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:20141102T020000 RDATE:20141102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150102T212120Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150115T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150115T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150102T212120Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150102T212120Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250467557 DESCRIPTION:Join us for\, the TAO Agile Smack-Down\, a thought-provoking discussion and debate of the good\, bad\, and ugly ways to implement Agi le methodologies. Adam Light will moderate a rousing dialog between Fran k D'Andrea\, VP Software Development at Tater Tot Designs\, and James Sh ore\, author of The Art of Agile Development. \;\n \;\nOur panel w ill discuss real-world lessons from applying and misapplying Agile to ap plication development\, with time set aside for Q&\;A from the audien ce. \;\n \;\n**Debaters:** \;\n**[Frank D’Andrea:](http://www. linkedin.com/in/frankdandrea)** \;\nFrank is an experienced listener\ , thinker\, and doer. He likes motivating self-organizing teams\, elimin ating wasteful practices\, and delivering digital solutions that are des igned to be flexible and that are developed in a sustainable way. He bel ieves in engaging clients as partners\, demonstrating the value of itera tive delivery\, and bringing award-winning products and services to the marketplace. He is an Agile instigator and relentless self-critic as wel l as a process improvement specialist. \;\n \;\n**[James Shore:]( https://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-shore/0/5b6/747)** \;\nJames Shor e is a thought leader in the Agile software development community. He co mbines deep technical expertise with whole-system thinking to help devel opment teams worldwide achieve high throughput\, market focus\, producti vity\, and quality. His work helps teams generate opportunities\, reduce risk\, and respond quickly and effectively to changing market condition s. \;\n \;\n**Moderator:** \;\n**[Adam Light:}(https://www.link edin.com/in/adamlight)** \;\nAdam Light is Management Consultant and Principal at SoTech Advisors. He helps technology organizations apply Le an and Agile methods with a focus on pragmatic techniques that increase delivery capacity by improving management capability. \;\n \;\n**E vent Details:** \;\nWhen: Thursday\, January 15th 2015 \;\nTime: 5 :30-8:30 PM \;\nWhere: Urban Airship Atrium \;\nCost: $25 Members . $45 Nonmembers \;\n \;\n**Series Sponsors:** \;\nJenkon &\ ; New Relic\n\nTags: agile developer beer\n\nImported from: http://calag ator.org/events/1250467557 URL:http://www.techoregon.org/event?eventid=14883513991 SUMMARY:Agile Smackdown | Developer & QA Joint Event (reschedule) LOCATION:Urban Airship Inc: 1417 NW Everett St\, Suite 300\, Portland OR 97209 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR