Software Process Improvment Network.

	BSPIN EAST Annual Best practices sharing session - 25th Jan 2008. The iGATE team of consisting of Sumit, Saira and Kishore won the 1st Prize for the best presentation at the BSPIN EAST Annual Best Practices Sharing Session conducted on Friday the 25th Jan. held at Perot Systems. The theme for the Competition was 'Best Practices under Continuous process improvement/kaizen, Lean practices, Breakthrough process improvement(PI), Innovations in PI, Productivity improvement, Process Alignment to biz, SW metrics '. Some of the best names in the Industry participated in this event. Out of 30 Companies that sent in their presentations 5 were short listed from iGATE, Phillips, HP, and NXP. iGATE beat the other 3 companies to receive the BSPIN trophy.
	BSPIN EAST talk by GS Chandy,Founder ,Intellegent System for U and Me ( ISUM) on "OPMS – One Page Management System,A ‘language’ designed for problem-solving and decision making on complex issues" The talk on the "OPMS – One Page Management System,A ‘language’ designed for problem-solving and decision making on complex issues" gives a practical insights on How to design effective systems of all kinds - enabling integration of human and behavioral issues with technology issues.
	BSPIN EAST talk by Phaneesh Murthy on "Does Goal Flow Down Help in Building Quality? Phaneesh, CEO, Managing Director & Member of the Board delivered the talk on "Does Goal Flow Down Help in Building Quality?" The balanced scorecard is a management system that enables organizations to clarify their vision and strategy and translate them into action. It provides feedback around both the internal business processes and external outcomes in order to continuously improve strategic performance and results. The balanced scorecard methodology builds on some key concepts of previous management ideas such as Total Quality Management (TQM), continuous improvement, employee empowerment, etc.. Phaneesh is going to talk about the importance of visioning exercise, setting goals at organization level from four different perspectives such as Financials, Customer, Learning & Growth and Internal Business Process. He is also going to touch upon the importance of goal flow down at various levels, importance of periodic reviews and how this would help in improving quality at organization level and achieve Business Excellence He will also share his perspective on the importance of Quality Function in an organization and how this function could help in achieving Business Excellence.
	BSPIN EAST – Panel Discussion on "Is Quality solving my real issues – a Delivery view?" Panel members comprising V S Ananthapadmanaban - iGATE, V M Vijayanandam - Accenture, Kishore Reddy - Philips, Narasimham Vempati - Perot Systems, Murthy Bhamidi - Lucent Alcatel analzed on the title, "Is Quality solving my real issues – a Delivery view?"
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentation case Study Experience in implementing large mission critical applications in India Mr. S Balasubramanya, Vice president, TCS. Showcased caharacteristics of mission critical projects, experience in some of the projects in India and key challenges faced.
	Inaugural Address: Future of IT Mr. Deepak J Patel, MD & Group COO, Mphasis-EDS. Outlined how the future of IT is determined by the factors like IT Simplification and Modernization, Continuous Change, Specialization, Expanding Edge, Integrated Suite v/s Best-Of-Breed, Ubiquitous Computing and Flattening World
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Key Note: Customer Centricity - Infosys Experiences Mr. Satyendra Kumar, Sr. VP & Head of Quality, Infosys. Illustrated how understanding customers and markets, aligning the organization to them, measurements of these factors and managing relationships help customer centricity. It was also outlined how Quality folks can play an important role in all these initiatives.
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Invited talk: Customer Centricity - Delivering Customer Value at the lowest end of the pyramid Mr. Manoj Chakravarthy, Advisor, Titan Industries. Highlighted about the tremendous opportunity for corporate to focus on the lower, but fatter end of the pyramid and its underlying promise of my short presentation.
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Keynote: Architecting for Agility Mr. Subbu Goparaju, Head of Software Engineering Technology Labs, Infosys. Explained how agility is directly linked to Scale, Ease of Integration (For eg. M&A), Ease of Business Process Change (for eg. Compliance), New Products Development Collaboration, Flexibility (for eg. On-demand usage) and Re-distribution of processes in a flat world Invited talk: Customer Centricity - Delivering Customer Value at the lowest end of the pyramid
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Invited Talk: ITC's e-Choupal - Leveraging IT TO deliver value to Indian Agriculture Mr. K. Sreekiran Reddy, Head of TradersNet, ITC. Explained the model that aims of building social capital first,then build communities of farmers by enhancing their income generating capacity in their prime activity of agriculture.
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Case Study: Infrastructure for Solution Development with SAP NetWeaver Mr. Yuvaraj AR, Chief Test Architect, SAP NetWeaver, SAP Labs. Brought to light the Challenges faced by an ISV, Understanding the Domain – Software Configuration Management and Infrastructure for SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Case Study: Systems Architecture - Distributed Control Systems Mr. Premraj Krishnakutty, Business Unit Lead, Honeywell Technology Solutions. Focused solution provisioning using technology elements like framework, components, reuse aspects and tools to drive substantial improvements in software productivity.
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Keynote: As an industry, should we be worried about over promising & under delivering? Mr. Parthasarathy NS, Executive Vice President & Co-founder, MindTree Consulting. Analyzed the topic in the perspective of Growth, Customer Satisfaction and Profitability.
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Invited talk: Click & Point in Brick & Mortar Mr. R Sri Kumar, Director General of Police and Chairman & MD of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation Limited. Brought to light the similarities and realities that we face both in a construction and a software industry.
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Case Study: Delivering Commitment - cost implications: an approach Mr. Davis MC, GM, OSS, Wipro. Detailed the Outsourcing / off shoring as a key / inevitable strategy, Drivers for Delivery commitments in the eyes of Customer and about Drivers for Service Providers.
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Keynote: Growing importance of Agile & Scrum: The Yahoo Experience Mr. Sharad Sharma, MD, Yahoo India. Shared the experiences on Agiles practices and their success stories in Yahoo.
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Invited talk: Software Development, Art & Emergence Mr. Raj Datta, GM & Head of KM, Mind Tree Consulting. The talk navigated through Art, Exploration, and Emergence, Nature of Knowledge Work, Nature of Industrial Process Management and Software Development and Knowledge Centricity
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Case Stduy: Producitivity gains using Open Source Products Mr. Madhusudhan Rao, Senior Consultant, Satyam. Case study was displaying the various open source tools available in the market and how good is the open source market and its growth.
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Case Study: Future of Software Delivery Ms Ameeta Roy, Technical Lead, IBM. Case study predicts the future of open source framework for software delivery.
	BCIC-BSPIN Conference Presentations: Springboard Session: Where do we go from here? Dr. Prasad Ram, Center Head and Engineering Director, Google R&D India. This session set the direction for the SW and IT family on the way to go ahead from here.Unleash Engineers...... and business will flow
	BSPIN talk by Vishu Hegde, Vice President and Head of Quality, MindTree Consulting The Science of Stress And The Art of Managing it - a talk on stress management.
	BSPIN East talk by Dr. Philip L. Miller The Mexican TSP Initiative - A Large-Scale Collaborative Initiative - The talk is about The TSP and SEI Process Improvement, Economic Realities, The Plan, Progress, Lessons Learned and Prospects
	BSPIN talk by Andy Langridge at Sasken Software Sizing, Cost, Schedule, and Risk… the 10 Step Process “Where performance is measured performance Improves” ---- Andy Langridge from Galorath presented the pitfalls of estimates and a ten step estimation process with some of the lessons learned.
	BSPIN EAST talk by Satyendra Kumar, Sr Vice President, Infosys Experiencing Quality - Benefits & Challenges A talk by Satyendra Kumar, Senior Vice President, Infosys in BSPIN EAST chapter.
	Webex recording (audio + .ppt) of BSPIN EAST talk by Satyendra Kumar Experiencing Quality - Benefits & Challenges - The talk focuses on process investment and benefits derived thereof by Infosys Technologies. It would also provide insights into some of the learnings, best practices & concepts used to meet challenges like scalability, global focus on quality and improvements in delivering service quality.
	BSPIN EAST talk by Krish Puthucode - BD CMM - A new Era * The need for Business Development process improvement * Origins of the BD-CMM * Content of BD-CMM that leads to sustainable results * Orientation to APMP Benchmark Study 2002
	Webex Recording (audio + .ppt) of BSPIN EAST talk by Prof. S Sadagopan, Director, IIITB, Bangalore 'Changing color of Indian IT industry' - [Note: Click on title -> Click on link address -> click 'view' -> fill 'first name', 'last name', 'e-mail' and 'submit'] The world knows Indian software services industry story; but a quiet revolution is taking place. The industry is moving slowly into consulting, products, technology, licensing, participating and influencing standards - the ultimate model of leadership. In addition the software hardware divide is getting bridged; Indian companies think in global scale and global acquisitions are happening. Not many are aware of this subtle, slow but steady development. This is no different from the way Taiwan evolved in semiconductor manufacturing. This talk will provide some insights into this fascinating change, whose contours are getting clear in the past five years
	BSPIN EAST talk by Prof. S. Sadagopan, Director, IIITB, Bangalore. 'Changing color of Indian IT industry' - The world knows Indian software services industry story; but a quiet revolution is taking place. The industry is moving slowly into consulting, products, technology, licensing, participating and influencing standards - the ultimate model of leadership. In addition the software hardware divide is getting bridged; Indian companies think in global scale and global acquisitions are happening. Not many are aware of this subtle, slow but steady development. This is no different from the way Taiwan evolved in semiconductor manufacturing. This talk will provide some insights into this fascinating change, whose contours are getting clear in the past five years
	BSPIN EAST talk by Mr.S. Bhaskaran, Senior Director, Philips Medical Systems, Philips Electronics India Ltd. Bangalore. Project Performance - Does high maturity guarantee success? Bhaskaran elaborates on key contributors to project's success apart from having process as the base.
	Project performance - Does high maturity guarantee success? The Webex recording (audio+ppt) of BSPIN EAST talk by Mr.S. Bhaskaran, Senior Director, Philips Medical Systems, Philips Electronics India Ltd. Bangalore. Note: Keep audio at maximum for best results
	Four Stages of Knowledge Management The Webex recording (audio+ppt) of BSPIN EAST talk by Dr. Srikantaiah, Director and Professor, Center for Knowledge Management at Dominican University
	Market Challenges and role of Quality The Webex recording (audio+ppt) of BSPIN South talk by Mr. Narayana N R Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies.
	Metrics Revival in mature organizations The Webex recording (audio+ppt)of BSPIN talk at BSPIN Central by Mr. Pandian, QICIndia.
	Four Stages of Knowledge Management The presentation from BSPIN EAST talk by Dr. Srikantaiah, Director and Professor, Center for Knowledge Management at Dominican University. Today, KM true to its interdisciplinary nature is more matured and advanced embracing, among others, content management, competitive intelligence, project management, environmental scanning, and knowledge audit where KM tools are applied regularly to manage knowledge.
	METRICS REVIVAL Presentation from BSPIN Central talk by C.R.Pandian Renaissance: give new meaning; revive values; translate old metrics into new ones to suit emerging situations
	“Mind Reading” - Aspects of Requirements to Delivering Excellence The presentation from BSPIN EAST talk by T Ashok, Founder & CEO, STAG Software. The objective of this session is reflect on some interesting aspects that can allow us to “mind read” the customer so that we understand the expectations and deal with the dynamics in a natural manner to deliver excellence.
	Delighting the customer Presentation from MUMBAI SPIN talk by Darayus Desai and Suchita Gavankar
	Deployment and Institutionalization - SPISIG Benchmarking Results Benchmarking Results of 25 High Maturity IT Companies in Bangalore - Study by BSPIN Software Process Improvement Special Interest Group (SPISIG)
	BCIC - BSPIN Software Productivity Conference - Welcome Address Mr. Anant Koppar, President MphasiS & President BCIC - From a Customer and Market perspective, Productivity needs to be seen in an overall Business context and beyond the Engineering context. In this context, impact on Productivity improvement needs to be addressed by: 1. Organizational & Business Process alignment & integration, 2. Effective deployment and institutionalization of good practices across the organization and 3. Leveraging Technology for Productivity improvements. The Software Productivity Conference intends to address these aspects by thought leaders and practitioners.
	Customer Perspective on Productivity - Key Note - "Customer Perspective on Productivity" Mr. Bhaskaran S, Director, Medical Systems, Philips - This session sets the tone for the conference on productivity expectations at business level (value/$) from a customer perspective.
	Customer Perspective on Productivity - Case Study - "Managing Customer Perceptions" Mr. Seetaraman V, Delivery Manager, TCS
	Customer Perspective on Productivity - Paper - "Adopting Scrum: Challenges, Enhancements, and Measuring Benefits" Mr. Krishna Prasad, General Manager, Technology, Mr. Prasad Naik Technical Lead, HCL EAI Services Pvt. Ltd.
	Organizational Alignment and Integration - Key Note - "The Leadership Challenge – Creating a Spirit of Excellence" Mr. Trygve Höeppner, Managing Director, TÜV Rheinland (India)Pvt. Ltd - This session brings out the importance of and challenges involved in alignment and integration of organizational strategies, organizational units, systems and processes to achieve higher Productivity (value/$).
	Organizational Alignment and Integration - Case Study - "Scaling up through Integration and Alignment" Mr Satyendra Kumar, Sr. VP, Quality, Infosys
	Organizational Alignment and Integration - Paper - “SEPG – A Collaborative Experience” Ms. Leena Sagar, QA Manager/SEPG Lead, Capgemini Consulting.
	Organizational Alignment and Integration - Paper - "Deployment Process in Non-standard Dynamic Environments" Mr. Prasad Durga Parigi, Development Manager, Mr. Gopalkrishnan Lakshmi, Director , Oracle India Pvt Ltd, Services Engineering Group
	Deployment and Institutionalization - Key note - Benchmarking & Enhancement of Productivity Benchmarking & Enhancement of Productivity,Monitoring & Control in Software Enterprises by Applying Rapmods System - Dr. Ramsay, International Productivity Scientist, Australia - This session focuses on the challenges involved in deployment and institutionalization of practices as the organizations scale up in size, complexity, and geographical distribution.
	Deployment and Institutionalization - Case Study -Treading the Path of Excellence Mr. Parthasarathi Banerjee, Asst GM, Tata Business Excellence Model, Commercial Vehicles BU, Tata Motors
	Leveraging Technology for Producitivity - Key Note Microsoft Solution Frameworks and beyond - Mr. Vivek Bhatnagar, Architect Adviser, DPE Microsoft India - This session focuses on the usage of technology elements such as frameworks, components, reuse concepts and tools to drive substantial improvements in software productivity.
	Leveraging Technology for Productivity - Case study Moving from Customization to Configuration Mr. Ganesh Subramanian & Ms. Subhashini Raghuraman, Delivery Managers, I-Flex Solutions
	Program Schedule for BSPIN BCIC SW Productivity Conference Program Schedule for SW Producitivity Conference - 17th & 18th Feb 2006
	BSPIN EAST Inaugural Talk Biz Excellence & Quality - a CEO's Perspective by Padma Ravichander, MD & President, Perot Systems
	ODCExperienceUsingAgileTechniques Sharing the experiences of Krishna Prasad, GM - Technology with HCL EAI services in adapting agile techniques in an offshore development center context
	PMSIG presentation on Lightweight project and Risk management The summarized analysis of PM-SIGs survey of about 55 project managers from high maturity organizations on practices related to lighte weight project management and lso risk management
	Role of Process Improvement in Delivery Optimization Copy of presentation made by Mike Epner of Borland in April, 2005
	Static and Dynamic Analysis of Source Code The presentation by Dr. Howard Trickey of Bell Laboratories @ the SPIN Talk on March 10, 2005.
	Intrinsic Quality - Quality in the knowledge era This the presentation made by Vishweshwar Hegde on his thoughts on the Quality approaches needed in the knowledge era in January, 2005.
	SixSigma Program management Sharing of experiences in adopting Six Sigma approaches for Program Management. SPINTalk by Vijayaraghavan Seshadri, November, 2004
	AdoptingAgile Presentation by Greg Reiser in the SPINTalk in October, 2004
	BSPIN-Benchmark-Feb-2004 Benchmarking of 19 high maturity organizations in Bangalore by SPI-SIG under BSPIN.
	CMMI-AustraliaExperiences
	BSIG-SPINtalk-2000
	B2SIG-ITCOM-2001
	StatisticalTechniques-Amitava
	Statistical TechniquesWipro