1. QAI Federation Chapters Overview Quality Assurance Institute (QAI)

2. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 2 Agenda Why QAI? What QAI Offers? Who Is QAI? What is a QAI Federation Chapter?

3. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 3 Why QAI?

4. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 4 Why QAI? – QAI offers customized solutions that will help your organization become world-class by maturing your processes, increasing the competency of your staff, developing baselines and measuring and monitoring performance.

5. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 5 What QAI Offers?

6. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 6 What QAI Offers? – Conferences - Learn highly effective and leading edge how-to IT work practices from leading IT practitioners and certified professionals. – QAI Campus - Move your IT organization toward process maturity with these comprehensive QA and software testing curriculums including public seminars, on-site training and e- Learning – Assessments - Use QAI's World-Class Software Quality and Testing models to baseline your organization, identify weaknesses and develop a strategic and tactical roadmap for improvement and implementation

7. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 7 What QAI Offers? – Software Certifications - (Administered by QAI) These internationally recognized certifications allow your staff to advance through levels of certification from basic to master. – Membership - Join QAI's professional network of thousands of top IT professionals and organizations. Benefit from the Best Practices that QAI collects – Federation Chapters - Offering a network of affiliated chapters nationwide and worldwide

8. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 8 Who Is QAI?

9. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 9 Who Is QAI? What QAI Offers? – The Quality Assurance Institute was founded in 1980 in the United States of America. – QAI's founding objective was and remains to provide leadership in improving quality, productivity, and effective solutions for process management in the information services profession – It is a worldwide membership organization serving over 1000 corporate members, organized to share state-of-the-art methods, tools, and techniques

10. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 10 What Is A QAI Federation Chapter?

11. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 11 What is a QAI Federation Chapter? The Federation is composed of quality assurance organizations throughout the United States and in many countries worldwide. (Refer to Reference section for URL) The overall goal of the QAI Federation of chapters is to provide a framework for IT QA / QC professionals to network with other individuals and to increase their knowledge and expertise in these areas. As a result, the Institute strives to work with the chapters to promote that objective. Chapter meetings and programs provide an important opportunity for active participation of these professionals.

12. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 12 What is a QAI Federation Chapter? The chapters have expressed the preference to organize their programs in a fashion that best meets their objectives For this reason, there are no stringent prerequisites placed on a chapter as a part of the QAI Federation such as dues requirement or financial fees, etc.

13. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 13 Reference

14. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 14 Reference For more information on the Quality Assurance Institute (QAI) and preparation guides: – http://www.qaiworldwide.org http://www.qaiworldwide.org – http://softwarecertifications.org http://softwarecertifications.org For information on current Federation Chapters: – http://www.qaiworldwide.org/chapters/index.html http://www.qaiworldwide.org/chapters/index.html

15. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 15 Q&A Any questions…

16. Copyright 2006 - 2007. MSQAA Federation Chapter. 16 Thank you …