After the entrepreneurial focus of the start-up competition in May, it’s time to get a bit more tech.
I really enjoyed how April’s slot from Phil Campbell about being sociable with media turned into an interactive discussion, and would like to try it again with another topic.
For June’s event I will be leading a discussion on Agile Development. It’s a methodology I’ve been working with since an epiphany in 2000 when a friend leant me a copy Extreme Programming Explained.
We’ve embraced Extreme at Esendex and I have lots to share about our experiences, but that can never be the whole story. This is a discussion so we really need a cross section of experiences to make it work.
- Are you more of a Scrum evangelist?
- Are you having trouble getting management to buy in to Agile?
- Have you tried it and it hasn’t worked for you?
- Are you unsure what Agile development really is?
Adopting agile requires the biggest investment from the development team. It is a complete culture shift and takes people out of their comfort zone.
If you’re doing it, come and share. If you’re thinking about it, come and find out and challenge the evangelists. If you think it’s a fad then come and tell us why.
Agile methodologies also require a high level of business buy-in to be successfully implemented. If you’re in a tech business and the development team keep on harping on about being Agile, this is your opportunity to find out what it’s all about.
We’ll be back at Bluu on June 9th from 18:30 to 20:30. Come along, bring your development colleagues and let’s find out what it means to be Agile.
