Abstract/Description

Over the past 20 years of Agile, our approaches to work and roles within software development have changed dramatically. This panel of illustrious technical experts will consider how the the field of software development has evolved and how roles within delivery organizations have adapted to reduce silos, encourage breadth and depth in developing technical skills, and increase product-centricity.

About the Speaker(s)

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Clare Sudbery is a lead consultant engineer for Made Tech, and particularly enjoys the mentoring side of her job. She is a maths graduate with 21 years of software experience, with a few extra years thrown in doing everything from full time novelist to high school maths teacher. Seven years ago she returned to IT with a sigh of relief after a brief stint as a maths teacher, during which she failed to convince stroppy teenagers that maths is fun. Since then she has embraced all things XP and still has to pinch herself to believe she could earn a living from having fun, solving puzzles and sharing the XP love. She is on a mission to awaken the inner geek in clever women (and men) everywhere. She hosts the Making Tech Better podcast (https://tinyurl.com/podcast-making-tech-better). She tweets as @ClareSudbery, and blogs about software, maths, women in tech and other geeky stuff at her two blogs: https://medium.com/a-woman-in-technology and https://insimpleterms.blog/.

Janet Gregory is an agile testing coach and process consultant with DragonFire Inc. She is the co-author with Lisa Crispin of Agile Testing Condensed: A Brief Introduction (LeanPub 2019), More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team (Addison-Wesley 2014), and Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams (Addison-Wesley, 2009), the Live Lessons Agile Testing Essentials video course, and “Agile Testing for the Whole Team” 3-day training course. Janet specializes in showing agile teams how testing practices are necessary to develop good quality products. She works with teams to transition to agile development and teaches agile testing courses worldwide. She contributes articles to publications and enjoys sharing her experiences at conferences and user group meetings around the world. For more about Janet’s work and her blog, visit https://janetgregory.ca or https://agiletester.ca You can also follow her on twitter @janetgregoryca. Together with Lisa Crispin, she has founded the Agile Testing Fellowship to grow a community of practitioners who care about quality. Check out https://agiletestingfellow.com to find out more about courses and membership.

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