Briefing Details Breakfast Session 7.30 am to 9.30 am Canberra Date: Tues 19 September Venue: The Boathouse (Walter Room) Grevillea Park Menindee Drive, Barton Brisbane Date: Weds 20 September Venue: Conrad Treasury  (Ryan's Private Dining Room) Brisbane Sydney Date: Thurs 21 September Venue: Four Seasons Hotel 199 George Street, Sydney Melbourne Date: Fri 22 September Venue: BlueStone Restaurant 349 Finders Lane, Melbourne Who Should Attend Any individual who is a stakeholder in a software development project, or if you are a: - Business Owner - Architect - Programme Manager - Application Development Manager

Poor requirements management is consistently reported as being the single biggest cause of project failure - bigger than bad technology, schedule slippage or lack of funding. The effects are far reaching and touch the business, the customer, the software development team, and ultimately the bottom line.

• Requirements issues are the #1 cause of cancelled or over-budget projects
• 42-64% of all defects originate during requirements
• 25-40% of total project expenditures are attributable to rework from requirements defects
• Fixing defects during the build phase costs 5-20 times more than catching them during requirements analysis

SEI Research Report, 2004

Object Consulting and Compuware would like to invite you to a breakfast briefing where we will demonstrate how organisations can substantially increase the ability of application projects to realise business objectives through establishing a requirements process that works.

This breakfast briefing will:

• Outline the key requirements management challenges facing organisations
• Discuss current requirements management trends and issues
• Overview best practice recommendations for developing and managing the right level of requirements for particular project types
• Look at methods for getting the business and technology communicating in a commonly understandable manner

At the briefing we will explore case studies in bridging the communications gap using process and technologies.

Click here to register for this breakfast briefing
or for more information call Tina from Compuware on (02) 8875 5278

About Our Speakers

Chris Sirosky
Global Solutions Director, Application Delivery Management Solutions, Compuware Corporation
Chris has over 15 years' experience within information technology, including extensive application development and integration experience with Fortune 500 companies in the healthcare, automotive, utility, and financial sectors.   Much of this experience has included conducting extensive user-focused requirements capture and joint application design work, particularly with mission-critical distributed applications. Chris holds a BA (Economics) and MBA from the University of Michigan.

Carl Rogers
Process MeNtOR Product Manager, Object Consulting
Carl Rogers is the Product Manager for Object Consulting's own software engineering process, Process MeNtOR. He is responsible for driving and managing the overall product development process, including strategic direction, customer satisfaction, marketing and supporting sales. Carl has over 20 years of experience in information management and analysis gained in the finance, defence and commercial airline sectors and has a strong background in Systems Analysis and process improvement consulting.

Jeff Findlay
Senior Product Specialist , Compuware Corporation
Jeff Findlay has over 20 years' experience as an information technology professional. He specifically worked in the development of architectural software focusing on 3-D modelling. He joined Compuware eight years ago and has held a number of different positions in the areas of application development, software testing and development process improvement. Recently, he was appointed regional champion for Compuware's Requirements Management solution - Optimal Trace.