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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

"Still Looking for a new Home"

ASQ SD Membership:

We are still looking to improve our cost structure for meetings. In addition, past surveys have shown us that you prefer touring other companies as possible.

Please contact me if you can host an upcoming membership meeting at your company. We typically have between 40 and 60 members attend and we will cater food, etc.

So if you work at a moderate to large company that would be willing to host the monthly dinners, or if you are just driving by a place and looks appealing, please contact Manijeh Farrokhi at mfarrokhi@pulseeng.com or myself, Brett Carter at bcarter@overlandstorage.com.

Please help us to better serve you.

Other Announcements

Our November meeting will be "an evening with Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist Marcella Lee". We need double or triple our normal attendance for this event so tell your friends and family now to prepare for a nice dinner out November 11. Details will be available soon.

The first San Diego Six Sigma Forum Discussion Group meeting will be this month on October 27 at USD. This will be a joint meeting with IIE and Experimental Design (DOE) guru Dr. Douglas Montgomery. Contact Kim Niles at Kim.Niles@cox.net if you would like to attend this event. More details will be available soon.

Joint job fair with PMI October 29. Receive Career Planning Recommendations from a keynote speaker. Meet leaders from several professional organizations in San Diego. Be introduced to some leading local professional recruiting firms. Network with your peers and with local professional recruiters. $10 in advance (before October 25), or $20 at the door (includes a speaker and 3-course dinner). For more information and to register: www.pmi-sd.org

Candidates Sought for ASQ Board of Directors The American Society for Quality's (ASQ) Nominating Committee is accepting applications for president-elect, treasurer, and two national directors of the Board. The application deadline is October 15, 2008. Learn more.

We recently had our 678th job ad!! See http://www.asqsandiego.org/jobs.htm ... and keep sending them in.

Don't forget to check out our sponsor pages. Great courses and products being offered!! See links at the bottom of this email.

Don't forget to check out other local events on our local event calendar.

See you next week,

Brett Carter
ASQ San Diego Section Leadership Committee Chair

This Month's Meeting

Oct. 14, 2008

"SharePoint for Project Management"

Jim Franklin, Project Manager

Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure 1230 Columbia Street, Suite 1200

San Diego, CA 92101-8517

619.446.4517 direct

619.954.5283 cell

jim.franklin@shawgrp.com

http://www.shawgrp.com

Pre-meeting-clinic this month on "Money Dart Exercise: Explaining Statistics to Others"; lead by Kim Niles

Abstract

Jim will provide examples of using Microsoft SharePoint to manage project information. A project manager can utilize SharePoint to efficiently manage projects and more effectively communicate with stakeholders. SharePoint enables web collaboration of project documents, meetings, calendars, action items, and custom lists. Stakeholders can centrally access real-time information from any location. SharePoint incorporates document storage and retrieval abilities, with available check-in and check-out functionality, version history, custom properties, and flexible, customizable views. Key features of a SharePoint Project Site include:

PMBOK Structure
Document Libraries for each Knowledge Areas including Quality Management. The libraries include metadata to organize project management outputs. Project teams can easily locate information through search queries and views.
Customs Lists for corrective actions, change control, records management, and project action items include metadata to organize information
Link to Outputs custom list that organizes the project management outputs by process groups, knowledge areas, and processes. Project teams can quickly locate project information and critical project actions.
Custom web parts to access company intranet sites, Program Management Office site, project management guidelines, etc.
Links to all Project Software Applications allow a central location to access project information.
EPM Live "All My Work" rollup Web Part allows your team to view and access all of the work assigned to them across multiple list types
View reports using SQL Reporting Services

Biography

Jim Franklin has over 18 years of project management experience that includes ten years experience managing a Program Management Office for Department of Defense Contracts. He is currently a Senior Project Manager for a major design construction company. Mr. Franklin has been using SharePoint to enhance project management and program management for over four years. He has developed SharePoint project sites that follow the PMBOK to streamline project management and reinforce the PMBOK concepts. Mr. Franklin has presented at various PMI meetings and at the 2008 PMI San Diego Annual Conference.

Mr. Franklin recently opened Franklin Consulting, a partner of EPM Live. He provides SharePoint training, and project management consulting to implement SharePoint Project Management Information Systems. Mr. Franklin is also an instructor with the UCSD Extension Project Management Program. He teaches Project Management Essentials and SharePoint best practices.

Pre-clinic Information:

There will be a pre-clinic exercise led by our officer Kim Niles prior to the main meeting. This presentation is a "money dart" exercise that can be used to explain all types of statistics to others in a very interactive manner.

Kim Niles is an ASQ Fellow, has a Masters degree in Quality Science, and has ASQ CQE, CSSBB, and UCSD MLSSBB certifications. Kim is an adjunct instructor through San Diego State University's Biomed MS degree program, University of California in San Diego (UCSD extension), and National University. He's currently an independent consultant (looking for work). More about Kim can be found at www.KimNiles.com

Meeting details are as follows:

Meeting Details

RSVP Required

Please use the RSVP form on our meetings page. Attendance fee includes a delicious dinner.

Meeting Date

Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 (normally the 2nd Tuesday of the month)

Agenda

5:15 pm             Registration & Happy Hour Begins

5:45 pm             Pre-meeting-clinic

6:10 pm             Dinner

6:40 pm             Announcements

6:45 pm             Main program

7:45 pm             Raffle and Speaker Prizes

7:55 pm             Adjourn

Menu

Great buffet meal. Typically a special selection of Pasta and Basil chicken.

Price
RSVP Form Here

NEW sponsor
subsidized prices
No Food Arrive Late Early RSVP Dinner With RSVP Dinner Without RSVP

ASQ Student Members Free $5 $10 $12

Regular Members Free $15 $20 $22

Non-Members Free $19 $24 $26

Door Prizes
We averaged $185 in door prizes per meeting last year!!

Dress
Nice Casual

Location
This month we're at:

Country Inn & Suites By Carlson (formerly Prime Hotel, formerly Wyndham San Diego North). 5975 Lusk Boulevard, San Diego CA 92121. Their Phone: (858) 558-1818

see map here

Parking
Ample free parking

Other

Meeting Support

Announcing the Speakers: You ...or an officer at large

Master of Ceremony: Brett Carter

Manning the Sign-in Table: Officer Geraldine Domingo

Announcing the Prizes: Officer Arta Motadel

Ordering the Food: Manijeh Farrokhi

Coordinating the Speakers: Abe Wong

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS UPDATES

Our section proudly sponsors a variety of educational and professional training

opportunities. See our main education page and our current refresher course training schedule.

Current Exam Dates Schedule (Recently updated table)

If you are interested in pursuing any of these certifications, we recommend that you click on the links below that take you to the National ASQ page where you can read the body of knowledge for each certification type.

Certification Types and Links to "Body of Knowledge", & Additional Information

Application Deadline

Exam Dates

CQT - Quality Technician
CRE - Reliability Engineer
CQI - Quality Inspector
CMQ/OE - Manager Q&Org.Ex.
CSSBB - Six Sigma Black Belt
CHA - HACCP Auditor
CBA - Biomedical Auditor

Every January and August

Next is January 9, 2009

Then again on:

August 14, 2009

Every March & Oct.

Next is Oct. 18, 2008

Then again on:

March 7, 2009

October 17, 2009

CQE - Quality Engineer
CQA - Quality Auditor
CSQE - Software Quality Eng.
CQIA - Q Improvement Associate
CCT - Calibration Technician
CQPA - Quality Process Analyst
CSSGB - Six Sigma Green Belt

Every April and October

Next is April 10, 2009
Then again on:

October 9, 2009

Every June & Dec.

Next is Dec. 6, 2008

Then again on:

June 6, 2009

Dec. 5, 2009

Workshops, Modular Courses, Tech Clinics, Study & Discussion Groups

Workshops: No workshops currently scheduled. Our workshop coordinator is looking for speakers, interesting topics, and a meeting location. Contact our Education Chair Dave Clinard
Modular Courses & Tech Clinics: No modular courses currently scheduled in lieu of pre-meeting technical clinics. 15-30 min tech clinic speakers needed. Can you share a model, method, or tool with us? Perhaps a student paper or a case study from work? Contact our Ed Chair or Programs Chair as applicable.
Study & Discussion Groups: Our section supports both ASQ sanctioned and informal study and or discussion groups. There are currently none of these groups actively going on but there are biweekly planning meetings underway for formal discussion groups in our area soon. The Food & Drug discussion group and the Six Sigma discussion group planning committees are well underway. Tom Pyzdek is leading the Six Sigma discussion group. Both groups hope to begin holding meetings in our area next Fall. Contact Kim Niles if you want to help plan our next Six Sigma DG meeting.

Newsletter Sponsors

Our newsletter sponsors this month are:

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Lean Six Sigma & Green Belt Training

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DNV Training Classes in San Diego Soon

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See Schedule of Numerous Events!

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Six-Sigma Black-Belt

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Our refresher courses are now held at National University. See our Education page

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