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Agile Development Practices|West 2010
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010 12:45 p.m. – 1:45p.m. 

Agile with the Right Tools can Maximize Developer Productivity
Todd Landry, Klocwork

• See how Agile teams will see faster iteration velocity and lower backlog friction
• Learn how development teams amp up their production by reducting test-driven rework
• Examine tools that aid developers with software verification and code quality

  
     
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 2:30p.m. – 3:30 p.m.  

Agile Execution Framework
Priya Tiwary, Collaborative Consulting

• Roadmap for Agile Introduction
• Transition from Waterfall to Agile in a controlled manner
• Tools and Processes for executing the framework

 
     
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 2:30p.m. – 3:30 p.m.  

Simplifying Complexity in Program Managment - Massive Backlogs Made Easy
Patric Palm, Hansoft

• Simplifying Complexity in Program Management - Massive backlogs made easy
• Empowering the Teams - Giving them the tools they actually like using
• Methods Delivering Together - Agile, Lean and Collaborative Gantt Scheduling side by side in one single project

 
     
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:00p.m. – 5:00 p.m.  

Agile Methods in Offshore Software Development
Dave Otto, Mindfire Solutions

• Ideal Offshore/Remote Software Development Methodologies
• Strategies, tools to make them work given the challenges posed by each method
• Disadvantages and how to overcome them

 
     
Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:15a.m. – 11:15 a.m.  

Selecting the Right Process for Your Team
Alan Shalloway, Net Objectives

• Learn how to decide whether to use Kanban or Scrum or Scrumban
• Learn why selecting a team process is only part of the decision on where to start
• Learn the other factors to consider when starting a lean-agile transition

 Net Objectives
     
Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:15a.m. – 11:15 a.m.  

Balancing Agile Practices with Objective Process Measurement
Wayne Ariola, Parasoft

• Leveraging policies that keep individuals and interactions at the forefront of the conversation
• Comply with industry or managements expectations while achieving the full productivity gains expected of Agile
• Tips and tricks that ensure greater productivity and more predictable outcomes

 
     
Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:45p.m. – 1:45 p.m.  

The Impact of Agile Development Processes on QA
Tracy DeDore, HP

• Join HP's Tracy DeDore as she shares the ways in which QA organizations can adapt their approach to bring quality and stability to apps earlier in the development process and align them to the business in a flexible way that allows for the iterative nature of Agile.
• Hear QA best practices that enable greater flexibility in adapting changes to plans, user stories and priorities
• Learn how to embrace the cultural shift required by Agile

 
     
Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:45p.m. – 1:45 p.m.  

Rally Application Lifecycle Management - Enforcing Agile Principles thru Agile Tooling
Mark Ortega and Kris Gottschalk, Rally Development Software

• Centrally manage and prioritize your backlogs.
• View real-time status and roadblocks for releases, sprints & daily tasks across multiple projects and teams from a single repository – including distributed teams, QA and testing.
• Generate reports, charts, mash-ups and key Agile performance metrics for continuous improvement across the organization.

 Rally Software Development
     

 
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