Agile Austin July Meeting

Submitted by skillen on Mon, 06/16/2008 - 9:29pm.
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07/01/2008 - 6:00pm
07/01/2008 - 8:30pm

Event: Agile Austin Meeting
Date: July 1, 2008
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Location: Microsoft Technology Center; Stonebridge Plaza One; 9606 North Mopac, Suite 200, Austin TX, 78759
Speaker: Jeremy Miller – Chief Software Architect; Dovetail Software
Title: How does Design get done on an Agile Project?

Description
Agile projects have a reputation in many circles as cowboy coding or purely “code n’fix.” While there might not be an explicitly defined “Architecture” or “Design” phase or activity, design is still an integral part of any successful Agile project. This talk will discuss the questions of when, how, and by whom is design accomplished. Jeremy will present the Agile and Lean design philosophies for simple design, delayed commitment, and enabling change. Specifically, he will talk about enabling Continuous Design, why evolutionary design adds value over strictly upfront design, and how to get it done without incurring unnecessary code and design thrash in later stages of the project. This talk will be useful to all roles on agile project and product efforts, including project and program managers as well because it touches on flexible and incremental delivery

Speaker Bio
Jeremy is the Chief Software Architect for Dovetail Software in Austin, TX. Jeremy began his IT career writing "Shadow IT" applications to automate his engineering documentation, then wandered into software development because it looked like more fun. Jeremy learned agile development practices as a .Net consultant at ThoughtWorks, one of the pioneers of agile development. Jeremy is the author of the open source StructureMap (http://structuremap.sourceforge.net) tool for Dependency Injection with .Net and writes the Patterns in Practice column for MSDN Magazine. Jeremy's thoughts on just about everything software related can be found on his weblog "The Shade Tree Developer" at http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeremy.miller, part of the popular CodeBetter site. Jeremy is a Microsoft MVP for C#.

Additional Information
Cost: Free
Map & Directions: From South of Hwy 183: Travel North on Mopac (Loop 1) exiting at Capitol of Texas Hwy. Make a U-turn before the traffic light. Go one block on the access road. Stonebridge Plaza One is to the right, with an entrance between the two towers. Building One is on the right as you enter. (map)
More Info: info@AgileAustin.org
Agenda: Sign-in and Networking 6:00 - 6:30 PM
Announcements, Presentation 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Q&A and Networking 8:00 - 8:30 PM

Proof of Attendance forms will be provided for PMI (PDU), ASQ (RU) and PDMA (PDH) re-certifications