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June 29

July Agile Tampa Meeting

Hi Everyone!
We had a great response to the June “Got Tools?” meeting. Thanks to Brian Pate, Rick Copenhaver, Cory Foy, and John Scumniotales for the great presentations! Card decks are available here on the web site as they come in.

The next Agile Tampa meeting will be on Wednesday, July 29. Pizza will be available at 6pm and the talk will start at 6:30. We will be meeting at the Microsoft location:

Microsoft
5426 Bay Center Drive
Suite 700 (7th Floor)
Tampa, FL 33609
Phone: (813) 281-3900
Fax: (813) 289-0034

Map

The topic is to be announced but I will update everyone with an e-mail when the speaker has confirmed.

See you there!
Michael

July Agile Tampa Meeting
July Agile Tampa Meeting
Hosted by: Michael Russo
Date and time: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Location: Microsoft
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June 08

June Agile Tampa Meeting

Hi Everyone!
 
Our next Agile Tampa meeting is going to be Wednesday, June 24th. This month’s meeting will be entitled, “Got Tools?”. I’m looking for 5 or 6 volunteers who would like to give a 15-20 minute presentation on their favorite tool. Development, QA, Management, you name it! Whatever has made your life simpler and more agile!

We currently have topics on:
Presenter:  Brian Pate
Tool:  RM Trak
Tool Type:  QA/Management (Requirements Traceability)
 
Presenter: Rick Copenhaver
Tool: Fitnesse
Tool Type: Collaboration tool for Acceptance Testing (User Story Testing)
 
Presenter: Cory Foy
Tool: TeamCity and MSBuild
Tool Type: Automated builds
 
Presenter: Michael Russo
Tool: OnTime
Tool Type: Project Management

We still have slots available so if you are interested, please send me an e-mail with the following information as soon as possible:
• Your name
• Your company
• E-Mail address
• Tool name
• Tool type: Development, QA, Management, Other
• Require internet access: YES/NO
• Special setup requirements
 
Stuff you may want to address during your presentation:
• Is it free?
• What is the install procedure like? (easy or time consuming)
• Does it require any other software in order to use it?
• What platforms can it run on?
• How does it fit into an agile lifecycle/sprint?
• How does it help you and your company?
• Other uses for it?

Pizza will be available at 6pm and the talk will start at 6:30. We will be meeting at the Microsoft location:

Microsoft
5426 Bay Center Drive
Suite 700 (7th Floor)
Tampa, FL 33609
Phone: (813) 281-3900
Fax: (813) 289-0034

Map

Also, drop me an e-mail at AgileTampa@live.com if you plan on attending so I can get an accurate count for pizza!

See you there!
- Michael Russo

June Agile Tampa Meeting
June Agile Tampa Meeting
Hosted by: Michael Russo
Date and time: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Location: Microsoft
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April 26

May Agile Tampa meeting

Hi Everyone,

We will be having an Agile Tampa meeting on Wednesday, May 13 at the Microsoft office location. We are going to try something a little different for this meeting and have an open discussion about Agile and the QA process. We will have an expert panel available that include Agile heavy hitters like AgileThought to bounce questions and ideas off of. So come out for the pizza, prizes, and an awesome discussion on Agile and the QA process.

Pizza will be available at 6pm and the talk will start at 6:30. We will be meeting at the Microsoft location:

Microsoft
5426 Bay Center Drive
Suite 700 (7th Floor)
Tampa, FL 33609
Phone: (813) 281-3900
Fax: (813) 289-0034

Map

Drop me an e-mail at AgileTampa@live.com if you plan on attending so I can get an accurate count for pizza!

See you there!
- Michael Russo

Talking about Agile Tampa meeting
Agile Tampa meeting
Hosted by: Michael Russo
Date and time: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Location: Microsoft
View this event on Windows Live
April 13

The Tampa Ruby Brigade Meeting

Robert Dempsey, CEO of the (Rails) web development shop Atlantic Dominion Solutions <http://www.adsdevshop.com/about/>, organizer of Acts as Conference <http://www.actsasconference.com/> and creator of expens'd <http://www.expensd.com/> will be the guest speaker for The Tampa Ruby Brigade this month.

Robert Dempsey will provide a full introduction to agile development with scrum: what is it and how it works. If you are involved in the creation of software as a developer, project manager, an end user, or a customer, this meeting is for you. While Robert is particularly fond of Ruby and Rails, this topic will be more wide
ranging and applicable across languages and frameworks. What do you need to bring? Just yourself, and perhaps a friend or two.

When: April 16, 2009 7:00 PM
 Where: USF Laptop Lounge
4202 E. Fowler Ave EDU 252
Tampa, FL 33620
(813) 974-6816

You can get in touch with Gavin Stark (gavin@gstark.com), the "Contact Organizer" using the link on Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/tampa-rb/suggestion/
February 24

Lean and Kanban Conference

Looking to shorten cycle time and deliver more value from your software projects? You may be interested in attending the Lean and Kanban conference on May 6th-8th at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami Fl. Registration is $800.00 per person for the full 2 and a half days and the event is limited to 125 people. More information is available at http://www.leankanbanconference.com.
 

Michael

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AJ Weaverwrote:
Good starting point for a site.  Needs some focus though.  Not sure if its a blog, a user group site, or a place for members to join as friends?  Also, topics wishing to be covered and schedules for future events and slide decks (ppt, pdfs) for previous events would be very convenient.  I have emailed you as well so I am looking forward to speaking with you.

AJ Weaver
June 23
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