The NYC Software and Systems Process Improvement Network
The NYC Software and Systems Process Improvement Network (NYC SPIN) is an organization of quality and process improvement professionals.

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SPINs

• The list of SPINs can be found at http://www.sei.cmu.edu/spin/find/index.cfm  

Related Organizations

• PMI (Project Management Institute) http://www.pmi.org
• NYC Chapter of PMI (Project Management Institute) http://www.pminyc.org

Resources for Job Seekers and Job Posters

• FindJobsPostJobs.com:
  http://FindJobsPostJobs.com
  
• CareerHotList.com:
  http://CareerHotList.com

Reading Resources

• Process Improvement Books :
  http://ProcessImprovementBooks.com

 

Online Event Registration Service

• NYC SPIN uses this service for meeting reservations:
  EventBrite

SPI Sources

• SEI (Carnegie-Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute) http://www.sei.cmu.edu

Quality Organizations

• ASQ (American Society for Quality) http://www.asq.org

Software Engineering Sources

• IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers) http://www.ieee.com
• IEEE Computer Society http://www.computer.org

Standards Organizations

• ISO http://www.iso.org
  

Software Engineering Related Sites

• Practical Software and Systems Measurement http://www.psmsc.com/
• DoD Data and Analysis Center for Software http://www.thedacs.coml/
• Project Management http://www.ganthead.com
• Software Cost Estimation http://www.ecfc.u-net.com/cost/index.htm
• Software Testing and Quality Engineering http://www.stickyminds.com/
• Software Program Manager's Network http://www.spmn.com/
• Earned Value Management http://www.acq.osd.mil/pm/
• USC's Center for Systems and Software Engineering http://sunset.usc.edu/index.html

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Other Events of Interest

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Project Management Institute's New York City Chapter
(PMINYC)

The Project Management Institute's New York City Chapter (PMINYC) has Chapter Meetings, Breakfast Roundtables, Career Development Network Meetings, and Special Seminars for PM Professional Development. Click here to view the PMINYC website (will launch new window)

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North Jersey SPIN

The North New Jersey SPIN meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, September through July. Click to view the North New Jersey Spin website (will launch new window)

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Philadelphia SPIN

Click to view information about the Next Philadelphia Spin meeting (will launch new window)

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Research & White Papers

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• Outsourcing: An analysis of the current state of offshore outsourcing in New York City based companies - By Howard Rubin (PDF File)

• Gathering Business Requirements: Reality Check (PDF File)

• RM Tool Taxonomy