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OrlandoJUG - Agile
Event Details
Time: May 28, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm
Location: DeVry University
Street: 4000 Millennia Blvd Room 120
City/Town: Orlando
Website or Map: http://www.orlandojug.org
Phone: Skype ::: mlevin77
Event Type: meeting
Organized By: Michael Levin
Latest Activity: May 29, 2009
Event Description
Join us for a talk on Agile Methodologies with Mark Kilby. Mark is active in the Agile community and a true practitioner. Whether your new or an old hand at Agile, you'll learn a lot at this presentation. Here's a few words from Mark:
"Agile means many things to many people. There is often focus on the practices of agile (iterations, pair programming, TDD, retrospectives) without understanding why or when to use these practices. In this "conversation", I'll present some of the reasons people "go agile" as well as some often overlooked principles. We will also leave time plenty of time for audience questions."
BIO: Since 1990, Mark Kilby has crafted solutions and guided teams for government, industry, and academia. His experience spans simulation tools for the U.S. military and NASA to integration of legacy enterprise systems with web architectures for the publishing, telecommunications, and other industries. Over the last 6 years, he has helped distributed teams become great agile teams in several organizations.
This meeting is sponsored by Rally Software, http://www.rallydev.com
See you there!
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Comment by Mark Kilby on May 29, 2009 at 6:31am
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Thanks to all who braved the storms last night and made it out to the talk. There were some great questions and discussions about agile.
For more information about agile, check out the following:
http://www.rallydev.com/learn_agile/
My companies site for information on agile. Check out Agile Commons for more Q&A on Agile.
http://www.agilealliance.org - the site for all things agile. Check out Resources, Books, & Events.
http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com for a great overview of the scrum process and many other resources.
http://www.scrumalliance.org for more information on scrum
For a place to discuss agile with other folks in Orlando (Fridays @ noon in downtown Orlando), go to:
http://www.meetup.com/agile-meetup/
Feel free to contact me with questions at mkilby at rallydev dot com
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Comment by Michael Levin on May 24, 2009 at 12:33pm
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I got a cheap flight to JavaOne, so unfortunately will miss this presentation, which looks to be excellent. Don't forget, students get into J1 free.
Mark will handle the admin of the meeting as well as give the presentation. Mark, Open Source Bridge, the conference in Portland mid-June, authorizes us to raffle off a free ticket. The JUG discount price is $150, using discount code "osb4228".
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Folks ... I want to make sure this conversation is valuable for you and I do consider it a conversation. Are there particular topics you would like addressed with respect to agile? If so, please post them here and I'll do my best to incorporate them into the talk.
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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