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PRESENTERS
Steve Adolph
Presentation(s): Tear Down the Barriers: A first report into the relationship between people and agile software development.
UBC
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Scott Ambler
Presentation(s): Refactoring Databases : Evolutionary Database Design, Behavior Driven Database Development (BDDD)
IBM
Scott W. Ambler is Practice Leader Agile Development within IBM Rational's methods group. He is founder and thought leader of the Agile Modeling (AM) (www.agilemodeling.com), Agile Data (AD) (www.agiledata.org), Enterprise Unified Process (EUP) (www.enterpriseunifiedprocess.com), and Agile Unified Process (AUP) (www.ambysoft.com/unifiedprocess) methodologies. Scott is the (co-)author of several books, including Refactoring Databases, Agile Modeling, Agile Database Techniques, The Object Primer 3rd Edition, and The Elements of UML 2.0 Style. Scott is a contributing editor with Dr. Dobb's Journal (www.ddj.com) and has spoken and keynoted at a wide variety of international conferences including Software Development, UML World, Object Expo, Java Expo, and Application Development. Scott graduated from the University of Toronto with a Master of Information Science. In his spare time Scott studies the Goju Ryu and Kobudo styles of karate.
Jennitta Andrea
Presentation(s): Functional Tests As Effective Requirement Specifications
The Andrea Group
Jennitta Andrea has expanded the agile vocabulary to include Cinderella, step sisters, dental floss, sushi, fingerprints, and self-cleaning ovens. As a multi-faceted practitioner agile projects since 2000, Jennitta is a keen observer of teams and processes. Her writing and training covers: agile requirements, process adaptation, automated functional testing, and project retrospectives. Jennitta is on the Agile Alliance Board of Directors, and the Advisory Board of IEEE Software.
Sergei Andrzeevski
Presentation(s): Offshore XP for PDA development
Exigen Services
Sergei Andrzeevski graduated from faculty of Physics of Saint-Petersburg State University (Russia) in 1988. Later he worked as developer, senior developer and project manager. Last 4 years was working as project manager doing XP project for offshore customers. Author and main developer of freeware program for XP projects management called "eXtreme Manager" (X-Man). He speaks English fluently. Certified SCRUM Master.
Janice Aston
Presentation(s): Agile ERP: "You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone!"
Canadian Pacific
Janice has over 16 years of project management experience with an emphasis on delivering business value. She is passionate about building high performing teams focused on continuous improvement. Janice has a proven track record delivering on project commitments with a heart for leadership and people. She has recently founded Agile Perspective Inc. specializing in creative collaboration.
Sanjiv Augustine
Presentation(s): Transitioning to Agile Project Management, Pub Crawl
LitheSpeed
Sanjiv Augustine is the President of LitheSpeed, an innovative Agile and Lean training and consulting company, and an industry-leading agile and lean expert. He is a co-founder and board member of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN). He is also the author of several publications and the book Managing Agile Projects (Prentice Hall 2005); and the founder and moderator of the Yahoo! Agile Project Management discussion group. He presents regularly at several agile conferences and user groups worldwide, and project management conferences including Project World and Project Summit. Sanjiv has assisted clients in deploying agile and lean methodologies at many institutions large and small. As a management coach and consultant, he has advised in the enterprise rollout and adoption of Scrum at several Fortune 250 companies. As an in-the-trenches practitioner, he has personally managed agile projects varying in size from five to over one hundred people and coached numerous project teams. Contact Sanjiv at sanjiv.augustine [at] lithespeed.com or visit his website at http://www.sanjivaugustine.com.
Christopher Avery
Presentation(s): Demonstrating Responsibility: The Mindset of An Agile Leader, Agile Ghettos or Thriving Communities? Are Agile Principles Suitable Only for Development Teams, or Can They Guide Executive Practice Too?
Partnerwerks Inc.
Best-known for his cutting-edge work to de-mystify and then develop practical team leadership skills for knowledge workers ––i.e., engineers, geeks, and other technical professionals all of whom Peter Drucker claimed must be led rather than managed–– Christopher Avery, Ph.D., is a popular speaker, author, and international business advisor on responsible leadership, teamwork, and change. He wrote the popular book Teamwork Is An Individual Skill for everyone at work who thinks they must put up with bad teams. And now he’s redefining responsibility. As the visionary force behind the Responsibility Redefined™ framework, Christopher applies ground-breaking research on personal responsibility and performance to support enterprise leaders intent on rapidly building highly reliable, agile, sustainable, and accelerating cultures. Christopher is a Senior Consultant with the IT and Agile Project Management practices of the Cutter Consortium, a Boston-area think tank. He co-founded and serves on the board of the Agile Project Leadership Network dedicated to connecting, developing, and supporting great project leaders. His Doctorate in the Communication of Technology was earned from The University of Texas at Austin where he occasionally lectures. He is a Visiting Scholar at Capella University. The author of hundreds of articles and commentaries about individual and collective performance at work, Christopher is a popular source for the media and has been featured or quoted in Investors Business Daily, the Chicago Tribune, Training+Development magazine, HR Executive, NPR, ABCNews.com, HR.com and USAToday.com among others. Christopher invites you to subscribe to his Responsibility eTips at christopherAVERY.com where you can also access a host of resources.
Geoffrey Bache
Presentation(s): Coder's Dojo: Acceptance Test-Driven Development in Python
Jeppesen Systems
Geoff Bache is an experienced software developer and XP coach, working for Jeppesen Systems (part of the Boeing Group) in Gothenburg, Sweden. He has been working with various forms of automated testing since 1998. In recent years he has been developing (in Python) the acceptance test tool "TextTest" and the Python GUI recorder/replayer "PyUseCase". He is a veteran of the European XP200* conferences, originally presenting papers at both XP2003 and XP2004. At XP2005, he co-ran two workshops on acceptance testing with Rick Mugridge (of the Fit tool) and Brian Swan (of the Exactor tool). Since then, he has presented tutorials at both Europython 2005 and XP2006.
Steve Baker
Presentation(s): Agile Principles as a Leadership Value System: How Agile Memes Survive and Thrive in a Corporate IT Culture
DTE Energy
Steven W. Baker is a software methodologist at DTE Energy in Detroit, Michigan, where he leads the brewing of their house blend of agile and adaptive methods. Current adventures include embracing the CMMI framework within their agile corporate culture. Steve has shared his "making it real" experiences in Cutter IT Journal and at recent events including Agile 2005 and 2006, Management Roundtable, GL-SPIN, and IEEE. Steve's trailing acronyms include BS, MS, PMP, and CCP.
Brent Barton
Presentation(s): Movements of a Hypnotic Nature - Incubating innovative products using Agile methods
Agile Alliance, Scrum Alliance, Solutions IQ
Brent Barton, Agile Implementation Managing Consultant, Certified Scrum Trainer Brent’s background includes experience as a developer, development manager, project manager, and leading a PMO. Having successfully implemented Scrum at SolutionsIQ, reorganizing the Professional Services department using this methodology and doubling the revenue of Professional Services, Brent continues to work as both a consultant and a mentor on multiple projects internally and externally to SolutionsIQ. Brent tries to bring a pragmatic nature to Scrum, helping various organizations find the interpretation of Scrum that is most appropriate to them. “I shine best,†says Brent, “when I’m making ordered chaos out of just plain chaos.†Brent doesn’t believe Scrum is about solving chaos, but about controlling it just enough to get the job done; too much control defeats the natural entropy that allows for creativity in a constructed environment. In an effort to pass on this knowledge and experience, Brent is very active in the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Project Leadership Network. Graduating from San Jose State with a degree in Mathematics and a focus on Computer Science, Brent became certified in Scrum in 2004 and as a Scrum Trainer in 2005. Brent and colleagues recently had accepted two papers published into the IEEE library. “AgileEVM – Earned Value Management in Scrum Projects†offers a simple, lightweight method for integrating the benefits of traditional EVM metrics into your Agile software development process without causing "drag" on team productivity. The paper was presented and published at the Agile 2006 Conference. Another paper, “Implementing a Professional Services Organization Using Type C Scrum,†presented at the 40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), defines an organizational structure to promote business value to customers by increasing organizational agility. A combination of both technical and leadership roles have shaped Brent’s fifteen years of software development experience. Intel was the location where Brent first experimented with Agile; his first Agile-like project is still running, many years later. Brent has also done work for a wide range of clients from the National Basketball Association to Microsoft.
Joseph Beckenbach
Presentation(s): An Introduction to Jameleon for Acceptance Testing
Envisionware
Agile developer with small-business team writing software serving libraries and academic departments, morphing legacy PC applications into Java-based apps. Have worked for several startups and clients in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, including as lead tester and tracker for the XP team at Eidogen in Pasadena CA during 2002-2004. BS Computer Science 1988 Caltech. Charter member of APLN (Agile Project Leadership Network).
Pete Behrens
Presentation(s): Enterprise Agile Transitional Leadership
Trail Ridge Consulting
Pete Behrens is the Founder and President of Trail Ridge Consulting, a firm specializing in enterprise-wide agile transitions and adoption. Their Organizational Agility Services align proven agile organizational patterns with enterprise-enabled agile practices to transform organizational ability to organizational agility. Pete Behrens is a Certified Scrum Trainer and has been guiding enterprise agile implementations for the past 5 years. Pete has over 16 years experience leading product development and architecture in adaptive, iterative and phased-based development methods for EDS and Rational Software. He led development of RequisitePro, the leading requirements management solution in the IBM Rational product line. He has extensive experience developing under the Rational Unified Process (RUP), Rapid Application Development (RAD), as well as traditional waterfall approaches. Pete can also be found speaking on the No Fluff, Just Stuff Conference Series Tour.
Steve Berczuk
Presentation(s): Back to Basics: The Role of Agile Principles in Success with an Distributed Scrum Team, XR07: Adoption Stories part 2, XR15: Release Management
FAST
Steve Berczuk is the co-author of the book Software Configuration Management Patterns,: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration and a Senior Software Developer at FAST. Steve is a Certified Scrum Master. Steve can be contacted at steve@berczuk.com and his website is www.berczuk.com.
Mishkin Berteig
Presentation(s): Creating a Comic Book Using Agile Methods
Berteig Consulting Inc.
Mishkin Berteig is the co-founder of Berteig Consulting Inc. Mishkin Berteig leads, mentors, trains and coaches teams and organizations. Mishkin helps organizations become more effective by using methods such as Agile Work, Scrum and Lean. Mishkin believes that these methods present the best balance between chaos and bureaucracy; they allow human creativity to flourish in the service of tangible goals. Mishkin has served as a project manager, a senior consultant, a mentor, a methodology consultant, an instructor, a senior software architect and a team lead on various projects, mostly in the financial services industry, but also including education, healthcare, engineering, high-tech, oil and gas, and others. Mishkin has 15 years of professional experience. Mishkin publishes articles and thoughts about agile on Agile Advice - How and Why to Work Agile (www.agileadvice.com).
Robert Biddle
Presentation(s): Agile Interaction Design & Usability, Programmers are from Mars, Customers are from Venus: A Practical Guide to Working With Customers on Agile Projects, Agile Development Iterations and UI Design, The Social Nature of Agile Teams, Understanding the impact of cultural differences on agile projects , Understanding the impact of cultural differences on agile projects , Session RP4: Impact of Agile Practices
Carleton University
Robert Biddle is Professor of Human Computer Interaction at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He has degrees from the University of Waterloo and the University of Canterbury, and has worked in industry and research organisations in Canada and New Zealand. His two main research areas are Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering. His main active projects are in agile methods for software development, and in the design of novel software systems such as videogames, wikis, and end-user development environments.
Steve Bockman
Presentation(s): Team Estimation Game
Self-employed
Steve Bockman is an independent software developer who began his career in 1977 in a utility position, installing software packages for a manufacturer of business computers. Since then he has worked in the fields of speech recognition, terrain analysis, computer graphics, desktop publishing, industrial automation and web applications. Steve’s first exposure to anything Agile occurred around 2000, when a co-worker suggested that they try pair programming. He liked what he saw, but didn't get involved again until 2005, while participating in a development effort in which changing requirements were part of the ground rules. He has been happily exploring Agile techniques ever since.
Susan Borges
Presentation(s): Agile: Adopting a new Methodology at Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Susan Borges has worked her entire career as an IT professional at HBS. She spends a great deal of her time concentrating on how to make the customer's experience with HBS applications better. She is currently working on her master's degree in Management.
Rand Bradley
Presentation(s): Push to Pull: How Lean Concepts Improve a Data Migration
Projectway, LLC
Rand Bradley is a Solutions/Technical Architect committed to helping clients increase productivity, improve quality, and reduce IT and software development costs. With over 15 years software development and consulting experience, he has a proven track record in translating business and functional requirements into technical realization.
Shaun Bradshaw
Presentation(s): Test Team Integration in Large-Scale Scrum Implementations
Questcon Technologies
Andre Brissette
Presentation(s): Executable Specifications with Green Pepper
Pyxis Technologies
André Brissette is Product Director of GreenPepper an Executable Specifications management environment developed by Pyxis Technologies. Andre graduated in 1994 from Trois-Rivieres University in computer engineering/mathematics and cumulate 12 years of experience in delivering business value through software solutions. He is co-founder of Agile Montreal, an Agile User Group created in 2002 and devoted to the improvement of software development processes within organizations. Andre is also a certified scrum master since 2005 and previous to GreenPepper he played this role in many development projects under agile philosophy.
Stacia Broderick
Presentation(s): Learning to Say No, Introduction to Agile for Traditional PMI Project Managers
AgileEvolution, Inc.
Stacia has helped more than 150 software development teams and 30+ organizations embrace the principles of and transition to agile since 2003. From Fortune 500s to startups, government, service, financial and manufacturing, Stacia has seen agile implemented in just about every sector possible. Her corporate experience spans 14 years in both commercial manufacturing and software development; she was fortunate to be cast in the role of ScrumMaster at Primavera Systems in 2003, when she 'went agile' and never came back. Stacia truly believes that agile practices present a humane, logical way for teams and organizations to deliver innovative products to market. She is a Certified ScrumTrainer as well as a PMP, a mix that proves valuable when assisting organizations' transition from traditional to modern practices.
Julie Brooks
Presentation(s): Who Coaches the Coach?
Digital Focus, a Command Information company
Julie Brooks is a Principal at Command Information, formerly Digital Focus. She brings over a decade’s worth of experience in information technology. For the last 6 years Julie has developed her expertise in streamlining IT processes, with the 2 most recent years assisting Command’s clients’ adaptation of agile methods. In 2006 she gained recognition as an Agile Coach, coaching both XP and SCRUM teams. Julie’s coaching successes include a nationally recognized financial and mortgage company, internet technology providers, and transportation organizations.
Julie Chickering
Presentation(s): Are we done yet? Team Velocity Game
Valtech
Julie Chickering is a Senior Consultant at Valtech. Julie is an Agile Project Management Practices mentor and instructor with a solid track record of leading teams through the challenging transition from Waterfall to Agile practices. Julie has the proven ability to transfer job knowledge and skills to all levels including distributed teams. Julie is the APLN Dallas Co-Leader. Julie is a CSM and PMP.
Gordon Cloke
Presentation(s): Get Your Agile Freak On!
Yahoo! Music
Gordon Cloke has led in the development of quality software on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, in domains as diverse as mainframe banking software and entertainment web sites, specializing in the dogged pursuit of excellence using collaborative and incremental techniques. Director, Program Management, Yahoo! Music BA (1) Philosophy and Linguistics, University College London Member, IEEE Computer Society Member, Association for Computing Machinery
Sean Cohan
Presentation(s): Successful Integration of Agile Development Techniques within DISA
Sean Cohan is software developer, architect, and project manager at Pragmatics, Inc., a software and systems engineering company. In early 2004, Sean was hired at Pragmatics as the lead engineer responsible for moving a major DoD system towards the DoD mandated Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). With the help of newly hired agile coach, they were able to successfully establish an agile development lab using primarily Extreme Programming techniques. From this beginning, the agile team grew to over 20 developers and the practices they put into place grew to become embraced by the corporation as strategic business practices, as well as by the customer as a means to increase the quality of software and shorten release cycles within DoD.
Mike Cohn
Presentation(s): Effective User Stories for Agile Requirements, Planning and Tracking on Agile Projects, Succeeding with Agile: A Guide to Transitioning, To Certify or Not To Certify
Mountain Goat Software
Mike Cohn is the founder of Mountain Goat Software, a process and project management consultancy and training firm. Mike specializes in helping companies adopt and improve their use of agile processes and techniques in order to build extremely high performance development organizations. He is the author of Agile Estimating and Planning and User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, as well as books on Java and C++ programming. With more than 20 years of experience, Mike has previously been a technology executive in companies of various sizes, from startup to Fortune 40. He has also written articles for Better Software, IEEE Computer, Software Test and Quality Engineering, Agile Times, Cutter IT Journal, and the C++ Users' Journal. Mike is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, is a founding member of the Agile Alliance and serves on the board of directors for the Scrum Alliance. He is a Certified Scrum Trainer and a member of the IEEE Computer Society and the ACM. He can be reached at mike@mountaingoatsoftware.com.
Lisa Crispin
Presentation(s): UAT and Beyond... Getting the Most From Your "Customer Team", Agile Testing Practices: What You Need to Know
ePlan Services Inc.
Lisa Crispin is the co-author, with Tip House, of _Testing Extreme Programming_(Addison-Wesley, 2002). She and Janet Gregory are currently collaborating on _Agile Testing_ (Addison-Wesley, 2008). Lisa is currently a tester on an Agile team using Scrum and XP in Denver, CO, and has worked on agile teams since 2000. She has presented tutorials and workshops on agile testing for various agile teams, and at software development and testing conferences in the U.S. and Europe. Her articles on agile testing have appeared in publications such as Better Software Magazine, IEEE Software, Methods and Tools and Novatica. For more about Lisa’s work, please see her website, http://lisa.crispin.home.att.net.
Alan De Ste Croix
Presentation(s): Greater successes by using Agile Techniques closer to the light bulb moment
I work within BT as an advocate for agile development with my colleague Roger Leaton. I have primaily been focused on getting more business engagement in projects and have been developing techniques to help us collaborate to break down the huge developments within BT into manageable pieces of work for agile teams to deliver
Roland Cuellar
Presentation(s): SUCCEEDING WITH AGILE IN THE US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARENA
Roland Cuellar Director, Lean-Agile Consulting Practice at CC Pace, is a leader in helping enterprise level clients to adopt the use of both agile and lean in their organizations. Roland has helped executives prepare their organizations for agile transformation by identifying challenges and opportunities related to agile and lean implementation and developing action plans and risk mitigation strategies to insure that agile and lean initiatives are successful. Roland has led numerous agile product development teams in the areas of marketing applications, mortgage, compliance, and logistics. Roland has also given numerous agile training classes to both management and technology teams. Roland has prior experience leading large software development projects for IBM, Lockheed Martin, and DHL. Roland has a B.S. in Computer Science and an MBA.
Rachel Davies
Presentation(s): Designing Collaborative Workspaces, Agile Blending: How to be a methodologist not a methodist!, To Certify or Not To Certify, Storytelling Skills for Agile Teams, XR01: Adoption Stories part 1, XR05: Open Workspaces
Agile Experience Limited
Rachel Davies coaches teams in agile software development techniques, such as test-driven development, heartbeat retrospectives and planning with user stories. She is passionate about agile software development because it increases the chance of success projects in the face of complex problems. Rachel is internationally recognised in her field, as both a frequent presenter at industry conferences and a past chair of the Agile Alliance.
Jamie Dinkelacker
Presentation(s): Agile Development for Enterprise Software: Anecdotes of Adoption
Google Inc.
Jamie Dinkelacker is a program manager for Enterprise Engineering at Google Inc. He is responsible for the upcoming software releases for the Google Search Appliance, the Google Mini, and the enterprise platforms and OS group. He is a member of Google's Agile Leadership. He has been managing software development for over 15 years in Silicon Valley at companies such as Apple, Netscape, and Hewlett Packard Labs. Prior to Google, Jamie was a consulting professor of software management at Carnegie Mellon University's West Coast campus. He has focused on lean development and organizational processes since the '80s. Jamie holds a bachelors degree in management science and a masters in communication research, both from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a PhD in communication research from Michigan State University. He is an experienced public speaker, avid composer/musician, and has worked to understand how organizations effectively create software for decades. His personal page is at http://sunarcher.org/jamie/.
George Dinwiddie
Presentation(s): Common Areas At The Heart
iDIA Computing, LLC
George Dinwiddie is a Software Development Consultant and Coach with over twenty years of experience creating software ranging from small embedded systems to corporate enterprise systems. With a strong interest in lifelong learning, he has pursued more effective ways of creating software at the technical, interpersonal and organizational levels. As principal of iDIA Computing, LLC, he helps teams learn more effective software development techniques while accomplishing their current projects.
Robin Dymond
Presentation(s): Product Owners: From Idea to Implementation
Innovel, LLC.
Robin Dymond Agile Management Consultant As a Senior Lean Agile Coach, Robin is a leader in implementing the largest Agile enterprise implementation undertaken in financial services. Robin Dymond has spent 17 years helping companies deliver complex software products and services. Robin brings extensive knowledge on software development practice and process improvement to his clients. He has turned around software development projects, implemented best practices in object oriented design, software patterns, and development processes using the Agile family of methodologies. He has implemented Agile methods on a range of projects, from new web site development for large retail corporations, to enterprise processing applications. Robin consults senior management, mentors staff coaches and provides consulting and Lean Agile Program implementation. Robin is a leader with the APLN (Richmond VA Chapter). His current interests include change management, integrating Lean process engineering with Agile methods, and Return on Investment (ROI) analysis of Agile methods. Robin Dymond received a BSc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary.
Jutta Eckstein
Presentation(s): Global - Yet Agile - Software Development, Smells in Agile Software Development
IT communication
Jutta Eckstein, a partner of IT communication, is an independent consultant and trainer from Braunschweig, Germany. Her know-how in agile processes is based on over ten years experience in developing object-oriented applications. She has a unique experience in applying agile processes within medium-sized to large mission-critical projects. This is also the topic of her book 'Agile Software Development in the Large'. Besides engineering software she has been designing and teaching OT courses in industry. Having completed a course of teacher training and led many 'train the trainer' programs in industry, she focuses also on techniques which help teach OT and is a main lead in the pedagogical patterns project. She has presented work in her main areas at ACCU (UK), JAOO (Denmark), OOPSLA (USA), XP (Europe) and Agile (USA). She is a member of the board of the AgileAlliance and a member of the program committee of many different European and American conferences in the area of agile development, object-orientation and patterns.
Bob Evans
Presentation(s): To Catch a Bug, Think Like a Bug
Agitar Software
Bob Evans has been developing Object-Oriented software development for over 10 years, and has spent many of those focused on implementing agile methods and practices. He has worked in a variety of fields from network management, to developer tools. Currently, he researches and develops new developer testing techniques and tools at Agitar Software Corporation. His mission in life is to create software tools that make people more productive. He is a frequent speaker at conferences including SD West, JavaOne, SD Forum, and Agile. He is also a member of the ACM, the IEEE Computer Society, the Agile Alliance, and the Silicon Valley Patterns Group.
Marc Evers
Presentation(s): Change Artistry
Piecemeal Growth
Marc Evers helps developers, customers, and project managers in co-creating value through meaningful projects, by coaching, consulting, and developing software. Since 2000 he co-organizes workshops and conferences based on systems thinking, extreme programming, and agile values, principles, and practices. He currently works as a software development team lead for PricewaterhouseCoopers and runs his own training and coaching company Piecemeal Growth. He has initiated the XP Day Benelux and the Agile Open conferences.
Michael Feathers
Presentation(s): Design Sense - Can We Teach Deep Design Skill With Perceptual Examples?, Dealing with the Immortal Code Base: More Strategies For Legacy Code
Object Mentor
Michael Feathers is a consultant with Object Mentor. He has been active in the Agile community since its inception, balancing his time between working with, training and coaching various teams around the world. He is a member of the ACM and the IEEE, and the author of 'Working Effectively with Legacy Code.' When he isn't engaged with a team, he spends most of this time investigating ways of altering design over time in code bases.
Neal A. Febbraro
Presentation(s): The Role of Incremental Change in Agile Software Processes
Wayne State University
While pursuing an MS in Computer Science, Neal Febbraro worked under Dr. Vaclav Rajlich as a research assistant in the Wayne State University Department of Computer Science, Software Visualization and Evolution Research (SEVERE) Group. His research interests include agile software development and the incremental change process. Neal received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Michigan Technological University in 2003, and is currently employed by Ford Motor Credit Company as a software developer. He can be contacted via e-mail at nfebbrar@ford.com and n.febbraro@gmail.com.
Matt Fletcher
Presentation(s): Evolving into Embedded Development
Atomic Object
Matt Fletcher joined Atomic Object in the fall of 2005 and has become a key contributor to embedded development practices at Atomic. Matt has not only developed a variety of applications responsible for communicating with and controlling hardware, but also has recent experience developing web applications using Ruby on Rails. Matt completed his M.S. in Computer Science from Michigan State University in 2005.
Jeffrey Fredrick
Presentation(s): Creating Change one "Tic Tac" at a Time
Agitar Software
Jeffrey Fredrick is a 15-year veteran of the software industry with a mission to change the way software is created. From his varied career Jeffrey brings the perspective of having performed virtually every role in the software development lifecycle including product conception, coding, testing, documentation, technical support and management of all of those functions. A founding member of the JBuilder development team, he has been involved in Java tool development since before its 1.0 release. Jeffrey is an experienced speaker and trainer on development techniques and process, having spoken at Gartner Application Development Summits, JavaPolis, Software Development Best Practices, EclipseCon, Better Software, and the STeP-In Summit. He is currently indulging his passion for development tools as Director of Product Management at Agitar Software, as the Co-Organizer of CITCON (Continuous Integration and Testing Conference) and as the top committer for CruiseControl. Jeffrey's blog is available at http://www.developertesting.com
Steve Freeman
Presentation(s): Are your tests really driving your development?
M3P
Steve is a pioneer of Agile software development in the UK, he has built applications for banks, ISPs, financial data providers, and specialist software companies. He has given training courses in Europe , America, and Asia. Previously, he worked in research labs, software houses, earned a PhD, and wrote shrink-wrap software. Steve also teaches in the Computer Science department at University College London. He is a presenter and organizer at international industry conferences, and was conference chair for the first London XpDay.
M3P Limited
Wendy Friedlander
Presentation(s): The Gentle Art of Pair Programming
Oxygen Media
Wendy Friedlander is a software developer who has been using and advocating agile methodologies for many years. Over the past few years she has introduced companies to user stories, iterative planning, test driven development and other agile practices. At Oxygen Media, she works on an agile team that embraces XP practices, including pair programming. Working in this unique environment has greatly improved her mentoring and understanding of team dynamics. In addition to her interest in agile team interaction, Wendy is an expert in test driven development, object oriented design and C#, including Threading, Remoting, WebServices, WinForms and WPF. She offers consulting and agile coaching through her company, Agile Solutions LLC. When she is not developing, writing or speaking about agile, she enjoys spending time with her husband and family.
Emmanuel Gaillot
Presentation(s): The Shout Kata: Programming a Client-Server infrastructure in full TDD, Design Sense - Can We Teach Deep Design Skill With Perceptual Examples?
Octo Technology
Emmanuel Gaillot is a software engineer and an experienced designer for theatre and dance. He has adapted XP practices and principles for the theatre, and he currently works on instilling performance art practices back into the field of software making. He is a founding member of the Coders' Dojo in Paris. He has presented the Dojo and its works at various past conferences. He works in Paris, France, for Octo Technology as an XP coach.
Bob Galen
Presentation(s): Scaling Testing in Scrum
RGCG, LLC
Bob Galen is an Agile Architect at ChannelAdvisor in RTP, North Carolina. He is also a Principal Consultant of RGalen Consulting Group, L.L.C. Bob has held director, manager and contributor level positions in both software development and quality assurance organizations. He has nearly 25 years of experience working in a wide variety of domains, from hard real-time systems to web based information systems, at companies including Bayer, Bell & Howell Mail Processing, EMC, Lucent, Unisys and Thomson. Since 2001, RGCG has provided consulting and training services targeted toward the softer side of software project challenges and improving team skills to deliver great products. Bob is an active member of ACM, ASQ, IEEE/CS, PMI, QAI and SPIN. He regularly speaks at international conferences (STAR, Software Development, PSQT/PSTT, Better Software, and QAI) and to local North Carolina organizations on topics related to software development, project management, software testing and team leadership. He is a Certified ScrumMaster, Certified Scrum Product Owner, and a member of the Agile Alliance. In 2005 he published the book Software Endgames – Eliminating Defects, Controlling Change and the Countdown to On-Time Delivery with Dorset House. The books’ focus is how to successfully finish your software projects. Bob may be reached directly at – bob@rgalen.com and for more information check – www.rgalen.com
James Gamble
Presentation(s): Using Games to Learn and Rollout Practice
James Gamble is a consultant with Ivar Jacobson Consulting UK, assisting organisations to develop and adopt software development processes. James has 17 years software development experience, the last ten of which have been spent championing lightweight, and now Agile, software development practices and introducing them from single projects to whole organisationas. James is one of the practice authors for the Essential Unified Process (EssUP).
Jennifer Gilmore
Presentation(s): Agile: Adopting a new Methodology at Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Jennifer Gilmore's background is working in the public sector for the Canadian government. She moved into the academic sector at HBS in the summer of 2005 and is loving every minute of it! With the adoption of Agile into HBS, Jennifer's interests lie in fully implementing test driven development within the database group and is interested in hearing others experiences with it. She is also pursing her Masters degree in Management.
Ellen Gottesdiener
Presentation(s): Requirements-Driven Workshops for Agile Projects: Essentials for Product, Release and Iteration Planning
EBG Consulting, Inc.
Ellen Gottesdiener, Principal Consultant, EBG Consulting, helps your business and technical teams get product requirements right so your projects start smart and deliver the right product at the right time. Ellen's experiences as an agile requirements facilitator are articulated in _Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs_ (Addison-Wesley, 2002). She helps agile teams define their product and release roadmaps and elicit just enough requirements to achieve iteration and product goals. Her most recent book, _The Software Requirements Memory Jogger: A Pocket Guide to Help Software and Business Teams Develop and Manage Requirements_ (GOAL/QPC, 2005) is becoming the "go-to" industry guide for requirements good practices for business owners and analysts. Ellen also speaks at numerous industry conferences, has authored numerous articles, contributed to several books. She is a Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) and a member of IEEE, IIBA, IAF, ACM, and DAMA. Contact her at: ellen@ebgconsulting.com. Visit EBG’s website http://www.ebgconsulting.com to read more or register for her free eNewsletter "Success with Requirements".
Janet Gregory
Presentation(s): UAT and Beyond... Getting the Most From Your "Customer Team", Agile Testing Practices: What You Need to Know
DragonFire Inc.
Currently working as a consultant to help the business team and the test team to work more effectively in an agile environment, as well as working with customers to develop a formal user acceptance process. Prior to her current role, Janet worked with an organization to successfully integrate a 45 person test team into a newly formed agile development structure. Janet has worked with agile teams as a tester in both green field projects and projects that dealt with legacy systems, playing the role of coach, Iteration Manager and QA Manager helping to introduce agile processes into software teams.
James Grenning
Presentation(s): Embedded Agile - Issues and Practices - Continued, Test Driven Development in C++ Hands-on Tutorial
Object Mentor, Inc.
James Grenning is the Director of Consulting at Object Mentor, Inc. He has been professionally developing software since 1978. His is experienced in embedded and non-embedded software development, management, consulting, mentoring and training. He is currently practicing and coaching Agile software development techniques, Object Oriented Design and Programming. James coaches embedded and non-embedded development teams through the transition to agile. He participated in the creation of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.
Mike Griffiths
Presentation(s): "But it's not on the Project Plan!", Agile for PMI PMs
LeadingAnswers
Mike Griffiths is a project manager and trainer based in Calgary. Mike was involved in the creation of DSDM in 1994 and has been using agile methods ever since (primarily Scrum, XP and FDD.) Mike is active in the agile community and serves on the board of the Agile Alliance and the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN). He maintains the www.leadinganswers.com blog and is a frequent contributor to agile and PM related journals and conferences.
Geoff Hardy
Presentation(s): XUnit Test Patterns and Smells; Improving Test Code and Testability Through Refactoring
ClearStream
Geoff Hardy is a senior developer with ClearStream Consulting and has been working in the IT industry since 1997. He has worked on a wide variety of projects in Canada and New Zealand, both as a developer and team leader. He has been practicing agile development since 2002.
Orit Hazzan
Presentation(s): ES1: Achieving Cooperation in Agile Software Development Environments by Binding the Individual and the Team Interests, Climate in Agile Software Development Teams: The Case of Quality Climate and Teamwork Climate, How Does Readiness for Agile Software Development Relate to Team Climate and Individual Personality Attributes?
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Jim Highsmith
Presentation(s): Agile Project Management for Contributors and Management, Adaptive Performance Management for Agile Enterprises
Cutter Consortium
Jim Highsmith is Director, Agile Project Management Practice at Cutter Consortium. He is the author of Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, Addison Wesley 2004; Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems, Dorset House 2000, and, Agile Software Development Ecosystems, Addison Wesley 2002. Jim is the recipient of the 2005 international Stevens Award for outstanding contributions to systems development. Jim is a recognized leader in the agile project management and software development movement. He has published dozens of articles including “The Agile Manifesto,†co-authored with Martin Fowler, in the August 2001 issue of Software Development). Jim has worked with organizations worldwide to help them adapt to the accelerated pace of development in increasingly complex, uncertain environments.
Mike Hill
Presentation(s): Designing Collaborative Workspaces, XR03: Building Trust with Collaboration
Mandu Ltd
Mike Hill is an independent consultant, developing and coaching on Agile projects. Mike co-presented "Storytelling with FIT" with Steve Freeman at Agile 2006, and co-authored the expereince report "The Cost/Benefit Paradox of Automated Acceptance Testing" at Agile 2005.
Kenji Hiranabe
Presentation(s): Learning Kaizen from Toyota [with MindMaps]
Change Vision, Inc.
Kenji Hiranabe is CEO of Change Vision, Inc.(A Japanese Agile software product company) A software developer of JUDE and TRICHORD, also the author of the book "Mind Mapping for Software Development: How graphical communication works(Japanese)" as well as a Japanese translator of "Extreme Programming Installed", "Lean Software Development", "Agile Project Management", and other Agile books.
Markus Hjort
Presentation(s): Reading Code Without Psychic Powers
Software architect at Reaktor Innovations, Markus has been in industry over eight years with experience from various technologies including Java, Microsoft, and Symbian platforms. A certified Scrum Master with extensive experience on agile methods, and a long-time active participant in process improvement wherever he's worked at, in 2005 Markus kick-started the local Coding Dojo events in Finland.
Paul Hodgetts
Presentation(s): Lean Is More - Using Lean Software Development to Guide Agile Transitions, Absolute AgileSM - Applying the Synergy of Lean and Agile to Enterprise Transitions
Agile Logic
Paul Hodgetts helps teams improve their software development processes using lean and agile approaches. As the founder and CEO of Agile Logic, he has served as a trainer, coach and mentor for agile development teams for more than seven years.
Paul has successfully worked with many clients, including Yahoo!, SAP, Kelley Blue Book, Microsoft, Xerox, Union Pacific and a host of others, across a wide range of sectors and industries. He has been an early proponent and innovator in applying lean and agile principles to the entire software development effort. His recent focus has been on enterprise adoption initiatives, applying agile processes to large multi-product, multi-team projects and projects in challenging distributed and legacy environments.
Paul is a recognized expert and authority in Lean Software Development and agile development principles, practices and leading agile processes, including Scrum and Extreme Programming. He is a Certified Scrum Trainer, and actively contributes to the evolution of the Scrum process. Paul is a published author and a frequent and popular presenter at conferences, professional organizations and user groups.
Luke Hohmann
Presentation(s): Design The Agile Conference, Design The Agile Conference, Innovation Games(R) for Customer Understanding, Agile Program Management: Lessons Learned from the VeriSign Managed Security Services Team, Agile Program Management: Lessons Learned from the VeriSign Managed Security Services Team
Enthiosys, Inc.
Luke Hohmann is the founder and CEO of Enthiosys, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based software product strategy and management consulting firm. Luke is the author of three books with really long titles: "Journey of the Software Professional: A Sociology of Software Development", "Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions", and "Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play". He's also written a lot of articles, too. Luke graduated magna cum laude with a B.S.E. in computer engineering and an M.S.E in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. He loves to teach and his classes are renowned for his fun, "learning by doing" approach to the material. A member of the PDMA, ACM, and IEEE, in his spare time he enjoys rough housing with his four kids, his wife’s cooking, and long runs in the Santa Cruz mountains because he really does enjoy his wife's cooking.
Johanna Hunt
Presentation(s): On Rabbits, Space and Cards: Moving Towards an Informative Workspace, Agile Narratives: Gathering Stories, Stories and Process: Conversational Storytelling Across Agile Systems Development Practices
University of Sussex
Johanna Hunt is a PhD student at the University of Sussex looking at communication and narrative in agile software development processes and acts as a Process Administrator for Future Platforms Ltd. in Brighton, UK. She is co-director of the Agile Narratives Project, Co-Organiser of the Brighton Girl Geek Dinners and facilitates the Brighton Coding Dojo group. Her passion is for understanding communication in group processes, and investigating what personal narratives can show about underlying processes.
Rand Huso
Presentation(s): Weaving Domain-Specific Language Support into your Automated Testing Tool, Story Test Driven Development in Narrative Testing Tools
SolutionsIQ
Rand Huso is a Software Development Engineer for SolutionsIQ based in Redmond, Washington, a Certified ScrumMaster, and a practitioner of Agile methods since 2004. With over 28 years of software development experience, his roles have included Software Architect, Team Lead, Senior Developer, and Lead Designer. He began using Object Oriented methods in 1988 and wrote meteorological forecast and analysis models, designed and built an early cellular base station (1993), a power line communications system (1995), extended T9 for European languages, created a wireless Instant Messenger client (1999), and worked on several projects using Agile methods. Rand holds an MS in Computer Systems from AFIT, Chi Epsilon Pi (Meteorology Honor Society) from Texas A&M University, and a BS in Engineering-Physics from PLU in Tacoma.
David Hussman
Presentation(s): Community Reflections, Agile Manifesto Panel
DevJam
David has been creating software for many years in a variety of domains: digital audio, digital biometrics, medical, financial, retail, and education to name a few. David now spends his time mentoring and coaching agile communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Russia, and Ukraine. Along with presenting and leading workshops / tutorials at conferences in the U.S. and Europe, David has contributed to several books ("Managing Agile Projects" and "Agile in the Large"), worked on agile curriculum for The University of Minnesota and Capella University, and is currently writing a book for the Pragmatic Programmer series. David leads DevJam, a Minneapolis based company composed of agile collaborators. As mentors and practitioners, DevJam focuses on using agile to help people and companies improve their software production skills. DevJam provides seasoned leaders that strive to pragmatically match technology, people, and processes in a way which produces software that makes people happier and more productive. For more information, check out the DevJam website www.devjam.biz
Naresh Jain
Presentation(s): Introduction to Acceptance Test Driven Development, Evolution of Inter-Team Collaboration Models, XR04: Agile PMO
ThoughtWorks
Naresh Jain is a software craftsman working as a consultant for ThoughtWorks India. He has worked on variety of software projects utilizing both XP and Scrum techniques since 2003. Working from India and US, Naresh has distributed projects experience using CMM5i and Agile methods. Naresh Jain is the Vice-Chairman of the Agile Software Community of India (ASCI) and the organizer of the Simple Design And Testing Conference (SDTConf). Naresh is one of the organizers of the Agile Philly User Group He is involved with Agile and Open source communities. He enjoys teaching agile related topics in Universities in India. By being a part of the team, Naresh helps software companies to embrace agile. Naresh enjoys beer, music, adventure sports and hot food of any colour. You can reach him at naresh@agilefaqs.com. http://agilefaqs.com/nareshjain.html
Carsten R. Jakobsen
Presentation(s): Scrum and CMMI Level 5: The Magic Potion for Code Warriors
Systematic Software Engineering A/S
Carsten Ruseng Jakobsen is a Project Manager at Systematic Software Engineering A/S an independent software and systems company focusing on complex and critical IT solutions within information and communication systems. Since September 2005 Carsten has been responsible for implementing Lean and Lean Software Development in Systematic. Carsten has during his 8½ year at Systematic actively contributed to Systematic’s journey towards a successful CMMI level 5 appraisal in November 2005 through the projects he has managed. He has also contributed as part of the central software process improvement (SPI) team at Systematic where he has been responsible for designing and implementing a measurement program compliant with CMM level 3, and recently to integrate agile methods like Scrum and story based early testing into existing procedures in a way where CMMI level 5 compliance is maintained. Carsten is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Scrummaster.
Tyler Jennings
Presentation(s): The One-Size-Fits-One Simulation
Obtiva Corp.
Tyler has been working in agile shops for several years and has developed an expertise in test-driven development of legacy code bases. He has led developer teams through the transition from traditional waterfall methodologies towards Extreme Programming's values of communication, simplicity, feedback, and courage. Tyler's current interests include test testing with tools such as Emma and Jester, writing Eclipse plugins, and pushing the envelope of Web applications using the power of Ruby on Rails and Ajax.
Philip Johnson
Presentation(s): Automated Recognition of Test-Driven Development with Zorro
University of Hawaii
Philip M. Johnson is a Professor of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii and Director of the Collaborative Software Development Laboratory. He received B.S. degrees in both Biology and Computer Science from the University of Michigan in 1980, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts in 1990. He has published over 50 papers in areas including software engineering, computer supported cooperative work, and artificial intelligence. He serves on the Board of Directors of several technology companies in Hawaii.
Paul Dupuy, Jr.
Presentation(s): Automated Acceptance Testing with StoryTestIQ, Weaving Domain-Specific Language Support into your Automated Testing Tool, Story Test Driven Development in Narrative Testing Tools
SolutionsIQ
Paul manages the Internal Consulting & Review department and plays the roles of Agile Coach, Lead Developer, ScrumMaster, and Architect at SolutionsIQ in Seattle. He began developing software professionally in 1984 and made a career of it 11 years ago. Paul has developed and extended applications that span the range from web application to client-server to shrinkwrap software using Microsoft, Java, Python, and web client technologies. He has 5 years of Agile experience and is in hot pursuit of a generalized Agile Pattern Language. Paul created StoryTestIQ and continues to improve it in collaboration with a SolutionsIQ team and the Open Source community.
Ken H. Judy
Presentation(s): Ript (TM): Innovation and Collective Product Ownership
Oxygen Media
Ken is Vice President for Software Development at Oxygen Media, a women-owned cable television network and interactive media company. Their current project is Ript (ript.com), is a consumer software product planned for Q4 2007 release. Ken's team has practiced Scrum and XP for four years. Wendy Friedlander and Oksana Udovitska, two developers on Ken's team are presenting a tutorial on "The Gentle Art of Pair Programming" at Agile 2007.
Martin Jul
Presentation(s): Corporate Judo - Guerilla Tactics For Agile Transition
Ative
Martin is a partner in Ative (www.ative.dk), a Danish consulting company focusing on lean/agile software development. He is currently helping companies in the financial sector creating better software faster. He shares his experiences on the blog at http://community.ative.dk/blogs/.
Joshua Kerievsky
Presentation(s): Introduction to Refactoring & Evolutionary Design
Industrial Logic, Inc.
Kerievsky founded Industrial Logic, which specializes in Extreme Programming. After a decade of programming on Wall Street, he founded Industrial Logic in 1995 to help companies practice successful software development. Kerievsky has programmed/ coached on small, large, and distributed XP projects since XP's emergence. He pioneered Industrial XP, an application of XP tailored for large organizations. Kerievsky has written numerous XP articles and recently authored the 2005 Jolt Productivity award winning book Refactoring to Patterns.
Paul King
Presentation(s): Open Source Testing Tools to support Agile Development/Testing, Groovy: a language for Agile Development and Testing, Agile Developer Practices for Dynamic Languages
ASERT
Dr Paul King is Managing Director and Principal Consultant for ASERT, an Australian company specialising in helping its customers leverage emerging technologies. He has provided technical and strategic consulting to hundreds of organizations throughout the U.S. and Asia Pacific and is an active contributor to many open source projects. When not being a taxi service for his seven children, you will find Paul tinkering with the latest Agile or enterprise technologies.
David Koontz
Presentation(s): Automated Acceptance Testing with StoryTestIQ
SolutionsIQ
David is a software engineer, with 20+ years developing software solutions within a variety of industries. I have experienced the power of the Agile philosophy to unleash a team's full potential. I enjoy mentoring teams and individuals to help them understand how empowering the team with self-organization and self-direction can provide the motivations to move the team along the productivity curve toward ultra performance.
Lasse Koskela
Presentation(s): Reading Code Without Psychic Powers, Resistance as a Resource
Reaktor Innovations
Methodology specialist at Reaktor Innovations, Lasse entered the IT industry 7 years ago and has since held roles varying from development to project management and training to consulting, dipping his toes to sales every once in a while. He started promoting agile methods in Finland in 2002, ramped up the local Agile Seminars in 2005, and authored a book on test-driven development for Manning Publications, released in 2007.
Jochen Krebs
Presentation(s): To Certify or Not To Certify
Jochen (Joe) Krebs is an active member in the agile alliance and the agile project leadership network where he spearheads the local chapter in NYC. As a certified Scum master and co-author of the Rational Unified Process Reference and Certification Guide (ISBN 0131562924), he publishes articles with a focus on project and portfolio management as well as requirements engineering. He holds his MSc in Computing for Commerce and Industry at the Open University.
Veljko Krunic
Presentation(s): Agile Architecture, Changing Application Servers
Rally Software Development
Veljko Krunic is a Software Engineer at Rally Software, where he worked on multiple agile projects spanning multiple releases and having significant architectural impact. Prior to Rally, Veljko's work included high volume J2EE applications, application integration, event notification systems, computer graphics and visualization. Veljko is a Certified ScrumMaster, a student member of IEEE and ACM and holds an MS degree in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder where he is currently working on his PhD.
Manfred Lange
Presentation(s): Forming to Performing: The Evolution of an Agile Team
First Data Corp.
Currently Manager Engineering and Architecture with First Data Utilities, Manfred Lange has worked in many different roles including software engineer, program manager, software architecture, and consultant. Since 1999 he has been a practitioner with agile methodologies and facilitated the transition of several teams with a size of up to over 200 engineers to agile methodologies. Companies varied in size and industries thus helping to sort out commonalities and specifics. Manfred has contributed in many ways to the agile community, e.g. with papers, committed participations, and the open-source project csUnit. His particular interest is to keep the human touch while taking a holistic approach for evolving software development organizations towards agile methodologies.
Jeff Langr
Presentation(s): Learning Test-Driven Development
Sabre
Jeff Langr is the author of Agile Java: Crafting Code With Test-Driven Development (Prentice Hall PTR, 2005) and Essential Java Style (Prentice Hall PTR, 1999), as well as dozens of published articles. He is celebrating a quarter century of software development. Jeff currently works for Sabre Holdings in Southlake, Texas as an agile development mentor and trainer. Jeff has spoken previously at the Agile conference, as well as at OOPSLA, SDEast, and Cingular Wave conferences. You can reach him at jeff@Langrsoft.com.
Diana Larsen
Presentation(s): Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Team Great!, Stimulating Success: Agile Managers as Facilitators, The First Thing to Build: Leveraging Trust on Agile Teams, LS3: Agile Leadership Clinic, Lightning Talks
FutureWorks Consulting, LLC
A specialist in the human side of software development, Diana Larsen expands teams’ capabilities to interact, self-organize, and improve project performance. She co-authored Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great (Pragmatic Programmers, 2006) with Esther Derby. Clients come to Diana because of her experience and expertise; they stick with her because of her candor, compassion and courage. She leads group processes for collaborative thinking and planning, as well as guiding teams through project retrospectives. She presents workshops, speaks and writes on self-organizing team development and team leadership, innovation development, leading retrospectives and influencing organizational change. A former board member of the Agile Alliance, Diana works with a wide network of colleagues. She co-founded the International Retrospective Facilitators Gathering and the Agile Open Northwest 2007 conference.
Jason Chong Lee
Presentation(s): Towards Extreme(ly) Usable Software: Exploring Tensions Between Usability and Agile Software Development
Virginia Tech
Jason Chong Lee is a graduate student in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech who is working towards a PhD in the area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and software development. His advisor is D. Scott McCrickard, an associate professor and co-founder of the VTURCS undergraduate research program. His interests are in design processes that combine usability engineering processes and tools with agile software engineering methodologies to support the efficient development of usable software systems. He is currently developing and evaluating an engineering process that combines extreme programming and scenario-based usability engineering. This research leverages his past work on design representation-based design, HCI knowledge reuse, and communication among project stakeholders.
Todd Little
Presentation(s): LS1: A Framework for Agile Leadership, Project Portfolio Management in the Agile Enterprise
Landmark Graphics
Todd Little is a Sr. Development Manager for Landmark Graphics. He has been involved in most aspects of software development including development, project management and general management. His focus has been on commercial software applications for oil and gas exploration and production. He is on the Board of Directors for the AgileAlliance and was the Program Director for ADC2004, Agile2005, and Agile2006 conference. He is a co-author of the Declaration of Interdependence for Agile Project Leadership and a founding member and current President of the Agile Project Leadership Network.
Mike Lowery
Presentation(s): Effective product ownership within a multi-component project
BBC
I have worked in many different envioronments over the last 20 years from building houses to the army and finally IT project management. From this my work exeperiences include fixing radios and aircraft flight systems, project managing production line builds for mobile telecoms and building peer to peer 7 day TV catch up systems for the BBC.
Brian Lyons
Presentation(s): Integrating Personal Practices into a Development Process
Number Six Software, Inc.
Brian Lyons is co-founder and CTO of Number Six Software, “The Software Engineering Companyâ€. He has worked in the software industry for twenty years, fostering iterative techniques within software development organizations. While spending much of his career as trainer, product-centered consultant, methodologist and mentor, Brian has continuously stayed close to the pragmatic issues of the software developer. Brian is co-author of UML 2 Toolkit from Wiley Publishing, a Certified Scrum Master, a member of the Agile Project Leadership Network, and the lead for the Open Unified Process content component of the Eclipse Process Framework project.
Matthias Marschall
Presentation(s): Transforming a Six Month Release Cycle Into Continuous Releases
conject AG
Matthias Marschall is a Senior Manager at conject where he leads the development and operations of conject's on-demand business services platform. Matthias' responsibilities include guiding the architectural evolution of the platform as well as establishing lean and agile development processes within his team. Matthias has more than nine years of experience in the software industry.
Ryan Martens
Presentation(s): Agile Enterprise Rollout--The Greening of the Software Industry, Agile Tooling - A Point, Counter-Point Discussion
Rally Software
Ryan Martens brings to Rally proven leadership in dynamic, high growth software companies and is an expert in assisting organizations transition from traditional development processes to more Agile techniques. Before founding Rally Software Development - his fourth software start-up - Ryan directed the corporate adoption of Internet technologies within Qwest Communications, and then moved on to co-found Avitek, a Boulder-based custom software development firm where he served as Vice President of Marketing & Business Development. Ryan's successful efforts at Avitek culminated in an acquisition by BEA Systems in 1999. At BEA, Ryan served as Director of Product Management for the eCommerce applications division and he was instrumental in growing that division to more than $50 million in revenue within its first twelve months. Most recently, Ryan was named as a semi-finalist for the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award. Ryan received his Masters in Business Administration and his Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ryan is an alumnus of the Colorado Chapter of Young Entrepreneur's Organization (YEO). Ryan is also involved in a variety of community organizations most notably as a board member for the Colorado Conservation Trust.
Angela Martin
Presentation(s): Programmers are from Mars, Customers are from Venus: A Practical Guide to Working With Customers on Agile Projects, To Certify or Not To Certify, XR09: Supporting the Product Owner, XR11: Product Ownership
Martin IT Consulting Limited
Angela Martin is a consultant with over twelve years of professional software development experience; she works directly with programmers and customers on agile projects to deliver software that works. She is also completing her PhD research at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, supervised by James Noble and Robert Biddle. Her research utilises in-depth case studies of the XP Customer Role, on a wide range of projects world-wide. Angela is also an Agile Alliance Board Member.
Robert C. Martin
Presentation(s): Introduction to XP, Clean Code 2: Craftsmanship and Professionalism, Clean Code 1: Cleaning up a mess.
Object Mentor Inc.
Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) has been a software professional since 1970 and is founder and president of Object Mentor Inc., in Gurnee, Illinois. Object Mentor, Inc., is an international firm of highly experienced software developers and managers who specialize in helping companies get their projects done. Object Mentor offers process improvement consulting, object-oriented software design consulting, training, and skill development services to major corporations worldwide. Mr. Martin has published dozens of articles in various trade journals, and is a regular speaker at international conferences and trade shows. Mr. Martin has authored and edited many books including: - Designing Object Oriented C++ Applications using the Booch Method - Patterns Langauages of Program Design 3 - More C++ Gems - Extreme Programming in Practice - Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices. A leader in the industry of software development, Mr. Martin served three years as the editor-in-chief of the C++ Report, and he served as the first chairman of the Agile Alliance.
Frank Maurer
Presentation(s): Scaling Agile Methodologies for Developing a Production Accounting System for the Oil & Gas Industry, Agile Interaction Design & Usability, Introduction to Agile Methods & Knowledge Sharing
Dr Frank Maurer is the head of the e-Business engineering (ebe) group at the University of Calgary and consults with industry on agile software development. His research interests are - agile software methodologies - web engineering - globally distributed software development - experience and knowledge management - integrating agile methods and interaction design. More information about his research can be found at the web site of the e-Business engineering research group (http://ebe.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/ebe/). He currently serves as the program co-chair for Agile 2007, Associate Editor of IEEE Software as well as a member of several program committees.
Jean McAuliffe
Presentation(s): The Agile Release Testing Experience, Introduction to User Stories
Net Objectives
Jean McAuliffe is a senior consultant and trainer for Net Objectives. She was a Senior QA Manager for RequisitePro at Rational Software, and has been an Agile Product Manager for two start-ups. She has over 20 years experience in all aspects of software development (defining, developing, testing, training and support) for software products, bioengineering and aerospace companies. Jean is a Certified ScrumMaster Practitioner (CSM-P), member of the Agile Alliance, and charter member of the Agile Project Leadership Network. She currently teaches Lean-Agile Testing, Implementing Scrum for Your Team, Lean Quality Assurance, and Agile Life-Cycle Management with VersionOne.
Kent McDonald
Presentation(s): Is Agile agile? Is it time we ate our own dog food?, Project Portfolio Management in the Agile Enterprise
Knowledge Bridge Partners
Kent McDonald, partner and co-founder of Accelinnova, has more than a decade of experience guiding successful projects and designing business solutions in a variety of industries including financial services, health insurance, performance marketing, human services, non profit, and automotive. His background includes delivering data-intensive and web-enabled application development projects that provide outstanding business value. He has coached client staff to help teams reach project goals more productively and effectively. Kent is a sought after speaker, writer, and coach on business analysis, project leadership, and delivering business value through projects. Kent is a co author of the Declaration of Interdependence, a co founder of the Agile Project Leadership Network, and a co founder of the Agile Iowa user group.
Gerard Meszaros
Presentation(s): XUnit Test Patterns and Smells; Improving Test Code and Testability Through Refactoring, Agile ERP: "You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone!"
ClearStream Consulting
Gerard Meszaros is Chief Scientist at ClearStream Consulting where he helps clients achieve higher quality software systems in a more timely manner by applying agile software development techniques. He first built a unit testing framework in 1996 and has been doing automated unit testing ever since. He is an expert on agile development, test automation patterns, refactoring of software and tests, and design for testability. His book xUnit Test Patterns has just been published.
Dan Mezick
Presentation(s): Agile and Entreprenuerial Thinking Patterns
NEW TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC
Dan Mezick is President of New Technology Solutions Inc, a software developer training firm specializing in .NET software development using ASP.NET, C#.NET and VB.NET. He is a Certified ScrumMaster, a software patent holder, and author of two books on software development. His company is a two-time winner of the Deloitte and Touche FAST50 Award honoring the fastest-growing technology firms in America. Reach him at www.newtechusa.com.
Brian Mezick
Presentation(s): Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Team Great!, Agile and Entreprenuerial Thinking Patterns
newtechusa.com
Scott Miller
Presentation(s): Presenter First: TDD for Large, Complex GUIs
Atomic Object
After working as an independent consultant as a means of paying for school, Scott began working as a developer full time in the late 80s. He has lead or participated in a wide range of projects including Kitchen & Bath design, Automotive job costing, Explosives detection, Golf and hockey league management, Internet-based file sharing, and several applications in the textile and apparel design field. Scott has spent the last two years exploring and refining Test Driven Development practices for large applications on several platforms, including C#, C++, Java, and HTML/Javascript.
Ade Miller
Presentation(s): Agility and the Inconceivably Large
Microsoft patterns & practices
Ade Miller is a Software Development Lead with Microsoft's patterns & practices group. He is currently leading development of the Web Services Software Factory, prior to that he was a development lead on Visual Studio Tools for Office. His primary interest is in improving software development practices. He received his BS and PhD in Physics from the University of Southampton, UK.
Kjetil Moløkken-Østvold
Presentation(s): The Relationship between Customer Collaboration and Software Project Overruns
Simula Research Laboratory
Kjetil Moløkken-Østvold is a researcher and entrepreneur at Simula Research Laboratory in Norway. He received his MSc and PhD degrees in informatics from the University of Oslo, Norway, in 2002 and 2004, respectively. After that, he held positions as postdoctoral researcher and Assistant Director at Simula. Currently, he is building a consultancy and research company, Project Economics, based on previous research. Main research interests include software estimation, collaboration, procurement, public projects and agile processes.
Ron Morsicato
Presentation(s): Test-first Practices in Regulated, Safety-critical Environments, an Agile Approach, Developing a Safety-critical System
Agile Rules
A veteran developer of safety-critical and regulated software, Ron Morsicato co-founded the Lexington, MA consulting firm Agile Rules in 2003. He has developed software in diverse areas such as pharmaceutical and agricultural spectroscopy, embedded control systems, alcoholism treatment information and delivery, system simulation, and military systems. He teaches and coaches embedded teams in test-first software development methodologies such as Test Driven Development, and is a member of the IEEE 1648 Working Group: Recommended Practice for the Customer-Supplier Relationship in Agile Software Projects. Ron holds an MS in Operations Research from SUNY Buffalo. His current interest is in the integration of both internal and external customer needs with a comprehensive testing program for embedded products.
Rick Mugridge
Presentation(s): Executable project documents: Using essential examples to help bridge the gap between business and software perspectives
Rimu Research
Rick Mugridge is the lead author of the first book on executable project documents: "Fit for Developing Software", Prentice-Hall, 2005. He has developed and is evolving FitLibrary and ZiBreve to better support teams with executable documents. He is a leading thinker and inventor in this area, and consults and coaches internationally in storytests, domain driven design, and agile software development through his consulting company, www.rimuresearch.com.
Dave Nicolette
Presentation(s): TDD for Managers
Valtech Technologies, Inc.
Dave has served in a variety of roles in IT since 1977, including technical, management, and consulting roles. Presently, his main interests are the application of agile and lean methods to enterprise IT, fostering organizational culture change to enable excellence through agile best practice, and collaboration with enthusiastic professionals in a multicultural work environment.
Jeff Nielsen
Presentation(s): Coaching 101: A Role-Playing Session, Beginners Speed Round, Introduction to the Agile 2007 Conference, Q&A with Bob, Hubert, and Mary
Command Information
Jeff Nielsen is Chief Scientist at Digital Focus, where he trains and mentors teams and individuals in the use of agile methodologies. Jeff has over 19 years of commercial software development experience, and has architected a number of mission-critical and enterprise-level systems. Since spearheading the first large-scale XP project at Digital Focus, he has spent much of the past six years coaching agile teams for clients including Fannie Mae, America Online, British Telecom, Sallie Mae, VeriSign, and Gannett.
Bobby Norton
Presentation(s): Agile Adoption AntiPatterns
ThoughtWorks
Bobby Norton first started programming BASIC on an Apple IIE at age 9. After a long hiatus from the field, he went on to get an MS in Computer Science from Florida State University where he was first exposed to XP, consulting, and professional software development. Bobby spent the next few years applying agile methods in various forms as a software engineer with Lockheed Martin working on diverse projects for the FBI, NASA, GE, and the US military. His desire to take a more active role in the agile methods community prompted him to join ThoughtWorks, where he serves as a process mentor and technical lead in teams delivering enterprise software systems.
Sarah Edrie Oliveira
Presentation(s): Agile: Adopting a new Methodology at Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Sarah E Oliveira is an IT professional who has worked in a number of environments from Government to Education to business consulting. She is a frequent author on IT topics, has spoken at several conferences and has recently won an award for outstanding leadership. With sleuthing power of Nancy Drew, and the mental prowess of Jean Grey, Ms. Oliveira is fully equipped to handle the exciting challenges present in a dynamic team of Agile enthusiast. If you would like to discuss the topic of Agile development or dime novels you can reach her at saoliveira@hbs.edu
Nate Oster
Presentation(s): Integrating Personal Practices into a Development Process
Number Six Software, Inc.
Nate Oster is the Quality Manager with Number Six Software’s Center for Software Development Innovation, where he helps clients adopt iterative development methods. He has more than 5 years experience with Unified Process-based test approaches that emphasize continuously measuring progress with tested functionality, high levels of maintainable test automation, and testing as a serious technical discipline. Nate inspires adopters with a combination of player-coaching and classroom simulations. He’s frequently consulted as an expert in system performance engineering and tuning distributed J2EE applications. Nate contributes to the open-source Eclipse Process Framework’s OpenUP project, focused on agile test processes. Previous projects include military logistics, clinical healthcare, and banking financial systems. Nate lives in northern Virginia, and enjoys technical rock climbing, backpacking, and travel, but is easily defeated at all card games.
Jay Packlick
Presentation(s): The Agile Maturity Map - A Goal Oriented Approach to Agile Improvement, The Agile Maturity Map - A Goal Oriented Approach to Agile Improvement, How We Made Onsite Customer Work - An Extreme Success Story
Sabre Airline Solutions
Jay Packlick is an Agile evangelist and coach at Sabre Airline Solutions. He has over 20 years experience as a developer, manager, and architect in developing real-time and decision support systems, most recently in Java and C++. Jay enjoys discovering new and pragmatic ways to apply agile and lean principles to the business of software development.
Jeff Patton
Presentation(s): From User Story to User Interface, Incremental Releases Users & Stakeholders Will Love
ThoughtWorks
Thoughtworks
Michael Phoenix
Presentation(s): Weaving Domain-Specific Language Support into your Automated Testing Tool, Story Test Driven Development in Narrative Testing Tools
SolutionsIQ
Michael (Mickey) Phoenix is a Software Development Engineer for SolutionsIQ based in Redmond, Washington, a Certified ScrumMaster, one of the core developers of the open source testing tool StoryTest IQ (STIQ) http://storytestiq.sourceforge.net/, and a practitioner of Agile methodologies since 1999. With over 19 years of software development experience, his roles have included Senior Technical Staff Member, Software Architect, Senior Developer, and Lead Designer. His focus has been on object-oriented design, legacy systems refactoring, and test driven development. Prior to joining SolutionsIQ, Mickey was founder and principal of the consulting firm, Stray Cat Software, and a consultant for IBM’s Integrion online banking initiative. Mickey holds a BA in Psychology, with distinction, and an MS in Computer Science, both from Stanford University, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Duncan Pierce
Presentation(s): Agile Narratives: Gathering Stories
Amarinda
Duncan Pierce is the founder of Amarinda Consulting, which offers agile training, mentoring and leadership for development and management teams and has worked with many well-known companies including Egg, British Telecom, Sky, HSBC and Sun Microsystems. He specializes in helping teams master common agile-related issues such as continuous integration, traceability, automated testing, simple design and refactoring. Duncan is one of the founders of the XPDay conferences and regularly speaks in Europe and the US. He is a long-standing member of the Extreme Tuesday Club (XTC) and founder of the Agile Alliance Agile Narratives programme. He has worked in the retail, internet and investment banking, logistics, insurance, biotech, consumer electronics, industrial R&D, local government, wired and mobile telecomms sectors. He can be reached at duncan@duncanpierce.org and his homepage is at http://duncanpierce.org/.
Dan Pierce
Presentation(s): Embedded Agile - Issues and Practices - Continued
Thales Communications, Inc
Dan Pierce is the Embedded Software Development Manager at Thales Communications Inc.(TCI). TCI builds sophisticated tactical hand held radios for the military. Dan has been migrating to agile techniques in embedded environments for 5 years and has published an article on this topic in Embedded Systems Programming magazine. He has been working in embedded environments for 20+ years
Mary Poppendieck
Presentation(s): Introduction to Lean Software Development, LS4: The Role of Leadership in Software Development, Learning Kaizen from Toyota [with MindMaps]
Poppendieck.LLC
Mary Poppendieck has been in the Information Technology industry for over thirty years. She has managed software development, supply chain management, manufacturing operations, and new product development. She spearheaded the implementation of a Just-in-Time system in a 3M video tape manufacturing plant and led new product development teams, commercializing products ranging from digital controllers to 3M Light Fiberâ„¢. Mary is a popular writer and speaker, and author of the book Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, which was awarded the Software Development Productivity Award in 2004. A sequel, Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash, was published in 2006.
Andy Powell
Presentation(s): VersionOne + Subversion + FitNesse = Bliss
VersionOne
Andy Powell is a Sales Engineer at VersionOne. Before joining the dark side, he spent 8 years in various roles on software development teams, including the product management team at VersionOne.
Guy Pshigoda
Presentation(s): Implementing Scrum in a distributed software development organization
BMC Software
This Paper is based on my 8 yesrs experience with BMC Software and the last two years as the lead project manager of the Identity Managemt suite. With this role i'm responsible for the Scrum implementation as well as managing the project from the PMO.I'm a certified Scrum Master
J. B. Rainsberger
Presentation(s): XP 2000-2007: My Greatest Misses
Independent Consultant
J. B. (Joe) Rainsberger (me@jbrains.ca) is an author (JUnit Recipes), programmer, mentor, coach and consultant. Since 2000, Joe has been an agile practitioner, teacher, writer (IEEE Software magazine, jbrains.ca) and conference organizer (xpday.info). In 2005, he became one of the first recipients of the Gordon Pask award for contribution to agile software practice. In July he moved from Toronto to Dauphin, Manitoba with his wife, Sarah, and an array of cats.
Vaclav Rajlich
Presentation(s): The Role of Incremental Change in Agile Software Processes
Wayne State University
Vaclav T. Rajlich is a full professor and former chair in the Department of Computer Science at Wayne State University. He published extensively in the areas of software eengineering, software evolution, software tools, and agile development. He received a PhD in mathematics from Case Western Reserve University. Contact him at rajlich@wayne.edu.
Dan Rawsthorne
Presentation(s): Agile Analysis, Introduction to Scrum
Danube Technologies
I have worked in software for more than 25 years in many capacities, from coder to product/project manager. I have worked small (3 people working on an e-commerce web site) and large (500 people working on aircraft avionics) projects, and have learned many things about what works and what doesn't. I've worked in small "hack it out" companies and big CMM and ISO organizations, and have been involved in process improvement in most of them.
At Danube I am a transformation agent. I help organizations transform themselves through applications of common sense and agile techniques. My formal training (PhD in mathematics) guides me to look for underlying problems rather than focus on surface symptoms; my military background (retired reserve officer) helps me understand the importance of teamwork and empowerment; and my common sense tells me that change must happen in small manageable bites.
I am a Certified Scrum Trainer with knowledge of many software processes, procedures, and techniques and bring them all to bear on the problems I see. I'm a firm believer in agility, having been introduced to eXtreme Programming (XP) by Kent Beck in 1995, and to scrum by Linda Rising soon after. It was these experiences that led me to move from government contracting to become a coach and consultant.
Linda Rising
Presentation(s): Introducing agile practices (or any new idea) to your team or organization, We're "hardwired" for deception, so agile estimation is the only way to go!, XR08: Process Improvement, Lightning Talks
Linda Rising LLC
Linda Rising has a Ph.D. from Arizona State University in the field of object-based design metrics and a background which includes university teaching and industry work in telecommunications, avionics, and strategic weapons systems. An internationally known presenter on topics related to patterns, retrospectives, and the change process, Linda is the author of numerous articles and four books—Design Patterns in Communications, The Pattern Almanac 2000, A Patterns Handbook, and Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas, written with Mary Lynn Manns. Find more information about Linda at www.lindarising.org.
Mike Roberts
Presentation(s): Introduction to Continuous Integration
NYSE TransactTools
Mike leads the development team of TCM, the world's leading financial messaging engine, at NYSE TransactTools (http://www.nyse.com/transacttools).
Previously Mike worked as an agile development consultant at ThoughtWorks and Finetix, which makes him an expert in sticking index cards to walls in a strategic manner.
Mike also co-led CruiseControl.NET (the leading open-source Continuous Integration server for .NET projects) for a few years, before going post-technical in his current role.
Hugh Robinson
Presentation(s): Does the XP environment meet the motivational needs of the Software Developer? An Empirical Study
Open University
Hugh Robinson teaches and researches at the Open University and has an enduring commitment to understanding software practice and software practitioners – the ‘swampy lowlands’ of Donald Schöns’s reflective practitioner. Hugh is an expert in the use of qualitative methods – such as ethnography, discourse analysis and distributed cognition – to study the reality of software practice in a variety of settings. He has a particular interest in approaches, notably Agile methods, that emerge from practice and practitioners.
Ronica Roth
Presentation(s): Can Agile Improve Employee Engagement?, From Analyst to Owner
Rally Software Development
Ronica Roth is an Agile coach and consultant with Rally Software. Her 10-year software career is rooted in facilitating clear communication and close collaboration across disciplines, resulting in software that more often met customer needs. She has extensive experience discovering, evolving and managing software requirements, which provides Product Owner expertise and a deep understanding of the customer side of Agile software development. Her passion for helping people work together creatively and efficiently led her to embrace Agile practices. She has guided many organizations—from small, private firms to large government agencies, from technology companies to internal software development groups—through successful adoption of Agile principles and best practices. Ronica is a Certified ScrumMaster-Practitioner and Certified JAD Facilitator and holds a Master of Science in Journalism (MSJ) from Northwestern University.
Johanna Rothman
Presentation(s): Hiring For An Agile Team: Detecting Candidates Who Will Fit With the Team, Guerilla Agile: Adopting Agile Practices Even When Your Management is Still Playing Dysfunctional Waterfall Games
Johanna Rothman consults, speaks, and writes on managing high-technology product development. Johanna is the author of "Manage It! Your Guide to Modern Pragmatic Project Management." She is the coauthor of the pragmatic "Behind Closed Doors, Secrets of Great Management," and author of the highly acclaimed "Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People." Johanna is a host of the Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) conference.
Darren Rowley
Presentation(s): Forming to Performing: The Evolution of an Agile Team
First Data Utilities
Darren has 20 years experience in the software development industry working with small start-ups through to large corporations. He has been an agile practitioner for the last 6 years; previously Darren worked for ThoughtWorks UK in both Iteration Management and Technical Lead roles on some of the world’s largest agile projects. Now residing in Auckland, New Zealand, Darren is a Principal Engineer at First Data Utilities building their next generation of large scale CIS systems for the Energy sector.
Charlie Rudd
Presentation(s): The Ripple Effect of Agile
SolutionsIQ
Charlie Rudd is President and CEO of SolutionsIQ, one of the most successful Agile development shops and consultancies in the country. In the last four years SolutionsIQ professional service revenues have grown from three million to twenty five million. This growth was driven principally through the adoption of Agile practices. Prior to joining SolutionsIQ, Charlie worked for seven years at Microsoft in IT management where he led the technical teams responsible for internal business applications and was responsible for establishing best practices. During his time at Microsoft he became very familiar with the many ways that software projects can fail and the dilemma that though SDLC methodologies are needed they don't seem to work. SolutionsIQ employees first introduced Charlie to Agile practices, which are now the cornerstone of the company's business plan and strategy. With more than 20 years in the IT industry, Charlie has accrued extensive experience in business application development, project management, program management, process improvement, change management and workforce development. A graduate of the University of Washington, he holds a B.A. in Psychology.
Aaron Ruhnow
Presentation(s): Consciously Evolving an Agile Team
Aaron has been a developer for the 14 years, and currently works as a Technical Lead and Scrum Master for iLevel in Denver, CO. His interests include spending time playing with his two girls and getting to the mountains for running and mountain biking as much as possible. He purportedly enjoys the collaborative aspects of this “agile†thing. He thinks it may be more than just a fad.
Jeff Sage
Presentation(s): eXtensible Development System (XDS)
EDS, ThoughtWorks
Jeff Sage serves as an enterprise technology consultant at Electronic Data Systems in support of the General Motors account. His expertise resides in enterprise application and solutions delivery. Prior to joining EDS, Mr. Sage has held technology positions at Accenture, General Electric and International Business Machines.
Bob Schatz
Presentation(s): The Facts of Work: Living with Power and Politics
Agile Infusion, LLC
Bob Schatz specializes in consulting and coaching organizational leaders in the practice of successfully using agile project management techniques to transform their organizations and improve the performance of their software development projects. He began his practice as a result of leading the agile transition at Primavera and helping many other companies do the same. Bob has experience at every level of the organization. He was the VP and Chief Development Officer for Solstice Software, leading the software development of the Solstice enterprise integration testing products. Bob Schatz also served as VP of Development for Primavera Systems, Inc. where he was responsible for leading the team that develops Primavera’s software solutions for Enterprise Project and Portfolio Management and created a real agile success story. Before joining Primavera, Bob spent seven years at Liquent, Inc., managing the development of publishing software targeted for the pharmaceutical market, and 12 years at GE Aerospace/Lockheed Martin, where he held various management positions for large-scale development projects for US government agencies and the Department of Defense. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Temple University and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Ken Schwaber
Presentation(s): The Enterprise and Scrum
Scrum evangelist and co-developer with Jeff Sutherland. Founder of the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance, signatory of the Agile Manifesto. Software developer and manager for over 30 years.
Alan Shalloway
Presentation(s): The Business Case For Agility: The Lean-Agile Connection, Introduction to User Stories
Net Objectives
Alan Shalloway is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. With 35+ years of experience, Alan is an industry thought leader, trainer and coach in the areas of Lean, Agile and Patterns in agile environments. He is a popular speaker at prestigious conferences worldwide as well as a trainer/coach. He is the primary author of Design Patterns Explained and is currently writing "Lean Anti-Patterns and What to do About Them".
Brian Shoemaker
Presentation(s): Test-first Practices in Regulated, Safety-critical Environments, an Agile Approach, Developing a Safety-critical System
ShoeBar Associates
Consultant to FDA-regulated industry: software quality, software validation, electronic records and signatures. Formerly Quality Assurance manager at CSS Informatics (prev. PPD Informatics, a division of PPD Inc.); QA/Validation Manager at Doxis Inc.; and Systems Engineering Manager at Behring Diagnostics.
James Shore
Presentation(s): Agile Planning in Action, Do We Need an On-Site Customer? An Exploration of Customer Involvement, XR10: Scaling Up, XR13: Technical Stories
Titanium I.T. LLC
James Shore is an agile development coach and thought leader. A professional software developer since 1994, he has been leading teams in success and failure since 1999. In 2005, he was awarded with the Agile Alliance's Gordon Pask Award for Contributions to Agile Practice. His upcoming book, The Art of Agile Development (coauthored with Shane Warden), will be published by O'Reilly in August. Find more of his work on his website, jamesshore.com.
Ahmed Sidky
Presentation(s): How to Assess Your Agile Readiness...Now!
Tangible Software
Ahmed Sidky is a senior agile consultant with Tangible Software. He graduated as Valedictorian with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Modern Science and Arts (MSA) University in Cairo, Egypt. While working as an Internet Solution Developer for one of the leading corporations in Egypt, he received the award for the Best Creative Solution for that year. With his research focused on Requirements Engineering, he earned a Masters degree in Software Engineering from Virginia Tech. Ahmed's research interests then moved towards Agile Software Development Methodologies and he is completing his doctorate in May 2007 in that field. His latest research is a process framework for the adoption of agile practices known as the Agile Adoption Framework.
Michele Sliger
Presentation(s): Agile in the Waterfall Enterprise, An Alternative to Consensus - Individual Decision-Making in Agile, Learning to Say No
Sliger Consulting Inc.
Michele Sliger has worked in software development for over 20 years, and has been embracing change with agile methodologies for the last eight of those years. As a self-described "bridge builder," her passion lies in helping those in traditional software development environments cross the bridge to agility. Along with co-author Stacia Broderick, their forthcoming book "The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility" will focus on that topic, helping PMI-trained project managers make the transition. Michele is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). If you have a question or would like help with your agile adoption, Michele can be reached at michele@sligerconsulting.com
Hubert Smits
Presentation(s): Introduction to Scrum, Planning with Distributed Teams, Value Stream Mapping in a Software Development Organization, Implementing Scrum in a distributed software development organization
Rally
The content of my presentations is based on the work I do with teams that are moving from waterfall to Agile. I have been 20 years in the software development industry, and moved to Agile practices about 5 years ago. First as a practitioner, then as a coach and trainer. In the past years I have seen teams small and large going through the whole transitioning from waterfall to Agile, beyond the starting point. I worked with them to define solutions and refine the solutions based on what they learned in the iterations. This experience is bundled in the work I do: Agile Team training, ScrumMaster training, Executive training and the coaching of all the participants in their projects. Coaching typically includes the facilitation of planning sessions, retrospectives, demo & review sessions, and Agile process design discussions. I hold a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and I am a Certified ScrumMaster and Certified Scrum Trainer. I wrote whitepapers on the enterprise-wide implementation of Scrum (the CIO Playbook of Implementing Scrum) and on planning large initiatives in agile environments (Multi Level Planning for Agile Projects). Both papers are available through my blog: hubert.blogs.com.
Chris Sterling
Presentation(s): Architecture in an Agile Organization
SolutionsIQ
Chris is an Agile Coach and Certified Scrum Trainer and has performed consulting and training for the last three years with companies like Microsoft, Expedia, BEA, and the State of Washington. Chris is an original developer for the open source tool Story Test IQ (STIQ), a project that combines utility from Fit, FitNesse, and Selenium to create automated acceptance tests (http://storytestiq.sourceforge.net/). As founder of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA) Puget Sound Chapter, Chris is very involved with coding and evangelizing good coding practices like Test Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration, and collective code ownership, each a staple of the environment he has fostered and encouraged working at Solutions IQ and on projects like Story Test IQ (STIQ).
Megan Sumrell
Presentation(s): From Waterfall to Agile - How does a QA team transition?
Misys Healthcare Systems
Megan Sumrell is a Certified Scrum Master with over 12 years of software testing experience. She has worked as a developer, database designer, quality engineer, and Director of QA. She has built QA organizations at several software companies including CommerceOne and ChannelAdvisor. Currently, she is the QA Architect at Misys Healthcare Systems.
Jean Tabaka
Presentation(s): I Don't Like Mondays--Improving Agile Process Team Events, Agile Enterprise Rollout--The Greening of the Software Industry
Rally Software
I am an agile coach with Rally Software Development in Boulder CO with almost 30 years of experience in the Software Industry ranging from programmer to project manager to methodologist. I am a Certified ScrumMaster, Certified Scrum Trainer, and Certified Scrum Practitioner as well as a Certified Professional Facilitator. I have spoken at numerous conferences about Agile practices, coaching, Lean organizations, collaboration, and Agile quality. As author of the book "Collaboration Explained" I have a passion around how teams work in an Agile self-organizing environment. This has also led to my interest in promoting lean, knowledge-creating software organizations that truly rely on the wisdom of teams, seek to increase resource effectiveness, and work aggressively to minimize all forms of waste in the software process. I hold a master of Arts from Michigan State University and a Masters in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.
Dave Thomas
Presentation(s): Lean and Agile In the Large - Principles, Practices and Experiences for Large Scale Software Development
Bedarra and Object Mentor
Dave Thomas is a Managing Director of Object Mentor, and Founder and Chairman of Bedarra Research Labs, a company specializing in emerging software technologies and applications. Dave is best known as the founder and past CEO of Object Technology International Inc. (formerly OTI, now IBM OTI Labs) and led the commercial introduction of object and component technology. Dave was the principal visionary and architect for IBM VisualAge Smalltalk and Java tools and virtual machines including the popular open source multi-language Eclipse.org IDE. OTI pioneered the use of virtual machines in embedded systems with Tektronix shipping the first commercial products in 1988. He was instrumental in the establishment of IBM's Pervasive computing efforts and in particular, the Java tooling and virtual machines. Dave is an adjunct research professor at Carleton University and the University Of Queensland, and is widely published in the software engineering literature. Dave remains active in various roles within the technical community including ECOOP, AOSD, JAOO,Agile Development Conference, OOPSLA Onward and Dynamic Language Symposium. He is a founding director of the Agile Alliance, an ACM Distinguished Engineer, President of AITO and an advisor for IEEE Software. He also writes an expert column in the Journal Of Object Technology. www.davethomas.net
Hai Ton
Presentation(s): A Strategy for Balancing Business Value and Story Size
ThoughtWorks
Hai Ton is a Senior Business Analyst with ThoughtWorks where he leads analyst and client teams in the design and development of complex software projects using Agile methods. When he is not creating better software, Hai is an active community volunteer where he teaches non-profits and student groups Agile project management techniques. Hai is a certified Scrum Master.
Dorothy J Tudor
Presentation(s): Welcome to DSDM Atern - the new Agile Project Delivery Framework from the DSDM Consortium
Dorothy J Tudor (Dot) is a director of the DSDM Consortium and APLN. She is an accredited trainer and examiner in DSDM and for the British Computer Society's Business Analysis Diploma. Also a certified facilitator, PRINCE2 project manager and ITIL service manager, she is heavily involved at the front line of the industry. Over the last 25 years Dot has delivered training and mentoring for companies large and small, through her own UK-based company, TCC.
She is passionate about Agile approaches, with this being her second year as a speaker at the Agile Conference, following her seminar in 2006 on how DSDM was used to improve time to market and business value, in a large waterfall-based organisation in Ohio.
Oksana Udovitska
Presentation(s): The Gentle Art of Pair Programming
Oxygen
Oksana is a software developer working for Oxygen Media in NYC. Before moving to Oxygen, Oksana spent five years programming in Java and Flash for the financial industry, and was a proud member of a team who created several public-facing applications for the NY Stock Exchange. While Oksana has always enjoyed the challenges of programming, she found that her solitary work in the financial district often seemed dull and unrewarding. At Oxygen, using agile practices and pair programming have helped her reconcile her social nature with the demands of the work, allowing her to become passionate about programming. After moving to Oxygen, Oksana made the transition from Java to C#. She has quickly become recognized as a strong and knowledgeable member of this outstanding team. The key to her lightning-fast transition, Oksana believes, was the Agile methodology employed by the team.
Michael Vax
Presentation(s): Agile Practices in a Distributed Environment
Agile Alliance, Agile Vancouver
I have spent more than 20 years in software development, and during my career, I have worked as a developer, an architect, a Development Manager, a VP of Development, and a CTO. In addition to being a member of the Agile Alliance and a certified SCRUM Master, I am one of the organizers of Agile Vancouver (www.agilevancouver.ca ). As part of the Agile community in Vancouver, I have taken an active role in organizing monthly presentations by guest and local speakers to promote the Agile development process. In November 2006, I was a member of the organization committee for the first Agile conference in Vancouver, where I also presented my experience with introducing Agile in a large distributed organization. I am currently the CEO of Luxoft Canada, which specializes in Agile projects distributed between a nearshore team in Vancouver, an offshore team in Russia, and customer teams in North America. Luxoft is a global software development company, and is headquartered in Russia, with additional offices in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ukraine. Its clients include world leaders in the IT, manufacturing, energy, financial services, and aerospace industries, as well as smaller independent software vendors and product houses. Prior to joining Luxoft, I was the Vice President of Product Development at WebCT - one of the world's leading providers of e-learning systems, which are used by thousands of colleges and universities in more than 70 countries worldwide. At WebCT, I managed a 100+ person product development department, with offices in Vancouver and Boston. I successfully led the transition from WebCT original plan-driven process to SCRUM.
Thom W. Vincent
Presentation(s): Agile Business Analysis
Devis
Thom Wysong Vincent is a Business Analyst working for Devis, a government IT contractor in the Washington DC area. He has more than a decade of experience in IT, working with local, interstate, and international clients. Thom is a member of the International Institute of Business Analysts (IIBA), the International Association of Facilitators (IFA), the Usability Professionals Association (UPA), and the Agile Alliance. He can be reached at Thom W Vincent at Gmail.
Jeff Ward
Presentation(s): Collaboration and Facilitation with Dispersed Teams
Command Information
Jeff is a seasoned IT consultant with over 17 years of professional experience in software development and project management. With strong technical, business, and communication skills, Jeff has extensive experience envisioning and implementing creative, strategic, value-added solutions. He has expertise in leading all phases of system lifecycle development. As a Senior Project Manager with Command Information, Jeff manages agile teams on development projects and has served as an Agile Coach on various customer engagements. He is also a Certified Scrum Master.
Carol A. Wellington
Presentation(s): Experiences In Using Automated Tests and Test Driven Development in Computer Science 1
Shippensburg Universiy
Kelly Weyrauch
Presentation(s): Planning Is Good For You - Really! (Backlogs & Burn-downs for Project Planning)
Medtronic, Inc.
Kelly Weyrauch is a Senior Principal Software Engineer in the Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management organization of Medtronic, Inc. In 2002 Kelly and his co-evangelists attended the XP/Agile Universe conference, where their epiphany resulted in a decision to bring Agile to Medtronic. While Kelly started as a zealot, his pragmatic nature eventually regained control, and he now works with many people and many projects to apply and evolve Agile Principles and Practices.
John Wiegand
Presentation(s): Scaling-up Agility to Globally Distributed Teams The Eclipse Way, Scaling-up Agility to Globally Distributed Teams The Eclipse Way
IBM Rational
John Wiegand is a Distinguished Engineer at IBM Rational's Beaverton lab. John was the principal architect for the Eclipse Platform infrastructure and played a central role in the development of VA/Java, VA/Micro Edition, and Eclipse. John is a former member of the Eclipse Foundation Board, and played a key leadership role in establishing Eclipse as a successful open source project. John is now the technical lead for the Jazz project. John strives to enable teams to deliver high quality products on-time... pioneering, with Erich and others, an approach to software development called "The Eclipse Way". His interests are in the areas of performance, scalability, compilers, and just about anything that's hard.
Werner Wild
Presentation(s): Your Enterprise Systems Hinder Business Agility – So What?
EVOLUTION Consulting
Werner Wild is a long-term agile consultant and university lecturer and has exposed several hundred students to agile and lean ideas. He introduced Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to eXtreme Programming and runs Agile Software Development projects in Central Europe. Together with Barbara Weber he does research and publishes on agile management of business processes. As an elected official (Austrian Chamber of Commerce) he spreads Agile Software Development through local events, workshops and the media.
Heather Williams
Presentation(s): The UCD Perspective: Before and After Agile
Elsevier
I've worked in the Reed Elsevier family for my first 7, really, "professional" years. I've spent my time in our UCD group researching & designing for medical professionals. However, I have also researched and designed information retrieval services for lawyers, caterers and 3D animaters. Never dull, always fun. In *my* time, I like riding my scooter thru Philadelphia, drinking wine (&/or beer) with my husband & friends, traveling, reading, supporting the economy with shopping and contributing to Flickr &/or Twitter.
Peter Wisniewski
Presentation(s): Greater successes by using Agile Techniques closer to the light bulb moment
BT
Peter Wisniewski is a consultant with BT's Agile Consultancy Practice. He has 24 years of professional experience in systems and networks, pre-sales and consultancy. He holds science degrees from the Univ.of Edinburgh, Univ.of Wales and an International MBA from the Univ.of Surrey. Roles have included Cray System Analyst, Director of Software Integration for the ESPRIT Advanced Computer Research Initiative in France, Head of Automotive Systems for NEC Germany and GE Six-sigma blackbelt. He has worked in 21 countries as well as 11 US states.
Chad Woolley
Presentation(s): CI for the Web 2.0 Guy (or Gal)
Pivotal Labs
Chad has been developing and maintaining software and performing system administration professionally since 1992. He loves to be Agile, and has a special place in his heart for creating and maintaining Continuous Integration systems, and keeping them green. He lives in Tucson with his wife and son, and works for Pivotal Labs in San Francisco.
Monica Yap
Presentation(s): Automated Acceptance Testing with StoryTestIQ, Agile Myth Busters
Wireless Data Services Global
Monica Yap is the Global Development Operations Consultant for WDS Global, focus on aligning the distributed global development teams with common Agile practices. Monica has over 7 years of experience leading Agile teams providing quality products through the use of continuous refactoring, unit testing, pair programming, small releases, and an evolving architecture.
Justin Yaros
Presentation(s): Absolute AgileSM - Applying the Synergy of Lean and Agile to Enterprise Transitions
Kelley Blue Book
Justin Yaros is chief information officer (CIO) for Kelley Blue Book (www.kbb.com). His chief responsibilities include overseeing the growth and expansion of the company's core vehicle information systems database, assisting in building new Internet-powered marketing and data distribution systems, and cutting edge dealer software products.
Since joining Kelley Blue Book in January 2005, Yaros has been significantly growing the company's IT staff to support several new initiatives. Major initiatives include upgrading the company's vehicle information database, expanding its dealer product and service offerings and implementing new initiatives on the Web. Justin has been a key leader and change agent in Kelley Blue Book's lean and agile process transformation.
In addition to his position as CIO, Yaros also plays a crucial role on Kelley Blue Book's Executive Leadership Team, since technology has become central to Kelley Blue Book's overall growth and ability to house, manage and mine nearly 80 years of new- and used-vehicle data.
Prior to joining Kelley Blue Book, Yaros held positions as CIO of Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Pinnacle Systems. He holds degrees from both Penn State University and the University of Redlands, and currently resides with his family in Palos Verdes, Calif.
Kelley Blue Book has been the most trusted vehicle pricing, values and information resource by both consumers and the auto industry since 1926. Kelley Blue Book's Web site, kbb.com, was established in 1995 and has been named the No. 1 and most-visited automotive information site by J.D. Power and Associates and Nielsen//NetRatings for nine years running. No other medium reaches more in-market car buyers than kbb.com; one in every three American car buyers perform their research on kbb.com.
Jim York
Presentation(s): SUCCEEDING WITH AGILE IN THE US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARENA, The Power of Improvisation on Agile Teams
FoxHedge Ltd
Jim York is president of FoxHedge, Ltd, a process and management consultancy. He has coached companies large and small to successful adoption of Lean and Agile methodologies and practices in financial services, government/defense, telecommunications, energy, and media. Jim is a Certified Scrum Trainer and blends his experience in Scrum, Agile Project Management, Lean Software Development, Extreme Programming, and traditional project management to deliver "just-in-time" training to teams.
