CSQE Examination Preparation

Abstract

Course Description:
This class provides an review of materials in the body of knowledge (BOK) and teaches how to convert an understanding of the material into the ability to answer typical exam questions for the ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer examination. The class consists of eight half-day or four full day sessions. Although students will review all areas of the BOK, coverage in depth of any particular area is not possible due to time constraints.

Required Text: CSQE Primer, Barbara Frank, Phil Marriott and Chett Warzusen (Quality Council of Indiana)

Instructor: Douglas Hoffman

Douglas Hoffman is an independent consultant with Software Quality Methods, LLC., and has presented the CSQE class in the Bay Area since the certification became available. He has been in the software engineering and quality assurance fields for over 25 years and now teaches courses and consults with management in strategic and tactical planning for software quality. He was elected Chairman of the Silicon Valley Software Quality Association (SSQA) for five years before becoming Chair of the Santa Clara Valley Section of the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC). He has been a participant at dozens of software quality conferences and has been Program Chairman for several international conferences on software quality. He is a member of the ACM and IEEE and is also active in the ASQC as a Senior Member, participating in the Software Division, the Software Quality Task Group, and the ISO 9000 Task Group. He is an ASQC Certified Software Quality Engineer and has been a registered ISO 9000 Lead Auditor. He has earned an MBA as well as a MS in Electrical Engineering and BA in Computer Science.

His experience includes consulting, teaching, managing, and engineering in the computer and software industries. He has over fifteen years experience in creating and transforming software quality and development groups, and twenty years of management experience. His work in corporate, quality assurance, development, manufacturing, and support organizations makes him very well versed in technical and managerial issues in the computer industry. Doug has taught technical and managerial courses in high schools, universities, and corporations for over 25 years. In addition to the training he does in industry, Doug taught for over 10 years for the University of San Francisco, has lectured in the Undergraduate and Graduate Engineering Schools at SJSU, and is certificated to teach Computer and Related Technologies in the California State Community College system.