April Meeting Tomorrow!

[Brandon Carlson]

Date/Time: Thursday, April 19th from 6:00-8:00 PM

Location: Okoboji Grill in Johnston (large meeting room)

Speaker: You

Topic: Open Jam

For the April 19th meeting we will be collecting topics from attendees and discussing them in breakout sessions during the meeting. Bring your questions, from novice to advanced and get the answers you need.

[Richard Hermann]

Brandon,

Hey I wanted to tell you how much fun I had last night. I've been kind of out of the loop on current software activities the last couple of years since moving back to DM and have really missed it. The place I'm working is small and I don't have any like minded people to interact with. I did join the IADNUG about a year ago and attended several meetings but nothing was as fun as what we did last night. Does calling that "fun" make me a geek ? Ha ha, guess so. 

I do have a question though. As you may have surmised I don't have a lot of experience in Agile and would like to know what you would consider good reading/background material. A book recommendation or reference to an online tutorial would be best. 

Thanks and take care,

Rick Hermann

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Richard Hermann

[Tom Henricksen]

I asked Brandon the same question awhile back,  here is his response:

As far as my Agile reading list goes, I would say the following books are pretty useful:

The Goal -- Eli Goldrat (http://tinyurl.com/82xdjbt), not about software but the parallels are kinda scary

Agile Management For Software Engineering -- David Anderson (http://tinyurl.com/7sp8vwf) 

Kanban, Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business -- David Anderson  (http://tinyurl.com/7ht2b3d)

Implementing Lean Software Development, Concept to Cash -- Mary Poppendeick (http://tinyurl.com/74q8enw)

The Lean Startup -- Eric Ries (http://tinyurl.com/83mvq9f)

That should get you started anyway. ;-)

[Moreland, Bridgett]

I second a reading of ‘The Goal’. It was a required reading for a MBA class I took a while back and it is one of THE singular turning points to get me energized and on track to understand and effect change. Many “A-Ha!” moments and it is so engrossing you don’t want to put it down until you’re finished.

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