Agile software development is full of interesting paradoxes. Your ability to understand these, will go a long ways in determining how successfully you can operate in an Agile environment. In this talk, we are going to… More →
Agile Principle #3 says, "Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale." Why does this matter? What's the big deal about delivering… More →
Selenium is a wonderful tool, but many ways to use it that work well when you have 5 tests, start to break down when you are dealing with a large application with 5,000 tests. In this session we will look at examples of… More →
While the Agile Manifesto was written for teams, organizations can work with or against agility. In this session, we will look at how organizations can grow to leverage the agility that Agile brings to teams and how… More →
Are you working on a product or a project? What is the difference and why does it matter? In this session we are going to look at the difference between the project approach to creating software and the product approach… More →
User stories drive the process of creating software. Good user stories help develop software efficiently, but poor user stories can lead to lower return on investment and even cancelled projects. We will look at a… More →
User stories drive the process of creating software. Good user stories help develop software efficiently, but poor user stories can lead to lower return on investment and even cancelled projects. We will look at a… More →
I've been asked for more examples of splitting large stories into smaller pieces while still delivering work that the user can experience as valuable progress. In this session, we'll look at several examples of this… More →
How does one become a software engineer? In this talk we'll look at what it takes to develop the necessary skills to enter the field and we'll look at a number of different ways to acquire those skills. This talk will… More →
Everyone loves the idea of doing "greenfield" development where you create a system from the ground up without being subject to legacy concerns. There is great potential to do things "right", but there are also… More →