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Rebalancing Agility and Discipline in the Era of AI
The October 2026 Tech Talk will be presented by Jeff Schwalb
Past Presentations
Each post includes a link to the presentation for viewing and meeting minutes (if available).
Take Control: Exceptional Agile Planning and Tracking
The September 2026 Tech Talk was presented by David Tuma
Accelerating DSE: Driving Adoption and Transition at NAVAIR/NAWCWD
The August 2026 Tech Talk was presented by Jennifer Ambrecht and Wendy Chang
How AI Is Impacting MBSE: From Documents to Prompts, Agents, and Pipelines
The July 2026 Tech Talk was presented by Will Walker
Why Battle-Tested Software Engineering Still Matters in the Age of AI
The June 2026 Tech Talk was presented by Mario Benitez
The Data Translator in the Age of AI: Why the Most Valuable Person on Your Team Isn’t Always Writing Code
The May 2026 Tech Talk was presented by Zackary Downey
The SEA Data Warehouse
The April 2026 Tech Talk announced the availability of the SEA Data Warehouse
Agentic Coding: The Earthquake That Topples the Software Factory
The March 2026 Tech Talk was presented by Larry Maccherone
Why Program Increment Estimates Miss: Hidden Variables for Planning
The February 2026 Tech Talk was presented by Dr. Bill Nichols and Dr. Tapajit Dey
Lessons from Using LLMs to Check Software Security
The January 2026 Tech Talk was presented by Dr. Mark Sherman
Beyond the Peak: Sustaining World-Class Performance in High-Performing Organizations
The December Tech Talk panelists were Brian Gallagher, Steve Moulder, and Lynn Penn
Process Isn’t a Four-Letter Word
The November 2025 Tech Talk was presented by David Tuma
The Cyber Success Vector™: Building Mission-Ready Cyber Talent for Life-Critical and Defense Systems
The October 2025 Tech Talk was presented by Douglas Gray
Agile Strategy: Onward and Upward
The September 2025 Tech Talk was presented by Linda Parker Gates
From Code to Combat: Real-World Case Studies Reveal How Agile Organizations Win in Complex, Evolving Conflicts
The August 2025 Tech Talk was presented by Matthew Jacobs and Nicole Marroquin
What if you could see it coming? Using CMMI to Predict and Prevent Quality Failures in Medical Devices
The July 2025 Tech Talk was presented by Lynn Penn
Engineering of Complex Systems at NAVAIR: We Must Do More With Less!
The June 2025 tech talk was presented by Jeff Schwalb
Victims vs. Victors: Navigating Career Uncertainty with Resilience
The May 2025 tech talk was presented by David VanEpps
Applying STPA to Improve Safety and Reliability of AI-Enabled Systems
The April 2025 tech talk was presented by Timothy Davison
Design Thinking in Action: Building Organizational Agility with AI & Innovation
The March 2025 tech talk was presented by Vandana Rajagopal
Drive Improved Holistic Business Results with Lean/Agile Practices
The February 2025 tech talk was presented by Fred Koos
Clarify Your Acceptance Criteria with GIVEN-WHEN-THEN
The January 2025 tech talk was presented by Matt McConnell
A Powerfully Simple Planning Framework
The December 2024 tech talk was presented by Dr. Brad Hodgins
Empathy in AI: Improving Data Science with Kindness and Human Focus
The November 2024 tech talk was presented by Zackary Downey
The A-10 Thunderbolt II Agile Software Development Story
The October 2024 tech talk was presented by David R Webb
Culture Shock: Electrifying Your Culture of Security
The September 2024 tech talk was presented by James Brosnan
Strategic Scoping: Simplifying CMMC Compliance
The August 2024 tech talk was presented by Scott Dawson and Rick Krick
Strategic Business Analysis for Software Excellence
The July 2024 tech talk was presented by Trent Leopold
Automotive Engineering Excellence: Stories of Joy and Terror – Panel Session
The June 2024 Tech Talk was presented by Dan Wall and Juan Webb
Secure Systems By Design
The May 2024 tech talk was presented by Tim Chick
Take Control: Exceptional Methods for Making Commitments You Keep
The April 2024 tech talk was presented by David Tuma
Artificial Intelligence (AI) For Defense and Military Uses
The March 2024 Tech Talk was presented by Capers Jones
Embracing Generative AI: The Future Isn’t Written, It’s Generated!
The February 2024 Tech Talk was presented by Chandika Mendis
Navigating the Storm of Change: Five Keys For Exceptional Leaders to Thrive in 2024
The January 2024 Tech Talk was presented by Alan Willett
Failure. Pragmatic Lessons Learned the Hard Way
The December 2023 Tech Talk was presented by Rick Kelly
Quality in Front – From a Mainframe Mentality to Agile
The November 2023 tech talk was presented by Dave McKenna
From Sprints to Marathons – Sustaining Speed to Value
The October 2023 tech talk was presented by David VanEpps
SEA 2023 Summit
The SEA 2023 Summit was held September 21st in Pittsburgh PA.
Software Excellence through the Agile High Velocity Development℠ Process
The August 2023 tech talk was presented by Steve Shook and Barti Perini
The Real Cost of Bad Software Quality in the U.S. in 2022
The July 2023 tech talk was presented by Herb Krasner
10 Key Things to be a Rocking Product Manager in an Agile World
The June 2023 tech talk was presented by César Duarte
Personal Reviews: How Fencing Helped Me Write Better Software
The May 2023 tech talk was presented by Dr. Bradley Hodgins
Making Digital Engineering Transformation Happen: MBSE is Just the Beginning
The April 2023 tech talk was presented by Will Walker and Jeff Schwalb
The 5 Keys to Crushing Technical Debt and Reclaiming the Joy in Engineering
The March 2023 tech talk was presented by Alan Willett and Julia Mullaney
Application of Statistical and Other Quantitative Techniques in Software
The February 2023 tech talk was presented by Stephen Shook
Implementing a Strategy for Excellence
The January 2023 tech talk was presented by Seemin Suleri
NAVAIR Process Dashboard Introduction Workshop
The December 2022 tech talk (half-day webinar) was presented by Dr. Bradley Hodgins
Accelerating Innovation by Transforming into a Digital Engineering Approach
The November 2022 tech talk was presented by Jeff Schwalb and Will Walker
Why Can’t Johnny Program Securely?
The October 2022 tech talk was presented by Robert Seacord
Team Process Integration: Half-Day Course
The September 2022 tech talk (half-day webinar) was presented by the NAVAIR Performance Resource Team
Rules and Submissions for the Watts Humphrey Process Achievement Award
The August 2022 tech talk was presented by Isabel Margarido.
How to Increase Team Performance : A Tale of Two Teams
The June 2022 tech talk was presented by Seemin Suleri
Designing and Launching Secure Software Development Degree Apprenticeships Partnering with Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Panel Session
The May 2022 tech talk was presented by Diana Elliott, Girish Seshagiri, and Nikunja Swain
SEA 2022 Virtual Summit
Software Excellence Alliance professionals from around the world met to celebrate our accomplishments from 2021 and to set the Alliance's 2022 direction for changing the world of software engineering.
The Digital Transformation Spiral Model
The March 2022 tech talk was presented by Dr. Barry Dwolatzky
Beyond the Agile Manifesto – Balancing the Features of Agile and Disciplined Methods
The February 2022 tech talk was presented by Jeff Schwalb
Changing the Engines without Landing the Plane
The January 2022 tech talk was presented by Robert Bentall
Being a Leader and Coder – A Survival Guide
The December 2021 tech talk was presented by Dylan Greiner
High-Maturity Scrum with the Process Dashboard
The October 2021 tech talk was presented by David Tuma
Training Coco – Agile Lessons with a Puppy
The September 2021 tech talk was presented by Jeff Pulcini
Making SAFe Better from the Bottom Up: Mixing Methods and Tools
The August 2021 Tech Talk was presented by Kimberly Wade
Empowering Virtual Working Groups for Success
The July 2021 Tech Talk was presented by the SEA Working Group Training WG
SAFe vs. Reality: How Will We Solve the Conflict?
The June 2021 tech talk was presented by Francisco Javier Ruvalcaba Moya
How Owning My Data Leveled Up My Life
The May 2021 Tech Talk was presented by Alex Powell
Why Is It So Hard to Do Easy Stuff?
The April 2021 tech talk was presented by Gerardo Lopez
Putting the “Sec” in DevSecOps… Quantified
The March 2021 Tech Talk was presented by Larry Maccherone
SEA 2021 Virtual Summit
Software Excellence Alliance professionals from around the world celebrated our accomplishments from 2020 and set our Alliance’s 2021 direction for changing the world of software engineering.
Quality’s Conceptual System: Fundamental Elements of the Creative Process
The January 2021 tech talk was presented by Victor Elias
Next-Gen Tools to Accelerate Individual and Team Performance
The December 2020 tech talk was presented by David Tuma
The Exceptional Engineer℠: Engineers that Drive Culture Change from Within
The November tech talk was presented by Alan Willett and Emilia Vanderwerf
Schedules are so 20th Century! Leveraging the TSP℠ and Agile Disconnect
The October 2020 tech talk was presented by David R. Webb
The End of a Myth, Programmer Productivity
The September 2020 tech talk was presented by Dr. William Nichols
How to Manage $30M and 150 Projects in 90 Minutes
The August 2020 Tech Talk was presented by Brad Hodgins
Cliff Diving Into TSP℠: How Watts Humphrey saved a third-year software engineering lab course in Rajasthan’s LNMIIT
Our July 2020 Tech Talk was presented by Dr. Philip Miller
Results of Applying Methods for Software Excellence – The Long View
Our June 2020 Tech Talk was presented by Stephen Shook
A Framework for Software Development Excellence
Our May 2020 Tech Talk was presented by Darryl Davis
7 Essential Elements to Lead With Speed
Our April Tech Talk was presented by Alan Willett
Process Dashboard Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks
The March 2020 tech talk was presented by David Tuma
Agile Software Development
The February 2020 tech talk was a panel presentation by Darryl Davis, David Webb, and Scott Pavetti
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