Monday, February 22, 2010
We have two get-togethers this week. First up, our monthly evening meeting is this Wednesday the 24th at 6:30pm. I will discuss using Streamlined Object Modeling patterns by walking through an example with the group. Come with some ideas for a relatively simple domain to model. I will be testing my memory of how to do this “live” and from scratch by modeling something provided by one of the audience. If time permits, I will carry this through to implementing a simple, OO-based, Java implementation.
We will have the meeting at the Improving office on the second floor of 1700 Research Parkway and pizza will be provided.
After that, Friday is our next lunch. It is planned for Teriyaki Park in Bryan at 11:30am.
Note: The linked map actually points to La Riviera, which is in the same shopping center. Google currently has the address for Teriyaki Park incorrectly listed as “North Texas Avenue” instead of “South Texas Avenue”. Don’t search Google Maps for the address! If anything, search for “3700 South Texas Avenue, Bryan, Texas”.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Come and join us tomorrow at 11:30am for lunch and Agile/Lean discussion at Fuddruckers on Harvey Road. We plan to decide on our next lunch by the end of the meeting, so bring your lunch location ideas with you!
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Hope to see you there!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Time flies, and another lunch Friday is upon us. This week we’re going to try Carino’s at 620 Harvey Rd. There is a map on the Carino’s site.
Join us at 11:30am for a discussion of Agile, Lean, and other topics. Specific topics on the table:
- What is the difference between Agile and Lean?
- How many practices are needed before you can call yourself Agile?
- Are the benefits of Agile actually dangers (transparency, sustainable pace, people have to work together)?
- What is debt in Agile projects?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
While we may be cancelling our next two evening meetings, we will continue to meet for our bi-weekly lunches. The next one is scheduled for this Friday, November 20 at 11:30am. The location, chosen on our Google Group, is Pho John on Texas Ave. just north of Holleman.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Our evening meetings for November and December have been cancelled as many of us will be enjoying the Holidays. We will pick back up with a meeting on January 26, 2010.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
It’s that time once again. Get together with other software developers and discuss Agile and Lean software practices or just what’s going on this weekend.
This week we’re going to try a new location for us: On The Border. It’s on Texas near University next to the shopping center with Barnes & Noble and Best Buy. We’ll be there at 11:30.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
The next evening meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 29 September at the Larry J. Ringer Public Library in College Station. We are going to try meeting a littler earlier, starting at 6:30pm this time and our reservation goes to 9pm for those that want to stay that long.
Robert will be facilitating a second Code Dojo session.
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Folks,
Our next meeting is scheduled for 7:30pm Tuesday August 25th at Village Café (http://brazosvillagecafe.com/) in downtown Bryan.
Robert and I will be facilitating a Code Dojo (http://codingdojo.org)
session. We’ll kick off with a description of what that means,
followed by running a session. So bring your programming hats, but
don’t worry about whether you know the language or not. What language?
Exactly. Come and find out.
-Mike
Presentation for next week’s meeting: “eXtreme Programming with and without Agile”
Agile software development is a set of processes and practices for
managing software development, and is aimed at managers, and encourages
disciplined approach to project management.
eXtreme Programming (aka XP) is also a set of practices and processes,
but it is designed for the engineers, engineering teams, and encourages
discipline in building software. Both XP and Agile were designed with
the same goal in mind - to build quality software for ever-changing
requirements.
Unlike Agile, many XP practices do not require organizational or
management support. Every software craftsman can (and should) improve the quality of their
work by following eXtreme Programming.
A big thanks to Improving Enterprises for sponsoring pizza for this event.
Please come out and join us at the Bryan Library on July 28th at 7:30pm.
Event listing on Inaggieland.com: http://inaggieland.com/main/showevent1.php?id=616
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Allen Hurst has been a software developer for Improving Enterprises for the past two years. Among his interests are dogs, Agile Software Development, Scrum, and team and personal productivity strategies. Allen is going to share with us some of the ways that he and his team get things done. He is a fan and a practioner of David Allen’s personal productivity strategy, Getting Things Done. He is also the leader of the local Dot Net Users’ Group.
Allen is a very insightful character with an eye for how to do things better. Whether you are a software developer, an office worker, or a student, this talk is sure to be one you won’t want to miss. So come out and join us Tuesday, June 30th at 7:30pm at Fuddrucker’s in College Station for a view of software development through the lens of productivity and a glimpse of how you can get things done in your own life.
Event listing on InAggieland.com: http://inaggieland.com/beta/showevent1.php?id=565
Event listing on upcoming.org: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2995121/?ps=5
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