BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T020000 RDATE:20150308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150612T032448Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150617T193000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150617T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150612T032448Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150612T032448Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250468628 DESCRIPTION:SQAUG \;\nPresents: \;\n \;\nQA and The Role They Pl ay in Team Dialogue \;\nat \;\nCon-Way \;\n2055 NW Savier\, Po rtland\, OR 97209 \;\non \;\nWednesday June 17\, 2015 \;\n 5:3 0pm until 7:30pm \;\n \;\nEvent is FREE and Open to the Public  3\;\n \;\nDialogue is a contraction from the Greek words for through and words. It suggests an activity aimed at eliciting meaning… \;\n \;\nThe Greeks introduced the idea that individuals are not intellig ent on their own\, that it's only by reasoning together that they are ab le to uncover the truth for themselves. …By questioning and probing each other\, carefully dissecting and analyzing ideas\, finding the inconsis tencies\, never attacking or insulting but always searching for what the y can accept between them\, they can gradually attain deeper understandi ng and insight. \;\n \;\nThe role of QA is often seen as one that only reports negatively on the work of others: “…found a bug with your code”\; “…the way you designed this isn’t good for the end user”\; “…You never include requirements in your stories…and when you do\, they lack sufficient details.” \;\n \;\nThe importance of True Dialogue is that it allows positive reactions and outcomes\, from negative input…whe n done well\, the benefits can be extraordinary! \;\n \;\nAbout ou r speaker: Joe Famme is a Quality Minded individual\, who’s been helping to improve the quality of his teams\, and the software they work on\, f or over 20 years. He started in phone support with WordPerfect\, in the early nineties. After about a year and a half of that…and the release of Windows 3.0…he discovered the world of QA\, and has never looked back.& #13\;\n \;\nBesides WordPerfect\, Joe’s also worked for internationa lly known companies Novell\, Corel\, Intel\, and Sage. \;\n \;\nJ oe’s been working in the Portland Tech Community since 1996. He’s been p art of several strong Oregon Companies and several startup companies\, . com’s &\; .bomb’s. And\, Joe’s been part of the SQAUG organization si nce before it became a public group. \;\n \;\nIn all of his years of being part of the Quality Assurance field\, he has found that the qu est for the mastery of effective communication and true dialogue has bee n a key element to success. And\, he hopes that some of the dialogue dur ing his presentation provides at least one insight for all attendees to take back to their teams. \;\n \;\nAgenda: \;\n5:30-6:00PM: Pi zza and Networking \;\n6:00-6:15PM: SQAUG Announcements \;\n6:15- 7:30PM: Presentation/Q&\;A \;\n \;\nDetails: \;\n· Event i s Free to the public \;\n· Onsite parking (directions below) \;\n · Light Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served \;\n· No RSVP is required to attend \;\n \;\nSQAUG is Portland/Vancouver area’s o nly Software Quality Assurance User Group! We are in our 3rd year and wo uld like to extend a warm welcome to everyone who would like to particip ate in a user group dedicated to growing the Quality Assurance field. &# 13\;\n \;\nSQAUG is made up of a group of SQA professionals who have banded together in an open forum to learn from each other through a seri es of interactive discussions\, engaged debates\, training presentations \, exploring tools\, and general networking and sharing of job opportuni ties. Our goals are to expand knowledge about Software Quality to all pr ofessionals who are passionate about their careers\, and take Software Q uality seriously. \;\n \;\nFor more on SQAUG: \;\nhttp://www. sqaug.org/ \;\nMeetup: SQAUGPDX \;\nLinked in: SQAUG \;\n\n\n Tags: qa\, user group\, it\, technology\, tech\, quality assurance\, aut omation\, testing\, test\, SQA\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/ev ents/1250468628 URL:http://sqaug.org SUMMARY:SQAUG Presents: QA and The Role They Play in Team Dialogue LOCATION:Con-Way: 2055 NW Savier St\, Portland OR 97209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR