• All in the Memory -- bookkeeping services
• Arabella -- a dynamic musical duo
• Bytesmiths Editions -- large, archival, fine-art photography on unusual materials
• Bytesmiths Press -- artists' services: web design/hosting, jury slides, giclee reproductions, opening announcements, brochures, etc.
• Champagne Beadworks -- handcrafted jewelry and beadwork
• Crafted By Carol -- handcrafted jewelry and beadwork
• Dana Fontaine -- unique photography-derived art
• Dymond Graphics -- note cards, pet/people photography
• Fountains & Funktini -- glass art and more from Beth Keenan and JoAnn Rawley
• Gemini Gypsy -- Carole Good-Hanson's fused glass frames
• Mary Kollman Fine Art -- lovely floral watercolor originals
• Primrose Studio -- terra cotta switch plate covers and wall art
• Ratso's Studio -- astoundingly realistic bronze sculpture
• The Spiral Gallery -- local artists exhibit in the Oregon Cascades foothills
• The Roaming Artist -- info and resources for artists "on the road"
• Van Dyke Sepias -- Jan Van Dyke's nostalgic sepia toned photography
• Veggiemog -- life and times of Kelly O'Toole's Unimog, running on biodiesel
• Village of Willamette Arts Festival -- annual visual/performing arts festival, third weekend of September
• Whitehorse Designs -- Gwen Miller's beadwork and fused glass
• West Linn Arts Commission -- city support for the arts

Hewlett Packard DST Project

Mr. William Woo, DST project manager, gave a presentation on June 24, 1994 which we attended. He was kind enough to share his slides with us.

Team has six developers.

Instead of a heavy emphasis on documents as deliverables, brief (e. g., 1-2 page product data sheet) documents are written.

Within a development cycle, each engineer is assigned "bite size" functionality to implement. An example of a checkpoint within the cycle is a design review, per engineer. In design review the code of a working prototype is examined. Another per engineer checkpoint is "functions complete."

Code reviews are done whenever the engineers want them.

"Key thing in this for managers is measuring the ability of your engineers."

"Do everything as small as possible for meaningful releases."

The team has an ad-hoc source code management scheme.

Because Mr. Woo has experience managing QA, we found his process had emphasis on testing. Engineers write their own unit test code, and they also use an in house tool that generates test code. Testing is performed on several component levels.

Our feeling about this process: although it seemed somewhat informal, it works because of the skills of the team members, and Mr. Woo's knowledge of his team's abilities. The emphasis on testing is better than most Smalltalk projects we have encountered.

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