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On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 1:41 AM, David Kramer <[email protected]> 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. > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix GnuPG KeyID: 0xD5C7B5D9 / Email: [email protected] GnuPG FP: 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
