Configuration Management Through the Lifecycle & AGM

Programme:

09:15 Registration and Coffee.

09:45 Welcome by Ed McMahon, CMSG Chair.

10:00 Programme, Project and Risk Management, Richard Morreale. 

Richard is a very inspirational speaker and he will present a call to action for all CM Practitioners: make CM a standard part of development and not something that has to be done in addition to development. Make it a standard tool in the Project Managers Toolkit. And above all else, DO IT WITH ATTITUDE!

11:00 Coffee and a chance to network with other CM professionals.

11:30 Business Justification of Change, John Ferguson, Softlab Ltd.

Putting together a business-focused approach to configuration management and making sure that it fits into the overall change process. Building and realising a credible business case for CM across platforms and throughout the lifecycle. Getting better at delivering the changes that the business wants through improved processes.

12:15 Service Management, Dr. Jenny Dugmore, Service Matters Ltd.

Jenny's talk is entitled "Spotlight on Service Management". Her main topics are: Anticipation, not recrimination and how to avoid saying you're sorry.

13:00 Lunch and Networking

14:15 Requirements Management and Testing, Ed McMahon, EMA LTD.

Statistics show that the majority of production errors are introduced at the requirements stage. This is amplified as there is a constant business need to change requirements to reflect the dynamic nature of business. These change have to be managed, controlled and tracked and reflected in the final product.

Ed will also speak about the close relationship that testing has with requirements management and the importance of Configuration Management to both of these parts of the life cycle.

15:00 Tea and Networking

15:30 Software Build & Release, Malindi Lamb, Intasoft Ltd.

NB The above presentation is in a self extracting zip file of 2.9Mb and should be extracted to the default destination of C:\Build and Release for it to work.

This presentation will address formal software build and release management processes that must be taken as an integral part of any Configuration Management Plan. 

16:15 Panel Question and Answer Session

16:45 Drinks Reception with light Buffet open to all staying on or arriving for the AGM

17:30 CMSG Annual General Meeting

Configuration, Change and Release Management - Professional Development, Education and Training, Shirley Lacy

18:15 Close