Software Management Solutions to Host October SPIN Meeting

Meeting to be Held October 16, 2002 at the Woodbridge Hilton

Woodbridge, NJ, September 9, 2002 – Software Management Solutions, Inc. (SMS), a recognized leader in providing specialized IT consulting services to fortune 500 companies, today announced they will sponsor the next meeting of the North New Jersey chapter of the Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN).

This month’s meeting, to be held at the Woodbridge Hilton in Iselin, NJ on October 16th, will focus on improving the Requirements Management process and will feature a presentation by Mr. John Bolland, who will share his recent experience on this topic while at ITT.

“We are very pleased to be sponsoring this month’s SPIN meeting,” said George Mitwasi, President and CEO of SMS, “Requirements Management is a critical issue in software development and we are excited to be able to host the sharing of ideas with seasoned professionals on this topic.”

SPIN meetings are free and open to the public. New attendees are always welcome. The Woodbridge Hilton is easily accessible from the Garden State Parkway at Exit 131A.

About the North New Jersey SPIN
Software Process Improvement Networks (SPINs) are groups of people, interested in process improvement, that get together and share their experience with each other. Regional SPINs meet and share their experiences initiating and sustaining software process improvement programs. Correspondence groups provide input to developing community-owned products such as CMMs. For more information on SPIN groups, please visit the Software Engineering Institute’s website at http://www.sei.cmu.edu/collaborating/spins/ or contact the North New Jersey SPIN’s chairman, James Heil, via email at jheil@softwarems.com.

About Software Management Solutions, Inc.
Software Management Solutions (SMS) is a New Jersey based firm established in 1996. Since SMS' inception it has provided a wide range of IT consulting services to Fortune 500 companies. SMS consulting and training services focuses on the implementation of effective Software Process Improvement (SPI) programs. SMS' process-related programs are subject to the Return on Investment "litmus test": If the effort needed to implement or change a process is greater than the effort saved by the improvement, then the process improvement needs to be reworked.
SMS’s Sr. Level consultants are available for short-term assignments to move your company forward in quantum leaps. Long-term staff augmentation is also available in a broad array of software, quality, and project management skills. For more information, please visit SMS’ website at www.softwarems.com or call Jenny Dowd at (732) 750-0020 x15.

Contact:
Jenny Dowd
Marketing Manager
Software Management Solutions
321 Main Street, 1st Floor
Woodbridge, NJ 07095
(732) 750-0020 x15
jdowd@softwarems.com