Agile Development Conference & Better Software Conference West 2013

PRESENTATIONS

A UX Strategy for Persona Research

Research into your users’ personas can provide deep insights into their needs and validate your product design. This research doesn’t have to take months; it can often be done in two weeks, during sprint 0. Unfortunately, many companies using agile methods don’t invest in personas and a...
Nellie LeMonier, Perforce Software, Inc.
Agile and CMMI: Yes, They Can Work Together

There is a common misconception that agile and CMMI cannot work together. CMMI is viewed as a documentation heavy, slow, process-driven model—the polar opposite of agile principles. The cost of documentation for an appraisal is viewed as another drawback. Join Ed Weller to see why...
Ed Weller, Integrated Productivity Solutions, LLC
Agile Development Conference & Better Software Conference West 2013: Seven Deadly Habits of Dysfunctional Software Managers

As if releasing a quality software project on time were not difficult enough, poor management of planning, people, and process issues can be deadly to a project. Presenting a series of anti-pattern case studies, Ken Whitaker describes the most common deadly habits—and ways to avoid them.
Ken Whitaker, Leading Software Maniacs
Agile Development Conference West 2013: The Kanban Pizza Game: Maximize Profit by Managing Flow

The Kanban Pizza Game is a hands-on simulation designed to teach the core elements of a kanban system—visualize the workflow, limit your work-in-process (WIP), manage flow, make process policies explicit, and improve collaboratively. Join Brad Swanson as the proprietor of your very own...
Brad Swanson, agile42
Agile Development in a Regulated Environment

There is no doubt that agile is an accepted development methodology. However, if you work in a regulated industry like health care where you have to comply with its standard operating procedures, heaps of paperwork, and frequent audits, don’t these conflict with agile’s core tenets?
Chris Ampenberger, PHT Corporation
Agile Redefines Global Economics: What Recent Data Reveals

Kent Beck, inventor of eXtreme Programming, defined agile success as delivering more useful functionality with fewer defects. Against that definition, early research revealed mixed success. Many organizations did not know how to measure and thus could not have “fact-based” conversations...
Michael Mah, QSM Associates Inc.
Agile Requirements Is Not an Oxymoron

Misconceptions abound about the way requirements fit—or don’t fit—into agile projects. Is “agile requirements” an oxymoron—two contradictory terms joined together? How is it possible for requirements to be agile? Do agile projects even need requirements? In reality, requirements are...
Paul Reed, EBG Consulting
Agile Testing: It’s a Team Sport

Who is responsible for testing on agile teams? The answer is “Everybody”—and yet this is rarely the case. Often the testers write their test cases in isolation and execute them after development is finished. Developers write their code without talking to the testers except to understand...
Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, LeanDog
An Interview with Dawn Haynes: ADC-BSW 2013 Interview Series

Committed to covering the latest trends and approaches for anyone investigating or implementing agile development practices, processes, technologies, and leadership principles, Agile Development & Better Software Conference West offers their 2013 interview series. 
Dawn Haynes, PerfTestPlus Inc.
An Interview with Dean Leffingwell: ADC-BSW 2013 Interview Series

Committed to covering the latest trends and approaches for anyone investigating or implementing agile development practices, processes, technologies, and leadership principles, Agile Development & Better Software Conference West offers their 2013 interview series. 
Dean Leffingwell, Leffingwell LLC

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