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If you
are thinking about taking the ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer
certification exam in 2010
The
Westfall Team can help you get ready for the CSQE exam with an:
This
class is an in-depth study and review
of the entire ASQ CSQE Body of Knowledge
April
12 - 16, 2010
in Dallas (Plano) Texas
October
18 - 22, 2010
in Dallas (Plano) Texas
Special
Bonus - Receive a CD with 3
complete 160 question practice exams with solution
descriptions.
Special
Bonus - Receive a CD with 3
complete 160 question practice exams with solution
descriptions.
Holiday
Inn Express - Plano East
Announcement:
The Westfall Team is proud to
announce that recordings of our FREE Webinars are posted on this
website.
Click
here for a listing of our past webinars and to listen to their
recordings.

The Certified Software Quality
Engineer Handbook by Linda Westfall
has been published and is now available for
purchase at ASQ
Quality Press: The Certified Software Quality Engineer Handbook
or from Amazon.com
and other sources. You can also preview parts of this book on
Google
Books.
This handbook contains information and
guidance that supports all of the topics of the ASQ Certified Software Quality
Engineer (CSQE) Body of Knowledge (BoK). Armed with the knowledge presented in
this handbook to compliment the required years of actual work experience,
qualified software quality practitioners may feel confident they have taken
appropriate steps in preparation for the CSQE exam.
This invaluable handbook also goes well
beyond being simply an exam preparation guide. It is designed to be a resource
not only for software quality engineers, but also for software development
practitioners, project managers, organizational managers, other quality
practitioners, and other professionals who need to understand the aspects of
software quality that impact their work. It can also be used by readers to
benchmark their (or their organization’s) understanding and application of
software quality principles and practices against what is considered a
cross-industry “good practice” baseline.
New software quality engineers can use
this handbook to gain an understanding of their chosen profession, while
experienced software quality engineers can use this handbook as a reference when
performing their daily work. Trainers and educators can use the book to help
propagate software quality engineering knowledge to future software
practitioners and managers. Among all of its varied audiences, this handbook will
establish a common vocabulary to communicate about software and quality, thus
increasing the professionalism of the industry and eliminating the wastes that
can result from ambiguity and misunderstandings.
Includes three full practice exams
and answers (with explanations) on an accompanying CD-ROM.
Software Quality Engineering
(CSQE) Quiz of the Month - January
2010
Want to practice for the
ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) Exam or just test your knowledge
of Software Quality Engineering?
Take the January
2010
CSQE
Quiz
Highlighted
Paper of the Month:
To go along with
our February webinar, we invite you to read the:
Upcoming
Events & Activities:
February 2010
April 2010
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April 12-16: Linda Westfall will be teaching our
open enrollment Software Quality
Engineering - CSQE Refresher course in Dallas (Plano) - click
here to register
online or call (214) 544-3694.
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April 16:
Application deadline for June 5, 2010 offering of the ASQ CSQE
exam.
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April 19-23:
Quality Engineered Software and
Testing (Quest) Conference sponsored by QAI in Dallas.
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Linda Westfall will be presenting
a half-day tutorial on Risk Management for Testers, Tuesday morning, April
20th: Attend this tutorial for
in-depth information and practical skill development on using risk
management based techniques to aid in determining testing strategies,
design, execution, and evaluation. You will be provided with an
overview of risk management basics. These include definitions of risk
management terminology, the importance of software risk management, the
different types of software risks, and the introduction of the risk
management process. You will learn how to use various techniques for
identifying and communicating testing related project and product risks.
You will then learn to analyze the identified risks through exploring the
risk context, estimating risk probabilities and impacts, and calculating
risk exposure. A variety of risk handling techniques will be discussed
as well as defining risk plans for testing processes and test design.
Finally, the implementation of risk handling actions will be covered, ending
with the use reviews and metrics to track software testing risks.
Tutorial objectives include:
- Understand
the basic terminology and techniques of software risk management
- Learn to identify, analyze and prioritize testing related project risks
- Discover
how to use risk management techniques to determine testing strategies,
design, execution, and evaluation
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Linda Westfall will be presenting
a 2-hour workshop From Audit Requirements to Checklist to
Evidence Gathering Plan, Friday
afternoon, April 23rd: Checklists
are used to bring order and structure to a quality audit and to ensure
complete coverage within the audit scope. They are lists of yes or no
questions that correspond to the audit requirements. In this workshop,
you will learn how to translate each audit requirement, from a standard,
process, specification, etc., into one or more precise, measurable, and
factual checklist items. For each of these items, you will learn to
determine what objective evidence must be gathered in order to determine if
the answer to the checklist item is “yes” or “no.” You
will also understand how to create an objective evidence-gathering plan for
each of the checklist items. This plan will encompass a variety of
evidence gathering techniques. An industry-based case study,
using interactive discussions and hands-on exercises, will be employed during
this workshop to illustrate and practice learned skills.
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The Westfall Team will also have
a booth in the exhibit area at Quest Dallas 2010.
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April 21:
Late application deadline (additional $50 late application fee) for June 5,
2010 offering of the ASQ CSQE
exam.
May 2010
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May
24-26: Institute
for Software Excellence
sponsored by the ASQ Software Division in St. Louis. Linda
Westfall will be presenting a talk on Are
You Smarter Than A CSQE on Monday, May 24th.
The
Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) Body of Knowledge covers a wide
range of topics that a qualified CSQE should readily understand. Find out
what it takes to become a CSQE through hands-on, challenging questions with
multiple-choice answers in this lively presentation that encourages audience
participation. Come have some fun while competing with contestants by
answering example CSQE questions.
For
additional Events and Activities
The Westfall Team's Mission
is to promote the advancement of software excellence by helping
our clients achieve effective and efficient information technology, software
engineering, software quality and project management practices.
Our Vision of Client Success:
The Westfall
Team partners with our clients to identify and provide practical solutions that
improve the client’s capabilities to develop and maintain high quality
software-intensive products.
We provide our clients with
training solutions tailored to ensure effective transfer of practical tools and
techniques that can be immediately incorporated to improve on-the-job
performance.
We facilitate
the incorporation of industry recognized practices into our client’s systems and
processes in order to increase their capabilities and allow them to better
handle the complexities driven by software size, functionality, quality and
time-to-market constraints.
We help our clients establish, develop and
maintain common sense systems and processes that:
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Match the way they actually do business
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Maximize quality and business value
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Minimize cycle time and rework
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Increase management insight and visibility
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Enhance organizational and individual learning
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Reduce bureaucratic overhead
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Manage and protect intellectual capital
For more information about consulting and training services provided by
The Westfall Team
Send an email to:
lwestfall@westfallteam.com
Or call: 972-867-1172

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