- November 2013 Meeting Presentation ñ Occupational Health and Safety - Enhancing Your Management System by John Thoms
- Looking for a volunteers to serve as our section's Treasurer Elect, Proctors for December Certification exams and Co-chair for the Arrangements committee.
- Board Agenda ñ November 2013
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - Wednesday, 29 January 2014 - Big Data Strategy by Danny Moore, Information Systems Engineering Lead at MITRE
- November 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 13 November 2013 ñ Occupational Health and Safety - Enhancing Your Management System by John Thoms
- December 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 11 December 2013 ñ Winter Social Evening
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday 29 October 2013 ñ Development of a Configuration Management Standard by Al Florence and Ron Perrella
- Recent resume postings
- October 2013 Meeting Presentation ñ The Red Bead Experiment ñ by Rip Stauffer
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - Wednesday 30 October 2013 - Lean Six Sigma in Aviation Mishap Investigations by Mr. Gregg Monaco, LSS Master Black Belt
- Recent job postings ñ Six Sigma Blackbelt Process Engineer in Richmond
- Recent resume postings
- Board Draft Minutes ñ October 2013
- Board Agenda ñ October 2013
- Board Draft Minutes ñ September 2013
- Board Minutes ñ August 2013
- Innovation Interest Group conference ñ Saturday, October 26, 2013, Sacramento, CA
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery ñ September 2013 ñ Thirtieth Anniversay Celebration
- Looking for a volunteers to serve as our section's Treasurer Elect, Proctors for October Certification exams and Co-chair for the Arrangements committee.
- Board Agenda ñ September 2013
- Board Draft Minutes ñ August 2013
- Board Minutes ñ July 2013
- September 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 11 September 2013 ñ Change of Panel members for Thirtieth Anniversary Dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy in Tysons Corner
- October 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 9 October 2013 ñ The Red Bead Experiment by Rip Stauffer
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday 24 September 2013 ñ Leadership and Career Development by Joseph Ludford
- Philly Section - September Meeting - Improve the Quality of your Job/Career Search by Solving the Employment Puzzle
- Recent job postings ñ Quality and Engineering opportunities in Virginia
- Recent job links ñ Ball Aerospace & Technologies
- Board Agenda ñ August 2013
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday 27 August 2013 ñ Model-based Architecture and Engineering by Victor Harrison
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting will resume on 25 September with a presentation on Department of Defense Manufacturing Initiative & Six Sigma by Mr. Ralph Day
- Recent job postings ñ Quality Tech opportunity in Virginia
- Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Actions Workshop 24-25 October 2013
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday June 23, 2013 ñ Risk Management 102 by Mike Helton
- Fall 2013 ASQ Section 0511 (Northern Virginia) Prep Course For ASQís Certified Quality Auditor Examination, December 7, 2013
- Board Draft Minutes ñ July 2013
- Board Minutes ñ June 2013
- Message from the Chair ñ July 2013
- Board Agenda ñ July 2013
- Recent job postings ñ Quality Analyst opportunity in Charleston, SC
- Section Leadership Committee ñ 2013 - 2014 Officers
- August 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 14 August 2013 ñ Search and Recovery by Ward Nickisch, COL Retired
- July 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 10 July 2013 ñ Social Night - Meet the new Board
- June 2013 Meeting Presentation ñ Pathways to Matrix Management Success ñ by Ronald Gunn
- Board Draft Minutes ñ June 2013
- Board Minutes ñ May 2013
- Calendar
- Board Agenda ñ June 2013
- Board Minutes ñ April 2013
- Certification Examination Report ñ 1 June 2013
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday June 25, 2013 ñ OpenStack (Open source software for building private and public clouds) by Pat Holben
- Summer 2013 Section Course ñ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)
- Special: Northern Virginia Section Thirtieth Anniversary Dinner ñ Wednesday, 11 September 2013 ñ Panel discussion at Maggiano's Little Italy in Tysons Corner
- Draft Board Minutes ñ May 2013
- June 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 19 June 2013 ñ An introduction to the modern day ISO Management System by Sally Smoczynski
- Recent job postings ñ Quality Manager opportunity in Frederick Manufacturing company
- April 2013 Meeting Presentation ñ Pathways to Matrix Management Success ñ by Ronald Gunn
- Final Board Minutes ñ March 2013
- Draft Board Minutes ñ April 2013
- Board Agenda ñ May 2013
- 2013 Washington, DC Executive Briefing: Excellence in Process Improvement
- May 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 15 May 2013 ñ Performance and Quality Management Working Together Thru Technology ñ by Charles (Chuck) N. Brans
- April 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 17 April 2013 Pathways to Matrix Management Success ñ by Ronald Gunn
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 23 April 2013 ñ Tuesday, 23 April 2013 ñ Warranty Against Software Defects ñ A Disruptive Innovation? by: Girish Seshagiri
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting ñ Wednesday, 24 April 2013 ñ Topic: Is Six Sigma the Problem or the Solution by Monroe Ratchford
- March meting ñ Philly Section
- Final Board Minutes ñ February 2013
- Draft Board Minutes ñ March 2013
- Certification Examination Report ñ 8 April 2013
- March 2013 Meeting Presentation ñ Green Belt --> Black Belt ñ by Sion Weaver
- Spring 2013 Section Course ñ Certified Quality Auditor
- Master Certificate Program ñ Six Sigma
- Looking for a volunteer to serve as our section's Software SIG's co-chair
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 26 March 2013 ñ The Rise of Big Data and Data Science by Donald Miner
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting ñ Wednesday, 27 March 2013 ñ Topic: Sigma Quality Tools Workshop - Simulation - Design of Experiments - Statistical Process Control by Sion Weaver, CLSSMBB, CSSBB
- Final Board Minutes ñ January 2013
- Draft Board Minutes ñ February 2013
- March meeting ñ Philly Section
- Online CQA course ñ Old Colony Section
- Recent job postings ñ Quality Control Manager (MD)
- Final Board Minutes ñ December 2012
- Draft Board Minutes ñ January 2013
- Board Agenda ñ February 2013
- Recent job postings ñ Green Belt Business Process Analyst
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 26 February 2013 ñ Risk Management by Al Florence
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting ñ Wednesday, 27 February 2013 ñ Business process management and how Med Immuneís strategy is deployed end-to-end.
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting ñ Wednesday, 30 January 2013 ñ Topic: Business process management and how Med Immuneís strategy is deployed end-to-end.
- Recent job postings ñ Quality Control Manager of Fabrication
- Final Board Minutes ñ November 2012
- Draft Board Minutes ñ December 2012
- Board Agenda ñ January 2013
- Recent job postings ñ Metaldyne Quality Engineer
- January 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 16 January 2013 - The Quality Journey to Mount Rainer by Nicholas Wulfekuhle to be held at the Vienna Amphora
- January 2013 Meeting Presentation ñ The Quality Journey to Mount Rainer by Nicholas Wulfekuhle
- February 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 20 February 2013 - Quality Management versus Project Management by Kathleen Eaves to be held at the Herndon Amphora
- March 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 20 March 2013 - From Greenbelt to Blackbelt by Sion Weaver
- 2013 Meeting schedule
- Recertification Report ñ December 2012
Archives 2012
- Recent job postings ñ Lean Six Sigma
- Certification Examination Report ñ 20 December 2012
- Tentative Spring 2013 Section Course ñ Certified Quality Auditor
- Draft Board Minutes ñ November 2012
- Final Board Minutes ñ October 2012
- Recent job postings ñ Senior Improvement Advisor
- Recent job postings ñ Vendor Quality Manager
- Recent job postings ñ Quality Engineer
- Recent job postings ñ Quality Manager
- January 2013 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 16 January 2013 ñ The Quality Journey to Mount Rainer by Nicholas Wulfekuhle
- Recent job posting ñ Quality Program Coordinator
- Board Agenda ñ November 2012
- November 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 14 November 2012 at McCormick & Schmickís in Reston Town Center ñ The Future of ASQ by John Timmerman, ASQ Chair-Elect
- December 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 19 December 2012 at the Herndon Amphora ñ Social Night
- October 2012 Meeting Presentation ñ Set Up Time Reduction - a LEAN TOOL by Gerald V. Clarke, LQA-Lean Quality Associates
- Draft Board Minutes ñ October 2012
- Final Board Minutes ñ September 2012
- Particpate in doctoral research as to what education and skills in the quality discipline will be important for graduating engineers.
- The Virginia Association for Healthcare Quality is hosting their 35th Annual Education Conference, Beyond the Numbers: Making Quality Count on October 25 and 26, 2012 at the Marriott West in Richmond, VA
- Certification Examination Report ñ 15 October 2012
- The Senate Productivity & Quality Award for Virginia (SPQA-VA) is recruiting Examiners for the 2013 Award Cycle
- Board Agenda ñ October 2012
- Software SIG meeting ñ Thursday, 23 October 2012 ñ Knowledge Extraction and Analysis of Software Systems for Modernization and Risk Management by Mike Oara and Rama S. Moorthy of Hatha Systems
- Recent job posting ñ Quality Assurance Engineer
- Revised Voice of the Customer Page
- Draft Board Minutes ñ September 2012
- Final Board Minutes ñ August 2012
- Board Agenda ñ September 2012
- Certification Examination Report ñ 13 September 2012
- The INFORMS Maryland Chapter ñ Tuesday October 9, 2012 ñ Presents Guest Speaker Dr. Karen Bursic, University of Pittsburgh, ìEngineering Education Research: Highlights from Successful Efforts to Improve Engineering Studentsí Preparation for a Global and Technical Societyî
- Software SIG meeting ñ Thursday, 25 September 2012 ñ ASQ Washington DC Software SIG ñ Agile Software Management Techniques by James Jamieson
- June 2012 Meeting Presentation ñ IT Service Quality amidst a World Gone Cloud by Bryan Ward, Director, Cloud Computing, Serco Inc
- Fall 2012 Section Course ñ Certified Quality Auditor
- The Philly ASQ Chapter ñ Presents its 2012/2013 Fall/Winter schedule including a tour of the battleship USS New Jersey!
- Recent job posting ñ Senior Quality Assurance Manager and SQA Process Engineer
- Draft Board Minutes ñ August 2012
- Recent job posting ñ Quality Assurance Manager
- Board Minutes ñ July 2012
- Software SIG meeting ñ Thursday, 30 August 2012 ñ ASQ Washington DC Software SIG ñ Software Security Assurance: Enabling Security Automation and Software Supply Chain Risk Management by: Joe Jarzombek, PMP, CSSLP
- August 2012 Meeting Presentation ñ Driving the Customer Experience Using Quality by John Goodman, Vice Chairman of TARP
- September 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 19 September 2012 at the Herndon Amphora ñ Overcoming Obstacles to the Implementation of CMMi by Gerard Dache
- October 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 17 October 2012 at the Vienna Amphora ñ Set Up Time Reduction - a LEAN TOOL by Gerald V. Clarke
- Recent job posting ñ Quality Assurance Specialist
- The INFORMS Maryland Chapter ñ Presents Guest Speaker Freeman Marvin ìVoting and Other Convergence Techniquesî
- August 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 15 August 2012 at Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, 14225 Newbrook Drive, Chantilly, VA, ñ Driving the Customer Experience Using Quality by John Goodman, Vice Chairman of TARP
- Draft Board Minutes ñ July 2012
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery ñ July 2012 ñ Social and Planning night at the Tysons Corner Ritz Carlton
- 2012 Virginia Forum for Excellence ñ will be held September 10-11 2012 in Richmond, VA
- Audit Division ñ Region 5 Audit Division Councilor and Deputy Councilor
- Section Leadership Committee ñ 2012 - 2013 oficers
- ASQ Position Descriptions ñ for Section officers and Committee Chairs
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 24 July 2012 ñ ASQ Washington DC Software SIG ñ Requirements-Management RequirementsóRequisite Doors to Success by Alfred Kromholz
- July 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 18 July 2012 at the Tysons Corner Ritz Carlton ñ Our Annual Social and Planning Event
- Draft Board Minutes ñ June 2012
- Board Agenda ñ June 2012
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 26 June 2012 ñ ASQ Washington DC Software SIG ñ Systems Engineering Management Process by Jim Todd
- Certification Examination Report - 2 June 2012
- June 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 20 June 2012 at the Vienna Amphora ñ IT Service Quality amidst a World Gone Cloud< by Bryan Ward
- Recent job posting ñ Senior QA Engineer
- March 2012 Meeting Presentation ñ ASQ Certification: The Basics and Benefits by Robert Zimman
- April 2012 Meeting Presentation ñ Operational Risk Management + Six Sigma = Success by Roberta Pek
- May 2012 Meeting Presentation ñ Using the PM tool kit in Process Improvement by Tim Shrum
- Draft Board Minutes ñ May 2012
- Board Minutes ñ April 2012
- Lean Six Sigma Special Interest Group ñ Mentoring and Saturday Seminar programs
- The Washington DC Chapter of the Project Management Institute presents Two Great Networking Opportunities
- Board Agenda ñ May 2012
- May 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 16 May 2012 at the Herndon Amphora ñ Using the PM tool kit in Process Improvement by Tim Shrum
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 29 May 2012 ñ ASQ Washington DC Software SIG ñ Tuesday ñ Software Assurance Metrics And Tool Evaluation (SAMATE) Overview by Tim Boland
- Draft Board Minutes ñ April 2012
- Board Minutes ñ March 2012
- Change of location for April 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 18 April 2012 ñ Now at the Amphora restaurant in Vienna rather than Herndon!
- Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), National Capital Chapter presents LEADERSHIP, IIE and YOU
- You only have one more week left to apply for an ASQ certification exam! Upcoming Exam Date: June 2, 2012 -- Application Deadline: April 13, 2012
- April 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 18 April 2012 ñ Operational Risk Management + Six Sigma = Success by Roberta Pek
- Spring 2012 Section Course ñ Certified Quality Auditor
- Certification Examination Report - 3 March 2012
- Draft Board Minutes ñ March 2012
- Board Minutes ñ February 2012
- Section Leadership Committee Contact Info Revised and Vacancies
- Spring 2012 Section Course ñ Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Refresher
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 27 March 2012 ñ Exposing Security Risks For Commercial Mobile Devices (CMDs) by Jeff Voas and Angelos Stavrou
- Recent resume postings
- The Quest for ExcellenceÆ Conference The Official Conference of the Award
- The INFORMS Maryland Chapter Presents ìIntroduction to Data Miningî by Guest Speaker Dr. Shaun Gittens
- February 2012 Newsletter
- March 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 21 March 2012 ñ ASQ Certification: The Basics and Benefits by Robert Zimman
- Recent job posting ñ Black Belt/Master Black Belt
- Draft Board Minutes ñ February 2012
- February 2012 Meeting ñ Wednesday, 15 February 2012 ñ Emerging Role of the Federal CIO by Gloria Parker
- Proposed Board Agenda ñ February 2012
- Draft Board Minutes ñ January 2012
- In Memorial ñ Larry Wilkins
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery ñ January 2012 ñ Lost Rhino Tour
- Section Leadership Committee Contact Info Revised and Vacancies
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 21 February 2012 ñ Understanding How the Bad Guys Attack Your Software: CAPEC by Sean Barnum
- You are invited ñ ASQ 509 Social ñ Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012
- January 2012 Meeting ñ Tuesday, 24 January 2012 ñ Craft Brewery Operations at the Lost Rhino Brewery
- Draft Board Minutes ñ December 2011
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 24 January 2012 ñ Building Watson: An Overview of the DeepQA Project by Dr. David A. Ferrucci
- ASQ Section 0511 accepts credit cards
- 2012 Meeting schedule
Archives 2011
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 20 December 20 2011 ñ Software Assurance: Enabling Enterprise Resilience and Software Supply Chain Risk Management by Joe Jarzombek
- North Carolina State University ñ Need Some Fast PDHs?
- Recent resume postings
- Draft Board Minutes ñ November 2011
- Sign up for free Webinar ñ Why Food Safety Management Systems, Quality Improvement and Environmental Management Best Practices Are Critical For Survival
- Joint Design and Construction Quality Meeting of ASQ, ASCE, and TRB ñ Wednesday, Jan 25 2012
- December 2011 Meeting ñ 14 December ñ Social Night
- November 2011 Meeting Presentation ñ Good to Great Process Improvement by Gerard Dache, Common Sense Solutions
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 29 November 2011 ñ Leveraging Semantic Web Technologies for Improved Decision Making by Samuel Chance
- Recent job posting ñ API Quality Certification Associate
- November 2011 Meeting ñ 16 November ñ Good to Great Process Improvement by Gerard Dache, CMMi and ISO consulting
- Recent job posting ñ Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Draft Board Minutes ñ October 2011
- Final Board Minutes ñ September 2011
- Restricted Payment Options - Credit cards temporarily not accepted online as the section changes providers
- Recent job posting ñ API Quality Certification Associate
- World Quality Month ñ Quality is Calling ñ Spread the Word!
- Recent job posting ñ Quality Engineer Manager, Centreville
- The Senate Productivity & Quality Award for Virginia (SPQA-VA) is recruiting Examiners for the 2012 Award Cycle
- Message from the Chair ñ State of the Section
- October 2011 Meeting ñ 19 October ñ Enhancing Quality and Performance to the Federal Investigative Service by Eric Lippold, Executive Program Director, Division Management, Federal Investigative Service
- Education Newsletter ñ Fall 2011
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 25 October 2011 ñ Predicting Software Quality Early in the Software Development Lifecycle and Producing Secure Software by Girish Seshagiri
- Draft Board Minutes ñ September 2011
- Final Board Minutes ñ May - August 2011
- September 2011 Meeting Presentation ñ Quality on the Dulles Metrorail Project by Jon D. Christensen, Project QA/QC and Safety Manager, Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
- Deadline for Certification Exams ñ The application deadline for the December CQE, CQA, SSGB, CCT, CPGP, CQIA, CQPA, and CSQE examinations is October 14.
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery ñ Quality on the Dulles Metrorail Project presentation
- Sign up for our section's Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) ñ Fall 2011 Course
- Recent job posting ñ Quality Manager, WV
- North Carolina State University ñ Fall Classes
- Topic narrative posted for September 2011 Meeting - 21 September - Quality on the Dulles Metrorail Project by Jon D. Christensen, Project QA/QC and Safety Manager, Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
- Sign up for our section's Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Fall 2011 Course
- Recent job posting: Quality Engineer Supervisor - Luray
- September 2011 Meeting - 21 September - Quality on the Dulles Metrorail Project by Jon D. Christensen, Project QA/QC and Safety Manager, Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 20 September 2011 ñ How Technical Leads Were Transformed into Effective Project Managers in 9 Months by Rita Hadden
- Draft Board Minutes for August 11
- July 2011 Meeting Presentation - Leading IT Innovation to Improve Data Quality, Efficiency, and Performance by Mark Day, Chief Technology Officer of HUD
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 23 August 2011 ñ Leveraging Semantic Web Technologies for Improved Decision Making by: Samuel Chance
- August 2011 Meeting - 17 August - Social night - Join us for chips'n dips - tell your Section Officers what you think (about ASQ!)
- Draft Board Minutes for July 11
- Voice of the Customer Survey For the next fortnight the Voice of the Customer committee is conducting a survey about ASQ Section 0511 events so that we may serve you better (closes 29 July 2011).
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 26 July 2011 ñ Quality in 2011: A Survey of the State of the Art by Capers Jones
- 2011 Virginia Forum for Excellence will be held September 7-8 2011 in Richmond, VA
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery - Sunset Hills Vineyard tasting and tour
- July 2011 Meeting - 20 July - Leading IT Innovation to Improve Data Quality, Efficiency, and Performance by Mark Day, Chief Technology Officer of HUD
- Draft Board Minutes for June 11
- Final Board Minutes for May 11
- Recent job posting: Principal Quality Assurance Analyst
- Recent job posting: Senior Principal Quality Assurance Analyst
- Recent job posting: Quality Assurance Engineer
- Certification Examination Report - 4 June 2011
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 28 June 2011 ñ The Smart Grid: Power for the 21st Century by George W. Arnold,
- June 2011 Meeting - Saturday, 25 June - Quality in Action, Good Wine Waits for No Man - Wine Tasting at the Sunset Hill Vineyard, Purcellville, VA
- May 2011 Meeting Presentation - Federal Government Performance Metrics And Budgeting by Paul Posner, Director Public Administration Program, George Mason University
- Draft Board Minutes for May 11
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday, 24 May 2011: Overview of the NIST Risk Management Framework as described in SP 800-37 by Lance Kelson
- May 2011 Meeting - 18 May - Evolution of Quality Within the Federal Government by Paul L. Posner, Director of the Public Administration Program at George Mason University
- May 2011 Meeting - 18 May - Speaker Paul L. Posner, Director of the Public Administration Program at George Mason University
- Proctors needed for Sat, 4 June 2010 ASQ certification exams
- Help maintain our section website
- May 2011 Meeting - 18 May - Save the date!
- April 2011 Meeting Presentation - 200 Years of Rugby ñ A Lesson in Continuous Improvement, by Paul Meyers, Director for Corporate Quality, Project Performance Corporation
- June 2010 Meeting Presentation - Interactive Restaurant Experience, by Great American Restaurants
- April 2011 Meeting - 20 April - 200 Years of Rugby ñ A Lesson in Continuous Improvement by Paul Meyers
- Software SIG meeting ñ Tuesday April 26, 2011: Process Improvement and Sun Tzu's The Art of War Mashup by Barbara Dreon Canody
- March Meeting Presentation - Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, by Dr. Harry Hertz, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program Director
- Philadelphia Section 505 - Teaming Up With The FDA To Avoid Or Manage A Product Recall, 3 May 2011
- Recent job posting: Global Director of Quality
- Certification Examination Report - 5 March 2011
- New Payment Options - online and via form
- March 2011 Meeting - 16 March - Dr. Harry Hertz, program director for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
- Draft Board Minutes for Feb 11
- Approved Board Minutes for Dec 10 and Jan 11
- Software SIG meeting - Tuesday 22 March 2011: Quality & Security "Mesh" within the Systems Development Life Cycle by Rhonda Farrell
- Section Leadership Committee Contact Info Revised
- Recent job postings: QC Representative and Lean 6 Σ Black Belt Consultant
- Sign up for our section's Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Spring 2011 Course
- Draft Board Minutes for Dec 10 and Jan 11
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery - Micron Virginia meeting and factory tour
- Software SIG meeting - Tuesday February 22, 2011: A Journey into Cloud Computing ó An Agencyís Experience by Asghar Noor
- New Section Phone Number
- February 2011 Meeting info - 16 February - Change Management
- New Programs Chair - John Mullins
- January Meeting Presentation - Quality at Micron Technology Virginia by Ernesto Roccatagliata, Quality and Workforce Development Manager
- Software SIG meeting - Tuesday, 25 January 2011: H1N1: The Forgotten Pandemic by: Thomas A. Neal II, MD, MPH
- January 2011 Meeting info revised - 19 January - Micron Plant Tour
- Nominations for 2011-2012 Section Leadership positions now being accepted
- January 2011 Meeting info - 19 January - Micron Plant Tour
- December 2010 Newsletter
- Get a FREE diner; just come to the meeting (RSVP required)!!
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - Wednesday, 26 January 2011: Security within the Systems Development Life Cycle by Ms. Rhonda Farrell
Archives 2010
- Six Sigma Simplified - Quick Reference Card
- SPC Simplified - Quick Reference Card - Quick Reference Card
- Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - Wednesday, 14 December 2010: Holiday Networking Event
- Software SIG meeting - Tuesday, 21 December 2010: Configuration Management by Al Florence
- Draft Board November 2010 Minutes
- Board October 2010 Minutes
- Board September 2010 Minutes
- November Meeting Presentation - Developing A Checklist, What Is The Audit Purpose? by Robert J. Orkin
- December 2010 Meeting info - 15 December - Social Evening - No Charge
- ASQ Section 0511 Photo Gallery - Sweetwater Tavern Interactive Restaurant Experience
- Recent job postings
- November 2010 Meeting info - 17 November - Developing A Checklist, What Is The Audit Purpose? by Robert J. Orkin
- Update to the 2010/2011 Board and Executive membership.
- Northern Shenandoah Valley Section 1131 - Last Chance To Register for "Baldrige in Education"
- October Newsletter
- November 2010 Meeting info - 17 November - Developing A Checklist, What Is The Audit Purpose? by Robert J. Orkin
- November Meeting Presentation - Developing A Checklist, What Is The Audit Purpose? by Robert J. Orkin
- November Software SIG meeting - Tuesday, 30 November 2010: Situational Awareness of Risk Management Processes: Increasing Risk Analysis Effectiveness by Kelly Yamaguchi
- Advanced interest in the Spring 2011 Certified Quality Auditor Training
- Addition to the 2010/2011 Board and Executive membership.
- Draft Board October 2010 Minutes
- Draft Board September 2010 Minutes
- September Meeting Presentation - Quality in a Solo Dental Practice: Theory and Application, James Eaves, DDS
- October Meeting Presentation - Aviation Mishap Investigation, Gregg Monaco
- October Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - Wednesday, 27 October 2010: Quality Systems Compared and Contrasted by Eugene Kirsch
- Fall 2010 Certified Quality Auditor Training - Canceled
- Certification Examination Report - 2 October 2010
- Recent job postings
- Software SIG meeting - 26 October 2010 - Supercomputing ñ Crayís Hardware and Software Technology ñ Product and Custom by Dan Poznanovic
- October 2010 Meeting info - 20 October - Aviation Mishap Investigation, Gregg Monaco
- Fall 2010 Training Opportunities - Certified Quality Auditor
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - October activities update
- Northern Shenandoah Valley Section 1131 - October & November Dinner meetings - register by 11 Oct 10 for the October meeting
- September 2010 Meeting info - 15 September - Quality in a Solo Dental Practice: Theory and Application, James Eaves, DDS
- Proctors needed for Sat, 2 October 2010 ASQ certification exams
- Recent job postings
- Recent resume postings
- Recent member recommendations
- Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Refresher Course Taught in a Live Webinar Format
- Draft Board August 2010 Minutes
- August Meeting Presentation - Quality and Customer Service, Sid Jaffe
- Recent job postings
- Software SIG meeting - 31 August 2010 - Simulation and Virtual Reality for Medical Applications, Presented by Jim Chen
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - August activities update
- August 2010 Meeting info - 18 August - Quality and Customer Service
- New 2010/2011 Board and Executive members.
- New Email Addresses
- Draft Board July 2010 Minutes
- Approved Board June 2010 Minutes
- July 2010 Meeting info - 21 July - Join us for a free Social Night!
- Certification Examination Report - 5 June 2010
- Vice President Quality
- June 2010 Meeting info - 16 June - Interactive Restaurant Experience
- Draft Board May 2010 Minutes
- Virtual Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence Refresher Course
- Spring Education Newsletter
- Software SIG meeting - 22 June 2010 - So You Want to Buy a COTS Product
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - June activities updates
- One Proctor needed for Sat, 6 June 2010 ASQ certification exams
- May Meeting Presentation - Importance Of Leadership And Organizational Culture In Business Transformation, Keihan Sedghi
- If anyone has a submission for this quarter's newsletter, please send it to the newsletter editor by June 9th so it can be include in the June Newsletter
- Identify the most images on our home page, and you can win a free dinner at our September Section meeting.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- May 2010 Meeting info - 19 May - Importance of Leadership and organizational culture in Business Transformation by Keihan Sedghi
- May Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - Wednesday, 26 May 2010: Leveraging the Baldrige framework to take your Lean Six Sigma deployment to the next level by Dr. Patricia Selcher
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - May activities updates
- Proctors needed for Sat, 7 June 2014 ASQ certification exams
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - April/May activities updates
- DRS-Technical Services for a Quality Manager
- Quality Control Manager - C4I/IT / AV / Datacenter
- Draft Board April 2010 Minutes
- Approved Board March 2010 Minutes
- April Meeting Presentation - The Odds are Against Auditing Steven Walfish, MS, MBA, President, Statistical Outsourcing Services
- Voice of the Customer Board Position vacant - If interested please contact the section chair
- April 2010 Meeting info - 21 April - The Odds are Against Auditing Steven Walfish, MS, MBA, President, Statistical Outsourcing Services
- April Meeting Presentation - The Odds are Against Auditing Steven Walfish, MS, MBA, President, Statistical Outsourcing Services
- April Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - Wednesday, 28 April 2010: A Practical Guide for Effective LSS Presentations by Mr. John Wilsford
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - April/May activities updates
- Draft Board March 2010 Minutes
- Approved Board February 2010 Minutes
- March 2010 Meeting info - 17 March - Creatively applying CMMI-SVC in A VERY SMALL CONSULTING FIRM by Bill Smith, CEO, Leading Edge Process Consultants LLC
- Certification Examination Report - 6 March 2010
- January Meeting Presentation - ASQ's Future Study: The Forces of Change (Paul E. Borawski, CAE, Executive Director and Chief Strategic Officer, ASQ Headquarters Executive Staff)
- March Meeting Presentation - Creatively applying CMMI-SVC in A VERY SMALL CONSULTING FIRM (Bill Smith, CEO, Leading Edge Process Consultants LLC)
- Invitation to ASQ members for Planned Care Collaborative - Harrisburg PA Section 503 - 15 March 2010
- ISO Standards Day Seminar - George Mason University - 18 March 2010
- March Software SIG meeting - 25 March 2010
- March Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - 31 March 2010, ìSystems Thinking Conceptsî by Mr. Greg Foster, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, CPS Professional Services
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - March/April activities updates
- Now Is the Time! We are looking for volunteers to serve in all section leadership positions.
- February Meeting Presentation - Process Flow Diagram: The Foundation of Process Failure Mode Effects and Analysis (PFMEA) (Jim Davis, General Dynamics Amphibious Systems)
- Draft Board February 2010 Minutes
- Approved Board January 2010 Minutes
-
New or updated as of 16 February 2010
- Proctors needed for Sat, 6 March 2010 ASQ certification exams
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - February/March activities updates
- February Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - 24 Feb 2010, ìCoulda-Woulda-Shouldaî: An Analysis of LSS Tools used in the Army Training Support Community" by Messrs. Rodolfo A. Morales Miranda and Alberto Grossmark
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - revised February activities - vote on where the February Software SIG Meeting will be held
- February 2010 Meeting info - 17 February - Process Flow Diagram: The Foundation of PFMEA, Jim Davis, General Dynamics Amphibious Systems
- Draft minutes for January 2010 Board Meeting
- Minutes for Sept - Dec 2009 Board Meetings
- More pictures of Board Members
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - revised February activities (our own Bob Zimman will be a featured speaker).
- Agenda for January Board Meeting
- Draft minutes for November and December 2009 Board Meetings
- More pictures of Board Members
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - revised January & February activities (our own Bob Zimman will be a featured speaker).
- December Newsletter
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - revised January & February activities
- Quickie Quality Engineer (PDF) (January 10)
- Pictures of Board Members
- March Certification Exam Signup Deadline
Archives 2009
- Posted 2010 Exam Dates & Application Deadlines
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - revised January activities
- January 2010 Meeting info - 20 January - Future of Quality by Paul E. Borawski, Executive Director and Chief Strategic Officer, ASQ
- Washington, DC & Maryland Metro Section 509 - January activities
- ASQ Washington DC Software SIG - 26 January 2010 - The American Society for Quality (ASQ) Software Division: Our Priorities for 2010-2009, and What it Means for You by: Nicole Radzwill, PhD, MBA. ASQ Software Division Chair
- Agenda for December Board Meeting
- Coordinator - Planned Care Opportunity (PDF) (December 09)
- Section 0509 December Continuous Process Improvement SIG Meeting canceled
- Section 0509 Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence Refresher Course
- Section 0509 Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Refresher Course
- Recent Certification Examinations Reports and Summaries
- Tips, Trips, and Traps Taking Certification Exams
- Section 0509 activities
- ASQ509's Biomed/Biotech SIG in Rockville - 10 Dec 2009 - CDC's Disease Detectives - Epidemic Intelligence Services
- ASQ Washington DC Software SIG - 15 December 2009 - Quantifying Software Reliability and Readiness by: Jack Olivieri and Abbaya Asthana
- The Senate Productivity & Quality Award for Virginia (SPQA-VA) is recruiting Examiners for the 2010 Award Cycle
- November Meeting Presentation - Health Care Quality - Karin Cox, RN, MSN, Quality Consultant: Critical Care & Neurosciences Services
- Draft Board November Minutes
- Approved Board October Minutes
- Identify the Quality Leaders on our home page
- December 2009 Meeting info 16 December - Social Meeting
- January 2010 Meeting info 20 January - Future of Quality by Paul E. Borawski, Executive Director and Chief Strategic Officer, ASQ
- Section Operating Agreement 29 April 09
- Trish Selcher is our Voice of the Customer
- Revised Newsletter submission guidelines
- Revised Newsletter archives
- Revised Meeting Attendance Documentation guidance
- Reference Materials Guidelines for Certification Exams
- Section 0509 activities
- TFTC QA Manager (PDF) (November 09)
- November Meeting info 18 November - Health Care Quality
- Proctors needed for Sat, 5 December ASQ certification exams
- October Meeting Presentation - Quality Assurance Principles for Child Safety Presentation
- QA Manager (PDF) (November 09)
- Draft Board Minutes for July to October
- October Meeting info 21 October - Child Safety
- October Software SIG meeting - 27 October 2009, Agile Methods by: Camille Bell
- September Newsletter
- September Meeting info 16 September - National membership Retention
- Draft July Board Minutes
- August Meeting info 19 August
- New 2009/2010 Board and Executive members.
- New 2009 Board email addresses.
- Section Web access training 22 August
- August Software SIG meeting - 25 August 2009, An Introduction to Structured Argumentation within Assurance Cases by: Dr. Tim Kelly, University of York, UK
- July Meeting info - Social meeting with Section Chair, Larry Wilkins, giving a brief discussion on the World Conference, 15 July
- Special June Meeting info - Please register before Friday 5 June! - John Timmerman, VP, Ritz Carlton Corporate Operations, Pentagon Ritz, 10 June
- Peg Bloome, our Examining Chair and Chief Proctor, will be moving to Florida and has resigned her posts. The section thanks Peg for her service to the section and wishes her well in her move to a new location. As a result the section is looking for a volunteer to fill the positions she left.
- June Software SIG meeting - 23 June 2009, CMMI for Services (CMMI-SVC) ñ Cost-Effective Approaches to Early Use by Marilyn Ginsberg-Finner
- Software QA (PDF) (June 09)
- Senior QA Analyst (PDF) (June 09)
- Special June Meeting info - Mark the date! - John Timmerman, VP, Ritz Carlton Corporate Operations, Pentagon Ritz, 10 June
- Performance Users Group Meeting on Thursday, June 11th at the University of Maryland. The topic is "The MPEA Examiner Experience"
- Approved April Board Minutes
- Draft May Board Minutes
- May Meeting Presentation - How To Get The Most Benefit From Your Internal Audits
- May Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - 27 May 2009, "Metrics 101" by Minh B. Tran
- Approved March Board Minutes
- Draft April Board Minutes
- May Section Meeting info How To Get The Most Benefit From Your Internal Audits, Speaker: Robert Zimman, CQA
- Special June Meeting info - Save the date! - John Timmerman, VP, Ritz Carlton Corporate Operations, Pentagon Ritz, 10 June
- "Rapid Improvement Events, Keys to Kaizen Event Success and Sustainability" offered by VPMEP on May 20th, in Danville, VA.
- May Bio/Med SIG meeting - ASQ509's Biomed/Biotech SIG in Rockville - 7 May 2009, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine presented by Cathy H. Wu, PhD and A Systematic Framework of Genome Screening Seeking a Predictive Genomic Composite Biomarker for Potential Treatment Individualization Presented by Su Jane Wang, PhD
- Special June Meeting info - Save the date! - John Timmerman, VP, Ritz Carlton Corporate Operations, Pentagon Ritz, 10 June
- April Bio/Med SIG meeting - ASQ509's Biomed/Biotech SIG in Rockville - 23 April 2009, How Aquaculture Research Is Helping to Solve Questions about Melamine Toxicity presented by Renate Reimschuessel and Melamine in Food presented by Yan Gu
- April Meeting Presentation ASQ ìMake Good Greatî by J. Eric Whichard, Deputy Regional Director / RD Elect
- Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech) Mtech News and Events: April 17, 2009
- April Meeting info
- April Software SIG meeting - 28 April 2009, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Implementation and Interoperability Standard (RIIS) by Ed Coyne
- Certified Quality Auditor - 5-weekend accelerated course
- Corporate QC Manager (PDF) (April 09)
- Fort Benning QC Manager (PDF) (April 09)
- Policies/Procedures Analyst (PDF) (April 09)
- Approved February Board Minutes
- Draft March Board Minutes
- QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE CONFERENCE - April 20-22 - Washington, DC
- Special March Meeting info - If you have already registered by sending an email to the Section 0511 Programs Chair, we ask that you pre-pay and register for the 25 March 2009 meeting. Forrest W. Breyfogle III, will speak on Beyond Lean Six Sigma at the WooLaeOak Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182 (Tyson's Corner )
- One-Day Workshop - Payment and registration information for the 26 March 2009, Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard: The Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) System
- March Software SIG meeting - 24 March 2009, Building Survivable Verification Systems in Engineering and Business Systems by: JidÈ B. Odubiyi, Ph.D
- March Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - 25 March 2009, Forrest W. Breyfogle III, speaker on Beyond Lean Six Sigma
- Operations Research Analyst (PDF) (March 09)
- Spring 2009 Education Newsletter
- Spring 2009 Training Opportunities - Certified Quality Auditor
- Education Volunteer sought to assist the section in providing liaison to local schools, setting up and running an Education Special Interest Group, etc.
- February Software SIG meeting - 24 February 2009, Independent Verification Approaches for FDAís Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories by: Brian Fitzgerald
- February Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting - 25 February 2009, Peter Banfield, Managing Director, Management Consulting Services, Lean Six Sigma Solutions, BearingPoint Management & Technology Consultants
- Special March Meeting info - 25 March 2009, Forrest W. Breyfogle III, speaker on Beyond Lean Six Sigma WooLaeOak Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182 (Tyson's Corner )
- One-Day Workshop - 26 March 2009, Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard: The Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) System
- February Meeting info
- Special March Meeting info
- One-Day Workshop: Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard: The Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) System
- January Meeting Presentation IEEE 829 - 2008 IEEE Standard for Software and System Test Documentation
- Pee Dee Section 1124 (Florence SC) is holding a Continuous Improvement Conference in March
- Senior QA Process Analyst position
- February Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting
- January 28, 2009 Lean Six Sigma Meeting "Why Organizations Fail" by Sergey Ivanov, Ph.D.
- Senior Medical QA needed
- The Maryland Performance Excellence Awards (MPEA) 2009 Conference & Awards Ceremony on 23 March 2009
Archives 2008
- January Meeting info
- Section 0511 is looking for a Historian
- Section 0511 meeting dates for 2009
- Approved November Board Minutes
- Draft December Board Minutes
- Section 1108, which covers a good part of the Shenandoah Valley, and Charlottesville is hosting a reliability seminar in February
- Pee Dee Section 1124 (Florence SC) is in the process of planning a Continuous Improvement Conference in March
- Performance Users Group Meeting on Thursday, January 8th at the University of Maryland. The topic is "Baldrige Criteria Results Category: How to Select, Measure and Present Results in an Application.
- The Maryland Performance Excellence Awards (MPEA) program will transition from the University of Maryland in April 2009
- A New Subsection for Frederick, Maryland?
- Six Sigma Black Belt Needed
- Linked-In Discussions
- The section is looking for help in redesigning its website.
- Approved October Board Minutes
- Draft November Board Minutes
- 2009 World Conference on Quality and Improvement
- December Software SIG meeting - Service-Oriented Acquisition by Chris Gunderson
- December Meeting info
- November Meeting Presentation
- Approved October Board Minutes
- Draft November Board Minutes
- Updated section board contact info
- November Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting The Top Eight Reasons Six Sigma Projects Fail, originally presented at 2008 ASQ World Conference
- November Software SIG meeting DoD Enterprise Ontology Support by: Dr Glenda Hayes
- November Performance Excellence Users Group - Baldrige Criteria Process Categories: What Do They Mean and How to Respond to Them
- November Meeting info
- October Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting Michael A. Kirby, Former Deputy Under Secretary of the Army, (Business Transformation)
- October Software SIG meeting Root Cause Analysis for Customer Reported Defects
- Planning Transition from Development to Production Position
- Approved September Board Minutes
- Draft October Board Minutes
- October Meeting info
- NISH Senior Quality Manager in Tyson's Corner
- Approved August Board Minutes
- September Meeting Presentation
- October 29 Lean Six Sigma SIG meeting
- September Meeting info
- ASQ Delaware Section (506) 35th Annual Quality Conference/Regional Training, September 25, 2008
- ASQ - KAPE Performance Excellence Conference and Awards Banquet. September 22 & 23, 2008
- Director, Standards and Certification (PDF) (7 Sept 08)
- ASQ Section 0511 CQA Fall 2008 Course Announcement
- August Meeting Presentation
- Posted August Meeting info
- Virginia Forum for Excellence to hear how Virginia's leading organizations are Keeping Pace with the Speed of Change!
- University of Maryland Technology Start-Up Boot Camp Friday, September 12, 2008
- PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE USERS GROUP "The Organizational Profile"
- Innovation Management Program
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Centennial Weekend, Sept. 26-27
- New section email addresses
- Board May minutes & June draft minutes
- 08-09 Board membership
- No Summer Lean Six Sigma SIG meetings
- Updated June Software SIG meeting information
- Posted June Meeting info
- Emphasized how to get activities log
- MPEA EXAMINER APPLICATION DEADLINE COMING SOON -- Apply to Become a MPEA Examiner by June 16
- Posted May Meeting info
- Re-organized Section Minutes info
- Posted April Meeting info
- QA Specialist Position
- Maryland Performance Excellence Awards
- Posted March Meeting info
- Updated March SIG meetings information
- Spring 2008 CQA Training Announcement
- Updated 6 Sigma SIG meeting information
- Weather-related cancellation policy and link
- Added 2008 meeting dates
- Posted 2008 & 2009 Exam Dates & Application Deadlines
- Posted February Meeting info
- Posted Jan and February 2008 meeting presentations
- Posted February Software SIG meeting notice
- Posted new Volunteer Opportunity