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Jon Quigley

Value Transformation LLC

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Jon is a principal of Value Transformation LLC. Value Transformation LLC is a product development training and cost improvement organization. Jon has more then twenty years of product development experience, ranging from embedded hardware and software through verification and project management. Jon has significantly improved product and process cost and quality. Jon has won awards such as the Volvo-3P Technical Award in 2005 going on to win the 2006 Volvo Technology Award. Jon has secured six US patents over the years with another one in the US Patent Office which is in the pre-grant stage. These patents range from human machine interfaces to telemetry systems and drivers aides. Jon has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from UNCC, an MBA in Marketing and a MS in Project Management from City University of Seattle. Jon has membership in SAE, Software Test Professional, AIAG and PMI (holding Project Management Professional Certification). Jon also has the CTFL certification from ISTQB. Jon is the co-author of the books: 1.) Project Management of Complex and Embedded Systems ISBN - 978-1-4200-7205-1 2.) Scrum Project Management ISBN 978-1-4398-2515-0 3.) Testing of Complex and Embedded Systems ISBN 978-1-4398-2140-4 In addition to these books, Jon is co-authored with Kim two focus books for Software Test Professionals: 1.) Saving Software with Six Sigma, ISBN 978-0-9831220-0-5 2.) Aggressive Testing for Real Pros, ISBN I978-0-9831220-1-2 Jon and Kim are working on two additional books under contract with Taylor and Francis: 1.) Total Quality Management for Project Managers ISBN - 978-1-4398-8505-5 2.) Reducing Process Costs with Lean, Six Sigma, and Value Engineering Techniques Value Engineering ISBN - 978-1-4398-8725-7. 3.) Contributor to Encyclopedia of Software Engineering ISBN - 1-4200-5977-7 and eISBN - 1-4200-5978-5 Jon also with Kim is a Contributing Editor of Software Magazine with the Software Engineering Sages Column. Additionally, with Kim H. Pries, he has written more then thirty magazine articles. Jon can be found on linkedin at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmquigley He lives in Lexington, North Carolina with his wife Nancy, and son Jackson a cat, a dog and a guinea pig.

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The Professional Development Series What is embedded software?

Tuesday May 31st 2011 12am 1 0 Comments Software Development Tools
This is an excerpt from the next Professional Development Series book by Jon Quigley and Kim Pries. It will focus on the practice of testing embedded software and will include many best practices they have uncovered over their illustrious careers.
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The Embedded Software Development Process

Monday October 11th 2010 12am 1 3 Comments STP Community News ST&QA Magazine Development Exploratory Functional Process Software Testing Tools
What do you do for a living? Have you ever been asked that question at a party, by a family member, or in an elevator? I would guess most of us have. It is right up there with talking about the weather. What is your answer to the question?
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Six Sigma Control in Software Development

Monday August 9th 2010 3am 2 1 Comment Software Development Six Sigma Functional Process Technology
In our series of articles, we have discussed the relevance of the Six Sigma approach to software development. We have taken close looks at Define, Measure, Analyze, and Improve. Now is the time to examine the Control phase.
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Implementing six sigma: improvement in Software development

Tuesday June 1st 2010 12am 5 0 Comments Development Software ST&QA Magazine Process Testing Six Sigma Training
We can improve software development in two primary ways: we can improve the software itself (and, possibly, the testing) or we can improve the development process. We have already covered the preceding three Six Sigma Phases (Define, Measure, and Analyze) in previous articles. Now we take what we have learned and use that information to improve our software development.
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Six Sigma, Part III: Analyze This!

Thursday April 1st 2010 7am 0 0 Comments Process Strategy Management Load Software Six Sigma Training Web

In the third part of our five-part Six Sigma series, we discuss ways to address software problems using Six Sigma analysis techniques.

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