Who are we?
SPA is a specialist group of the BCS. Read about our aims and mission here.
What do we do?
- organise regular events in three centres: London, Cambridge and Guernsey.
- sponsor the SPA conference series
- run mailing lists
- run a Wiki for members
Where do I join?
You'll find everything you need to know about joining SPA here.
What else is on this site?
The materials from past events are here, along with newsletters and other useful materials. There's a wiki for discussion of related topics.
Affiliates
The Cambridge chapter of SPA organises regular meetings. There is also a fledgling chapter in Guernsey.
There are a number of friendly organisations whose goals are broadly sympathetic to those of SPA, and with whom SPA has had cross-sponsorship or other arrangements in the past.
Where's OOPS?
Find out why BCS OOPS changed its name to SPA. Or read more about SPA's twenty year history.
News
In September and October 2008, five talks from six leading experts on Software Practice: the State of the Art.
A chance to experience the latest developments in development tools, team dynamics, enterprise architecture, new application architectures and the way we deal with large and complex projects. First talk on Friday 19 September. More details...
Next evening meeting (London)
An Adventure in Agile Planning Innovation
Wed Sep 3rd 2008, 18:30
Please pre-register
[Full London programme]
