Better Software - May 2008 - (Page 7)

Contributors Mike Cohn is the founder poLLyanna pixton ken pugh is a fellow of Mountain Goat Software, a process and project management consultancy that specializes in helping companies adopt and improve the use of agile processes and techniques. He is the author of Agile Estimating and Planning and User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development. Mike is a founding member of the Agile Alliance, serves on its board of directors, and is a frequent presenter at the STAR and Better Software conferences. He can be reached at mike@mountaingoat software.com. developed collaboration tools for leaders through her thirty-eight years inside and consulting with corporations and organizations. She helps leaders create workplaces where talent and innovation is unleashed—making them more productive, efficient, and profitable while leading change in their marketplaces. She writes, teaches, and speaks internationally on collaborative leadership and business ethics. Currently, she is co-authoring a book entitled Stand Back and Deliver: A Leader’s Guide to the Agile Enterprise. Pollyanna is a founding partner of Accelinnova, president of Evolutionary Systems, and director of the Institute for Collaborative Leadership. You can contact Pollyanna at ppixton@accelinnova consultant with Net Objectives. He consults, trains, mentors, and testifies on technology topics ranging from object-oriented design to Linux/Unix to system development processes. He has written several programming books, including the Jolt Award-winning, Prefactoring, and has served clients from London to Sydney. When not computing, Ken enjoys snowboarding, windsurfing, biking, and hiking the Appalachian Trail. Contact Ken at ken.pugh@ netobjectives.com. anne saBouRin, BScN, RN, has been caring for newborn parents at the Royal Victoria Hospital for more than twenty years. A tenured delivery room and surgical baccalaureate nurse, Anne has been involved in some of the most important pre-term and multiple birth deliveries in the history of McGill Teaching Hospitals, including the successful birth of twins born thirty-nine days apart and children born at twenty-four weeks gestation. Anne pioneered telephone support for expectant parents in Quebec when she hosted Info Grossess, which was the two-year pilot project that led to the current Info Santé system in Quebec. Contact Anne at anne@ theheart2heart.com. RoBeRt saBouRin, P. Eng., Robert and Anne have developed Heart2Heart, a popular prenatal course for expectant couples. See www .theHeart2Heart.com. has more than twentyfive years of management experience leading teams of software development professionals. A well-respected member of the software engineering community, Robert has managed, trained, mentored, and coached hundreds of top professionals in the field. He frequently speaks at conferences and writes on software engineering, SQA, testing, management, and internationalization. Robert is the author of I am a Bug!, the popular software testing children’s book; an adjunct professor of software engineering at McGill University; and the principle consultant (and president/ janitor) of AmiBug.Com, Inc. Contact Robert at rsabourin@amibug .com. www.StickyMinds.com MAY 2008 BETTER SOFTWARE 7 http://www.theHeart2Heart.com http://www.theHeart2Heart.com http://www.StickyMinds.com

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Better Software - May 2008 Contents Mark Your Calendar Contributors eLightenment Technically Speaking Code Craft Test Connection Management Chronicles Cover Story: It's A Bug! The Chivalrous Team Member Let's Talk Agile Product Announcements 10 Things You Might Not Know About... The Last Word Ad Index

Better Software - May 2008

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