One sign you've found somone that cares about your process

In light of our meeting this week, I thought I'd post a comic from a few years ago. Enjoy!

Meeting Announcement- EVENING MEETING! 4:30PM-6PM, Thursday, January 28th

NEWS
- We're moving to evenings to accommodate your busy work schedule!

Time and Location

The Red Earth QA's meeting will be held on the 3rd floor of 100 N. Broadway from 11:30am-1pm on Thursday, December 17th. Look for the signs to direct you to the correct room.

Topic

Compare Test Plans!
Bring your test plan template and compare with other companies.

Directions

• You can park in Main Street Parking on Main or you can find street parking.
• From I-40, take the Robinson Exit. Go North on Robinson to Main. Right on Main. You can either go to Main Street Parking or continue to Santa Fe Parking. You will see 100 N Broadway on your left across Broadway. The building says 'Chase' at the top.

Wired Magazine - "Software Flaws Let Christmas Bomber Get Through"

Wired is running a story about some results of the investigation into the Christmas bomber. It appears that sub-standard software contributed to the problems.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/obama-software-flaws-let-christmas-bomber-get-through/

Project Management, 60s style

Here is a link to a book on project management from 1970. It's a second edition of the original published in 1964.

What I originally found amazing is that it's a fairly sophisticated view of project management. The first chapter is particularly enlightening since it discusses the inspirations for the methods detailed in the book. Basically, there was research from as far back as 1896 on streamlining production processes that are being applied to research in the late 1950s that culminated in the findings described in this book.