BeyondAgile: “Introduction to Behavior-Driven Development” *this* Thursday in Redmond and Seattle!
It’s BeyondAgile: people making software that works!
In our never-ending series of just-in-time events, BeyondAgile presents:
“An Introduction to Behavior-Driven Development”
Thursday, 16 June 2009
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Read on for agenda and locations information, or visit our Google Group
at http://groups.google.com/group/beyondagile
- The Blurb
What’s BDD? This is the place to be on Thursday night to learn about Behavior-Driven-Development: what it is, what it attempts to accomplish, its benefits and drawbacks, and how the ideas behind it could provide a benefit to your organization.
Our presenter for this event is Michael Ibarra, who’s been writing software in the Seattle are for over ten years for companies like Microsoft, PEMCO Insurance, eProject (now Daptiv) and (currently) Parametric Portfolio Associates. He’s a Microsoft Certified Programmer and has multiple Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist certifications. What’s more, he’s a member of BeyondAgile’s program team since it was founded.
- Event Agenda
o Welcome and Announcements (10 min.)
o “An Introduction to Behavior Driven Development” presentation (60 min.)
o Questions and Answers (15 min.)
o Giveaway Drawing (from AgileToys.com: an x10 build-status light *and* a Team Toy Pack! See http://www.agiletoys.com for details.) (5 min.)
o Meeting Retrospective (10 min.)
o Socializing and Breakout/Breakup/Beer
- Event Location
We’re meeting at *two* physical locations, connected through videolink:
Eastside (Redmond)
SolutionsIQ
First Floor Training Center
10785 Willows Road NE, Suite 250
Redmond WA
Directions and picture of building at
http://www.solutionsiq.com/about-us/contact-us.php
Look for the tent signs and the blue BeyondAgile logo
Westside (Seattle)
Amdocs Digital Commerce Division (formerly QPass)
Greece Room
2211 Elliott Ave Suite 400
Seattle WA
Questions? Contact us at beyondagile@taoproductions.com, or visit our Google Group, or contribute to the nascent Wiki at beyondagile.org. Or (we’re really letting a thousand flowers bloom here) you can RSVP/discuss the event at the BeyondAgile Facebook site:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=68941257907&ref=nf
- Opportunity knocks!
If you’ve attended our meetings and think the audio/video links need improvement, or if you *can’t * attend our meetings and wish there was live/stored streaming of meetings…BeyondAgile needs you! Everything we do happens because someone wants to make something better: we have no staff, no budget, no fixed leadership or organization…only the folks who want to help each month, and our faithful location sponsors (Amdocs Seattle Division and SolutionsIQ).
So: help make this a better group. Contact us using any of the means you see in this announcement, or come to the meeting and see who you can get to help you!
- What’s BeyondAgile?
It’s the combination and follow-on to a number of the agile-oriented user and interest groups that have operated in the Puget Sound area. We aim to:
o Build a bigger agile community
o Take advantage of overlaps between existing groups
o Expand beyond meetings and provide a place to collaborate
o Align software development and business
o Explore cutting-edge ideas and techniques
o Discover the most useful practices among all agile processes
- Where do BeyondAgile events happen?
Our goal is to have many answers to this. As a result, we’ve worked to remove the impediment offered by bridges and commuting: we (try to) hold our events in both Eastside and Seattle locations, through the semi-magic of videocasting. That’s (much) harder than it seems; we’d also still like to present events freed from the confines of time through streaming video. If you can make that happen, please, pease, please volunteer to help!
It’s BeyondAgile: people making software that works!
In our never-ending series of just-in-time events, BeyondAgile presents:
“An Introduction to Behavior-Driven Development”
Thursday, 16 June 2009
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Read on for agenda and locations information, or visit our Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/beyondagile
The Blurb
What’s BDD? This is the place to be on Thursday night to learn about Behavior-Driven-Development: what it is, what it attempts to accomplish, its benefits and drawbacks, and how the ideas behind it could provide a benefit to your organization.
Our presenter for this event is Michael Ibarra, who’s been writing software in the Seattle are for over ten years for companies like Microsoft, PEMCO Insurance, eProject (now Daptiv) and (currently) Parametric Portfolio Associates. He’s a Microsoft Certified Programmer and has multiple Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist certifications. What’s more, he’s a member of BeyondAgile’s program team since it was founded.
Event Agenda
- Welcome and Announcements (10 min.)
- “An Introduction to Behavior Driven Development” presentation (60 min.)
- Questions and Answers (15 min.)
- Giveaway Drawing (from AgileToys.com: an x10 build-status light *and* a Team Toy Pack! See http://www.agiletoys.com for details.) (5 min.)
- Meeting Retrospective (10 min.)
- Socializing and Breakout/Breakup/Beer
Event Location
We’re meeting at *two* physical locations, connected through videolink:
Eastside (Redmond)
SolutionsIQ
First Floor Training Center
10785 Willows Road NE, Suite 250
Redmond WA
Directions and picture of building at
http://www.solutionsiq.com/about-us/contact-us.php
Look for the tent signs and the blue BeyondAgile logo
Westside (Seattle)
Amdocs Digital Commerce Division (formerly QPass)
Greece Room
2211 Elliott Ave Suite 400
Seattle WA
Questions? Contact us at beyondagile@taoproductions.com, or visit our Google Group, or contribute to the nascent Wiki at beyondagile.org. Or (we’re really letting a thousand flowers bloom here) you can RSVP/discuss the event at the BeyondAgile Facebook site:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=68941257907&ref=nf
Opportunity knocks!
If you’ve attended our meetings and think the audio/video links need improvement, or if you *can’t * attend our meetings and wish there was live/stored streaming of meetings…BeyondAgile needs you! Everything we do happens because someone wants to make something better: we have no staff, no budget, no fixed leadership or organization…only the folks who want to help each month, and our faithful location sponsors (Amdocs Seattle Division and SolutionsIQ).
So: help make this a better group. Contact us using any of the means you see in this announcement, or come to the meeting and see who you can get to help you!
What’s BeyondAgile?
It’s the combination and follow-on to a number of the agile-oriented user and interest groups that have operated in the Puget Sound area. We aim to:
- Build a bigger agile community
- Take advantage of overlaps between existing groups
- Expand beyond meetings and provide a place to collaborate
- Align software development and business
- Explore cutting-edge ideas and techniques
- Discover the most useful practices among all agile processes
Where do BeyondAgile events happen?
Our goal is to have many answers to this. As a result, we’ve worked to remove the impediment offered by bridges and commuting: we (try to) hold our events in both Eastside and Seattle locations, through the semi-magic of videocasting. That’s (much) harder than it seems; we’d also still like to present events freed from the confines of time through streaming video. If you can make that happen, please, pease, please volunteer to help!
