[October 10, 2008] Volt Workforce Solutions Presenting Collaboration Methods Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) According to Volt Workforce Solutions, successful collaboration among software quality teams demands techniques to accelerate and streamline decision-making, and using preferential voting systems and other voting methods are often the best way to obtain buy-in and determine best alternatives. Volt Workforce Solutions, a staffing business unit of Volt Information Sciences, will present various voting systems as a path to group collaboration at the annual Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) in Portland, Oregon, October 13-15. Dr. James McCaffrey, senior director of Volt Technical Resources, a division of VWS, will discuss "Collaborative Techniques for the Determination of a Best Alternative in a Software Quality Environment." "Voting for change in a software quality environment is much the same as voting among any electorate," said McCaffrey. "Using mathematically defined voting models can help software team members to make strategic decisions and achieve consensus. The result of this vote-based collaboration can be accelerated product development, decreased costs, and increased innovation." Topics covered in Dr. McCaffrey's presentation include: 1.) Understanding and using the Borda count, the Condorcet, and the Schulze methods. 2.) Evaluating the factors which influence collaborative techniques, such as the extent to which evaluators are affected by the final result of the analysis. 3.) Knowing when the use of collaborative determination techniques are appropriate and when other approaches are indicated. The PNSQC is one of the longest running software quality conferences in the U.S. promoting professional growth among peers, industry experts and academics in the software arena. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]