Xpdx Notes Sept Mmv

Describe XpdxNotesSeptMmv That September 2005 but in a form that this wiki processor recognizes as a link.

Pizza courtesy of Patrick Brutsche, TEKsystems, 503-617-5307 pBrutsch@TEKsystems.com Pizza schlepping by Patrick Logan. Thanx, Pats.

This fall and otherwise in future of XPDX:

• History of Xp
• XP War stories
• 2nd Tues of October is during PNSQC, crash SPIN meeting (EVO)
• Comparing RUP (or?) to XP/Agile
• Converting to XP
• Scrum blending with XP (XBreed)
• Distributed or Remote Pairing
• Other agile (DSDM, Scrum, Crystal, ...)
• Code "jam"
• Environmental issues (e.g. too noisy)
• Long term planning in addition (scrum, other versions of planning game) static analysis/ refactoring
• Outside speakers: via Agile Alliance, TEKsystems
• Embrace change? Have a debriefing a week after PNSQC? Or just call that our meeting and crash
• Scaling XP
• Unit testing
• QA in XP
• Unit testing web pages, UIs (Ruby on rails, WATIR)
• Agile reqirements management
• Dee's show
• Ruby (Portland Ruby Brigade, http://pdxruby.org, active group meet 1st Tues of each month, 7-10 at FreeGeek)
• Continuous Integration, esp. tools (e.g. Cruise Control)
• Robert Martin - ObjectMentor.com
• Identifying FauxXP

Then we put ticks by the ones we wanted to hear about, and initials the the ones we could talk about. Keep those with lots of ticks and a name.

• History of Xp (3-Ron Jeffries)
• XP War stories (5 - WA)
• Converting to XP (6-WA)
• Distributed or Remote Pairing (6-PatL's coworkers, Michelle Schleiger)
• Other agile (DSDM, Scrum, Crystal, ...) (2-Diana)
• Code "jam" (3-Arlo)
• Pair Programming - Environmental issues (e.g. too noisy) (5 - Arlo, Diana)
• Long term planning in addition (scrum, other versions of planning game) static analysis/ refactoring (6-PatL, Arlo)
• Outside speakers: via Agile Alliance, TEKsystems (3-)
• Embrace change? Have a debriefing a week after PNSQC? Or just call that our meeting and crash
• Scaling XP (5-Josh Kerievsky)
• Unit testing (5-PatL)
• QA in XP (3-PatL, WA)
• Unit testing web pages, UIs (Ruby on rails, WATIR) (7-Aaron Johnson)
• Agile reqirements management (3-WA)
• Continuous Integration, esp. tools (e.g. Cruise Control) (6-WA)

ArloBelshee: Promiscuous Pairing: slides http://www.agile2005.com/track/experience_reports

DianaLarsen www.futureworksconsulting.com 503-288-3550 says:

I'll be at the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference in Portland OR USA, Oct 10-12, 2005. They are ready to accept registrations! Sign up now for a great conference:

   http://www.pnsqc.org
   http://www.pnsqc.org/conference05/workshops.php

Other Upcoming Events: - SD Best Practices, Boston MA USA, Sept. 2005

   http://www.sdexpo.com//2005/bp/experiential.htm

- Open Workshop with Diana Larsen, Esther Derby & Ken Schwaber

   "The Secrets of  Agile Teamwork: Beyond Technical Skills"
    Dec. 6-8, 2005, Portland OR USA
    http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/events.html