XPColumbus

Past Meeting: April 25 , 2007

Topic Summary: Going Extreme
"Going Extreme" is a half day workshop Jeff holds at customer sites to help them formulate a strategy for adopting eXtreme Programming practices.  In this condensed version Jeff will layout a framework you can use in your organization to determine what practices you should adopt and the order in which they should be adopted on a team-by-team basis.  He will also spend time detailing several of the practices focusing on adoption strategies, context, variations, and negative consequences of its adoption.  Be ready to roll your sleeves up and get your hands dirty on this one folks.

Presentation
 
About the Speaker:
Jeff Morgan has worked in IT for 22 years in various roles from a developer to directory of technology.  He is a recognized figure in the open source community and has traveled internationally to speak about open source development.  Two years ago he started eXPect more, a consulting firm in the Cleveland area focusing on helping their customers adopt agile engineering practices.

Meeting Info:
The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 25th  at OCLC in the Smith Private Dining Room from 11:30am to 1pm. Please mark this date on your calendars. You can bring your lunch or purchase lunch in the OCLC cafeteria. To register for this meeting, send email to lfarrenkopf@earthlink.net.

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