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Agile for Software Managers Scott Ambler, Ronin International

Workshop Overview

The software process landscape is changing. A shift from large-scale, prescriptive processes that define rigorous procedures and policies to lighter, more agile methodologies is clearly underway within the IT industry. Agile processes are here to stay: this is more than an idle fad that promises to disappear next year. Are these processes appropriate for your organization or your clients? If so, which ones should you consider adopting? What challenges can you expect to experience as you adopt these new processes and how can you overcome them? Are you agile or are you fragile?.

Workshop Objectives

To understand the fundamentals and implications of agile software development techniques.

Workshop Pre Requisites

An open mind

Workshop Motivation

Agile software development is real, it works, and it is here to stay.

Who should Attend

• Project Managers
• Senior Executives
• Senior Developers

Workshop Contents

• The values and principles of the Agile Alliance.
• The leading agile methodologies:
  • Agile RUP
  • Crystal Light
  • Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM)
  • eXtreme Programming (XP)
  • Feature Driven Development (FDD)
  • Scrum
• Agile development techniques:
  • Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD)
  • Code refactoring
  • Database refactoring
  • Pair programming
  • Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Strategies for introducing agility into your organization.

Exercises

Workshop participants will be organized into discussion groups. Throughout the workshop the groups will be asked to discuss the implications of the presentation material and then asked to share those findings with the other participants.

Participant Take Away

Participants should gain a better understanding of agile software development and how it will potentially impact their current development practices.

Scott Ambler has actively worked with clients on large-scale software development projects and on software process improvement (SPI) efforts around the world. He has worked in the IT industry since the mid 1980s and with object technology since the early 1990s, has written several books and white papers on object-oriented software development, software process, Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD), Agile Database Techniques, and the Enterprise Unified Process (EUP). He is a speaker at a wide variety of conferences worldwide.

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