Hybrid event: How does Deming's work on quality help us?
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Lean and agile practices can be said to have started with the work of W. Edwards Deming.
Speaker
Mike Harris
Agenda
5:30pm - Light refreshments and networking in the Cantor Atrium
6:15pm - Zoom room opens
6:30pm - Event starts
7:30pm - Event ends
Synopsis
Mike's talk will introduce the audience to the Deming Cycle, which is a cycle that helps us learn and improve, and to his 14 Points for Management, which gives leaders a framework for cooperation and the realisation of human potential. He will also give a background about Deming and his role in Japan.
About the speaker
Mike has been working in testing for 20 years and is the tester for Geckoboard.
He has been a test team member, a Solo Tester and a Test Lead. He has also worked as a part of waterfall, lean and agile teams. He has set up and led a Testing Community of Practice and been part of a successful agile transition.
He is also Vice-Chair and Programme Secretary of BCS’s Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing. He also contributed to the e-books Testing Stories and How Can I Test This? LambdaTest publishes posts from Mike.
In his spare time, he coaches junior cricket. Mike has a blog you can follow and you can also follow Mike on Mastodon.
This event is in collaboration with The Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster.
SPEAKER
Ben Sloan, Lead Engineer in the UK Civil Service, helping the government to build interesting things at scale
AGENDA
17:30 - Light refreshments
18:30 - Talk starts
19:30 - Event ends
SYNOPSIS
Have you ever upgraded a nuget package, then later found out that it almost led to the breach of millions of records of customer data? I have, and I’d like to tell you about it... Welcome to ‘The domino effect’.
This is an experience report / postmortem detailing how updating one of the most popular and common nuget packages in the world (probably in use in almost every .net project everywhere - Newtonsoft.Json) sparked a somewhat unpredictable chain of events which ultimately led to a customer database of millions of customers at a major e-commerce retailer becoming public, which could have been a major incident impacting peoples’ lives.
A thorough forensic investigation followed, and fortunately we were able to prove no data had been stolen or lost but only just by the skin of our teeth. This was the near-miss of all near-misses.
This talk looks at the ‘domino effect’ that happened from updating the package to data being left on a public and unprotected instance for almost two weeks.
Software Innovation: How can it improve your business? - Sheffield Hallam University
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In today’s software enabled world, SMEs have commonly implemented their own home-grown digital solutions, often acting as their proof-of-concepts for new business ideas or to support their business operations. As companies grow, new requirements become more relevant, such as having a software system that can deal with a business’s growing number of clients or having the opportunity to increase business productivity by better use of digital technologies.
The Applied Software Engineering Research Group (ASERG) has more than 20 years of experience in the ICT industry and offers a range of consultancy services. Through the Digital Innovation for Growth (DIfG) programme, ASERG can provide eligible SMEs within the Sheffield City Region (as well as Chesterfield, N-E Derbyshire, Derbyshire Dales, Bassetlaw and Bolsover) with free, informed academic research and knowledge to help enhance their business.
ASERG provides support to a broad range of companies in which IT plays a role in the delivery of their business. From out-of-the-box IT solutions to in-house developed software systems, ASERG has the knowledge and experience to work with all businesses. They can support companies with small IT teams to large software development teams with bespoke technologies and innovations.
Do you:
• Want to develop software, but you’re unsure where to start?
• Think your software has security and privacy concerns?
• Want to optimise your system administration activities?
• Want to validate your technology stack?
• Want to explore if concepts like IoT, AI, Cloud make sense for your organisation?
• Want to learn about software development using your choice of technology?
• Are you unsure if your software is being developed the right way?
• Are you facing problems in managing different versions of your software?
• Are you using the right set of tools for your development?
• Are you worried about your infrastructure and want to optimise?
If you have any of these questions or similar, come and visit us in the Cantor Building at Sheffield Hallam University on the 2nd December to learn more about how ASERG could work with your business on a collaborative roadmap.
Who should attend?
Anyone who has IT responsibilities for their organisation or has an interest in developing their company’s IT systems: SMEs, CEOs, CXOs, Product Managers, Development Managers, IT Architects/Managers, Administrators, Operation Managers.
When?
Thursday 2nd December 2021, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Where?
Sheffield Hallam University, Cantor Building, 153 Arundel Street, S1 2NU
Agenda
5.30pm - 6.00pm: Meet & Greet
6.00pm - 6.45pm: An introduction to: Digital Innovation for Growth and Applied Software Engineering Research Group
6.45pm - 7.00pm: Refreshment Break
7.00pm - 7.45pm: Group Activity: Meet the Experts
7.45pm - 8.30pm: Networking & Catering
Join us on the 29th March for the second Front End Sheffield User Group, this time based at the Cantor Building at Sheffield Hallam University. Front End Sheffield is a bi-monthly event which alternates with Sheffield JS.
This month we'll be welcoming two speakers:
Phil Lennon, a Frontend, UI & Hybrid App Developer from Manchester will be talking about "A guide to contracting (As honest as possible without getting sued)". Find Phil on Twitter at https://twitter.com/frontendphil
Rowan Merewood is a former Sheffielder now Developer Advocate at Google in London, he'll be talking to us about Progressive Web Apps. Find Rowan on Twitter at https://twitter.com/rowan_m
Join us on the 29th March for the Front End Sheffield User Group based at the Cantor Building at Sheffield Hallam University. Front End Sheffield is a bi-monthly event which alternates with Sheffield JS.
Join us on the 29th March for the second Front End Sheffield User Group, this time based at the Cantor Building at Sheffield Hallam University. Front End Sheffield is a bi-monthly event which alternates with Sheffield JS.
This month we'll be welcoming two speakers:
Phil Lennon, a Frontend, UI & Hybrid App Developer from Manchester will be talking about "A guide to contracting (As honest as possible without getting sued)". Find Phil on Twitter at https://twitter.com/frontendphil
Rowan Merewood is a former Sheffielder now Developer Advocate at Google in London, he'll be talking to us about Progressive Web Apps. Find Rowan on Twitter at https://twitter.com/rowan_m
Join us on the 29th March for the Front End Sheffield User Group based at Union St. Front End Sheffield is a bi-monthly event which alternates with Sheffield JS.
April's edition of the SmartSheffield meetup will take place in conjunction with Barclays Eagle Lab Live, which runs from the 27th March until the 20th April at Sheffield Hallam University's Cantor Building on Arundel Street, in partnership with Sheffield 3d printing specialists ObjectForm.
As well as engaging with Eagle Lab Live, we will also be hearing about smart approaches to city-wide cancer services; the new Urban Flows Observatory project and the Sheffield Things Network.
There are opportunities to get directly involved in all of these initiatives, so please pass this invitation on to anyone and everyone you think might be interested in participating!
April's edition of the SmartSheffield meetup will take place in conjunction with Barclays Eagle Lab Live, which runs from the 27th March until the 20th April at Sheffield Hallam University's Cantor Building on Arundel Street, in partnership with Sheffield 3d printing specialists ObjectForm.
As well as engaging with Eagle Lab Live, we will also be hearing from:
- Tim Woolliscroft at Sheffield Hallam Uni on his work on taking smart approaches to city-wide cancer services.
- The Resources, Infrastructure Systems and Built Environments (RISE) research group at the University of Sheffield, who have just received funding to build an Urban Flows Observatory, alongside Newcastle and Bristol.
- Updates on the Sheffield Things Network and others in the region.
There are opportunities to get directly involved in all of these initiatives, so please pass this invitiation on to anyone and everyone you think might be interested in participating!
April's edition of the SmartSheffield meetup will take place in conjunction with the pop-up Barclays Eagle Lab, which will be taking place for a month from the 27th March at Sheffield Hallam University's Cantor Building on Arundel Street.
Full details of the programme and speakers will follow, but one of the things we will be looking at for certain is the Things Network and the opportunity to build out a LoRaWAN network across Sheffield, in a similar way to what is currently happening in Manchester and Leeds. We will also get to engage with the activities of the Eagle Lab and explore how some of those things relate to urban innovation and technology.
Sheffield Hallam, The Cyber Security Challenge and Raytheon, will be hosting a Capture the Flag (CTF) event on Saturday the 15th of October.
We invite teams of up to 4 individuals to enter a jeopardy style CTF, so come along, have some fun, develop your skills and meet other like minded people.
Lunch will be provided courtesy of the BCS.
We will have talks from Robin Wood AKA Digi Ninja and Steve Wilson from BT.
Prizes have been donated by Satisnet for the top 3 teams.
the competition is only open to non cyber security professional and students, as its purpose is to try to get more talent into the area.
So if your work in IT or generally have an interest in security but don't officially work in it, then please send an email to:
universities@cybersecuritychallenge.org.uk
NOTE: Teams are made up of 4 people but if you are either an individual or don't quite make a 4 still email your details and we will make the teams up to 4's.
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