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 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081029T193330Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081120T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081120T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081029T193330Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150207T223004Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456037 DESCRIPTION:Life Inside an Iteration \;\nDate: Thu\, Nov 20th \;\n Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm \;\nLocation: Governor Hotel 614 SW 11th Avenue Portland\, OR 97205 \;\nCost: $10 for members $30 for non members&# 13\;\nRegistration Deadline: 11/18/2008 \;\nTopic: Life Inside an I teration \;\n \;\nBuffet Dinner is included \;\n \;\nAgile s oftware development processes such as Extreme Programming (XP)\, Scrum\, and Lean Software Development have become mainstream in many organizati ons\, but what is "\;Life Inside an Iteration"\; really like? Fi nd out as our panelists talk about what activities help let QA and Devel opment work in sync\, what the hand offs are and how they happen\, how t hey have managed the inevitable change within the iteration. Our panelis ts include developers\, testers\, customers and consultants to bring a b road perspective of best practices to these issues. \;\n \;\nPanel ists \;\nBrian Jamison\, Founder and CEO\, OpenSourcery \;\nBrian is a seasoned entrepreneur with many technology-related companies to his credit. He has worked with Linux\, open source\, and the Internet profe ssionally since 1995. Brian serves as President for the Portland Open So urce Software Entrepreneurs (POSSE) and as advisor\, mentor\, or board m ember for numerous startups. He actively promotes safe\, renewable biodi esel as a locally-produced fuel source. \;\n \;\nChris Jones\, Eng ineer\, Yesmail \;\nChris has led the adoption of agile practices on several projects and teams ranging from 'by the book' XP to a blend of X P and RUP. Chris is well versed in adapting agile processes to a diverse set of development organizations. He is currently contributing to the g oogle web toolkit. \;\n \;\nWayne Allen\, VP of Software Engineeri ng\, Integrated Services\, Inc. \;\nWayne is the leading supplier of point of sales solutions for the Quick Lube and Car Wash industry. Wayne has a passion for the craft of software engineering that he has develop ed in his 20 years as a programmer\, consultant\, manager\, executive an d small business owner. This passion has led him to the new crop of &quo t\;agile"\; software development processes such as XP and Scrum. Way ne is a regular speaker both nationally and internationally on the topic of agile software development. You can read about Wayne's thoughts on s oftware development at blogs.consultantsguild.com \;\n \;\nSumant Vashisth\, Senior QA Manager\, McAfee\, Inc. \;\nSumant had more than 10 years of experience in software development and testing having worke d at IBM and Ford prior to joining McAfee. He has successfully driven te sting on multiple product releases at McAfee\, including one of the firs t large scale project at the company to adopt and follow the Agile softw are development process. The current agile development project for which he is managing the QA team\, requires integration and testing with mult iple cross site engineering product development groups. Sumant also deve loped the software and is co-author of the book "\;Software For Emis sion Rate Modeling Of Accidental Toxic Releases"\;. \;\n \;\nT odd Whitaker \;\nTodd has nearly 14 years experience working with tea ms and organizations to develop software products ranging from web and e nterprise applications to desktop software. He has held positions in Pro duct and Program Management with a number of software companies includin g Inspiration Software\, Serena Software\, Extensis\, Concentrex\, and G roup 3 Consultants. Todd is an advocate for simple and excellent user ex perience\, highly collaborative and adaptive product development process es\, and Agile methodologies. He is a graduate of Oregon Institute of Te chnology\, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Manageme nt with an Electronics Engineering emphasis.\n\nTags: tvg\n\nImported fr om: http://calagator.org/events/1250456037 URL:https://db.sao.org/calendar2/event_description.htm?eventID=10/20/08b SUMMARY:SAO: Life Inside an Iteration LOCATION:Sentinel Hotel: 614 Southwest 11th Avenue\, Portland Oregon 9720 5 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR