When: Thursday - February 17th, 2011 (6:00pm – 8:00pm)

Where:
Infusionsoft (Google Map)
2065 W. Obispo Ave.
Gilbert, AZ 85233

Agenda:
6:00 – Registration (Infusionsoft providing Food and Drink)
6:20 – Announcements
6:30 – Begin “When Will It Be Done? (When Scrum, Lean, and BDD meet in the Real World)”
8:00 – Closing Remarks

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Topic: When Will It Be Done? (When Scrum, Lean, and BDD meet in the Real World)

This talk provides a quasi-retrospective of adopting new practices of software development over time and the process.  This talk provides “real” information from real adoptions.  We’ll explore which ones provide the most insight into answering the first question Management asks…..”When will it be done?”

This presentation will include the following topics:

• How Scrum and Agile introduced flexibility
• How Lean introduced predictability and prioritization
• How BDD opened communication
• How Trust became an emergent behavior once the previous three obstacles were overcome.
• How off the shelf tools, such as Google Wave, have been used to facilitate and track coordination of a large offshore development team within a Lean Development Project.

There will be time for questions and discussion.

Speaker Bio:  Tom Carr

Tom Carr is Senior Software Engineer at MediServe where he is responsible for accepting feature requirements from Product Management and converting them into technical requirements for offshore development and prioritizing small work units to satisfy the larger goals of the steakholders.  Tom also runs Nabnak, a provider of Lean Development Tools and Consulting.  Tom’s primary focus in all endevours is improving efficiency wherever possible to provide people more time to address bigger challenges.

Contact Name: Ken Ward
Contact Email: email

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