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Specification-by-Example: A Cucumber Implementation[presentation]
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We've all been there. You work incredibly hard to develop a feature and design tests based on written requirements. You build a detailed test plan that aligns the tests with the software and the documented business needs. |
Mary Thorn, Deutsche Bank
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Agile at Scale with Scrum: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly[presentation]
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Come hear the story of how a business unit at one of the world's largest networking companies transitioned to Scrum in eighteen months. The good-more than forty teams in one part of the company moved quickly and are going gangbusters. |
Steven Spearman, AgileEvolution
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Distributed Scrum: Dangerous Waters-Be Prepared![presentation]
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Even though team collocation is strongly recommended in agile methodologies, a distributed team is often required in the real world today. What is so important about collocating anyway? |
Brian Saylor, Scripps Networks Interactive
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A Big Helping of DevOps with Career Advice on the Side[presentation]
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For decades-with the exception of agile-dev followers-the IT community has continued to build and protect its departmental silos. |
Paul Peissner, CollabNet
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It's About Products Not Projects: Product and Portfolio Roadmaps[presentation] If you are managing your portfolio using projects, and not products, you may be missing opportunities to deliver more business value to your organization. |
Ellen Gottesdiener, EBG Consulting, Inc.
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Scaling Agile at Dell: Real-life Problems - and Solutions[presentation]
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The transition from waterfall-based software development to an agile, iterative model carries with it well-known challenges and problems-entrenched cultures, skill gaps, and organizational change management. |
Geoffrey Meyer, Dell Inc. l Enterprise Product Group
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Transitioning to Kanban: From Theory to Practice[presentation]
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You're familiar with agile and, perhaps, practicing Scrum. Now you're curious about Kanban. Is it right for your project? How does Kanban differ from Scrum and other agile methodologies? |
Gil Irizarry, Yesmail
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Protection Poker: An Agile Security Game[presentation]
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Each time a new feature is added to a product, developers need to consider the security risk implications, find ways to securely implement the function, and develop tests to confirm that the risk is gone or significantly lowered. |
Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University
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Doing Agile in a Waterfall World? Without Breaking Your Neck[presentation]
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Although many of us want to use only agile practices, we often work alongside teams with strong waterfall traditions. |
Jared Richardson, RoleModel Software
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Disciplined Agile Delivery in IT: A Full Lifecycle Approach[presentation]
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The good news: Agile methods deliver superior results compared to traditional approaches. |
Mark Lines, UPMentors
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Test Automation on Large Agile Projects: It's Not a Cakewalk[presentation] Automating regression testing on large-scale agile projects with multiple independent Scrum teams is not a cake walk. |
Scott Schnier, Agilex Technologies
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CMMI® to Agile: Options and Consequences[presentation]
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If you long for greater agility in your process-oriented or CMMI world, this session is for you. Paul McMahon shares how organizations can integrate agile approaches with CMMI and its key process area requirements. |
Paul McMahon, PEM Systems
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Sprint Reviews that Attract, Engage, and Enlighten Stakeholders[presentation]
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Are you suffering from chronic disinterest in what your team is delivering? Are your product owners unavailable or distracted? Are your sprint reviews ho-hum experiences with low attendance? |
Bob Galen, RGalen Counsulting Group, LLC
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Better Software Conference East 2012: Lean Development Practices for Enterprise Agile[presentation]
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Enterprise agile initiatives require strategic, portfolio, product, and team perspectives at all levels. |
Alan Shalloway, Net Objectives
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Orthogonal Defect Classification: An Agile Test/QA Primer[presentation]
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Can defect root cause analysis be made agile? Can we transform a multi-hour task from the classical world of software engineering into one that takes minutes and yields greater insights? |
Ram Chillarege, Chillarege Inc.
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