BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20081102T020000 RDATE:20081102T020000 RDATE:20091101T020000 RDATE:20101107T020000 RDATE:20111106T020000 RDATE:20121104T020000 RDATE:20131103T020000 RDATE:20141102T020000 RDATE:20151101T020000 RDATE:20161106T020000 RDATE:20171105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20090308T020000 RDATE:20090308T020000 RDATE:20100314T020000 RDATE:20110313T020000 RDATE:20120311T020000 RDATE:20130310T020000 RDATE:20140309T020000 RDATE:20150308T020000 RDATE:20160313T020000 RDATE:20170312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090215T181709Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090220T153000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090220T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090215T181709Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090215T181709Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456707 DESCRIPTION:Monthly late lunch at a pub featuring\, food\, beers\, and ca sual conversation to share our experiences with Agile methods/practices/ approaches/events. A time for more discussion of the speaker meeting top ic (or not) from Wednesday night. \n\nTags: agile\, extreme programming\ , xp\, scrum\, software development\, lunch\, conversation\, tdd\, agile project management\, agile adoption\n\nImported from: http://calagator. org/events/1250456707 URL:http://xpdx.org/ SUMMARY:XPDX Pub Lunch LOCATION:McMenamins on Broadway: 1504 NE Broadway St Ste 900\, Portland O regon 97232-1407 US SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090303T172206Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090318T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090318T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090303T172206Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090313T052500Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456785 DESCRIPTION:Pair Programming has many benefits for a team above and beyon d coding\, yet it's still one of the hardest XP practices to get into. P ing Pong pairing is a lot of fun and is my favourite way to pair. It has a game-like style that instils good pairing and TDD practices. So come along to the next XPDX meeting to try it out. It doesn't matter if you'v e been pairing for years or want to try it for the first time. This will be a chance to learn from each other. We'll spend a little time getting to know the mechanics of Ping Pong pairing\, do a brief demonstration\, and then all pair up for over an hour of practice. \;\n \;\nAbsol utely positively bring a laptop with you. We'll be using Java\, JUnit\, and Eclipse. A big time saver will be to ensure that you have the Java * SDK* installed beforehand. \;\n \;\n>\;>\;>\; Thanks to Vers ionOne there'll be pizza for thirty! <\;<\;<\; \;\n \;\nBe t here at 6:30pm for the pizza. We'll start at 7pm. At 9pm we'll move on t o a local bar.\n\nTags: xpdx\, xp\, tdd\, unit testing\, agile\, pair pr ogramming\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250456785 URL:http://xpdx.org SUMMARY:XPDX March: Ping Pong Pairing >> PIZZA FROM VERSIONONE << LOCATION:CubeSpace [ *sniff* out of business 12 June 2009]: 622 SE Grand Ave.\, Portland Oregon 97214 USA SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090318T192636Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090320T150000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090320T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090318T192636Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090318T192636Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456857 DESCRIPTION:Monthly pub lunch featuring our stories about "\;doing&qu ot\; &\; "\;being"\; Agile\; i.e.\, using XP\, Scrum\, Lean\, et al\, for software development. Seasoned practitioners and new-to-Agi le welcome. We're usually at one (or more) of the long tables in the mid dle. \n\nTags: agile\, extreme programming\, xp\, scrum\, software devel opment\, lunch\, conversation\, tdd\, agile project management\, agile a doption\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250456857 URL:http://www.xpdx.org SUMMARY:XPDX/Agile Enthusiasts Pub Lunch LOCATION:McMenamins on Broadway: 1504 NE Broadway St Ste 900\, Portland O regon 97232-1407 US SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090413T220855Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090605T150000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090605T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090413T220855Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090418T190840Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456985 DESCRIPTION:Casual conversation over no-host lunch about all things relev ant to Agile software development. Sometimes a few of us show up to talk \, more often a dozen (or more) practitioners join the fun. \;\n \;\n \;\n* If your business card says programmer\, tester\, project m anager\, product manager or coach (or would if you had one) \;\n* If you use Agile methods\, practices\, principles or approaches \;\n* I f you seek opportunities to keep working for companies that prefer an Ag ile approach \;\n* If you want to recruit dev team members who know h ow to work in an Agile environment \;\n* If you're curious about any the above \;\n*Come on over for lunch.* \;\n \;\nWe welcome pr actitioners from all Agile flavors--Scrum\, XP\, DSDM\, Crystal\, FDD\, AUP\, Adaptive\, EVO\, etc.\n\nTags: agile\, extreme programming\, xp\, scrum\, software development\, lunch\, conversation\, tdd\, agile projec t management\, agile adoption\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/eve nts/1250456985 URL:http://www.xpdx.org SUMMARY:Agile Pub Lunch sponsored by XPDX & APLN-PDX LOCATION:McMenamins on Broadway: 1504 NE Broadway St Ste 900\, Portland O regon 97232-1407 US SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090309T000606Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090613 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090610 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090309T000606Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150207T223004Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456818 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Wednesday\, June 10\, 2009 at 9am throug h Friday\, June 12\, 2009 at 5pm.\n\nDescription:\nLearn everything you need to know about agile delivery in this three-day course. We use an in novative course structure that allows you to do real agile software deve lopment in cross-functional teams. Using two instructors and splitting t he group as appropriate\, we ensure that programmers get plenty of techn ical depth without boring everyone else. \;\n \;\nYou'll learn: 3\;\n \;\n- Eliminating bugs \;\n- Incremental requirements \;\ n- Working with stakeholders \;\n- Customer tests and acceptance test -driven development \;\n- Test-driven development \;\n- Refactorin g \;\n- Code management \;\n- Continuous integration \;\n- Expl oratory testing \;\n- Pairing \;\n- Incremental design and risk-dr iven architecture \;\n- Cross-functional collaboration \;\n \;\ nProgrammers\, testers\, on-site customers\, business analysts\, project managers\, product managers\, ScrumMasters\, coaches\, team leads\, and anyone else on an agile team will benefit from this course. \;\n \;\nResults \;\n \;\nAfter completing this course\, you will be pr epared to: \;\n \;\n- Work in a cross-functional team with on-site customers\, testers\, and programmers \;\n- Understand and accommoda te diverse stakeholder opinions \;\n- Build and ship complete increme nts of software in one-week iterations \;\n- Create nearly bug-free c ode using test-driven development\, refactoring\, and exploratory testin g \;\n- Prevent build failures with continuous integration \;\n- B uild technical infrastructure incrementally alongside features \;\n&# 13\;\nTestimonials \;\n \;\n"\;I don't know how they pulled of f the [class project]\, but going through four iterations brought the co ncepts home. Also I was a programmer wanting to learn about the project development side. Diana's four-quadrant diagrams (about stakeholders) we re enlightening as was Jim's [incremental design] box diagrams and analo gy of TDD to double-entry bookkeeping. Thank you!!"\; --Steve Tamura \, Developer \;\n \;\n"\;Extremely educational--lots of new ma terial. Well organized."\; --Dave Goldman\, Senior Developer\, Inspi ration Software \;\n \;\n"\;They were great. They were funny\, understanding\, and answered questions well."\; --Ven Cohen\, Progr ammer/Technical Lead\, ISI \;\n\n\nTags: agile\, training\, programmi ng\, delivery\, shipping\, refactoring\, tdd\, test-driven development\, continuous integration\, ci\, requirements\, stakeholders\, collaborati on\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250456818 URL:http://jamesshore.com/Training/Art-of-Agile-Delivery.html SUMMARY:The Art of Agile Delivery (training) LOCATION:Sentinel Hotel: 614 Southwest 11th Avenue\, Portland Oregon 9720 5 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090701T063957Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090703T150000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090703T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090701T063957Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090701T063957Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250457370 DESCRIPTION: \;\n \;\nCasual conversation over no-host lunch about all things relevant to Agile software development. Sometimes a few of us show up to talk\, more often a dozen (or more) practitioners join the f un. \;\n \;\n* If your business card says programmer\, tester\, pr oject manager\, product manager or coach (or would if you had one) \; \n* If you use Agile methods\, practices\, principles or approaches \ ;\n* If you seek opportunities to keep working for companies that prefer an Agile approach \;\n* If you want to recruit dev team members who know how to work in an Agile environment \;\n* If you're curious abou t any the above \;\n*Come on over for lunch.* \;\n \;\nWe welco me practitioners from all Agile flavors--Scrum\, XP\, DSDM\, Crystal\, F DD\, AUP\, Adaptive\, EVO\, etc. \;\n\n\nTags: agile\, agile adoption \, agile project management\, conversation\, extreme programming\, lunch \, scrum\, software development\, tdd\, xp\n\nImported from: http://cala gator.org/events/1250457370 URL:http://www.xpdx.org SUMMARY:XPDX/Agile Enthusiasts Pub Lunch LOCATION:McMenamins on Broadway: 1504 NE Broadway St Ste 900\, Portland O regon 97232-1407 US SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091012T203151Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091021T223000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091021T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091012T203151Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091013T170711Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250457855 DESCRIPTION:David Wheeler will be giving his "\;Unit Test Your Databa se"\; talk. It was well-received at Open Source Bridge\; now he's gi ving it to an audience of Agile practitioners. \;\n \;\nWe’re all used to unit testing our applications by now. The Extreme and Agile prog ramming movements have done a great deal to promote unit testing\, to th e extent that many of us are now dependent on tests to assure that our a pplications work reliably. But how often do we test the database underly ing our applications? Given that the database\, as the repository for al l of the knowledge and data for an application\, just might be the singl e most important part of that application\, the time for standardized da tabase unit testing has come. \;\n \;\nThis talk promotes the prac tice of writing and running unit tests that directly test the schema\, s torage\, and functionality of application databases. Following a review of the available PostgreSQL unit testing frameworks\, we’ll review examp les of testing tables\, views\, columns\, constraints\, indexes\, trigge rs\, and functions. The idea is to promote complete test coverage every aspect of a database\, independent of application unit tests\, to ensure reliably canonical data integrity. \;\n \;\nPizza and networking at 6:30pm\, 7pm talk\, beer afterwards.\n\nTags: xp\, agile\, database\, tdd\, unit test\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/125045785 5 URL:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xpportland/ SUMMARY:XPDX October: Unit Test Your Database LOCATION:PSU Business Accelerator: 2828 SW Corbett Ave\, Portland OR 9720 1 US SEQUENCE:5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091020T161316Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091118T213000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091118T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091020T161316Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101010T002802Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250457885 DESCRIPTION:We're going to do a group activity on TDD. Please bring some tests -- good\, bad\, or interesting / enlightening in some way. (A US B stick is a good idea.) We’re going to discuss them\, refactor them as a group\, and generally use them as the fixed points around which we ca n discuss all things that improve our ability to design well (since desi gn is what TDD is about) \;\n \;\nPizza and networking at 6:30\; m eeting at 7\; beer and discussion afterwards.\n\nTags: agile\, tdd\, tes ting\, unit tests\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/12504578 85 URL:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xpportland/ SUMMARY:XPDX: Unit Test Show and Tell LOCATION:Robert Half Technology\, 2nd Floor Conference Room: 222 SW Colum bia St\, Portland OR 97201 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100103T004955Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100127T220000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100127T190000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100103T004955Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100127T063746Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458115 DESCRIPTION:The topics for this meeting are: \;\n \;\nnode.js - ev ented I/O for JavaScript on the serverGoogle Closure Tools - everything you need to build a Google-class web appTesting asynchronous code with S crew.Unit and Blue Ridge \;\n \;\nBring a laptop if you have one. This will be an activity night. \;\n \;\nThere will be pizza\, ki ndly provided by Jive Software. Plus we will have essentials on hand fo r celebrating the JavaScript Admirers' first birthday. \;\n \;\nF eel free to join our mailing list at http://groups.google.com/group/pdxj s if you too are a JavaScript admirer. Or visit our web site for more i nformation at http://pdxjs.com/.\n\nTags: pdxjs\, node\, nodejs\, closur e\, googleclosure\, javascript\, ecmascript\, screw.unit\, blueridge\, t dd\, bdd\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250458115 URL:http://pdxjs.com/ SUMMARY:Portland JavaScript Admirers' January Meeting LOCATION:Jive Software: 915 SW Stark St.\, Suite 400\, Portland Oregon 97 205 United States SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091211T161351Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100211 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100209 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091211T161351Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20131207T104723Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458083 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Tuesday\, February 9\, 2010 at 8am throu gh Wednesday\, February 10\, 2010 at 6pm.\n\nDescription:\nAnnouncing Ag ile Open Northwest 2010! This Agile Open Space event will be \;\nheld February 9th and 10th\, 2010\, in the Seattle Center Northwest Rooms.&# 13\;\nPlease see http://www.agileopennorthwest.org for registration info rmation \;\nand further details. \;\n \;\nWe invite you to our fourth annual Agile Open Northwest conference. \;\nAlternating each y ear between Portland and Seattle\, AONW conferences bring \;\ntogethe r practicing members of the Northwest Agile communities to explore \; \nthe latest developments in agile software development. We held our thi rd \;\nannual event last year in Portland and enjoyed another great s uccess. \;\nRegistration is $125.00 for both days\, including light b reakfast and lunch. \;\nThis low-cost regional conference is a great opportunity to connect with the \;\nlocal agile community\, experts a nd novices alike. \;\n \;\nPlease join us this year as we host 125 experienced\, collaborative\, \;\ncommitted agile practitioners from the Northwest U.S. (and beyond) in \;\ntackling the issues around ou r recurring theme "\;Agile for Real."\; As in past \;\nyears\ , attendance is limited to a predetermined number in order retain the 3\;\nmany advantages a small conference has to offer. \;\n \;\nHer e is a comment from a previous attendee: \;\n \;\n"\;These two -day Agile Open Northwest conferences are an extremely good value. \; \n..[Y]ou learn directly from practitioners in the agile community what works \;\nand what doesn't. I attended the first two of these confere nces\, they were \;\nstunningly good... loads of practical\, useful s tuff and stimulating \;\ndiscussions."\; -- Ian Savage\, PNSQC Pr ogram Chair \;\n \;\nMore information can be found at http://www.a gileopennorthwest.org. Registration is open now. We look forward to seei ng you there.\n\nTags: agile\, software development\, conference\, tdd\, xp\, scrum\, evo\, bdd\, lean\, crystal\, dsdm\, retrospectives\, open space\, unconference\, scrum master\, practitioners\n\nImported from: ht tp://calagator.org/events/1250458083 URL:http://agileopennorthwest.org SUMMARY:Agile Open Northwest 2010 LOCATION:Seattle Center - Northwest Rooms: 305 Harrison Street\, Seattle WA 98109 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100415T044427Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T190000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100415T044427Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T191541Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458559 DESCRIPTION:This month Max Ogden will be on hand to talk about Couchappsp ora <\; http://github.com/maxogden/couchappspora >\;\, the social co mmunication revolution that he has started. Couchappspora is inspired b y Diaspora <\; http://www.joindiaspora.com/ >\; but is built as a co uchapp using CouchDB <\; http://couchdb.apache.org/ >\;. \;\n \;\nIn addition\, Jesse Hallett will present an end-to-end tutorial on h ow to set up JSTestDriver <\; http://code.google.com/p/js-test-driver/ >\; to automate the process of running QUnit tests <\; http://docs. jquery.com/Qunit >\; using QUnitTestRunnerPlugin <\; http://github.c om/jivesoftware/QUnitTestRunnerPlugin >\;. We have had talks on testi ng before\, including a great talk from Duncan Beevers on simulating tim e with Bobble <\; http://github.com/duncanbeevers/bobble >\;. In th is talk Jesse will focus on automation and asynchronous tests\, includin g more discussion on when simulated time or asynchronicity is the better choice and when to mix and match. \;\n \;\nThere will be pizza pr ovided by Jive Software. \;\n \;\nFeel free to join our mailing li st at http://groups.google.com/group/pdxjs if you too are a JavaScript a dmirer. Or visit our web site for more information at http://pdxjs.com/. \n\nTags: client-side\, javascript\, pdxjs\, programming\, web\, ecmascr ipt\, couchappspora\, diaspora\, couchdb\, tdd\, qunit\, jstestdriver\n\ nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250458559 URL:http://pdxjs.com/ SUMMARY:Portland JavaScript Admirers' Monthly Meeting LOCATION:Jive Software: 915 SW Stark St.\, Suite 400\, Portland Oregon 97 205 United States SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101116T145153Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101117T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101117T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101116T145153Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101116T145153Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250459479 DESCRIPTION:We're meeting after the SAO day-long event\,"\;Blurring t he Lines between QA &\; Dev in an Agile Environment."\; Local Agi lists will reflect on what we heard or said in presentations at the even t\, then we'll apply "\;personal kanban"\; to create table topic lists for the evening. \;\n \;\nYou don't have to have attended the SAO event to join us. \;\n \;\n* If your business card says p rogrammer\, tester\, project manager\, product manager or coach (or woul d if you had one) \;\n* If you use Agile methods\, practices\, princi ples or approaches \;\n* If you seek opportunities to keep working f or companies that prefer an Agile approach \;\n* If you want to recru it team members who know how to work in an Agile environment \;\n* If you're curious about any the above\, \;\n*Come on over.* \;\n  3\;\nWe welcome practitioners from all Agile-related frameworks--Scrum\, XP\, Adaptive\, EVO\, Lean\, Kanban\, Scrumban\, Crystal\, FDD\, AUP\, DSDM\, etc. And people who want to learn about same. \n\nTags: agile\, a gile adoption\, agile project management\, conversation\, extreme progra mming\, lunch\, scrum\, software development\, tdd\, xp\n\nImported from : http://calagator.org/events/1250459479 URL:http://www.xpdx.org SUMMARY:Agile PDX November Meeting - "The After Party" LOCATION:McMenamins on Broadway: 1504 NE Broadway St Ste 900\, Portland O regon 97232-1407 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110922T030825Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111116T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111116T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110922T030825Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110922T030825Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250461376 DESCRIPTION:Test Driven Development has reached maturity. Goad Testing ta kes you a level deeper\, examining what tests really are and using the o utcome of that exercise to derive new ways of keeping software - both pr oduction and test - healthy\, flexible\, and on-specification. Making di stinctions is a critical aspect of a test: It allows a test to serve as an executable specification. Sometimes this ability is lost in the cours e of maintenance. Goad testing is a way to prevent that from happening w ithout introducing significant extra work or complexity. \;\n \;\n About Max Guernsey III\, Hexagon Software LLC: \;\nI’ve been in the s oftware development industry for over ten years. Nearly half of that has been spent mentoring teams in various aspects of Agility\, including De sign Patterns\, TDD\, User Story creation &\; analysis. In the last f ew years\, I’ve become interested in how Lean and Agile fit together. 3\;\n \;\nThis event is free and is at our new location\, Puppet Labs . It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza\, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to b oth Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland). \;\n \;\nThe program starts at 7:00 pm. \;\n \;\nAfter the program you 're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for f urther discussion of chicken wings and other agile conundrums. \;\n&# 13\;\n\n\nTags: agile\, agilepdx\, tdd\, test-driven development\, lean\ , scrum\, software\, software development\, plancast:plan=8kow\n\nImport ed from: http://calagator.org/events/1250461376 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:"Max Guernsey: Goad Testing: Guaranteeing that Tests Make Distinc tions" LOCATION:Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office): 411 NW Park Ave.\, Suite 50 0\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111202T000812Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111214T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111214T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111202T000812Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111202T000812Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250461683 DESCRIPTION:Difficulty iterating? Stuck in a rut at work? Throw caution t o the wind and host a hackathon! You can finally play with Shiny Thing 2 .0\, show it off to your friends and teammates\, all in a format that wi ll encourage you to work in small\, iterative slices. \;\n \;\nGro wing in popularity in recent years\, hackathons provide a venue for folk s to get together\, explore new ideas and (hopefully!) build working sof tware in the span of a couple of days. Come learn about their use in the corporate space and the public space at large\, how to sponsor one\, an d how to make the event create lasting effects. We'll also explore the p arallels between agile development and hackathons\, and how each is good practice for the other. \;\n \;\nBen Houston is a pragmatic soft ware engineer who is currently in love with mazes and geometry. \;\n& #13\;\nThis event is free and is at Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 pm wi th pizza\, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland). \;\n \;\nThe program starts at 7:00 pm. \;\n \;\nAfter the program you're invited to join us fo r a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion of chic ken wings and other agile conundrums. \;\n \;\n\n\nTags: agile\, s crum\, lean\, software\, software development\, tdd\, test-driven develo pment\, agilepdx\, plancast:plan=91bq\n\nImported from: http://calagator .org/events/1250461683 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:Ben Houston: The Importance of Hackathons LOCATION:Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office): 411 NW Park Ave.\, Suite 50 0\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120106T023613Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120118T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120118T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120106T023613Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120106T023613Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250461809 DESCRIPTION:It's time for your yearly Agile tune-up! Has your Agile team made its new year's resolutions yet? If not\, this month's AgilePDX meet ing will help. It's all about helping you understand what you can do to improve the state of your Agile practice. \;\n \;\nJames Shore wil l kick things off with a description of Agile Fluency. He'll describe mu ltiple levels of proficiency and help you figure out where your team is today. Then\, he'll provide specific techniques and practices to focus o n as you work to reach the next level. \;\n \;\nNext\, we'll turn it over to you! You'll break into groups focused on the issues that matt er most to your teams. You'll have the opportunity to learn from each ot her's experiences and to discuss how you can improve your team. Experien ced Agile practitioners will be on hand to answer questions and help you figure out which improvements will make the most difference for you. 3\;\n \;\nThis event is free and is at Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza\, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland). \;\n \;\nThe program sta rts at 7:00 pm. \;\n \;\nAfter the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion o f agile fluency \;\n\n\nTags: agile\, scrum\, lean\, software\, softw are development\, tdd\, test-driven development\, agilepdx\, plancast:pl an=91bq\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250461809 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX - Agile Tune Up LOCATION:Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office): 411 NW Park Ave.\, Suite 50 0\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120130T212313Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120215T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120215T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120130T212313Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120130T212313Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250461907 DESCRIPTION:Have you ever begun an Agile adoption\, only to watch in dism ay and puzzlement as the change fizzles out like a wet firecracker? Hav e you generated excitement for these new ideas\, seen them seem to take root and grow\, only to find a year later that people have fallen back i nto their old ways of doing things? Or\, are they now cherry picking Ag ile practices\, perhaps using Agile terms\, but ignoring the Agile value s? If so\, you are not alone. In this talk\, Tamara Sulaiman Runyon discusses some reasons why simple practice adoption is not enough\; an d why transformation is so difficult to make stick in many organizations . Topics include: the nature of change and complex systems models - wher e do we fit? The key role that vision and leadership play in instigatin g and supporting transformation\; the potential iceberg of organizatio nal culture as a change blocker\, as well as people aspects - the leve ls of discomfort caused by any change\; and measuring the growth of comp etence as Agile practices and Values are assimilated. \;\n \;\nP resenter Bio: \;\n \;\nTamara Sulaiman Runyon has been assisting t eams in transitioning to agile methods both as a hands-on ScrumMaster an d as an Agile Coach and Scrum trainer since 2003. Her passion lies in h elping organizations plan and implement Agile transformations. In her ro le as Enterprise Agile Coach at Intel\, she is deeply involved with lead ing and supporting Agile teams and practices throughout the organization . \;\n \;\nShe is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and Project Man agement Professional (PMP). Tamara is the co-originator of the AgileEVM materials and processes that integrate the traditional project managemen t practice of Earned Value Management with the Scrum framework. As a tho ught leader she is currently serving on the Agile Alliance Board of Dire ctors. Tamara continues to publish articles on Agile-related topics in industry publications such as Agile Journal\, Methods and Tools\, InfoQ \, Projects@Work and gantthead.com. She also shares her experiences\, id eas and expertise as a presenter and speaker at conferences. \;\n \;\n \;\nThis event is free and is at Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza\, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland). \;\n \;\nThe program star ts at 7:00 pm. \;\n \;\nAfter the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion of agile fluency \;\n\n\nTags: agile\, scrum\, lean\, software\, softwa re development\, tdd\, test-driven development\, agilepdx\n\nImported fr om: http://calagator.org/events/1250461907 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX - Traversing the Canyon of Anarchy: From Agile Adoption to Agile Transformation LOCATION:Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office): 411 NW Park Ave.\, Suite 50 0\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120305T165433Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120418T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120418T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120305T165433Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120305T165433Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250462101 DESCRIPTION:What alternatives are there to the predominant linear managem ent approach which relies on reductionism and the ability to predict. Ho w can you avoid the temptation to engineer and control outcomes by manip ulating the component parts of organizations business and process? \; \n \;\nOla describes his nonlinear approach\, where he combines Real Options\, the Mikado Method\, and evolutionary design to form a dynamic\ , diametrically opposite perspective to the familar linear management vi ew. \;\n \;\nPresenter: \;\n \;\nOla Ellnestam likes to com bine people\, technology and business which is best done with simple mea ns and flexible processes. More than that he likes to share his knowledg e and experiences because that’s how new insights are created according to him. Ola is a founder of Agical.se \, a board member of the Agile Ali ance\, director of the Agile Alliance conference sponsorship program\, a nd co-author (with Daniel Brolund) of The Mikado Method book. \;\n&# 13\;\nThis event is free and is at Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 pm wit h pizza\, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland). \;\n \;\nThe program starts at 7:00 pm. \;\n \;\nAfter the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion of agile fluency \;\n \;\nAlso\, on Thursday\, April 19\, join Ola for a o ne-day workshop on The Mikado Method \;\n \;\nFor more informatio n on the workshop\, see: http://calagator.org/events/1250461927 \;\n\ n\nTags: agile\, scrum\, lean\, software\, software development\, tdd\, test-driven development\, agilepdx\n\nImported from: http://calagator.or g/events/1250462101 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX - Strategy and The Mikado Method LOCATION:Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office): 411 NW Park Ave.\, Suite 50 0\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120430T215600Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120516T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120516T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120430T215600Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120430T215600Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250462337 DESCRIPTION:Prioritize People Over Process: The Brain Science of Happy Ag ile Teams \;\n \;\nLearn how to apply neuroscience and psychology to more effectively work with each other as a happy team that produces b etter software. You will take away: \;\n \;\n* Concrete techniques for more quickly building trust on teams \;\n* Actionable ideas for managing social stress \;\n* Proven techniques for getting the best results from each other \;\n \;\nComments from the Game Developers Conference presentation of similar material: \;\n \;\n"\;Mr. Scott Crabtree was also an absolutely excellent speaker - very inspiring \, thought-provoking\, and energizing! Please have him back on the same topic of the importance of happiness within teams in the future!"\;& #13\;\n \;\n"\;The speaker about happiness was amazing."\; 3\;\n \;\n"\;Scott Crabtree was Excellent...an excellent tutorial that I would recommend to anyone."\; \;\n \;\nPresenter: \;\n \;\n Scott Crabtree\, Chief Happiness Officer\, Happy Brain Scie nce: www.HappyBrainScience.com/about \;\n \;\nThis event is free and is at Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza\, sponsored by PN SQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in P ortland). \;\n \;\nThe program starts at 7:00 pm and will run unti l 8:30. \;\n \;\nAfter the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion of agile fluency\n\nTags: agile\, scrum\, lean\, software\, software development\ , tdd\, test-driven development\, agilepdx\, happiness\, neuroscience\, teamwork\, trust\, happy\, brain science\n\nImported from: http://calaga tor.org/events/1250462337 URL:http://www.happybrainscience.com SUMMARY:AgilePDX - Prioritize People Over Process: The Brain Science of H appy Agile Teams LOCATION:Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office): 411 NW Park Ave.\, Suite 50 0\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120601T213304Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120620T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120620T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120601T213304Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120601T213304Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250462425 DESCRIPTION:Agile Chartering ignites your project Liftoff in a way that g ives impetus to the project team\, and the business\, and sets the endea vor on the trajectory to success. Project leaders and team members use A gile Chartering to inform\, inspire\, and align everyone involved in pro duct delivery. Experience a journey through the framework for effective\ , yet lightweight\, "\;just enough"\; Agile chartering\, includi ng the three key elements of inspiring Purpose\, collaborative Alignment \, and dynamic Context. Learn why real-life team members say Agile Chart ering provided the initial momentum that powered their projects toward s uccess. \;\n \;\nIn this high energy talk\, Diana Larsen\, co-aut hor of Liftoff: Launching Agile Teams and Projects\, will take you on an exploration of ways to accomplish team and project Liftoffs\, including the vital step of chartering the project. \;\n \;\n \;\nBio : \;\n \;\nDiana Larsen partners with clients in the software indu stry to create\, guide\, and fortify resilient workplaces and improve pr oject performance. In addition to consulting with and coaching leaders a nd teams on adopting Agile work systems\, she draws on 20+ years of work ing with technical professionals to lead team\, project\, and whole syst em processes for collaborative thinking and planning. Diana co-authored Liftoff: Launching Agile Teams and Projects and Agile Retrospectives: Ma king Good Teams Great. She serves on the board of directors of the Agile Alliance and is a principal of FutureWorks Consulting LLC. \;\n \ ;\nDetails and Pizza: \;\n \;\nThis event is free and is at Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza\, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland). \;\ n \;\nThe program starts at 7:00 pm. \;\n \;\nAfter the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub f or further discussion of launching Agile Projects.\n\nTags: agile\, scru m\, lean\, software\, software development\, tdd\, test-driven developme nt\, agilepdx\, teamwork\, trust\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/ events/1250462425 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX - Agile Chartering: Energize Every Project with a Liftof f LOCATION:Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office): 411 NW Park Ave.\, Suite 50 0\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120718T031712Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120919T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120919T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120718T031712Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120918T034005Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250462608 DESCRIPTION:Bio: \;\n \;\n[Jez Humble](http://continuousdelivery.co m) is a Principal at ThoughtWorks Studios\, and co-author of the Jolt Aw ard winning [Continuous Delivery](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/03216 01912?tag=contindelive-20)\, published in Martin Fowler’s Signature Seri es. He has worked with a variety of platforms and technologies\, consult ing for non-profits\, telecoms\, financial services\, and online retail companies. His focus is on helping organisations deliver valuable\, high -quality software frequently and reliably through implementing effective engineering practices. \;\n \;\nDetails and Pizza: \;\n \;\ nMany thanks to [New Relic](http://continuousdelivery.com) for covering the speaker costs! \;\n \;\nThis event is free and is at Puppet La bs. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza\, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland). \;\n&# 13\;\nThe program starts at 7:00 pm. \;\n \;\nAfter the program yo u're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion of launching Agile Projects. \;\n \;\nTalk desc ription: \;\n \;\nBusinesses rely on getting valuable new software into the hands of users as fast as possible\, while making sure that th ey keep their production environments stable. Continuous Delivery is a r evolutionary and scalable approach to software delivery that enables any team\, including teams within enterprise IT organizations\, to achieve rapid\, reliable releases through better collaboration between developer s\, testers\, DBAs and operations\, and automation of the build\, deploy \, test and release process. \;\n \;\nI’ll start by discussing the value of CD to the business\, inspired by the lean startup movement. I’ ll then present the principles and practices involved in continuous deli very\, including value stream mapping\, the deployment pipeline\, accept ance test driven development\, zero-downtime releases\, and incremental development. I’ll cover how CD is enabled by an ecosystem including Devo ps\, cloud computing\, agile testing\, and continuous deployment.\n\nTag s: agile\, scrum\, lean\, software\, software development\, tdd\, test-d riven development\, agilepdx\, teamwork\, trust\n\nImported from: http:/ /calagator.org/events/1250462608 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX - Continuous Delivery - Jez Humble LOCATION:Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office): 411 NW Park Ave.\, Suite 50 0\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120810T000337Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121017T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121017T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120810T000337Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120928T170029Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250462703 DESCRIPTION:Frank D’Andrea is an enthusiastic Agile evangelist\, mentor\, educator\, and most recently\, the Vice-President of Software Developme nt at Tater Tot Designs. He has extensive experience in managing web and software development projects as well as mobile application and Content Management System development efforts. He is an experienced process imp rovement specialist with expertise in both Agile and Waterfall developme nt environments. \;\n \;\nFrank has leadership experience in both Product and Project Management as well as hands-on experience as a Certi fied Scrum Professional. Frank has been involved in numerous extracurric ular activities as well\; such as a 10-year stint of teaching poetry\, l iterature\, creative writing\, and composition classes at Portland Commu nity College\; representing Portland as a member of Portland’s National Poetry Slam team\; publishing and performing with Haiku Inferno\, and ge tting his J.D. from Willamette University College of Law. \;\n \;\ n--- \;\nHere's the abstract: \;\n \;\nAgile Still Sucks. \ ;\n \;\nBringing Agile into an organization is never a good idea. It is disruptive\, complicated\, and very expensive. It brings organization al dysfunction to the surface and shines a bright light on business prac tices that sabotage teams and fail to deliver value to clients. Further\ , unwitting teams may adopt a version of Agile that becomes dogmatic\, i nflexible\, and interested in perpetuating the "\;process” of Agile rather than being\, well\, agile. The only thing worse than bringing Agi le in\, is trying to get Agile right. \;\n \;\nThat said\, everyon e should be using Agile. This presentation will explore ways to bring Ag ile into an organization\, how to choose the right "\;flavor” of Agi le\, and what to do when it goes badly – because it will. This presentat ion will also examine how to expand the Agile conversation from within t he software development team\, outward to internal stakeholders\, and ev entually into client engagements. \;\n \;\nDetails and Pizza: \ ;\n \;\nThis event is free and is at Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 p m with pizza\, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and P NSQC for supporting agile in Portland). \;\n \;\nThe program start s at 7:00 pm. \;\n \;\nAfter the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion of l aunching Agile Projects.\n\nTags: agile\, scrum\, lean\, software\, soft ware development\, tdd\, test-driven development\, agilepdx\, teamwork\, trust\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250462703 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX Downtown (evening) - Agile Still Sucks - Frank D'Andrea LOCATION:Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office): 411 NW Park Ave.\, Suite 50 0\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121021T203333Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121121T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121121T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121021T203333Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121121T220838Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250463010 DESCRIPTION:Bring your questions. Bring your Problems. Join us for Lean Coffee facilitated by Diana Larsen. \;\n \;\nLean Coffee starte d in Seattle in 2009 when Jim Benson and Jeremy Lightsmith wanted to com bine lean and Knowledge work. Now\, Seattle Lean Coffee happens every w eek\, and is very popular. \;\n \;\nLean Coffee is a structured\ , but agenda-less meeting. Participants gather\, build an agenda\, and b egin talking. Conversations are directed and productive because the agen da for the meeting was democratically generated. \;\n \;\n(http:// leancoffee.org/) \;\n \;\nDetails and Pizza: \;\n \;\nThis e vent is free and is at Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza\, sp onsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporti ng agile in Portland). \;\n \;\nThe program starts at 7:00 pm.\n\n Tags: agile\, scrum\, lean\, software\, software development\, tdd\, tes t-driven development\, agilepdx\, teamwork\, trust\n\nImported from: htt p://calagator.org/events/1250463010 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX Downtown (evening) - Lean Coffee LOCATION:Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office): 411 NW Park Ave.\, Suite 50 0\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121021T201741Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121219T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121219T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121021T201741Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20121204T220414Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250463008 DESCRIPTION:Arlo Belshee and James Shore present "\;This One Goes to 121:"\; \;\n \;\nWe will explore excellence. What it is\, how one achieves it\, and how one exceeds it. What determines the outer limi ts of your team s capability? How can you be continually more awesome? W e've each got a decade of transitioning to (Jim)\, being on (Arlo)\, and building (both) awesome Agile teams. \;\n \;\nDetails and Pizza: \;\n \;\nThis event is free. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza\, sp onsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporti ng agile in Portland). \;\n \;\nThe program starts at 7:00 pm. \;\n \;\nAfter the program you're invited to join us for a no-host ga thering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion of launching Agile Pr ojects.\n\nTags: agile\, scrum\, lean\, software\, software development\ , tdd\, test-driven development\, agilepdx\, teamwork\, trust\n\nImporte d from: http://calagator.org/events/1250463008 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX Evening - This One Goes to 121 LOCATION:Puppet: 308 SW 2nd Ave Fifth Floor\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130109T215507Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130116T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130116T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130109T215507Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130109T215536Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250463356 DESCRIPTION:Agile Fluency Tune-Up \;\n \;\nIt's time for your annua l tune-up! Do you want to get more mileage out of your Agile teams? Is o ne of your New Years' resolutions to figure out how to get the results A gile promises? If so\, come to AgilePDX's annual tune-up session\, hoste d by James Shore and Diana Larsen. They'll walk you through four levels of Agile fluency and how to make the leap from one level to the next\, t hen help you apply those ideas to your real-world situation. You'll go h ome with specific\, actionable ideas you can use with your own teams. 3\;\n \;\n \;\nDetails and Pizza: \;\n \;\nThis event is fre e. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza\, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland). \;\n 3\;\nThe program starts at 7:00 pm. \;\n \;\nAfter the program you 're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for f urther discussion.\n\nTags: agile\, scrum\, lean\, software\, software d evelopment\, tdd\, test-driven development\, agilepdx\, teamwork\, trust \n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250463356 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX Evening - Agile Fluency Tune-Up LOCATION:Puppet: 308 SW 2nd Ave Fifth Floor\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130227T013219Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130320T201500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130320T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130227T013219Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130227T013501Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250463707 DESCRIPTION:As developers\, we've created heuristics that help us build r obust systems and employed test-driven development (TDD) to improve code design and counter instability. Yet object-oriented development princip les and TDD have failed to gain traction in the database world. That’s b ecause database development involves an additional driving force—the dat a. \;\n \;\nMax Guernsey shows how to treat databases as objects with classes of their own—rather than as containers of objects—and how t o drive database designs from tests. He illustrates a way to give these database classes the ability to upgrade old data without introducing und ue risk. Max also shares how to apply good object-oriented design princi ples to database classes and how to enforce semantic connections between databases and clients. Max demonstrates how it all works together\, ens uring that your production databases work exactly the same as test datab ases\, minimizing the risk of design changes\, and enabling client appli cations to more easily keep up with database changes. \;\n \;\nCom e for pizza &\; networking from 6:30pm. The program starts at 7:00 pm . \;\n \;\n__Speaker Bio__ \;\nMax Guernsey is currently a Man aging Member at Hexagon Software LLC. He has 15 years of experience as a professional software developer. For nearly half that time\, he has bee n blogging\, writing\, and delivering lectures on the topic of agile and test-driven database development. For much of Max’s professional career \, he has been a consultant\, advising a variety of software companies i n many different industries using multiple programming and database tech nologies. In most of these engagements\, he spent months or even years h elping teams implement cutting-edge techniques such as test-driven devel opment\, object-oriented design\, acceptance-test-driven development\, a nd agile planning. \;\n \;\nMax has always been a “hands-on” consu ltant\, working with teams for long periods of time to help them build b oth software and skills. This series of diverse\, yet deep\, engagements helped him gain a unique understanding of the database-related testing and design problems that impede most agile teams. Since 2005\, he has be en thinking\, writing\, blogging\, lecturing\, and creating developer-fa cing software dedicated to resolving these issues. \;\n \;\nMax po sts regularly on his Twitter account (@MaxGuernseyIII) and his blog (max g3prog.blogspot.com).\n\nTags: agile\, software development\, tdd\, pear l\, it\, agilepdx\, Information Technology\, Portland downtown\n\nImport ed from: http://calagator.org/events/1250463707 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:Agile PDX presents Max Guernsey\, "Test-Driven Database Developme nt" LOCATION:Puppet: 308 SW 2nd Ave Fifth Floor\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130402T175415Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130417T201500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130417T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130402T175415Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130402T175415Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250463952 DESCRIPTION:What do a 17th century painter’s workshop\, an international photographic cooperative\, and an early 20th century design house have i n common with a modern software development team? On the surface it may not seem like much\, but bringing a group of makers together to work pre sents special challenges and opportunities\, regardless of field. \;\ n \;\nIn this session we’ll explore what worked\, and didn’t\, for se veral groups of historical makers. We’ll draw parallels with agile softw are development teams\, and discuss coaching strategies around the examp les provided. \;\n \;\nNathaniel Cadwell has over thirteen years o f strategic consulting experience in software development\, Agile enable ment\, and change management\, helping organizations achieve dramatic im provement in the efficiency of their software delivery. In his current r ole\, Nathaniel is an Agile Coach working closely with software developm ent teams. He has presented\, or co-presented\, sessions on Agile coachi ng\, Agile portfolio management\, and facilitation skills at multiple ve nues in the United States and abroad. \;\n \;\nDetails and Pizza:& #13\;\n \;\nThis event is free. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza\, spo nsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supportin g agile in Portland). \;\n \;\nThe program starts at 7:00 pm. \ ;\n \;\nAfter the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gat hering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion. \;\n\n\nTags: agil e\, software development\, tdd\, pearl\, it\, agilepdx\, Information Tec hnology\, Portland downtown\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/event s/1250463952 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:Agile PDX Evening Nathaniel Cadwell - Coaching Creatives: New Ide as from Dead Artists LOCATION:Puppet: 308 SW 2nd Ave Fifth Floor\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140506T163454Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140521T201500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140521T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140506T163454Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140506T164931Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250466137 DESCRIPTION:Fluency is "\;what you can say without having to think ab out how to say it."\; "\;Refactoring"\; is a language that d escribes ways to make your code suck less. I want to inspire you to beco me more fluent in that language\, so you can make your code suck less wi thout having to think about it. \;\n \;\nNote for Agile PDX: thi s presentation is in no small part an homage to\, and a continuation of\ , "\;Therapeutic Refactoring"\; by Katrina Owen. If you have ti me\, you might enjoy watching that talk first: \;\nhttp://confreaks.c om/videos/1071-cascadiaruby2012-therapeutic-refactoring \;\n \;\nA bout the speaker... \;\n \;\nSam Livingston is a developer from su nny* Portland\, Oregon. Sam's been working in code since 1998\, in Ruby since 2006\, and at LivingSocial since 2012. He likes TDD/BDD/TATFT\, pa ir programming\, and refactoring—but finds that long walks on the beach tend to result in sandy keyboards. \;\n \;\n* YMMV \n\nTags: agil e\, agilepdx\, refactoring\, tdd\, fluent practice\, xp\, extreme progra mming\, software craftsmanship. therapeutic refactoring\, software devel opment\, no defects\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/125046 6137 URL:http://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:Agile PDX Evening: Fluent Refactoring LOCATION:Puppet: 308 SW 2nd Ave Fifth Floor\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141120T162008Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150418 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150413 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141120T162008Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141120T162008Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250467416 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Monday\, April 13\, 2015 at 9am through Friday\, April 17\, 2015 at 3pm.\n\nDescription:\nIntel Corporation’s pr eeminent development conference is back for its 7th year. This year’s co nference focuses on building Culture\, Community\, and Craft to enable y ou and your teams to deliver faster with higher quality and customer val ue. \;\n \;\nDiscover the latest in Agile methods\, Lean practices \, requirements engineering\, complex adaptive systems and more. Each we ek offers opportunities in which you can participate\, including: \;\ n \;\nKeynotes with leaders and innovators from industry \;\nTutor ials and workshops\, from basic through advanced \;\nExperience repor ts from leading development teams across Intel \;\nNetworking events\ n\nTags: agile\, lean\, leadership\, innovation\, design thinking\, comp lexity\, lean startup\, tdd\, development\, creatvity\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250467416 URL:http://bit.ly/1CRQUt8 SUMMARY:Intel Agile and Lean Development Conference 2015 LOCATION:Intel - Jones Farm building 3 (JF3): 2111 NE 25th Ave.\, Hillsbo ro OR 97124 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20151123T075201Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20151124T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20151124T190000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20151123T075201Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20151123T075201Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250469427 DESCRIPTION:Come practice Pair Programming and Test-Driven Development wi th us. Pair Programming is an Agile methodology in which two developers share a single workstation and work together to solve some problem. Test -Driven Development is a development process that relies on the repetiti on of a short development cycle driven by writing tests before any imple mentation code. Red\, Green\, Refactor. \;\n \;\n \;\nContact A CM: \;\nWebsite: www.acm.pdx.edu \;\nE-mail: acm_officers@cs.pdx.e du \;\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/pdxacm\n\nTags: acm\, portland stat e university\, pair\, programming\, PP\, test\, driven\, development\, w orkshop\, agile\, methodology\, event\, tdd\n\nImported from: http://cal agator.org/events/1250469427 URL:http://www.acm.pdx.edu SUMMARY:[ACM Event] Pair Programming and Test-Driven Development Workshop LOCATION:Portland State University Fourth Avenue Building (FAB) Room FAB 40-07: 1930 Southwest 4th Avenue\, Portland OR 97201 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20151124T182659Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160111T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160111T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20151124T182659Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160610T214047Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250469437 DESCRIPTION:Conversation and peer mentoring starting at 6\, presentations at 7. For more information\, follow @TestRubyPDX on Twitter or join the #testrubypdx Slack channel (under PDX.rb). \;\n \;\n### Presentat ions \;\n#### Bernerd Schaefer: Refactor Your Feature Specs! \;\n` expect(page).to have_css("\;.active"\;)`. It's clear what this l ine does\, but what is it really testing? And why? Together we'll take s ome real-life feature specs and refactor them so the intent of the spec shines through. \;\n\n\nTags: Test Ruby PDX\, RSpec\, Cucumber\, Mini test\, Test::Unit\, Capybara\, ruby\, rails\, ruby on rails\, tdd\, bdd\ , testing\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250469437 URL:http://testrubypdx.org SUMMARY:Test Ruby PDX Monthly Meeting LOCATION:Renew Financial: 402 SW 6th Ave. #902\, Portland OR 97202 US SEQUENCE:5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160113T174845Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160314T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160314T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160113T174845Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160113T174845Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250469622 DESCRIPTION:Portland's testing user group for Ruby developers! Conversati on and peer mentoring starting at 6\, presentations at 7. For more infor mation\, follow @TestRubyPDX on Twitter or join the #testrubypdx Slack c hannel (under the pdxruby team). \;\n \;\n### How and Why to Test Rake Tasks - Brett Chalupa \;\nTesting classes and modules is essenti al to writing well tested Ruby code. However\, testing Rake tasks is not as straight-forward. In this talk\, you will learn how and why it is va luable to test Rake tasks. This talk will go over testing regular ole Ra ke tasks and Rake tasks in a Rails app. Before you know it\, you will be writing Rake tasks in a test-driven manner\, hooray!\n\nTags: Test Ruby PDX\, ruby\, rails\, ruby on rails\, testing\, RSpec\, Cucumber\, Capyb ara\, Test::Unit\, Minitest\, tdd\, bdd\, agile\n\nImported from: http:/ /calagator.org/events/1250469622 URL:http://testrubypdx.org SUMMARY:Test Ruby PDX Monthly Meeting LOCATION:Renew Financial: 402 SW 6th Ave. #902\, Portland OR 97202 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160323T183855Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160411T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160411T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160323T183855Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160323T184308Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250469999 DESCRIPTION:Portland's testing user group for Ruby developers! Conversati on and peer mentoring starting at 6\, presentations at 7. For more infor mation\, follow @TestRubyPDX on Twitter or join the #testrubypdx Slack c hannel (under the pdxruby team). \;\n \;\n## Paul Baker - Golden Thorns: Lessons from the Gilded Rose Kata \;\nThe Gilded Rose Kata i s a fairly well known kata that utilizes a "\;golden master testing& quot\; strategy to provide safety while the developer refactors a messy legacy code base in order to add new features. I will walk through my ta ke on the kata and then review some lessons that I have learned as a sr. developer working with legacy code and where this pattern can be helpfu l.\n\nTags: Test Ruby PDX\, ruby\, rails\, ruby on rails\, testing\, RSp ec\, Cucumber\, Capybara\, Test::Unit\, Minitest\, tdd\, bdd\, agile\n\n Imported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250469999 URL:http://testrubypdx.org SUMMARY:Test Ruby PDX Monthly Meeting LOCATION:Renew Financial: 402 SW 6th Ave. #902\, Portland OR 97202 US SEQUENCE:4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160323T183935Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160613T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160613T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160323T183935Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160323T183935Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250470001 DESCRIPTION:Portland's testing user group for Ruby developers! Conversati on and peer mentoring starting at 6\, presentations at 7. For more infor mation\, follow @TestRubyPDX on Twitter or join the #TestRubyPDX Slack c hannel (under the pdxruby team). We are still looking for speakers\, so if you're interested\, visit testrubypdx.org/speak for details and sugge sted topics!\n\nTags: Test Ruby PDX\, ruby\, rails\, ruby on rails\, tes ting\, RSpec\, Cucumber\, Capybara\, Test::Unit\, Minitest\, tdd\, bdd\, agile\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250470001 URL:http://TestRubyPDX.org SUMMARY:Test Ruby PDX Monthly Meeting LOCATION:Renew Financial: 402 SW 6th Ave. #902\, Portland OR 97202 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160323T184000Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160808T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160808T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160323T184000Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160323T184000Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250470003 DESCRIPTION:Portland's testing user group for Ruby developers! Conversati on and peer mentoring starting at 6\, presentations at 7. For more infor mation\, follow @TestRubyPDX on Twitter or join the #testrubypdx Slack c hannel (under the pdxruby team). We are still looking for speakers\, so if you're interested\, visit testrubypdx.org/speak for details and sugge sted topics!\n\nTags: Test Ruby PDX\, ruby\, rails\, ruby on rails\, tes ting\, RSpec\, Cucumber\, Capybara\, Test::Unit\, Minitest\, tdd\, bdd\, agile\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250470003 URL:http://testrubypdx.org SUMMARY:Test Ruby PDX Monthly Meeting LOCATION:Renew Financial: 402 SW 6th Ave. #902\, Portland OR 97202 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160912T183722Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160919T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160919T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160912T183722Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160912T183722Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250470806 DESCRIPTION:Test Ruby PDX is a user group focused on Ruby testing. In par ticular\, we are developers interested in testing our own code. We offer pizza\, conversation\, and peer mentoring starting at 6 before moving o n to presentations at 7. This month\, Daniel Dreier of Puppet will talk to us about how to test command line apps using Cucumber and Aruba.\n\nT ags: ruby\, testing\, tdd\, rails\, RSpec\, Minitest\, Cucumber\n\nImpor ted from: http://calagator.org/events/1250470806 SUMMARY:Test Ruby PDX LOCATION:New Relic: 111 SW 5th Avenue\, Suite 2700\, Portland Oregon 9720 4 United States SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170724T205818Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170906T180000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170906T073000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170724T205818Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170724T205818Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250472259 DESCRIPTION:Agilists from across the Pacific Northwest will converge at t he Nike World Headquarters for a career changing day. This is a one-day conference with 3 keynote speakers (Richard Sheridan\, best-selling auth or of Joy Inc.\, Gene Kim\, founder and CTO of Tripwire\, and Mamie Jone s\, SVP of Product Development at Intuit) as well as 20 workshops on Lea dership\, Product\, Technical Enablement\, Leadership\, Innovation\, Agi lity and much more. \;\n \;\nUse this promo code\, MeetAC17 for a 10% discount on registration if you register by 8/23/2017!\n\nTags: agi le\, Agile Leadership\, devops\, qa\, lean\, kanban\, continuous integra tion\, tdd\, bdd\, xp\, extreme programming\n\nImported from: http://cal agator.org/events/1250472259 URL:http://agilecamp.org/northwest SUMMARY:AgileCamp Northwest - Enterprise Agility\, Business Strategy & Tr ansformation\, Agile Leadership LOCATION:Nike - Tiger Woods Conference Center: false SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180117T231932Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180221T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180221T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180117T231932Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180117T231932Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473128 DESCRIPTION:For a long time\, folks (Rob included) misinterpreted Behavio r Driven Development (BDD) as “Test-Driven Development done right\,” as Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) with better tools\, or as an u mbrella term embracing both TDD and ATDD. So\, how is BDD really done\, and where does TDD fit in\, if at all? It turns out that the real proble m may lie in trying to pin down rigorous definitions for these terms\, a nd trying to determine when to do which style of testing. Rob coaches te ams to be prepared to use the BDD cycle and the TDD cycle when appropria te\, and to be willing to move fluidly between these two intertwined cyc les on a daily basis. Rob has witnessed significantly improved levels of communication\, alignment\, quality\, and enthusiasm on teams -- and ju st in mere days\, when BDD is embraced as the central activity of the wh ole team. \;\n \;\nYou’ll help explore why\, when\, and how to use both TDD and BDD together to build the most valuable and maintainable s oftware possible. \;\n \;\nRob Myers is principle instructor and coach at Agile for All. He has over 30 years of professional experience with software development teams\, and has been training and coaching org anizations in Agile engineering practices since 1998. His courses blend fun\, practical hands-on labs\, "\;Training From the Back of the Roo m” learning techniques\, and relevant first-person stories from both suc cessful and not-so-successful Agile implementations. His clients have in cluded many start-ups as well as Fortune 100 multinationals. Rob is curr ently working on his first technical book\, Essential Test-Driven Develo pment.\n\nTags: agile\, agilepdx\, tdd\, bdd\, development\, atdd\n\nImp orted from: http://calagator.org/events/1250473128 URL:http://www.agilepdx.org/ SUMMARY:How\, and When\, to do TDD and BDD Together LOCATION:Puppet: 308 SW 2nd Ave Fifth Floor\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180312T053438Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180412 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180409 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180312T053438Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180312T053438Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473404 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Monday\, April 9\, 2018 at 8:30am throug h Wednesday\, April 11\, 2018 at 4:30pm.\n\nDescription:\nIn an effort t o raise the effectiveness of Scrum\, the Scrum Alliance created the Cert ified Scrum Developer (CSD) program (AKA Agile Engineering course.) A Ce rtified Scrum Developer is someone who has demonstrated through a combin ation of formal training and a technical skills assessment that he or sh e has a working understanding of Scrum principles and has learned specia lized Agile engineering skills. \;\n \;\nThis three-day class is aimed at helping software development professionals and teams be more ef fective when implementing Scrum and other Agile methodologies. You will learn how to create and maintain high quality systems through industry standard practices such as Test Driven Development (TDD)\, Continuous In tegration (CI) and common software design patterns. This class was speci fically designed to deliver the core Agile Development Practices Learnin g Objectives of the CSD program and should prepare the participant to su ccessfully pass the Scrum Alliance CSD Candidate Assessment. \;\n \;\nThis class focuses on automated testing\, TDD (heavily covered in cl ass)\, Continuous Integration\, Design Concepts (Design Principles and P ractices) and Extreme Programming (XP) practices. Class is hands-on\, an d you will participate in a project where you will build an actual featu re using Agile practices and learn about the technical practices. You'll learn about how team members interact during sprints. Other topics cove red include Technical Debt: Strategies &\; Techniques to help reduce technical debt. \;\n \;\nIn order to earn the CSD certification\, the Scrum Alliance requires at least five days of formal training follow ed by a CSD assessment/evaluation. This class fulfills 21 of the require d 35 hours and can be paired with the Certified ScrumMaster class to com plete the requirement.\n\nTags: agile\, scrum\, developer\, engineering\ , continuous integration\, continuous development\, technical debt\, pai r programming\, extreme programming\, xp\, framework\, test driven devel opment\, tdd\, bdd\, Business Driven Development\n\nImported from: http: //calagator.org/events/1250473404 URL:https://www.braintrustgroup.com/class/certified-scrum-developer-agile -engineering-ae-portland-9-11-april-2018/ SUMMARY:Agile Engineering Course - Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) LOCATION:Courtyard by Marriott - Portland: 550 SW Oak St\, Portland OR 97 204 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR