Each SPIN meeting addresses a specific topic; previous topics have included process definition, the Capability Maturity Model, software process technology, metrics, software testing, risk management, and ISO 9000. A typical meeting format consists of presentations by practitioners and experts on a topic followed by discussion.
Past 2010 SPIN Meetings
March 3, 2010 5:30-8:30pm
Early Identification of Systems Engineering-Related Risks / Ground System Architectures Workshop (GSAW) Evening Session 12C
Please click here for Barry Boehm and Dan Ingold's presentations (Part 1)
Please click here for Barry Boehm and Dan Ingold's presentations (part 2)
Barry Boehm and Dan Ingold, USC
February 12, 2010
Software Architecture: 5W1H
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Dr. Chang-Hyun Jo
January 15, 2010
Cloud Computing Today: Opportunity, Challenge and Necessity
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Peter Coffee
Past 2009 SPIN Meetings
December 04, 2009
Software and Law – Important Differences
John Cosgrove, PE, CDP and Michael M. Krieger, J.D, Ph.D
November 06, 2009
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) 9th Annual CMMI Technology Conference
and User Group
Click here for Warren Scheinin's presentation: Transitioning From a CMMI Implementer to an Appraiser
Click here for Diane Mizukami-Williams presentation: Lessons Learned Piloting the CMMI for Services
October 09, 2009
Integration and Test in a CMMI Level 5 Environment and other Presentations
Cecelia Harrison, Warren Scheinin and friends
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(PPT)
Click here for Rich Hefner's presentation materials - Making Smart Choices: Strategies for CMMI® Adoption (PDF)
September 11, 2009
Breaking Boundaries in Knowledge Management:Integrating Research & Practice.
Mark Chun, Ph.D. and Kiho Sohn
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August 14, 2009
The MILS Component Integration Approach to Secure Information Sharing
Carolyn Boettcher
Click here for Carolyn Boettcher's presentation materials - An Integration Framework for MILS (PowerPoint)
Click here for Carolyn Boettcher's presentation materials - The MILS Component Integration Approach To Secure Information Sharing
Click here for Carolyn Boettcher's presentation materials - Clearance MILSS Slides
June 05, 2009
Use Cases Part II- How are Use Cases at System Levels Related?
Dr. Malcolm G. Currie
Click here for Dr. Malcolm G. Currie's presentation materials - 2009_May_08 SPIN - So you have Use Cases, Now What (PowerPoint).
Click here for Dr. Malcolm G. Currie's presentation materials - How are Use Cases at System Levels Related (PowerPoint).
Click here for Dr. Malcolm G. Currie's Elevator Example (PDF).
May 08, 2009
So You Have Use Cases - Now What? Partitioning the Operations of a Use Case to Understand the Requirements
Dr. Malcolm G. Currie
April 10
OVERVIEW OF THE CMMI FOR ACQUISITION, CMMI-ACQ, V1.2
Emanuel R. Baker
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
GSAW – Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) Joint Evening Meeting
TOPIC: Incremental Commitment Model
Barry Boehm, TRW Professor of Software Engineering, USC, and Director of Research, Stevens-USC Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC)
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March 13, 2009
Process Improvement and CMMI Maturity Level 3: In the Ultra-Small and The CMMI for Services (CMMI-SVC); an initial exposure
John Ryskowski
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PowerPoint #1 | PowerPoint #2
March 10, 2009
Building and Managing Knowledge Worker Teams
Jim Over
Special Event - March 4, 2009 - 5:30 - 7:30 PM
System of Systems Engineering and Family of Systems Engineering From a Standards, V-Model, and Dual-V Model Perspective
John Clark
February 17, 2009
2009 Software and Systems Chapters Congress, Los Angeles and Orange Counties
Warren Scheinin and Shirley Tseng - coordinators
February 13, 2009
The Agile way of Managing Software Development
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John Cornell - Director, Agile/Distributed Product Development, Kofax, CA
January 16, 2009
COLLABORATION & VALUE-CREATION IN OUR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TO MAXIMIZE SUCCESS & MINIMIZE RISK
Arnold Goodman
Past 2008 SPIN Meetings
December 5, 2008
“Risk, Requirements, ROI and Renaissance: the New Da Vinci Code for 21st Century IT Success!”
© 2008 by Warren S. Reid. All rights Reserved
November 7, 2008
“Risk, Requirements, ROI and Renaissance: the New Da Vinci Code for 21st Century IT Success!”
© 2008 by Warren S. Reid. All rights Reserved
October 10, 2008
Mission Assurance through Improving Software Technology Readiness Assessments for NSS Systems
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Daniel Winton
September 12, 2008
Software CSI
Michael Elliott and John Cosgrove
August 21, 2008 Meeting
Attracting Young Women to Software-Related and Other Engineering Fields: We've Been on The Wrong Track All Along
Dr. David Klappholz, Stevens Institute of Technology, Visiting Associate, USC Center for Systems and Software Engineering (CSSE)
August 1, 2008 Meeting
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Level 5
Manny Baker
June 06, 2008 Meeting
Requirements' Dilemmas, SysML and ICM: Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask.
A Winsor Brown
May 09, 2008 Meeting
Medical Devices Product Development Processes Improvement
Please click the following to view James Jones' Presentation Material: VACBF Slides, Example Device Slides, SE for DC Slides, SE for FDA QSR Compliance PDF, Abstract, and VACBF PDF
James Jones
April 11, 2008 Meeting
Measurement and Statistical Insight in Achieving High Maturity in CMMI
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Dr. Bin Cong
Wednesday April 2, 2008 5:30PM - Special Event
Next-Generation Processes for Achieving Operationally Responsive Ground Systems
Dr. Barry Boehm
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PowerPoint #1 | PowerPoint #2 | Word | PDF
March 14, 2008 Meeting
Incremental Commitment Model and Software Sub-Systems
A Winsor Brown
February 15, 2008 Meeting
The Method-Framework for Engineering System Architectures
Capt DeWitt Latimer IV
January 18, 2008 Meeting
Systems of Systems Engineering (SoSE ) and Family of Systems Engineering (FoSE) from a Standards Perspective and SE Stand on the Standards: Tutorial
John Clark
January 10, 2008 Meeting
2008 Software and Systems Chapters Congress (SSCC) of Los Angeles and Orange Counties
Past 2007 SPIN Meetings
December 7, 2007 Meeting
Assessing the Capability of Engineering to Advise the Acquisition of Robotic Systems - Preliminary Results
DeWitt T. Latimer IV
November 9, 2007 Meeting
Use Cases: A Hands-on Workshop
Professor Hadar Ziv
October 12, 2007 Meeting
Putting the engineering in software engineering: technology infrastructure in process improvement
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Dorota Huizinga and Adam Kolawa
September 14, 2007 Meeting - Co-Presentations and Panel Discussion
Spreadsheet Design Analysis to Meet Software Process Quality Goals
Please click here to view the Spreadsheet Design Analysis to Meet Software Process Quality Goals PowerPoint Presentation
Paul Davis
Designing Your Tailoring Approach to Help Achieve Higher Levels of Maturity
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Diane Mizukami-Williams
Friday, August 3, 2007
Analyzing Defects Can Tell a Story About a Company
Diane Mizukami-Williams
Friday, June 8, 2007
Tales From the Test Trenches
Dr. Emmanuel Baker, and Yolanda de Oro
Friday, May 11, 2007
Topics: Software Testing Methodologies, Approaches and Challenges: Requirements Based Testing vs. Risk Based Testing
Bill Higgins & Hadar Ziv
Friday, April 6, 2007
Real time Java Requirements
Mike Elliott
Friday, March 2, 2007
Risk Aversion and Other Obstacles to Mission Success
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Scott Jackson
Friday, February 2, 2007
Is CMMI High Maturity Worth the Investment?
Please click here to view the High Maturity PowerPoint Presentation
Rick Hefner
Return-on-Investment in Process Improvement in High Maturity Firms
Don Reifer
Friday, January 5, 2007
Requirements and Their Characteristics
Emanuel R. Baker , Ph.D.
Please click here to view the Requirements and Their Characteristics PDF
Past 2006 SPIN Meetings
Friday, December 1 , 2006
How Does It Feel To Be In An Agile Process?
Dr. Malcolm Currie
Please click here to view the How Does It Feel To Be In An Agile Process? PowerPoint Presentation
Please click here to view Agile Experiential Learning - Process Description Word Document
Friday, November 3, 2006
The Case for and against Use Cases:
If use cases are so simple, why are they so hard?
Professor Hadar Ziv
Friday, October 06 , 2006
Computers and Litigation
John Cosgrove, P.E. CDP, CFC
Friday, August 4 , 2006
Six Sigma for Intellectual Processes
Don Corpron
Please click here to view the Six Sigma PowerPoint Presentation
Friday, July 7 , 2006
Use Cases: A Holistic Approach to Requirements Extraction
Terrell Hull
Please click here for the SPIN Use Case Presentation
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Friday, May 5, 2006
Theory of Constraints
George Huling
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
"Evolution or Revolution: Dealing with Ground Segment CSOS (Complex Systems of Systems) in the Real World",
GSAW-SPIN Meeting Notes
Nestor Peccia, European Space Agency (ESA)
Friday, March 3, 2006
A Top Down, Bottom up View of S/W CMMI Level 5
Warren Scheinin
Northrop Grumman Corporation
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Friday, February 3, 2006
Assessing ROI on Process Improvement
James E. (Jim) Pederson
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Friday, January 6, 2006
The impact of culture on communications for successful engineering
Adrian Gill
Past 2005 SPIN Meetings
Friday, December 2, 2005
Pertmaster's Risk Management Solution
Dan Patterson
Friday, November 4, 2005
Avoiding the Failed-System Destiny of Most Large Systems - Involving all of the stakeholders in early planning is critical to ultimate success.
John Cosgrove
Friday, October 7, 2005
Techniques For Objectively Making Hard Decisions
Emanuel Baker PhD
Friday, August 5, 2005
Project Sizing and Estimating - Effectively Using Functional Measurement
David Garmus
Please Click Here for David's PowerPoint Presentation Please Click Here for David's PDF July Newsletter
Please Click Here for David's PDF Service Document
Friday, June 3, 2005
Management Introduction to Function Point Analysis
Scott Goldfarb
Friday, May 6, 2005
A Model Centric approach to CMMI - "HARMONY"
Dennis Andrews & Dennis Chun
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Friday, April 1, 2005
Function Points and Model Driven Requirements Understanding
George Huling
Friday, March 4, 2005
Finding Solutions: Bridging the Gap Between Systems Engineering Requirements and Software Engineering
Friday, February 4, 2005
Requirements: Bridging the Gap Between Systems Engineering and Software Engineering
George Huling
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Friday, January 7, 2005
Above and Beyond Process Improvement - What makes Good Software?
Arnie Goodman
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Past 2004 SPIN Meetings
Friday, December 3, 2004
Requirements and Design Review Techniques
George Huling
Friday, November 5, 2004
"Process Secrets from the Women in Black"
Kim Caputo Principal Consultant and Co-Founder, Delta Business Solutions Visiting Scientist, SEI
Due to SEI copyright restrictions on Kim Caputo's 'Women in Black' presentation, it is not available for posting on this website. Her presentation is included in the SEPG 2004 proceedings, which are available on CD from SEI (for $50) through their website at http://www.sei.cmu.edu/sepg/cd-orderform.pdf
Friday, October 1, 2004
"Collaborate with Clients and Users for Software, Service and Support Quality ? Especially in Urgent Real-Time, Mission-Critical and Data-Rich Problems."
Arnie Goodman, UCI
Friday, August 6, 2004
Extreme Programming - cont.
Paul Hodgetts
Friday, June 4, 2004
"Software Engineering, Professionalism & Liability"
John Cosgrove, P.E. CDP
Please click here for John Cosgrove's PDF Handouts:
SPIN 2-25 Handout (1)
3 Disciplines Handout (2)
Ethics IEEE Handout (3)
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Friday, May 7, 2004
Extreme Programming
Paul Hodgetts
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Friday, April 2, 2004
System and Software Reviews Since Acquisition Reform
Dr. Peter Hantos
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Friday, March 5, 2004
Overview of the CMMI Requirements for Risk Management
Warren Scheinin & Rick Hefner, PhD
Friday, February 6, 2004
IIS Approach to Process Right-Sizing
Lawrence Goldstein
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Friday, January 9, 2004
Organizational Assumptions and Implications of the CMMI Model
Jim Pederson
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Past 2003 SPIN Meetings
Friday, December 5, 2003
"A Project's Tale: Transitioning From SW-CMM to CMMI-SE/SW"
Abstract 476 for the 3rd Annual CMMI Technology Conference & User Group Presentation
Warren Scheinin
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Friday, November 7, 2003
"Two good reasons why software processes are not adopted and what to do about it."
Stan Rifkin
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Friday, October 3, 2003
COTS-Based Systems:
Lessons Learned from Experiences with COTS Software Use on Space Systems
Suellen Eslinger
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Friday, September 5, 2003
Process Principles for COTS-Based Systems
Tricia Oberndorf
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Friday, June 6, 2003
Transition from SW-CMM to CMMI: Yes or No?
Dr. Rick Hefner
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Friday, May 2, 2003
COSYSMO: A Systems Engineering Cost Model
Ricardo Valerdi
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Friday, April 4, 2003
Improving the Way We Improve
Kim Caputo
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Click here for Ms. Caputo's Acronyms Word Document
Friday, March 7, 2003
Interpreting CMMI for Software Organizations
Mr. Gian Wemyss
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Q. How Does One Develop World-Class Software?
A. It's the People; It's Always the People!
Philip H. Henderson, MBA
Past 2002 SPIN Meetings
Friday, December 6, 2002
Overcoming Aversion to Software Process Through Controlled Failure
David Klappholz
Friday, October 25, 2002
How to Improve Processes Every Day - 10 Years Later
Stan Rifkin
Master Systems Inc.
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Friday, June 7, 2002
Best Practices in Leading Change
Leitha Purcell
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Friday, April 26, 2002
Why Software Metric Programs Fail
Jim Pederson
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Friday, March 29, 2002
"What Is My Role in Information Survivability and Why Should I Care?"
Julie Allen
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Friday, February 22, 2002
SPIN Focused Innovation Workshop
Berge Boyadjian
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Click here for Berge Boyadjian's SPIN Workshop Report (Acrobat Format)
Wicked Problems: The Ultimate Process Challenge
Dr. Jeffrey Conklin
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Past 2001 SPIN Meetings
Friday, December 7, 2001
CMMI PRESENTATION
Robert C. Rassa
Jane Moon
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Friday, October 26, 2001
Bringing Process Maturity to Growing and Commercially-Driven Software Organizations
Anne Barrette
Friday, September 28, 2001
Complying with the CMMI Requirements for Risk Management
Rick Hefner
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Friday, June 29, 2001
Creative Thinking
Tom Logsdon
Friday, May 18, 2001
Alice In Use Case Land (part 1)
Use Case Driven Object Modeling: A 99% Fat-Free Approach (part 2)
Doug Rosenberg
Friday, April 20, 2001
Learning from Our Mistakes with Defect Causal Analysis
David N. Card
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Friday, March 23, 2001
Knowledge Management
Scott Shaffar
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Friday, February 23, 2001
Using (and Believing in) a Functional Metric for Software Size
Lee Fischman
Friday, January 19, 2001
Experiences Using Six Sigma in a SW-CMM© Based Process Improvement Program
Leitha Purcell
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Past 2000 SPIN Meetings
Friday, December 1, 2000
Why Is It So Difficult to Implement the CMM? Is There A Strategic Mismatch?
Mr. Rifkin
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Friday,October 27, 2000
Software Engineering Licensing: Help or Hindrance?
Software Engineering & Forensics
Kip Haggerty, John Cosgrove
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Friday, Septmeber 29, 2000
Information Warfare
Don Reifer , Peter Coffee
Friday, August 25, 2000
Integrating Your Process with the CMMI
Carlos C. Galvan
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Friday, July 28, 2000
Easy Win-Win: Making Winners out of Stakeholders
Dr. Paul Gruenbacher, Dr. Robert O. Briggs
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Friday, June 30, 2000
Implementing Peer Reviews - Tales from the Trenches
Ken Kopatz , Yolanda De Oro , Jean Tyson , Karen Owens , Kim Caputo
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Friday, June 2, 2000
Software Inspections - A Software Industry Best Practice
Leitha Purcell , Karen Owens , A. Winsor Brown , Linda Abelson
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Friday, April 28, 2000
UML in Modeling Software Architectures
Nenad Medvidovic, PH.D.
A View Integration Framework for Consistency Checking UML Models*
Alexander Egyed
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Friday, March 31, 2000
Spiraling through the CMM Maturity Levels - Action Planning Techniques For SPI
Kim Caputo
Friday, January 28, 2000
MBASE
Barry Boehm
A Zipped Power Point Document
Friday, January 28, 2000
Software Process Dynamic Modeling
Dr. Ray Madachy