Dec

09


2009

2009 December Meetup

Wed (06:30 PM - 09:00 PM)

Summary

This meeting will be a special end of year event held at Old Broadcasting House in Leeds. The evening will run from 6:30 until 9:00 with snacks and drinks provided. Afterwards the conversation will continue as we head down to the German Market at Millennium Square for some Bratwurst and mulled wine.

Programme

Kaban For Software Engineering
Kanban focuses on becoming successful, which may lead to being Agile.Lean is a set of principles that are being applied to softwareengineering by a growing number of practitioners. Kanban is a true pullsystem implementation in software engineering. The five pillars ofLean, which Kanban fully implements are pull, continuous flow, customervalue, waste elimination and continuous improvement. The Principles ofKanban are: to agree a team capacity, to limit WIP (Work in Process) tothat capacity, to pull value through the value stream, and to make bothwork and workflow visible. It has proven easy to adopt and lowers resistance to change.The result is a gradual, incremental approach to change that is empowering for everyone.
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David Joyce
David is an agile development manager and coach with 12 years technical team management and coaching experience, and 20 years software development experience. In recent years, using Scrum and XP, David has coached onshore and off shore development teams and successfully launched an internet video startup from inception to launch. David currently works for BBCWorldwide as a Development Manager, coaching teams on Scrum, Lean and Kanban. David is a certified Scrum Master and Lean practitioner.
Why do we code?
A group activity which explores the motivations for becoming/being software engineers. By understanding what motivates software developers we can learn more about others and ourselves. In particular we can learn what behaviours software developers should avoid, reduce or increase given our understanding.
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Peter Camfield
Peter has been developing software professionally for the last 12 years. His current role as a software developer and coach is focused on improving the quality of the code developed at BBC Worldwide.