Re: [BeyondAgile 0] Digest for beyondagile@googlegroups.com - 2 Messages in 2 Topics

[Ben Sodenkamp]

Hi Troy,

I think I could be interested in volunteering. What would be involved?

Ben

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:42 PM, <beyon...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>   Today's Topic Summary
>
> Group: http://groups.google.com/group/beyondagile/topics
>
> AONW 2010 volunteers needed [1 Update]
> [BeyondAgile 204] Dec 1 SeaSPIN Invite: Acceptance Test Driven Development:
> PNSQC Keynote [1 Update]
>
>  Topic: AONW 2010 volunteers needed
>
> Troy <tr...@pobox.com> Dec 01 05:36PM -0800
>
> Hello,
>
> My name is Troy Frever, and I'm the Event Coordinator for Agile Open
> Northwest 2010 (see http://www.agileopennorthwest.org for details.) A
> formal announcement of this year's event will be out shortly, but in
> the meantime I am recruiting for a couple of volunteers. As you are
> probably aware, this will be the 4th year of Agile Open Northwest, and
> the 2nd in Seattle (we alternate between Portland and Seattle.) This
> is a small, local, inexpensive, and generally awesome Open Space/Agile
> conference that has been extremely well-received in recent years, and
> we are currently preparing for another successful event on February
> 9th and 10th, 2010, at Seattle Center.
>
> I need two volunteers to help with particular aspects of site
> logistics, both before and during the event. If you would like to give
> a little back to the local agile community while also getting to know
> and work with some Puget Sound agilistas, please contact me directly
> at tr...@pobox.com.
>
> Thanks, and hope to see you at AONW 2010 in February!
>
> Troy Frever
>
>
>
>  Topic: [BeyondAgile 204] Dec 1 SeaSPIN Invite: Acceptance Test Driven
> Development: PNSQC Keynote
>
> anand.v....@gmail.com Dec 01 07:30PM
>
> Hi,
>
> We will be driving to bellevue for this session.
>
> Is there a public parking near this place?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anand
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: visionary1usa <vision...@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:38:00
> To: BeyondAgile<beyon...@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: [BeyondAgile 204] Dec 1 SeaSPIN Invite: Acceptance Test Driven
> Development: PNSQC Keynote
>
> December 1 Meeting
>
> Construx Software, 10900 NE 8th St Suite 1350, Bellevue, WA
>
> Food & networking from 5:45 to 6:45 (pizza, salad, soda )
> Announcements from 6:45 to 6:55
> Presentation from 6:55 to 7:55
> Doors close at 8:30
>
> Beginning with the End in Mind:
> Driving Development with Acceptance Tests,
> presented by Elisabeth Hendrickson
>
> In The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey names
> "Begin with the End in Mind" as the second of the seven habits. This
> habit applies not just to individuals, but to software development
> teams as well. In Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD), the
> Product Owner begins requirements discussions with expectations and
> examples, and the whole team collaborates to distill these into
> acceptance tests that define the essence of “Done." Modern testing
> frameworks enable the team to express the tests in natural language
> while connecting them to the software so that the tests are automated
> while the software is being developed. The end result is that the
> acceptance tests become executable req
>
> In this demo-based session, Elisabeth uses ATDD to implement a feature
> in a sample application, live, with acceptance criteria coming from
> the audience. Along the way, she explains the ATDD cycle and how it
> fits with other Agile development and testing practices including TDD,
> Continuous Integration, and Exploratory Testing.
>
> Biography
> Elisabeth Hendrickson is the founder and president of Quality Tree
> Software, Inc., a consulting and training company dedicated to helping
> software teams deliver working solutions consistently and sustainably.
> Elisabeth wrote her first line of code in 1980. Moments later, she
> found her first bug. Since then Elisabeth has held positions as a
> tester, developer, manager, and quality engineering director in a
> variety of companies ranging from small startups to multi-national
> enterprises. A member of the Agile community since 2003, Elisabeth has
> served on the board of directors of the Agile Alliance and is one of
> the co-organizers of the Agile Alliance Functional Testing Tools
> program. These days, Elisabeth splits her time between teaching,
> speaking, writing, and working on Agile teams with test-infected
> programmers who value her obsession with testing. She blogs at
> testobsessed.com . You can also find her on Twitter as @testobsessed.
>
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[Ben Sodenkamp]

...sorry for classic mistaken list reply

Ben