Next Meeting: April 29,  2009

Agenda:
11:30-11:45am: Networking and Pizza
11:45- 12:00pm: XP discussion topic of the month: Group discussion on experience with finding and fixing problems on a team
12:00- 1:00pm: Retrospectives: Finding and Fixing Problems on a Team

Date and Time:
Next XP User Group meeting will be held 11:30 am to 1 pm, April 29th, 2009 at the OCLC Kilgour Building presentation room. Sogeti will be sponsoring lunch, so please RSVP to XPUserGroup@CardinalSolutions.com

Retrospectives: Finding and Fixing Problems on a Team
Agile team retrospectives help teams examine what went right and what went wrong during a sprint or a release.  Traditionally, lessons learned sessions (also known as "postmortems") were only conducted at the end of the project--too late to help. By being iterative and incremental, we are now able to accurately find and fix problems to help the team today.  We will discuss tools, tricks, and tips to use during team retrospectives to stress continuous improvement through experimental changes, even those that may fail.  We’ll discuss how to deal with problems, and implement solutions effectively throughout the project.  The ultimate goal is to make good teams great!

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About the Presenter
Jill Tubaugh has eleven years experience in software design, development and project management.  She is a Director with Sogeti USA LLC and is the Agile Focus Team leader for Enterprise Solutions Consulting (ESC) Practice.  She has a strong understanding of advanced and fundamental programming concepts which enables her to adapt to the needs of any Information Technology project.  Jill has experience in all phases of the software life cycle working in each of the following project roles: project manager, enterprise application architect, technical architect, functional architect and analyst, and developer.   For the past year, Jill has been working with Nationwide Corporate Internet Team as an Iteration Manager/ScrumMaster of the Red Fish Blue Fish Agile Team.  Jill has a Bachelor’s degree from Ohio University in Management Information Systems and Finance, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the Ohio State University.  She also currently certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and ScrumMaster (CSM).