New website – old friends

The URL is still www.AgilePhilly.com

but the format and features are new.

The Agile Philly meeting for September is next week  September's Agile Philly meeting is

Tuesday 09/08 6:30pm

( the Day after Labor Day )

in what is actually the second week of September.

We are meeting in the Western Suburbs at Devon Consulting

To RSVP click here at the page on the newly renovated website http://www.agilephilly.com/events/event/listUpcoming Registration required.

If you already did an RSVP at this page, please do it again!

( I deleted the event and re-created it as AgilePhillyCoordinators, so that the event itself will be easier to maintain by any of our many coordinators.  In fact, we are looking for more people to sign up as coordinators for the Fall Season.  Send a message to AgilePhillyCoordinators@yahoogroups.com to find out how you can help.)

Directions to Devon Consulting, 950 West Valley Drive, Suite 2600, Wayne PA

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=950+West+Valley+Road,+wayne+Pa&sll=39.776241,-75.624262&sspn=0.030872,0.049782&ie=UTF8&ll=40.079845,-75.420542&spn=0.030735,0.049782&z=14&iwloc=A

And courtesy of Devon Consulting, we will have books to raffle off

Speaker Bob Chiasson, Atlantic Aviation

Topic

A User's Experience Story on using Agile - in spirit, if not name - to revamp a Point of Sale Application for a nation-wide services company

The talk will include a brief overview of the project and the approach.
Then we will discuss some examples of how we implemented and worked using agile.  Lots of discussion should ensue.

Our Food Sponsor for the evening, CIM Comcast Interactive Media, wants you to know about their upcoming job fair on Thursday, September 24th by Invitation only
Additional details will be provided to selected invitees a week prior to the event. Submit your resume by Monday, September 17th mailto:CIM_jobs@...

More information can be found on our Job Posting page at http://agilephilly.ning.com/page/job-listings

Also on the job posting page are openings for PM, Scrum Mater, QA Testers, dot Net , etc.  Job postings on the page are free to post, and if you need assistance, contact mailto:AgilePhillyCoordinators@YahooGroups.com

New website – old friends

The URL is still www.AgilePhilly.com

but the format and features are new.

The Agile Philly meeting for September is next week  September's Agile Philly meeting is

Wednesday 09/09 6:30pm

( two Days after Labor Day )

in what is actually the second week of September.

(I messed up yesterday's announcement)

            Some people pointed out earlier that attendance for our AgilePhilly meeting will be better on Wednesday 09/09, since some schools start on Tuesday after Labor Day, and other members may be coming off a long Holiday weekend, and may not want to jump right into an Agile discussion their first workday back . . . .  That is why we moved the day to Wednesday. 

We are meeting in the Western Suburbs at Devon Consulting

To RSVP click here at the page on the newly renovated website http://www.agilephilly.com/events/event/listUpcoming Registration required.

If you already did an RSVP at this page, please do it again!

( I deleted the event and re-created it as AgilePhillyCoordinators, so that the event itself will be easier to maintain by any of our many coordinators.  In fact, we are looking for more people to sign up as coordinators for the Fall Season.  Send a message to AgilePhillyCoordinators@yahoogroups.com to find out how you can help.)

Directions to Devon Consulting, 950 West Valley Drive, Suite 2600, Wayne PA

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=950+West+Valley+Road,+wayne+Pa&sll=39.776241,-75.624262&sspn=0.030872,0.049782&ie=UTF8&ll=40.079845,-75.420542&spn=0.030735,0.049782&z=14&iwloc=A

And courtesy of Devon Consulting, we will have books to raffle off

Speaker Bob Chiasson, Atlantic Aviation

Topic

A User's Experience Story on using Agile - in spirit, if not name - to revamp a Point of Sale Application for a nation-wide services company

The talk will include a brief overview of the project and the approach.
Then we will discuss some examples of how we implemented and worked using agile.  Lots of discussion should ensue.

Our Food Sponsor for the evening, CIM Comcast Interactive Media, wants you to know about their upcoming job fair on Thursday, September 24th by Invitation only
Additional details will be provided to selected invitees a week prior to the event. Submit your resume by Monday, September 17th mailto:CIM_jobs@...

More information can be found on our Job Posting page at http://agilephilly.ning.com/page/job-listings

Also on the job posting page are openings for PM, Scrum Mater, QA Testers, dot Net , etc.  Job postings on the page are free to post, and if you need assistance, contact mailto:AgilePhillyCoordinators@YahooGroups.com

Hi all,

This fall Agile Philly is working on becoming a better resource for all of you.  As a result, we've revved up our web site with additional content, we're doing research on what you might want to get out of the organization, and we're planning a great, local conference--Agile Tour, for Oct 6.  This is just the beginning, because this is where you come in.  It is your attendance and support of Agile Philly that makes this a great place to learn and to network.

Wisdom of Crowds
Many of you read mailing lists.  Anyone (like me) feel overwhelmed by all the changes in technology, methodology, and business?  My biggest fear is that there will be a big development that I don't hear about and I'll be left in the dark and unemployable.  OK, so I'm sure I'll always be able to get a job debugging somebody else's Excel macros, but I think I'd pull my hair out if that's all I was doing.  So to fight the information overload, I'm going to ask you for help.  Every day as you read your mailing lists, blogs, twitter feeds, social networks, etc., think of Agile Philly... and stop by to add your "Thought of the Day".  I'll start adding mine, too, (under the Forum section of the site) and soon we'll have a feed of the best ideas in the tech field.  The subject matter of these posts should be pretty broad, but at least tangentially related to Agile, technology, teamwork, and business trends.

For a sample "Thought of the Day", see my posting with the same title.  It's basically just a title, a one-sentence summary and a link.

For those of you unfamiliar with the idea of the "wisdom of crowds", let me explain a bit.  Anyone ever play the game where you have to guess how many jellybeans are in a large glass jar?  In a crowd of 15+ people, the average value of all the guesses will be quite accurate.  The same principle applies for our community--with a sufficiently large crowd regularly posting a "thought of the day", we'll get an accurate feel of what's going on in the field.

Get Involved
The best way to learn is to teach.  You can teach other Agile Philly members what you've been up to, and work will go better.  Come out to meetings, network with people and share books.  Post on our discussion board.  Volunteer to help run meetings (http://www.agilephilly.com/page/group-information)!

Customer Research
If you're reading this note, you're my "customer" in the Agile sense of the word.  I'd like to know more about why you come out to events, what you expect and wish of the organization, and what more we could do for you, all for free!!!  What do I get out of it all?  Like I said before, I'm looking for a place to learn and network.  What do you want out of Agile Philly?

--
D. André Dhondt
http://dhondtsayitsagile.blogspot.com/

Support low-cost conferences -- http://agiletour.org/
If you're in the area, join Agile Philly http://www.AgilePhilly.com

Andre (and other Agilists),

I agree.  This type of "Agile Learning" is a great idea.  No one
has time to read much.  Yes, the best way to learn is to teach. 
If I can't explain it briefly, I don't know it well enough.

My "thoughts of the day", as you call them, have been going out to
my mailings lists for years.  Each daily tip is a stand-alone
bite-sized nugget.  One screenful of text or less.  One sentence
tells you whether to bother reading, or just hit delete.  If you
continue, you've learned something useful within 30 seconds.

Each topic has its own list, and its own well-organized archive:
- Cloud Computing tips       http://bristle.com/Tips/CloudComputing.htm
- Internet User tips         http://bristle.com/Tips/Internet.htm
- Windows User tips          http://bristle.com/Tips/Windows.htm
- Mac User tips              http://bristle.com/Tips/Mac.htm
- Unix User tips             http://bristle.com/Tips/Unix.htm
- Java Programmer tips       http://bristle.com/Tips/Java.htm
- JavaScript Programmer tips http://bristle.com/Tips/JavaScript.htm
- etc. 

For more details, see:
    http://bristle.com/invite.htm

By invitation only, but you are all invited.

Interested?
--Fred
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Fred Stluka -- mailto:fred@... -- http://bristle.com/~fred/
Bristle Software, Inc -- http://bristle.com -- Glad to be of service!
---------------------------------------------------------------------



D. André Dhondt wrote:

Hi all,

This fall Agile Philly is working on becoming a better resource for all of you.  As a result, we've revved up our web site with additional content, we're doing research on what you might want to get out of the organization, and we're planning a great, local conference--Agile Tour, for Oct 6.  This is just the beginning, because this is where you come in.  It is your attendance and support of Agile Philly that makes this a great place to learn and to network.

Wisdom of Crowds
Many of you read mailing lists.  Anyone (like me) feel overwhelmed by all the changes in technology, methodology, and business?  My biggest fear is that there will be a big development that I don't hear about and I'll be left in the dark and unemployable.  OK, so I'm sure I'll always be able to get a job debugging somebody else's Excel macros, but I think I'd pull my hair out if that's all I was doing.  So to fight the information overload, I'm going to ask you for help.  Every day as you read your mailing lists, blogs, twitter feeds, social networks, etc., think of Agile Philly... and stop by to add your "Thought of the Day".  I'll start adding mine, too, (under the Forum section of the site) and soon we'll have a feed of the best ideas in the tech field.  The subject matter of these posts should be pretty broad, but at least tangentially related to Agile, technology, teamwork, and business trends.

For a sample "Thought of the Day", see my posting with the same title.  It's basically just a title, a one-sentence summary and a link.

For those of you unfamiliar with the idea of the "wisdom of crowds", let me explain a bit.  Anyone ever play the game where you have to guess how many jellybeans are in a large glass jar?  In a crowd of 15+ people, the average value of all the guesses will be quite accurate.  The same principle applies for our community--with a sufficiently large crowd regularly posting a "thought of the day", we'll get an accurate feel of what's going on in the field.

Get Involved
The best way to learn is to teach.  You can teach other Agile Philly members what you've been up to, and work will go better.  Come out to meetings, network with people and share books.  Post on our discussion board.  Volunteer to help run meetings (http://www.agilephilly.com/page/group-information)!

Customer Research
If you're reading this note, you're my "customer" in the Agile sense of the word.  I'd like to know more about why you come out to events, what you expect and wish of the organization, and what more we could do for you, all for free!!!  What do I get out of it all?  Like I said before, I'm looking for a place to learn and network.  What do you want out of Agile Philly?

--
D. André Dhondt
http://dhondtsayitsagile.blogspot.com/

Support low-cost conferences -- http://agiletour.org/
If you're in the area, join Agile Philly http://www.AgilePhilly.com

--Fred
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Fred Stluka -- mailto:fred@... -- http://bristle.com/~fred/
Bristle Software, Inc -- http://bristle.com -- Glad to be of service!
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi Fred and fellow Agilist,

It would be great if you could place tips to the website: www.agilephilly.com. Our attempt is to have the user group website become a compiled one stop place.

We encourage all members to visit the website to place thought of the day, article, video etc

Regards

Ravindar

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 4, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Fred Stluka <fred@...> wrote:

Andre (and other Agilists),

I agree.  This type of "Agile Learning" is a great idea.  No one
has time to read much.  Yes, the best way to learn is to teach. 
If I can't explain it briefly, I don't know it well enough.

My "thoughts of the day", as you call them, have been going out to
my mailings lists for years.  Each daily tip is a stand-alone
bite-sized nugget.  One screenful of text or less.  One sentence
tells you whether to bother reading, or just hit delete.  If you
continue, you've learned something useful within 30 seconds.

Each topic has its own list, and its own well-organized archive:
- Cloud Computing tips       http://bristle.com/Tips/CloudComputing.htm
- Internet User tips         http://bristle.com/Tips/Internet.htm
- Windows User tips          http://bristle.com/Tips/Windows.htm
- Mac User tips              http://bristle.com/Tips/Mac.htm
- Unix User tips             http://bristle.com/Tips/Unix.htm
- Java Programmer tips       http://bristle.com/Tips/Java.htm
- JavaScript Programmer tips http://bristle.com/Tips/JavaScript.htm
- etc. 

For more details, see:
    http://bristle.com/invite.htm

By invitation only, but you are all invited.

Interested?
--Fred
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Fred Stluka -- mailto:fred@... -- http://bristle.com/~fred/
Bristle Software, Inc -- http://bristle.com -- Glad to be of service!
---------------------------------------------------------------------



D. André Dhondt wrote:

Hi all,

This fall Agile Philly is working on becoming a better resource for all of you.  As a result, we've revved up our web site with additional content, we're doing research on what you might want to get out of the organization, and we're planning a great, local conference--Agile Tour, for Oct 6.  This is just the beginning, because this is where you come in.  It is your attendance and support of Agile Philly that makes this a great place to learn and to network.

Wisdom of Crowds
Many of you read mailing lists.  Anyone (like me) feel overwhelmed by all the changes in technology, methodology, and business?  My biggest fear is that there will be a big development that I don't hear about and I'll be left in the dark and unemployable.  OK, so I'm sure I'll always be able to get a job debugging somebody else's Excel macros, but I think I'd pull my hair out if that's all I was doing.  So to fight the information overload, I'm going to ask you for help.  Every day as you read your mailing lists, blogs, twitter feeds, social networks, etc., think of Agile Philly... and stop by to add your "Thought of the Day".  I'll start adding mine, too, (under the Forum section of the site) and soon we'll have a feed of the best ideas in the tech field.  The subject matter of these posts should be pretty broad, but at least tangentially related to Agile, technology, teamwork, and business trends.

For a sample "Thought of the Day", see my posting with the same title.  It's basically just a title, a one-sentence summary and a link.

For those of you unfamiliar with the idea of the "wisdom of crowds", let me explain a bit.  Anyone ever play the game where you have to guess how many jellybeans are in a large glass jar?  In a crowd of 15+ people, the average value of all the guesses will be quite accurate.  The same principle applies for our community--with a sufficiently large crowd regularly posting a "thought of the day", we'll get an accurate feel of what's going on in the field.

Get Involved
The best way to learn is to teach.  You can teach other Agile Philly members what you've been up to, and work will go better.  Come out to meetings, network with people and share books.  Post on our discussion board.  Volunteer to help run meetings (http://www.agilephilly.com/page/group-information)!

Customer Research
If you're reading this note, you're my "customer" in the Agile sense of the word.  I'd like to know more about why you come out to events, what you expect and wish of the organization, and what more we could do for you, all for free!!!  What do I get out of it all?  Like I said before, I'm looking for a place to learn and network.  What do you want out of Agile Philly?

--
D. André Dhondt
http://dhondtsayitsagile.blogspot.com/

Support low-cost conferences -- http://agiletour.org/
If you're in the area, join Agile Philly http://www.AgilePhilly.com

        I saw this today - that I think is a converse corollary to the wisdom of crowds . . . But it is still true.  The wisdom of the brick wall.

        "To understand a problem it is always helpful to discuss it with someone smarter than yourself . . . your wife, children, pets, and in many cases, a brick wall."
                        Attributed to Duane Christen, from the listserv at midrange.com/rpg400-l

--- In agilephilly@yahoogroups.com, "johnvoris" <john.voris@...> wrote:


New website – old friends

The URL is still www.AgilePhilly.com <http://www.agilephilly.com/>

but the format and features are new.



The Agile Philly meeting for September is next week  September's
Agile Philly meeting is

Wednesday 09/09 6:30pm

( two Days after Labor Day )

in what is actually the second week of September.



(I messed up yesterday's announcement)

              Some people pointed out earlier that attendance for our
AgilePhilly meeting will be better on Wednesday 09/09, since some
schools start on Tuesday after Labor Day, and other members may be
coming off a long Holiday weekend, and may not want to jump right into
an Agile discussion their first workday back . . . .  That is why we
moved the day to Wednesday.



**** A Great Feature of the new website ****

**** can help keep these dates straight****

A great feature to take advantage of is the auto-download into your
Outlook Calendar at work. ( Click on the actual Event, and on the
drilldown page, you can save the "Export to Outlook or iCal" to
your hard drive.  Double click to open it and you can save the event
into your Outlook calendar.)





We are meeting in the Western Suburbs at Devon Consulting

To RSVP click here at the page on the newly renovated website
http://www.agilephilly.com/events/event/listUpcoming
<http://www.agilephilly.com/events/event/listUpcoming>  Registration
required.



If you already did an RSVP at this page, please do it again!

( I deleted the event and re-created it as AgilePhillyCoordinators, so
that the event itself will be easier to maintain by any of our many
coordinators.  In fact, we are looking for more people to sign up as
coordinators for the Fall Season.  Send a message to
AgilePhillyCoordinators@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:AgilePhillyCoordinators@yahoogroups.com>  to find out how you
can help.)







Directions to Devon Consulting, 950 West Valley Drive, Suite 2600, Wayne
PA

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=950+West+V\
alley+Road,+wayne+Pa&sll=39.776241,-75.624262&sspn=0.030872,0.049782&ie=\
UTF8&ll=40.079845,-75.420542&spn=0.030735,0.049782&z=14&iwloc=A
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=950+West+\
Valley+Road,+wayne+Pa&sll=39.776241,-75.624262&sspn=0.030872,0.049782&ie\
=UTF8&ll=40.079845,-75.420542&spn=0.030735,0.049782&z=14&iwloc=A>



And courtesy of Devon Consulting, we will have books to raffle off





Speaker Bob Chiasson, Atlantic Aviation



Topic

A User's Experience Story on using Agile - in spirit, if not name - to
revamp a Point of Sale Application for a nation-wide services company



The talk will include a brief overview of the project and the approach.
Then we will discuss some examples of how we implemented and worked
using agile.  Lots of discussion should ensue.







Our Food Sponsor for the evening, CIM Comcast Interactive Media, wants
you to know about their upcoming job fair on Thursday, September 24th by
Invitation only
Additional details will be provided to selected invitees a week prior to
the event. Submit your resume by Monday, September 17th
mailto:CIM_jobs@... <mailto:CIM_jobs@...>

More information can be found on our Job Posting page at
http://agilephilly.ning.com/page/job-listings
<http://agilephilly.ning.com/page/job-listings>



Also on the job posting page are openings for PM, Scrum Mater, QA
Testers, dot Net , etc.  Job postings on the page are free to post, and
if you need assistance, contact
mailto:AgilePhillyCoordinators@...
<mailto:AgilePhillyCoordinators@...>

--- End forwarded message ---

there is a related "group dynamic" phenomenon (not sure exactly what it
is called...)

but it does have a parallel in mountain climbing and in many other things...

1) Mountaineering is about continually forming opinions on the
safety/security of your activities (weather, rock fall, exposure, roping
up, crampons, etc.). When you get into larger groups (starting at TWO),
decision making can get more complicated. A group often takes on a
higher risk than any individual within it might take on their own. This
is because of a natural tendency to "keep quiet" with your own personal
reservations to speak up -- you may not want to appear to criticize
another's decision, or you may not want to appear cowardly. However,
what this really boils down to is abdicating your own responsibility for
risk management. Not a good situation. Better to become opinionated,
speak up, and to not worry about what others think of you :-)

2) My climbing buddy and I were met by his stepmother and 3 of her
friends for a nice Saturday hike in the Alps... As we were heading out
of Zermatt (where the trickiest part is finding the right jumping off
point for a given desired trail), 4 kept walking down the road (the
wrong general direction, BTW), while 2 of us consulted a map. When we
looked up, the 4 others had happily wandered along, chatting with each
other, oblivious to the fact that we were still studying the map.
"Surely they will head up those stairs" I said... Nope. They kept
walking. Soon they will turn around the bend and be completely out of
site. My map partner phoned one of the group. No answer. Just as they
were about to disappear, my climbing buddy finally turned around and
noticed us w-a-a-y back where they had left us. So, this group of four
was happily ensconced in their world of discussions, and I suppose each
were assuming the other was paying attention to direction -- when in
fact nobody was paying any attention to where they were headed.

Software is not too different (except you generally don't risk life and
limb).

jon
blog: http://technicaldebt.wetpaint.com
twitter: http://twitter.com/JonKernPA



D. André Dhondt said the following on 9/7/09 3:15 AM:
>
>
> The wisdom of crowds does have its limitations, for sure.  Take, for
> example, mob mentality, where everyone loses their conscience and just
> goes along with what others are doing.  The wisdom of crowds also
> works best in answering things that don't require specialized
> knowledge, or rather, things that can reasonably be answered by the
> average skill level of the crowd being used.  So, we go to a carnival
> and play the "how much do I weigh game", a panel of 15 people would
> normally do better than an expert at guessing stranger's weights.  But
> ask them to suggest a chemical makeup of the clothes these strangers
> are wearing, and unless they're all chemists, they'll do much worse
> than an expert.
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Voris, John <john.voris@...
> <mailto:john.voris@...>> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>             I saw this today - that I think is a converse corollary to
>     the wisdom of crowds . . . But it is still true.  The wisdom of
>     the brick wall.
>
>             "To understand a problem it is always helpful to discuss
>     it with someone smarter than yourself . . . your wife, children,
>     pets, and in many cases
>     <http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200909/msg00056.html>, a
>     brick wall."
>                             Attributed to Duane Christen, from the
>     listserv at midrange.com/rpg400-l <http://midrange.com/rpg400-l>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> D. André Dhondt
> mobile: 001 33 671 034 984
> http://dhondtsayitsagile.blogspot.com/
> <http://dhondtsayitsagile.blogspot.com/>
>
> Support low-cost conferences -- http://agiletour.org/
> <http://agiletour.org/>
> If you're in the area, join Agile Philly http://www.AgilePhilly.com
> <http://www.AgilePhilly.com>
>
>

where is the venue?

jon
blog: http://technicaldebt.wetpaint.com
twitter: http://twitter.com/JonKernPA



D. André Dhondt said the following on 9/17/09 7:42 AM:
>
>
> The upcoming Agile Philly event is a jam-packed FREE conference,
> intended to help you, your team, and even old colleagues get revved up
> about agile (at least leaving work early should get you energized)!
> We'll be hearing from a great lineup of speakers, who have presented
> in front of international audiences as well as locally.
>
> There are two tracks to this event--if you don't bring a friend with
> you to compare notes, you'll miss out.  So, don't just ask to get out
> of work early--ask your boss to come with you!  This is the equivalent
> of a 1-day course in agility, all at no cost to you (thanks,
> organizers)!
>
> Advance registration IS REQUIRED--sign up now at
> http://www.agiletour.com/en/at2009_philadelphia_registration.html
> <http://www.agiletour.com/en/at2009_philadelphia_registration.html>
>
> The current schedule, copied from
> http://www.agiletour.com/en/at2009_philadelphia.html
> <http://www.agiletour.com/en/at2009_philadelphia.html> is below:
>
> Time  Track One--Introductory  Track Two--Practitioners
> 4:00pm
> Welcome
>
> 4:15pm  Key Concepts of Agile
> Ahmed Sidky, Program Director Agile 2009, aka Doctor Agile  Planning
> without Estimates
> Bonnie Aumann, Presenter at Agile 2007-2009
> 5:00pm
> PAUSE/icebreaker
>
> 5:30pm  A Lightning-Fast Intro to Agile for Beginners
> David Bulkin, CST  Agility: Getting The Right Product
> Mike Bria, Agile Coach, Editor at InfoQ
> 6:30pm
> An Open Space for All
>
> 7:15pm
> What's next?
>
>
>
> If you read this far, please forward this note to someone else who'd
> be interested.  Thanks!
>
> --
> D. André Dhondt
> http://dhondtsayitsagile.blogspot.com/
> <http://dhondtsayitsagile.blogspot.com/>
>
> Support low-cost conferences -- http://agiletour.org/
> <http://agiletour.org/>
> If you're in the area, join Agile Philly http://www.AgilePhilly.com
> <http://www.AgilePhilly.com>
>
>

Date

Location

Agile Tour (http://agiletour.org/) is a series of non-profit events over several cities throughout October 2009.

We are excited about bringing you top notch speakers at no cost for you! But we sadly ran a little bit over our budget. Help us keep this type of event free in the future!

The extra money will be used to support more free events from the local Agile Philly User Group: http://agilephilly.ning.com/

Sebastian & Ravindar (and others who helped make it possible),

*Nice job :-)*
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mike (Bria), looks like you were inundated with post-session questions
and conversation. Sorry I couldn't stay any later -- had to get to my
yoga class!

Good, thought-provoking presentation, Mike. Could probably make a
day-long session out of the slides and with group discussion have a
great time of it :-) There is so much nuance at times to doing things in
an agile manner.

I liked Bonnie's hands-on planning games. Should make the primary point
(business value tends to rule the day) stick in folks' minds!

jon
blog: http://technicaldebt.wetpaint.com
twitter: http://twitter.com/JonKernPA



Ravindar Gujral said the following on 9/23/09 1:10 PM:
>
>
> Members,
> A friendly reminder regarding our mini conference coming up: Agile
> Tour at Philly. Please register soon as seats are limited and are
> getting booked fast.
>
> More information on the website:
> http://www.agilephilly.com/events/agile-tour-at-philly
> <http://www.agilephilly.com/events/agile-tour-at-philly>
>
> Regards
> Ravindar
>
>

We are stoked to have J.B. Rainsberger over for one of the most interesting
sessions of the Agile 2009 conference: Integration tests are a scam.

The event will be hosted by Siemens Medical Solutions in Malvern, PA on Thursday
October 29th at 6pm.

For more details and RSVP:
http://www.agilephilly.com/events/integration-tests-are-a-scam-j

RSVP is strongly encouraged since I need to create visitor passes for everybody.

Cheers,
Sebastian