XP (XTREME PROGRAMMING),
SCRUM, AGILE
What's All the Hype?
Kyle R. Larson
Advanced Technologies Integration
Thursday, November 18, 2004
6:30pm to 8:30pm
J. Gordon Electronic Design
500 73rd Street NE, Suite 105, Minneapolis, MN
Kyle R. Larson works for Advanced
Technologies Integration (www.atico.com)
where he helps software development teams leverage agile best-practices to
deliver business value better and faster. He has personally led teams
using Agile processes on six projects over the past five years. Kyle
mentors and teaches agile development methods, is a certified Scrum master,
and is the founder and facilitator of the Twin Cities Agile Experience Group
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Agile_Experience_Group).
About the Topic:
Most software development projects fail to deliver promised
functionality on time and within budget. Extreme Programming (XP)
and Scrum are popular, complimentary "agile" approaches that address
this problem. Scrum is a project management approach used for
defining and managing projects in general. XP is a
self-reinforcing set of best practices for software development teams.
This presentation will cover:
* The
Agile movement; what it is and how it started
* Scrum;
an approach to project and team management
* XP; its
values and practices
* Agile
going forward; a practitioner's view
* Ways to
get started -- and ways not to get started
Location:
The
meeting will held at the offices of J. Gordon Electronic Design at 500
73rd Avenue NE, Suite 105, Minneapolis, MN.
Directions from
I694:
Exit onto
University Avenue going north. University is the second exit to the
east of the Mississippi River. Take University to 73rd Avenue.
Turn right (east) on 73rd and look for Northco Drive on the right hand side.
Turn right on Northco. J. Gordon is in the first building on the left.
Enter via the south door with a green canopy.
Cost:
Free for EMS members and non-members attending for the first time; $10
otherwise. Refreshments will be provided.
Registration:
Please
pre-register, if possible, before noon on November 18 (so we know how much food to bring) by
using the online registration form at:
http://www.tc-ieee-ems.org/meetingregistration.htm
