Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Agile Programming

[John Abreau]

I've updated the topic, but the detailed description still just says

    Details to follow

Can you send me a more detailed abstract of Nancy's talk?



On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:33 PM, David Kramer <david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> I was working with Nancy on her presentation last weekend, and we
> finalized a title.  It's my fault for not getting it out there Monday.
>
> The new and improved title is "Agile From The Engine Room: Making The
> World Safe For Geeks".  She will focus on the similarities between open
> source and Agile, and show what doing agile right looks like at the
> developer level.
>
> JABR, could you update the calendar?
>
>
> On 03/08/2011 04:42 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > When: March 16, 2011 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
> > Topic: Agile Programming
> > Moderator: Nancy Van Schooenderwoert
> > Location: MIT Building E51, Room 395
> >
> > A talk about Agile programming methodologies
> >
> > Nancy Van Schooenderwoert has extensive experience in large scale
> > real-time systems for flight simulation and ship sonars where she held
> > positions in electrical engineering, systems engineering, and software
> > engineering, as well as test design. She brings this systems perspective
> > to her current work in XP Coaching for real-time and embedded systems.
> > Her experience includes software development for safety-critical
> > applications such as factory machine control and medical devices. Having
> > seen the problems fostered by a "Hero" approach to software development
> > she became convinced that a team approach is the best way to build
> > reliable systems efficiently.
> >
> >     Her recent work involved leading a team to build embedded software
> > for a scientific instrument. She used Extreme Programming (XP)
> > successfully and is working on a paper to detail the software metrics
> > that were collected over 3 years of this development effort. She is a
> > Founder, Extreme Programmer & Coach at XP Embedded Co., based in
> > Lexington, MA. She is interested in the issues of technical management,
> > especially the dynamics of team empowerment. Other interests include
> > recreational mathematics especially nonperiodic tilings, and  inventing
> > games. She will soon be publishing a game based on penrose tilings. She
> > holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Rochester
> > Institute of Technology.
> >
> > For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
> > http://www.blu.org
> > Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
> > parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.
> >
> > After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
> > location at the Asgard Irish Pub & Restaurant, 350 Massachusetts Avenue
> > This is the first time we've gone to the Asgard so we'd like some feedback.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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