6th Annual QAI/QAAM Conference  

The Annual QAI/QAAM Conference

The Conference Center at the Maritime Institute

Areas to be addressed by industry experts at the conference will include the following: various Program Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) topics; Writing Good Requirements; Project Estimation; Risk Management; Software Testing; Quality Assurance; CMMI, Lessons Learned from implementing the Agile Methodology; Metrics, How to Successfully Implement Test Automation; Project Estimation; using Open Source Framework for Performance Benchmarking; Security Testing, and Establishing a Global Operations Center.  There will also be keynote addresses by Joe Jarzombek of Homeland Security who is the Director of Software Assurance � Cyber Security Division on " The Role of Software Assurance in the Workplace" and Tom Ticknor, who is the Chief Operating Officer of the Quality Assurance Institute on "Understanding Software Forensic Analysis".

As we all know cost, schedule and quality are key drivers for any project, but assuring we built the right product is paramount to a successful project.  This conference will provide valuable insight from industry experts on how to effectively manage challenges with IT projects as well as providing 16 Continuing Professional Educational (CPE) credits needed to maintain industry certifications.  Please see the attached links for the speaker schedule and for more information on the conference.  The cost for the Baltimore QAI/QAAM conference is cost effective at only $595.00 for two days which includes continental breakfast, lunch and free parking.  Hope to see you there!

Additional information is found at the following links for the conference schedule, overview and registration:

Conference Schedule: http://www.qaiworldwide.org/pdf_files/6th_Annual_QAI_QAAM%20Schedule%20062807.pdf

Conference Overview: http://www.qaiworldwide.org/conferences/sept_regional_2007/index.html