- What: Agile/XP Development game through the Graduate Development Community
- Who: Thoughtworks facilitating an exercise they use to help their graduates gain an understanding of how real world commercial development teams work
- Where: Skills Matter Exchange, 116-120 Goswell Road, Hackney
- When: 25th November 2009, 6.30pm
- Cost: Free
More details:
Agile software development refers to a group of software development methodologies based on iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional teams. Most UK development teams now rely on Agile principles to run software development projects. This exercise aims to introduce a few of these principles through gameplay that are used in practise, such as Pull mechanisms and Continuous Improvement. It will also introduce participants to the working dynamics of an Agile team.
The session is aimed at beginners to Agile and to those with experience with Agile and XP. Newcomers will gain a useful understanding of the processes mechanics and some of the real world issues they may face in adoption.
No programming experience is required – the session is strongly recommended to all attendees with interests in becoming QA’s, Analysts, Developers, Project Managers & Business Analysts alike.
Thoughtworks are a leading international consultancy, well known throughout the industry for being at the cutting edge of technical development.
Sponsor: Skills Matter are sponsoring the venue for this event. They offers Europe’s largest selection of events on Open Source technologies and Agile Software Development and have gained a reputation as a first class provider of practical learning solutions that help our customers adopt lightweight Java frameworks, Open Source technologies and Agile Development practices successfully on their projects.
