Agile & Ruby. Testing Less. Aug 4th, Downtown
Agile, Scrum, Extreme Programming, and Lean: What Does It Mean to Ruby?
Ruby helps you develop software quickly and adapt to fast-changing market conditions. But can your methodology accelerate your adaptability and development speed? Join Drew Jemilo, an Agile expert, and find out!
When You Should Test Less
Jake Scruggs has been on teams with way too little and (heresy) way too much testing. There have been lots of talks about how you should test more, but Jake is going to dare to talk about when you should test less. Too much testing can lead to backlash, gridlock, morale problems, and poor velocity. Of course lack of testing can lead to bad design, gridlock, morale problems, and poor velocity. Balance is key.
Date & Location
The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at ThoughtWorks, 200 East Randolph (the Aon Building). Pizza and mingling will begin at 6pm. Presentations will start at 6:30pm. Be sure to visit Meetup.com to RSVP.
Agile Topics to be covered:
- How Agile, Scrum, Extreme Programming, and Lean fit together
- How you can use Scrum practices to deliver software to your customers faster through shorter iterations
- How you can use Extreme Programming practices to produce higher quality code
- How you can use Lean principles to eliminate the waste of heavy documentation, siloed departments, and low value feature for a greater return on investment… a great selling point to your CTO, CIO, or Director of Development!
Drop by Meetup.com to RSVP. See you there!