Category Archives: Meetings

DesignInAgileMethods-SPINCapeTown-20120215.pptx Agile methods have some really good points: rapid feedback to customers who are considered part of the team, incremental building from a small, simple stable base, short time-boxed plan-do-show cycles, and continuous testing to prevent surprises. It is also … Continue reading →

Outsourced Technical teams are increasingly common and come with a different set of challenges. In this constantly evolving industry, many lessons and innovations can be learned from Indian IT enterprises. In this talk, Harish Lala from Zensar Technologies will gives us … Continue reading →

One of the principles behind the agile manifesto highlights face-to-face conversation as the best method for conveying information within a development team, yet there are times when teams consist partly or entirely of members who are geographically dispersed. While there … Continue reading →

The first line in the Agile Manifesto reads: we have come to value Individuals and interactions over processes and tools This is something that we all struggle to understand and implement in our various environments. Developers, managers, product owners, architects, … Continue reading →

Event Sponsor: Many people get told that they should do what they love and the money will follow but get disappointed that the money does not follow. As a result many people give up on pursuing what they love or … Continue reading →

Event Sponsor: Developing software requires both art and craft to create a successful project and to lead a team that excels at what it does. In this talk Stephen Quirke, from StrategyWorks, walks us through the similarities between successful water colours and … Continue reading →

Today web services have become the standard way for inter-application communication and integration. While most enterprise web services are built based on SOAP, WSDL and the WS-* specification universe, a rapidly growing number claim they use a better way: REST, … Continue reading →

Tons of bugs, a gloomy support team, and new features always being more important than fixes; this is how Austin Fagan describes the beginning of his quest to help improve the production support processes at a leading UK broad band supplier. … Continue reading →

Event Sponsor: Implementing change is never easy and pain, fear and failure is often part of the process. Samantha Laing will provide some insights on how to use failures to overcome the inherent fears associated with switching to a new … Continue reading →