Agile Edmonton http://www.agileedmonton.org Helping Edmonton develop better software using Agile methods Wed, 16 May 2012 03:09:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 May Meeting – Adopting Agile in Government http://www.agileedmonton.org/2012/05/01/may-meeting-adopting-agile-in-government/ http://www.agileedmonton.org/2012/05/01/may-meeting-adopting-agile-in-government/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 19:25:16 +0000 dfriel http://www.agileedmonton.org/?p=429 Basil Vandegriend

The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Thursday, May 17th at noon.

Adopting Agile in Government

As Agile is seeing widespread adoption in many industry sectors, what about within government (public sector) organizations? Can Agile work within governments? What are some challenges and risks to watch out for? This presentation aims to answer these questions and provide guidance based on a number of case studies involving Agile government projects. Along the way we will cover various perspectives on what Agile is, shatter some common misconceptions, and see some compelling evidence for why your next software development effort should use Agile.

Basil Vandegriend is an experienced software architect who is passionate about creating high quality software and inspiring others to do likewise. In addition to his architect activities Basil frequently consults, teaches, and writes about how individuals and organizations can become more effective at software development. Basil shares his insights and experiences with the I.T. community through his website at http://www.basilv.com/psd.

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This meeting will be held at Startup Edmonton in the Mercer Warehouse 3rd Floor, 10363 – 104 Street.

If possible, try to show up a bit before noon so that we can get started on time. Be sure to forward this information to anybody that would be interested.

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April meeting is cancelled. Will notify if we can reschedule the presentation

The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, April 4th at noon.

TDD/BDD with RSpec and Cucumber

RSpec and Cucumber are the bread and butter of Ruby development. Learn how to write Cucumber features to drive out high level system behaviour. Then jump down into RSpec specifications to test-drive out the actual implementation of the system. See how outside-in development can improve your code and keep you focused on the problem at hand.

James is a Technical Evangelist for JetBrains. He is passionate in sharing his knowledge about OO, SOLID, TDD/BDD, testing, object-relational mapping, dependency injection, refactoring, continuous integration, and related techniques.

For more about James check out his site.

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This meeting will be held in the IBM Innovation Center at 10044-108th Street. You can find more event information on our website at agileedmonton.org.

If possible, try to show up a bit before noon so that we can get started on time. Be sure to forward this information to anybody that would be interested.

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Fishbowl conversation

We are trying something a bit different for this meeting, a fishbowl conversation.

Here is what Wikipedia has to say about Fishbowl conversations.

What we need from you are topics. You can raise them at
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We have swag from Hansoft for each topic raised.
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This meeting will be held in the IBM Innovation Center at 10044-108th Street. You can find more event information on our website at agileedmonton.org.

If possible, try to show up a bit before noon so that we can get started on time. Be sure to forward this information to anybody that would be interested.

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November 2011 – Distributed agile

Thanks for the great presentation Mark!

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The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, November 2nd at noon.

Distributed Agile

While collocation is the preferred choice, it is not always possible. We are seeing a trend where teams are dispersed for a variety of reasons.

Can distributed teams become Agile? If so, how? What challenges will they face? How do they overcome these challenges?

Join me to discuss these questions and more.

Please feel free to share your own experiences with Distributed Agile.

Mark has been an I.T. professional for over 10 years which include roles in software development and project management. Recently, he obtained his Masters degree in Computer Science. His thesis topic was “Challenges in Distributed Agile Software Development”.

Mark has a wide range of technical skills and is always looking to add more. He also enjoys discussing practical experiences with Agile.
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This meeting will be held in the IBM Innovation Center at 10044-108th Street. You can find more event information on our website at agileedmonton.org.

If possible, try to show up a bit before noon so that we can get started on time. Be sure to forward this information to anybody that would be interested.

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The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, October 5th at noon.

Agile 2011 Conference

Some folks from Alberta Pensions attended the Agile 2011 Conference. They have agreed to share what they learned.

About the folks from Alberta Pensions

Sean Feehan has been in the Software Development industry for over 7 years and he is currently a principal software analyst at Alberta Pensions and relatively new to the Agile world.

Jim Durnford has been in the software industry for over 20 years and active in Agile Scrum for 3 years. Jim is currently a Principal Software Analyst at Alberta Pensions and interested in learning and implementing Kanban and Lean methodologies.

Van Luu has been a part of the software industry for over 15 years. Van is currently the Application Development Manager at Alberta Pensions and has been doing Agile Scrum for 3 years. Van is an accomplished Scrum Master and Scrum Professional.
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This meeting will be held in the IBM Innovation Center at 10044-108th Street. You can find more event information on our website at agileedmonton.org.

If possible, try to show up a bit before noon so that we can get started on time. Be sure to forward this information to anybody that would be interested.

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