The evening will run from 6:30 until 9:00 with snacks and drinks provided. Afterwards the conversation will continue as we head down to the German Market at Millennium Square for some Bratwurst and mulled wine. Kaban For Software Engineering Details Kanban focuses on becoming successful, which may lead to being Agile. Lean is a set of principles that are being applied to software engineering by a growing number of practitioners. Kanban is a true pull system implementation in software engineering. The five pillars of Lean, which Kanban fully implements are pull, continuous flow, customer value, waste elimination and continuous improvement. The Principles of Kanban are: to agree a team capacity, to limit WIP (Work in Process) to that capacity, to pull value through the value stream, and to make both work and workflow visible. It has proven easy to adopt and lowers resistance to change. The result is a gradual, incremental approach to change that is empowering for everyone. Speaker  In recent years, using Scrum and XP, David has coached onshore and offshore development teams and successfully launched an internet video startup from inception to launch. David currently works for BBC Worldwide as a Development Manager, coaching teams on Scrum, Lean and Kanban. David is a certified Scrum Master and Lean practitioner. http://leanandkanban.wordpress.com/ Why do we code? Details A group activity which explores the motivations for becoming/being software engineers. By understanding what motivates software developers we can learn more about others and ourselves. In particular we can learn what behaviours software developers should avoid, reduce or increase given our understanding. Speaker  Resources from the presentations Slides
Lean software development - Systems Thinking, Mary Poppendieck http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1409811 Systems Thinking Cultural change is free http://leanandkanban.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/systems-thinking-cultural-change-is-free/ Lean software development - achieving better requirements http://leanandkanban.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/lean-software-development-achieving-better-requirements/ High level overview of Systems Thinking, Agile and Real Options for the executive level http://leanandkanban.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/systems-thinking-real-options-agile-principles/ My talk which was filmed, coming soon http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/agile-scrum/a-journey-to-systemic-improvement-962 Kanban training session http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/agile-scrum/kanban-for-software-engineering-and-kanban-open-space Useful links from Pete Dan North - creator of Behaviour Driven Development explains Features and Scenarios including the Given - When - Then format http://dannorth.net/whats-in-a-story This one focuses on a understanding TDD and the reasons for creating BDD http://dannorth.net/introducing-bdd He also has a parable on metrics http://dannorth.net/2009/11/the-lady-in-the-taxi-a-parable-of-metrics Here a couple of links on Feature Injection - A technique that builds on Dan's original idea http://www.limitedwipsociety.org/tag/feature-injection/ Photos from "Why Do We Code" session http://tweetphoto.com/6155393 |
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