Better Software Conference & Expo 2008 brochure

KeYnOTes WednesdaY, june 11, 8:45 a.m. Ken Schwaber The co-developer of the Scrum process (with Jeff Sutherland), Ken Schwaber is a signatory of the Agile Manifesto and founder of the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance. He spends his time helping others figure out how to get the benefits of agile development and determine if agile practices are appropriate for them. Ken has been in software and product development for more than thirty years—in positions ranging from bottle-washer to boss. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts. That’s no Way to Run a Business Ken Schwaber, Advanced Development Methods, Inc. Every enterprise sets a baseline plan and reports against it frequently—budget vs. actual financial reports, for example. All parts of the enterprise—sales, manufacturing, service, and finance—provide transparent reports against a plan and then adjust their plans based on actual results and changing circumstances. In software development, project and product managers haven’t had credible answers for senior management to these BIG questions: How is this project going? When can we starting migrating to the new system? How do you know? Do you have the capacity to take a new business opportunity? What can you slow down or de-commit? What will be the cost? Now there is an answer that is working in hundreds of development organizations around the world—Scrum. Scrum’s iterative, incremental development of just-in-time orders of functionality, coupled with rigorous quality standards, gives those of us in software development answers to these questions. Ken Schwaber shows how Scrum enables you to manage software development projects, programs, and development organizations at least as precisely and accurately as every other part of the business. WednesdaY, june 11, 4:0 p.m. Michael Mah Michael Mah is director of the Benchmarking Practice, an author with the Cutter Consortium, and managing partner of QSM Associates Inc., specializing in software measurement and project estimation. Michael has written extensively and consulted with the world’s leading software organizations while collecting data on thousands of projects worldwide. Michael’s bookin-progress, Optimal Friction, examines the dynamics of teams under time pressure and its role in contributing to success and failure. He lives in the mountains of western Massachusetts with his two young children. Michael can be reached at www.qsma.com. The good, the Better, and the Rather puzzling: The agile experience at five companies Michael Mah, QSM Associates Strategic software development is happening every day—and failures continue to plague us. Unquestionably, a major paradigm shift is underway with the movement to agile methods. But are they really working? With results drawn from industry statistics, Michael Mah answers vital questions about the effectiveness of agile methodologies—XP, Scrum, TDD, pair programming, etc. One discovery underway is that agile methods could be turning the “law of software physics” upside down. For decades, there have been predictable relationships among schedule pressure, staff ramp-up, and bug rates; now, industry data tells us that all this could be changing with agile. Join Michael Mah for a revealing discussion of productivity findings at five—all ostensibly agile—companies, and how they produced a range of results for time-to-market, productivity, and quality. Michael addresses questions such as: Which agile practices are right for your environment? What are the characteristics of a successful agile deployment? How do you measure success or failure of agile process change? Find out how the five case study companies “did” agile in their own ways and how their metrics reveal insights into new agile approaches that are fast becoming mainstream. fun Vegas facTs • When paul anka first played Vegas, he was too young to enter the casino. • bugsy siegel named his casino the Flamingo after the long legs of his showgirl girlfriend. • in nevada it is mandatory that video slot machines pay a minimum of 75 percent on average. • Vegas Vic, the enormous neon cowboy that towers over Fremont street, is the world’s largest mechanical neon sign. • Howard Hughes stayed at the Desert inn for so long that he was asked to leave. He bought the hotel. • Camels were used as pack animals in nevada as late as 1870. • More than 38.9 million people visit las Vegas each year. • seventeen of the twenty largest hotels in the U.s. are in las Vegas. 16 To regisTer call 888-268-8770 or 904-278-0524 or visiT www.sqe.com/bscereg http://www.qsma.com http://www.sqe.com/bscereg

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Better Software Conference & Expo Brochure Contents Conference At-A-Glance Special Events Conference Speakers 49 In-Depth Pre-Conference Tutorials 4 Keynote Presentations 42 Concurrent Classes Event Location and Las Vegas Highlights What Our Delegates are Saying Sponsors and Exhibitors Registration Information

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