Agile Alliance: Events

Agile Tour 2008

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:17:40 GMT

“Do not go to the Agility, Agility comes to you.”

The Agile Tour 2008 conference is for european french-speaking persons exploring the benefits of agility. Its particularity is the “Rendez-Vous” form because the conference tour will cover several towns in the same month – october 2008.

Its objective is to meet a lot of people who want to know more about agiles practices or who had never felt obliged to move so far, like Paris or Toronto, for discovering more about this subject.

AGILII organize this conference with the helping of others enterprises and the “extreme programming france” non-profit organization.

Planning :

01 october: Besançon
03 october: Mulhouse
06 october: Genève
09 october: Grenoble
14 october: Lille
16 october: Toulouse
23 october: Valence

More information and registration at www.agiletour.com.

QA&TEST 2008

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:23:14 GMT

It’s our intention to diffuse the latest technological developments in Software Testing and Quality Assurance, and will showcase successful best practices, which may give you a lead in Global Competition. The success of the last editions prove that our formula is flourishing.

QA&TEST® is a unique conference and will bring together professionals and experts from different sectors such as: Railways, Aeronautics, Medical Systems, Electronic Devices, Banking, Insurance or Telecommunications.

QA&TEST® will take place on 29,30 and 31 October in the beautiful city Bilbao at the Euskalduna Jauregia Conference Centre and Concert Hall.

QA&TEST® is for decision-makers such as Directors, Programme Managers, Project Managers, as well as Testing Professionals who work in the field of the Software Quality and Testing.

Because all of this we are proud to say that QA&TEST® is the most important international conference about testing technology, testing systems and testing methodology that will be held in Spain. We hope to give you a warm welcome in October.

Free 2-Day Agile Training

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:39:38 GMT

This two-day training course will immerse you into real-world learning scenarios where hands-on exercises and interactive discussions will dominate the class time. As Valtech’s core Agile course offering, Agile Mastery prepares team members for the realities of working on a project where daily stand-ups, burn downs, relative estimation, users stories and much more are the cornerstones of everyday life.

This course assumes no previous working knowledge of Scrum, XP or any other Agile process.

The hands-on training will include topics such as:

Backlog Creation and Maintenance
Sprint Planning
Release Planning
User Stories
Task Estimation
Retrospectives
Daily Stand-ups
Burn Downs

FREE Course – Valued at $1,400—Register Today!

Agile Boot Camp TM: Journeyman to Master Series

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:58:25 GMT

The Journeyman to Master series specifically deals with real world issues you face and demonstrates Agile methodology to tackle them all:

• Domain Driven-Design

• Test-Driven Development

• Onion architecture

• Inversion of Control

• Resharper

• Source control with Subversion

• Pair programming

• Refactoring

• Build automation with NAnt and CCNet

• Object-relational mapping with NHibernate

• Automated unit and Integration testing

• Interfaced-based programming

• Team dynamics

• Automated deployments

• Redgate SQL Compare

• SQL Profiler

• Rhino Mocks

• Separation of Concerns

• Design

Agile Business Conference

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:38:54 GMT

Whether you are relative newcomer to Agile needing to know what the options are and how to implement them – or a battle hardened expert wishing to develop your techniques – this conference is for you. Throughout the programme you will find sessions based on real experiences from a wide range of contexts – all from organisations and individuals who are world class in their field.

Hear first-hand Agile experiences from Borland, BT, E.ON, Munich Re, Rolls-Royce, Steria, Standard Life and Yahoo.
How Agile supports the drive for Green IT.
Compare the leading Agile approaches – which to use and where
Gain expert guidance on specific Agile techniques such as estimating.
Learn how to get boardroom support for Agile and how to implement Agile. ...... and contrary to popular myths – see how Agile is successfully used…..
in safety critical applications
for large projects
with distributed teams
in rigid governance environments

We are delighted to welcome back speakers who received exceptional reviews last year – Roger Leaton from BT, Chritopher Avery from Responsibility Redefined and Derrick Murray from Munich Re.

Challenging economic conditions make efficient and effective project delivery all the more imperative – come and see how “Agile Works!”

Agiles 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:19:45 GMT

Ágiles 2008 aims to be a meeting point for IT professionals in the region interested in sharing their experiences, and discussing and learning on software development-related topics using Agile methodologies.

This first edition is a two-day event to be held in Buenos Aires during October 2008. It will be attended by local and foreign specialists that will share their knowledge through lectures and panel debates. Also, prior to completion of the conference, the official Certified Scrum Master training (valid worldwide), and Lean Software Development training will be held, presented by recognized experts and authors on the subject.

Among the international experts that have already confirmed their participation in Ágiles 2008 are Mary and Tom Poppendieck, Dave Astels, Matt Gelbwaks and Tobias Mayer.

Ágiles 2008 is a nonprofit event, organized by topic enthusiasts, and open to anyone who would like to participate.

Agile Development Practices 2008

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:46:28 GMT

The Agile Development Practices conference is for anyone investigating or implementing agile development practices, processes, technologies, and leadership principles.

STARWEST 2008 Software Testing Analysis & Review

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:55:42 GMT

Providing the largest and most advanced testing forum, STARWEST delivers the latest trends, technologies, and strategies in the industry today. Learn about new products, timely issues, and cutting-edge solutions from the best experts in the business. Now in its sixteenth year, STARWEST gives you the opportunity to network with colleagues, solution providers, and industry experts. Find answers to your questions about test management, automation, SOA testing, model-based testing, and many of the other hot-topics in the industry.

XP-Days Germany

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:09:30 GMT

After the successful conferences in 2004-2007 we are pleased to announce the fifth XP Days Germany.

In the tradition of previous XP Days in London and Benelux, XP Days Germany is an international conference about eXtreme Programming and Agile Software Development aimed at software developers, project leaders, IT managers, testers, architects, and coaches. It provides a good opportunity for exchanging ideas and sharing experiences, and is suited for both experienced participants and beginners in Agile Software Development. The focus of this conference is on practical knowledge, real-world experience and active participation of all attendees.

Simple Design and Testing Conference

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:34:51 GMT

The Third Simple Design and Testing Conference is back by popular demand. SDT Conf is focused on providing agile practitioners a platform to meet face-to-face and discuss/demonstrate simple design & testing principles/approaches. The conference will use Open Spaces to structure conversation, improve understanding, facilitate brainstorming and help innovate.