April 9, 2008: Agile Houston Meeting: Crafting an Agile Adoption Strategy for your Environment w/ Amr Elssamadisy

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Crafting an Agile Adoption Strategy for your Environment

http://agilehouston.org/Main/CraftingAgile

Abstract:

Agile software development is steadily gaining adopters and helping
teams and organizations
improve the way they build software. At the same time there are many
failed or ineffective teams
practicing 'Agile'. Being Agile is not the goal. Building better
software that meets and exceeds the
true needs of its users is. Your needs and environment are different
than many others, so the
Agile practices that will give you the most bang for your buck are
different also. Join us to get an
introduction to Agile software development and incremental techniques
to start an Agile adoption
strategy tailored to your environment.

Who should attend:
This session will be of benefit to executives looking at ways to
improve the value and focus of
their development teams, customers of software development and IT
organizations, and all
members of software development teams.

Why:
Have you heard of Agile development? Do you want to get beyond the
hype and understand
what Agile software development is and how it can help you and your
organization build better
software? Or, perhaps, you already know about Agile and are
considering adopting one or more
practices in your environment. Attend this session to get an
introduction to Agile software
development and how you can incrementally adopt the practices in your
organization.
This information session will:
* Provide you with a brief understanding of some of the most common
Agile practices such as
Test Driven Development (TDD), Stand Up Meetings, and Retrospectives.
* Enable you to tie the different Agile practices to your
organization's goals.
* Give you an overview of several patterns of Agile practice adoption.
* Allow you to learn how many others have successfully and
unsuccessfully adopted and
adapted Agile practices to meet their goals and fit their environment.
* You will come away with a deeper understanding of what the different
Agile practices can
deliver and an initial plan for an Agile adoption strategy for your
particular environment.



Location: PROS