Vivit TQA User Group: The special interest group Vivit TQA ("Testing, Quality, and Application Lifecycle Management") within Vivit, the independent user group of HP Software & Solutions, will hold its third German regional meeting on September 14/15, 2010, in Bad Honnef. (event page)

Workshop on Application of Product Lines: The workshop "Produktlinien im Kontext" (PIK2010), co-organized by SWPM on Februar 23 in Paderborn, Germany, provided a forum for product line practioners. (workshop homepage)

Industrial Software Requirements: Andreas Birk and Gerald Heller gave a talk on "Requirements Management for Industrial Software Development" at REConf CH 2009 on September 24, 2009, in Zurich. (event page)

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