Next SWE Meeting and Professional Development Opportunity

NEXT SWE MEETING:

Essay Contest Judging
Date: April 8
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Rudino’s, 4911 Central Park Dr, Durham, NC (just off Miami Blvd near I-40) map

We are now into the judging phase of the annual essay contest! The final judging will be at Rudino’s on April 8 at 6:30. Come ready to read and score the finalist essays (and eat some pizza). Please RSVP by noon (easternncswe@gmail.com) on April 8 so we know how many to expect.

To view a copy of the judging guidelines before the meeting, please contact the Career Guidance Chair at swe.essay.contest@gmail.com.



Are You Agile Enough? – April 8, 2010 (Register by April 6, 2010)

Mature Agile Teams: Sixteen Essential Patterns
WITI and AITP - RTP
NC State University Club
4200 Hillsborough StreetRaleigh, North Carolina 27606
Thursday, April 8, 20105:15 – 8:30 pm

Many teams have a relatively easy time adopting the tactical aspects of the agile methodologies. Usually a few classes, some tools’ introduction, and a bit of practice lead teams toward a fairly efficient and effective adoption. However, these teams quite often are simply going through the motions and neither maximizing their agile performance nor delivering as much value as they could.

Borrowing from his experience and lean software development methods, Bob Galen explores essential patterns—the ”thinking models” of mature agile teams—including large-scale emergent architecture, relentless refactoring, quality on all fronts, pervasive product owners, lean work queues, stretching above and beyond, providing total transparency, saying “No”, and many more. Bob also explores the leadership dilemma of self-directed teams and why there is still the need for active and vocal leadership in defending, motivating, and holding agile teams accountable.

Tentative Schedule:
5:30-5:45 Registration, Networking, Hors d’oeuvres & Water (Fruit and Plain)
5:45-6:45 Panel Discussion and Experiential, Interactive Activities
6:45-7:00 Questions, Answers and Session Evaluation
7:00 Adjourn

For more details, including speaker bios and registration information, visit: http://www.witi.com/rtp/meeting.php?id=2387.