Austin SPIN Meeting

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02/11/2010 - 6:30pm
02/11/2010 - 9:00pm

Introduction to the Jazz Technology Platform: Team Collaboration and Process Enablement
(Joint meeting of Austin SPIN and Austin IEEE – Computer Society)
February 11, 2010
Speaker: Ronnie Pinkerton, Technical Account Manager at IBM Software Group - Rational
Overview:
In this presentation, we learn about the IBM Jazz team collaboration platform and how it is being used by software teams. The speaker will show examples of how Jazz is being used, as well as covering these concepts:
• Orientation to Jazz – major features and functions
• How to tailor and implement a development process using Jazz
• How to enable teams to work across corporate boundaries – locally and globally
• Ability to interoperate with non-IBM tools and facilities (Eclipse, Visual Studio, …)
• Integration basis for Rational tool set; how does Jazz support Rational Team Concert
• Technical underpinnings – service model, repository of databases, …
• Extensibility

About the Speaker:
Ronnie Pinkerton served in various software and systems development roles for Link Flight Simulation from 1983-1995. He has worked as a software and systems development tools sales engineer since 1995 at companies including Aisys, QNX Software, Telelogic and IBM. Ronnie is currently a Technical Account Manager with IBM Rational.
Meeting Agenda: Meeting Location:
6:30 p.m. Networking and Gathering Microsoft Technology Center: Austin
7:00 p.m. Call to Order, Announcements Stonebridge Plaza—Building One
7:15 p.m. Presentation, with Q/A 9606 North Mopac, Suite 200
8:45 p.m. Door Prize, Meeting Evaluation, Adjourn Austin, TX 78759

Tonight’s door prize: your selection from these items:
• Two wireless Microsoft mice
• Several X-Box video games
• Several copies of Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
• Several books… and other goodies…

Open Membership:
Membership in the Austin SPIN is free and open to all. Come with a friend!

Re-certification Credit:
Proof of Attendance forms will be provided for PMI (PDU), ASQ (RU) and PDMA (PDH) re-certifications.

The Austin SPIN salutes our 2010 Platinum Sponsor
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