Agile Edmonton

[ April 1, 2009; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, April 1st at noon.

“The Value of Retrospectives”

Agile methods have become popular, but many organizations struggle to get the full benefits of the methods.  The most common reason is that retrospectives are not being properly used.  In this presentation, we will look at the critical [...]

[ March 4, 2009; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, March 4th at noon.

“Agile Enterprise Architecture”

This may sound like an oxymoron but in this presentation I will show that it is not.  At the same time I will challenge the traditional roles and definitions of “Architecture”, “Architect”, and “Enterprise”.  I believe that architecture is [...]

[ February 17, 2009; 5:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] On Tuesday, February 17th the Agile Edmonton User Group is having it’s first social night at Hudsons Taphouse in downtown Edmonton. Thanks to the generousity of TEK Systems and Hudsons Tap House, there will be some food and drink available. Feel free to visit us after 5:30pm and say Hi.

[ February 4, 2009; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, February 4th at noon.

“Focus your testing using the Agile Testing Matrix”

The agile testing matrix provides a common vocabulary to agile teams for customers, testers and developers. It is a  powerful tool which focuses on the purpose of different types of testing necessary for any [...]

[ January 7, 2009; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, January 7th at noon.

This month’s speaker is author and Agile guru J.B. Rainsberger.  J.B. is a developer and consultant who has been a leader in the Agile and JUnit communities since 2001. He is the founder of XP Day North America. His popular online [...]

[ December 3, 2008; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Jim Whitelaw, a Development Director at BioWare EA, will be our featured speaker at the December meeting. Join us during the lunch hour on December 3rd. Please note that this presentation will be in the Matrikon offices at Suite 1800, 10405 Jasper Avenue.

[ November 5, 2008; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The next meeting will follow the Experience Report format and will be on November 5th. As usual, the meeting will be held in the IBM Innovation Center on the main floor of the IBM building at 10044 108th Street.