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October 14 November MeetingHello Everyone,
Sorry for the extra long hiatus. Our next Agile Tampa group meeting will be Thursday, November 19th. We will be having Ken Pugh from Net Objectives speaking on Acceptance Test Driven Development. Here is a synopsis: Defining, understanding, and agreeing on the scope of work to be done is often an area of discomfort for product managers, developers and quality assurance experts alike. Many of the items living happily in our defect tracking systems were born of the difficulty we have in performing said activities. Acceptance Testing roots out these defects by reexamining the process we use to define the work to be done and how it is tested.
This session will introduce acceptance testing; explain why it works; and outline the different roles the team members play in the process. We will contrast acceptance testing with unit testing and show examples of how the process clarifies the work to be done.
A fellow consultant with Net Objectives, Ken Pugh has more than one-third of a century of experience in software development—from gathering requirements for stock market analysis to testing real-time radar systems. Ken consults, trains, testifies, and mentors from London to Sydney on agile processes and technology topics ranging from object-oriented design and test-driven development to Linux/Unix. He has written several programming books, including the Jolt Award winner, Prefactoring, and Interface Oriented Design. When not computing, Ken enjoys snowboarding, windsurfing, biking, and hiking the Appalachian Trail.
DATE AND TIME:
Thursday, November 19th at 6:30pm NEW LOCATION:
We will be meeting at KForce, which is located in Ybor city. ADDRESS:
KForce 1001 East Palm Ave. Tampa, FL 33605 DIRECTIONS FROM TAMPA:
1. Follow 275 N to Exit 44 Downtown/Scott Street 2. Take Exit 44 staying to the left as the exit splits 3. Make a left on Florida ave which will be only a couple lights down 4. Make a right on East Palm Ave. 5. Follow East Palm Ave under the overpass and through the next stoplight 6. Kforce will then be located on your right-hand side (second large building after the light) SECURITY:
This facility is secure. The gate should be open until 7pm. If you arrive later than that, please use the call box located next to the gate and let the guard know that you are here for the Agile Tampa meeting. Once inside the lobby, you must sign the login sheet with the guard at the information desk. This list will be populated with the names of the people who have preregistered for the event; just sign next to your name. EVENT PRE-REGISTRATION:
To pre-register for the event, simply send an e-mail to agiletampa@live.com with the first and last name to put on the registration list. See you there! Michael Russo June 29 July Agile Tampa MeetingHi Everyone! The next Agile Tampa meeting will be in August. I will update everyone with an e-mail when more information is available. Thanks, June 08 June Agile Tampa MeetingHi Everyone! We currently have topics on: We still have slots available so if you are interested, please send me an e-mail with the following information as soon as possible: Pizza will be available at 6pm and the talk will start at 6:30. We will be meeting at the Microsoft location: Microsoft 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! June Agile Tampa Meeting April 26 May Agile Tampa meetingHi 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 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! Talking about Agile Tampa meeting April 13 The Tampa Ruby Brigade MeetingRobert 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/ |
Thanks for visiting!
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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