Xpdx Notes Sept Mmv

Describe XpdxNotesSeptMmv That September 2005 but in a form that this wiki processor recognizes as a link.

Pizza courtesy of Patrick Brutsche, TEKsystems, 503-617-5307 pBrutsch@TEKsystems.com Pizza schlepping by Patrick Logan. Thanx, Pats.

This fall and otherwise in future of XPDX:

History of Xp
XP War stories
2nd Tues of October is during PNSQC, crash SPIN meeting (EVO)
Comparing RUP (or?) to XP/Agile
Converting to XP
Scrum blending with XP (XBreed)
Distributed or Remote Pairing
Other agile (DSDM, Scrum, Crystal, ...)
Code "jam"
Environmental issues (e.g. too noisy)
Long term planning in addition (scrum, other versions of planning game) static analysis/ refactoring
Outside speakers: via Agile Alliance, TEKsystems
Embrace change? Have a debriefing a week after PNSQC? Or just call that our meeting and crash
Scaling XP
Unit testing
QA in XP
Unit testing web pages, UIs (Ruby on rails, WATIR)
Agile reqirements management
Dee's show
Ruby (Portland Ruby Brigade, http://pdxruby.org, active group meet 1st Tues of each month, 7-10 at FreeGeek)
Continuous Integration, esp. tools (e.g. Cruise Control)
Robert Martin - ObjectMentor.com
Identifying FauxXP

Then we put ticks by the ones we wanted to hear about, and initials the the ones we could talk about. Keep those with lots of ticks and a name.

History of Xp (3-Ron Jeffries)
XP War stories (5 - WA)
Converting to XP (6-WA)
Distributed or Remote Pairing (6-PatL's coworkers, Michelle Schleiger)
Other agile (DSDM, Scrum, Crystal, ...) (2-Diana)
Code "jam" (3-Arlo)
Pair Programming - Environmental issues (e.g. too noisy) (5 - Arlo, Diana)
Long term planning in addition (scrum, other versions of planning game) static analysis/ refactoring (6-PatL, Arlo)
Outside speakers: via Agile Alliance, TEKsystems (3-)
Embrace change? Have a debriefing a week after PNSQC? Or just call that our meeting and crash
Scaling XP (5-Josh Kerievsky)
Unit testing (5-PatL)
QA in XP (3-PatL, WA)
Unit testing web pages, UIs (Ruby on rails, WATIR) (7-Aaron Johnson)
Agile reqirements management (3-WA)
Continuous Integration, esp. tools (e.g. Cruise Control) (6-WA)

ArloBelshee: Promiscuous Pairing: slides http://www.agile2005.com/track/experience_reports

DianaLarsen www.futureworksconsulting.com 503-288-3550 says:

I'll be at the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference in Portland OR USA, Oct 10-12, 2005. They are ready to accept registrations! Sign up now for a great conference:


        http://www.pnsqc.org

        http://www.pnsqc.org/conference05/workshops.php

Other Upcoming Events: - SD Best Practices, Boston MA USA, Sept. 2005


        http://www.sdexpo.com//2005/bp/experiential.htm

- Open Workshop with Diana Larsen, Esther Derby & Ken Schwaber


        "The Secrets of  Agile Teamwork: Beyond Technical Skills"

        Dec. 6-8, 2005, Portland OR USA

        http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/events.html