PMIWDC

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 from 11:30am to 1:00pm
(Networking 11:30am-12:00pm, Presentation 12:00pm to 1:00pm)

Note: All Skyline luncheons are now held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Inspections can be used as an approach to help ensure acquisition organizations receive the high quality, low cost products they expect to receive; however, more times then not, unexpected reliability and cost issues surface. This discussion will focus on an approach to receiving the full benefit of Inspections as they relate to Quality Management.

Roger Stewart is co-founder and Managing Director of the Stewart-Priven Group. He is an experienced Lead Systems Engineer and Program Manager in both government and commercial system. Previously, Stewart taught the Fagan Defect-Free Process for Michael Fagan Associates (8 years) after spending 30 years with IBM's Federal Systems Division, (now part of Lockheed-Martin) managing and developing systems for the FAA Air Traffic Control, Air Force Satellite Command & Control, NASA On-Board Space Shuttle, NAVY Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS Helicopter); and in Commercial Banking, Telecommunication and Networking systems.

Lew Priven is co-founder and Managing Director of the Stewart-Priven Group. He is an experienced executive with management and technical background in system and software development, software quality training, management development training and human resource management. Previously, Priven managed the IBM team that developed the inspection process, taught the Fagan Defect-Free Process for Michael Fagan Associates (8 years), and was Vice-President of Engineering & Application Development at General Electric Information Services, Vice President of Application Development for IBM's Application Systems Division, Director of Operations & Development for the IBM Information Network, Vice President of Information Technology & Human Resources for Satellite Business Systems.

About Skyline Luncheons

• All Skyline luncheons are held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.  They begin at 11:30am with a 30 minute unstructured networking session.  At 12:00pm, after a short introduction and after we've dealt with some administrative matters, the presentation begins.  The presentation ends at 1:00pm.

• Join our Yahoo Group by sending an email with your name, and organization to: SkylineLuncheonPMIWDC-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. On our list we provide copies of past presentations, directions to our lunch location in Baileys Crossroads, and two email reminders per month.

• Our Yahoo Group SkylineLuncheonPMIWDC@yahoogroups.com is an announcement-only type list not used for general email. So you will only receive a limited amount of email and only from the Skyline Baileys Crossroads Lunch meeting moderator, Charles Hermann.

• For more information about the Skyline Lunch meeting send an email with your question to SkylineLuncheonPMIWDC-owner@yahoogroups.com

Directions and Map Link

NOTE: Virginia Route 7 is Leesburg Pike (in Falls Church and Fairfax County) and is also King Street (in Alexandria) at different stretches.

Directions to 5109 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041-3215

From Tyson's Corner:

1. Take Route 7, Leesburg Pike, for about 7 miles and turn right onto South George Mason Drive (just after the entrance to the Target parking lot).
2. Make a right at the second intersection, or parking lot entrance, and drive up a ramp alongside the building. Turn right at the 4-way Stop sign. Pay visitor parking is on the other side of the building at that intersection.
3. Walk across the courtyard to the left end of the set of offices (building 5109, also known as Skyline 6). Take the elevator to the 8th floor.

From Washington DC or National Airport:

1. Take I-395 South towards Richmond.
2. After the Glebe Road and Quaker Lane exits, take Exit 5 for Route 7, King Street, West. You will go through 10 traffic lights that are very close together.
3. Turn left onto South George Mason Drive. Skyline Tower is the 26-story light blue glass building.
4. Make a right at the second intersection, or parking lot entrance, and drive up a ramp alongside the building. Turn right at the 4-way Stop sign. Pay visitor parking is on the other side of the building at that intersection.
5. Walk across the courtyard to the left end of the set of offices (building 5109, also known as Skyline 6). Take the elevator to the 8th floor.

From Dulles Airport:

1. Take the Washington Dulles Access Road towards Washington.
   Take 495 South towards Richmond
2. After passing exits for Tyson's Corner, I-66, Route 50, Braddock Road and I-95 South, take I-395 North (left exit) towards Washington.
3. Take Exit 5, King Street, West. You will go through 10 traffic lights that are very close together.
4. Turn left onto South George Mason Drive. Skyline Tower is the 26-story light blue glass building.
5. Make a right at the second intersection, or parking lot entrance, and drive up a ramp alongside the building. Turn right at the 4-way Stop sign.
6. Pay visitor parking is on the other side of the building at that intersection.
   Walk across the courtyard to the left end of the set of offices (building 5109, also known as Skyline 6). Take the elevator to the 8th floor.