Event - Compuware IT Exchange on May 17th

[David McKinnon]

This is Compuware's new technical seminar series which is designed to
help you share business ideas, methodologies, and best practices.

Date: Thursday, May 17, 2007
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Compuware Corporation - One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI
48226
Parking: Compuware Visitor Parking Structure is located on Farmer
Street between Gratiot Ave and Monroe Ave. Bring in your parking
ticket for FREE Validation. Detailed directions are available!

RSVP by: Monday, May 14, 2007
Contact mary.j...@compuware.com to register! Please feel free to
bring a friend!

Join us for this complimentary seminar to learn more about the
Project Management and Quality Assurance Relationship, Inversion of
Control and Dependency Injection, and Taking Advantage of Generics
in .NET 2.0.

You'll learn about approaches that can help you:
· Utilize good software design central to the Spring Framework
· Utilize Generics in .NET 2.0
· Approach IT Project Management with Quality Assurance in mind
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5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Hors d' oeuvres and Networking
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 3 parallel sessions to choose from:

** Earn 1 PDU for attending the following session**
Project Management and Continuous Improvement: An Arranged
Marriage.
Brian Cassista, Project Manager, Compuware Corporation

Brian will discuss the inter-relationship of Project Management and
Continuous Improvement on Quality Assurance interspersed with
personal observations.

Brian is a Project Manager with Compuware Professional Services and
brings over 15 years of experience in the IT field. Brian is
currently the PMI's Michigan Huron Valley Chapter President and is a
key instructor in the PMP Exam Prep courses offered by HVC and the MS
Project courses offered.

Generics in .NET 2.0
Patrick Steele, Consultant, SRT Solutions

Patrick will introduce you to Generics in .NET 2.0. He'll show you
what generics are and how they can improve your code (better
performance, increased type safety, reusability -- just to name a
few). Learn what generics can offer you and how you can take
advantage of
them.

Patrick is an independent consultant in southeastern Michigan working
in the automotive sector. He has a broad range of .NET experience
including ASP.NET, WinForms, COM+ and COM interop. He is Vice
President of the Michigan Great Lakes Area .NET Users group (GANG-
www.migang.org) and has been recognized by Microsoft as a .NET MVP.

Principles of Design: Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection
James Brown, Enterprise Architect, Compuware
Corporation

James will discuss and cover the fundamentals of good software
design, focusing on the architectural principle central to the Spring
Framework: Inversion Control.

James is an Enterprise Architect with Compuware Corporation. He has
over five years of experience leading J2EE projects. James is
currently a major contributor in Compuware's Development factory and
a leader in the J2EE community.

7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Questions and Answers
To register, reply to this email or contact
mary.j...@compuware.com or (313) 227-7729

[Ilya Sterin]

Yeah, that sounds very interesting. I got an email from Mary about
this before. Either way, all is good except the "sharing of business
ideas". I'm not sure in what context to interpret that, but if
Compuware is looking to steal business ideas, not sure if this is the
best venue for such sharing:-) (Sorry, I had some bad experiences in
the past with compuware and IP:-).

Ilya

[David McKinnon]

I understand your concerns but I think you may be talking about a
previous "sharing of business ideas" email.

This looks to me like a teaching / learning event. Compuware seems
to be making more attempts at reaching out to the local developer
community. This should be a much better approach than the previous
OJX events. Those events seemed more focused on one big WOW. The
break out sessons seemed hurried and very high level. A few of the
speakers seemed to be of the "I have a big ego and I'm a jerk so I'm
smarter than you are, now listen to me" mindset. Left a bad taste
for me.

This seems like a regular event for knowledge sharing. Hopefully that
is what it will turn out to be.

I'm not naïve (although lately I feel otherwise) so I know there may
be sales or recruiting involved. Compuware is a business after all.
However, I don't think there will be any idea stealing. That said, I
should be open about the fact that I work for Compuware and I like
it.

I'd really like to see something like the No Fluff Just Stuff or even
SD East / SD West or Java One conferences brought to the Detroit
area. I think Compuware is really the only force that could pull
something like that off. I hope they move into that direction.

If all goes will I'll be attending the talk about the Spring
Framework. Hope to see some of you there.

-David

On Apr 26, 1:08 pm, "Ilya Sterin" <ster...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, that sounds very interesting. I got an email from Mary about
> this before. Either way, all is good except the "sharing of business
> ideas". I'm not sure in what context to interpret that, but if
> Compuware is looking to steal business ideas, not sure if this is the
> best venue for such sharing:-) (Sorry, I had some bad experiences in
> the past with compuware and IP:-).
>
> Ilya
>

> On 4/26/07, David McKinnon <davidmck...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
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> > This is Compuware's new technical seminar series which is designed to
> > help you share business ideas, methodologies, and best practices.
>
> > Date: Thursday, May 17, 2007
> > Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
> > Location: Compuware Corporation - One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI
> > 48226
> > Parking: Compuware Visitor Parking Structure is located on Farmer
> > Street between Gratiot Ave and Monroe Ave. Bring in your parking
> > ticket for FREE Validation. Detailed directions are available!
>
> > RSVP by: Monday, May 14, 2007

> > Contact mary.john...@compuware.com to register! Please feel free to

> > mary.john...@compuware.com or (313) 227-7729- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

[Mary Johnson, Compuware]

This is an event to let the IT community come together, learn about a
topic of choice, and network if they would like.

I am a recruiter and will be hosting the event but it is not a
recruiting event. You have to register due to the security we have in
the building but it will not be a recruiting event.

If people would like to learn more about opportunites at Compuware
they can fill out a card to be contacted later at an appropriate time.

Have a great weekend and hope to meet some of you soon.