Topic Change: Agile Houston Meeting - Feb 21st, "Examining TDD and Evolutionary Design" w/ Javid Jamae

[jsa...@gmail.com]

All,

Javid has updated his topic for the February meeting. I look forward
to seeing you all there.

Regards,
John



Abstract:

Developers generally adapt easily to new methods for project planning
and collaboration, but practices such as TDD, refactoring, and
continuous integration often pose a direct challenge to the way many
developers have learned to design, code, and test software. When
introduced to these concepts, different people react in different
ways. In an attempt to capture the different reactions to TDD at PROS,
Javid helped the PROS management team put together a questionnaire to
gauge developers' reactions. In addition to talking about the findings
of this questionnaire, Javid will introduce you to the fundamental
concepts of TDD and evolutionary design and will discuss the most
common questions and concerns that he has heard from people in many
different organizations. He will also talk about strategies for
introducing TDD into an organization.

http://agilehouston.org/Main/ExaminingTDD
February 21st 2008 - 6:30pm
3100 Main St, Suite 900
Directions and Parking: http://agilehouston.org/Main/PROS
Sponsored by PROS: http://www.prospricing.com

About the speaker:

Javid is a programmer and author of the upcoming book JBoss in Action.
When he's not cranking out code, he teaches and writes about the Agile
value system and methodologies. His passion for Agile began when he
started working on Extreme Programming and Scrum teams in 2000. For
the last two years, he has been traveling the country, coaching and
training managers and software teams on adopting Agile. He has
recently given up his "road warrior" status to spend more time with
his wife and children in Houston. Javid is currently working as a team
lead for PROS.