Note: This event requires a ticket, available at:

http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=175416

The building security at 101 California will not let anyone past the lobby into the elevator unless they are on a list of ticket holders. 

Thursday, February 5:

Membership Meeting 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Ticket price (Members $10, Non-Members $20, Student/Retired/Unemployed $5) covers refreshments and materials.

Presentation by Doug Hoffman, Independent Consultant with Software Quality Methods

Subject: Software Testing

Avoiding the "Test and Test Again" Syndrome

• What is the "Test and Test Again" syndrome
• Issues with the "Test and Test Again" cycle
• How to know when your are in the cycle
• Techniques for breaking out of the cycle
• Providing good feedback without getting in the cycle

Formal presentation and Q&A will be held 7 - 8 p.m. to

allow time for networking before and after the presentation.

Doug is an ASQ Fellow, Holds a CSQE, CMQ/OE from ASQ, is founding member and director of the Assoc. for Software Testing, consults in strategic and tactical planning for software development and testing, is past chairman of the Silicon Valley ASQ.

Location: Booz Allen Hamilton, 101 California St., 33^rd Floor, SF.   If doors are locked, press the intercom button for admittance.  For those who don't work downtown, the easiest way to attend is to take BART (or Caltrain then Muni) to the Embarcadero Station at Pine and Market St., and walk half a block to Booz Allen, on the corners of Davis & Pine, or Davis & California.