Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Agile Programming

[John Abreau]

All set.


On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 1:41 AM, David Kramer <david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 03/10/2011 01:23 AM, John Abreau wrote:
>> I've updated the topic, but the detailed description still just says
>>
>>     Details to follow
>>
>> Can you send me a more detailed abstract of Nancy's talk?
>
> Description of talk:
> Agile From the Engine Room: Making the world safe for good geeks
>
> The strength of the Agile movement is based on many of the same
> fundamentals that give the open source movement its power: individuals
> caring about their craft, strong technical foundations, recognition
> based on merit. But creating mechanisms for it to endure is no easy
> thing. The success of both communities has meant they must deal with
> misinformation, mis-application of their ideas, and outright lies.
>
> Maybe you’ve been in a company where “being Agile” meant that all you
> had to do was skip documentation and code really, really fast. Or maybe
> you’ve worked in an “Agile sweatshop”. Such abuses exist.
>
> First we’ll look at the truth about what constitutes a healthy Agile
> team – by going on a virtual tour of the team room of a real Agile team
> that is running their first iteration for a safety-critical project.
> We’ll see what their day-to-day practices actually are, what their user
> stories look like, and how the Agile mechanisms make room for the voice
> of technical competence to be heard in the din that accompanies the
> startup of a high-stakes project.
>
> Then we’ll briefly explore who’s using Agile methods in open source
> work, how the practices typically vary for open source teams, and why
> it’s so difficult to move from people-driven mode to the “rule of law”.
> It’s all part of making the world safe for good geeks to be able to do
> their work – and do it right.
>
>
> Her bio should read:
> Nancy Van Schooenderwoert is an Agile Enterprise coach and founder of
> Lean-Agile Partners, Inc. She has over a decade of experience applying
> Agile practices as an engineer, manager, and consultant. She has led
> Agile change initiatives in safety-critical, highly regulated
> industries, and coached clients in the art of Agile technical and
> management leadership. Nancy's experience spans embedded software and
> hardware development for applications in aerospace, factory automation,
> medical devices, defense systems, as well as financial services. She
> holds a BSCE in Computer Engineering from Rochester Institute of
> Technology and is President of Agile New England.
>
>
>
> Thanks, John.
>



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