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:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20080309T020000 RDATE:20080309T020000 RDATE:20090308T020000 RDATE:20100314T020000 RDATE:20110313T020000 RDATE:20120311T020000 RDATE:20130310T020000 RDATE:20140309T020000 RDATE:20150308T020000 RDATE:20160313T020000 RDATE:20170312T020000 RDATE:20180311T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080909T215852Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080917T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080917T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080909T215852Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080929T222343Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250455713 DESCRIPTION:Hi all!!! To both of you - may the future be bright\, happy a nd filled with continued blessings from above gold I've just been sittin g around waiting for something to happen. gold element\, gold\, I just don't have anything to say.\n\nTags: extreme programming\, xp\, agile\, scrum\, lean\, xpdx\, meeting\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/eve nts/1250455713 URL:http://rikosy.fr33webhost.com/gold6704.html SUMMARY:Agile 2008 Lightning Summaries - Xpdx September meeting SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081028T171901Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081119T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081119T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081028T171901Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081028T171901Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456004 DESCRIPTION:In October\, SolutionsIQ organized an entertaining\, educatio nal\, and well-attended panel on Incremental Architecture. \;\n \; \nIn November\, Michael Kelly will present our next evening meeting topi c\, Agile Methodologies: A Matter of Survival. \;\n \;\nMetaphoric ally\, we frequently think of things as surviving where there's no real threat to life. Companies survive. Products\, and the teams that produce them\, survive. Individual members of the team continue to be a member of the team by virtue of their ability to survive. In all these activiti es we see the same lively dance of competition and cooperation\, of adap tation and evolution\, within a constantly changing environment. \;\n \;\nMichael Kelly\, a survivor of numerous software campaigns\, will bring together the insights of famed survival writer Laurence Gonzales\ , some rather surprising research into the neuroscience of decision maki ng\, and some hair-raising personal experiences to illuminate the import ance of agile methodologies and suggest some potential new directions.&# 13\;\n \;\nThis is our usual monthly meeting for the month of Novembe r. Remember the location and time for future meetings! Third Wed of the month\, at CubeSpace.\n\nTags: extreme programming\, xp\, agile\, scrum\ , lean\, xpdx\, meeting\, survival\, michael kelley\n\nImported from: ht tp://calagator.org/events/1250456004 URL:http://www.xpdx.org SUMMARY:XPDX - Agile Methodologies: A Matter of Survival 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:20081215T203404Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090114T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090114T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081215T203404Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081217T013707Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456230 DESCRIPTION:Lean methods in software development have progressed from con ceptual understanding to practical techniques that people are using to s olve problems and ship software today. The Lean toolkit augments or enha nces the practices that are available to today's Agile practitioner. Lea n expands the organizational scope of Agile and provides a rich and robu st set of methods for process improvement. \;\n \;\nCorey Ladas is a Lean Software Development consultant and practitioner who focuses on evolving local development processes through systematic self-organizatio n and continuous improvement. He will discuss and demonstrate some of th e techniques from his new book\, Scrumban: Essays on Kanban Systems for Lean Software Development. \;\n \;\nPizza at 6:30pm\, talk at 7pm\ , beer after. Pizza is sponsored by YesMail. As ever\, we will follow th e meeting with a chat and hang out at a local pub. \n\nTags: lean\, xp\, xpdx\, agile\, programming\, sofware\, process\, scrum\n\nImported from : http://calagator.org/events/1250456230 URL:http://www.xpdx.org/ SUMMARY:XPDX January: Lean Thinking for Agile Process Evolution 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:20090115T224028Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090116T150000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090116T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090115T224028Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090115T224028Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456513 DESCRIPTION:Join other XP and agile methdology practitioners and enthusia sts for a lunchtime discussion. \;\n \;\nXPDX is group of IT profe ssionals in the Portland\, Oregon area that are interested in Extreme Pr ogramming and Agile software development methodologies.\n\nTags: xpdx\, xp\, extreme programming\, agile\, lean\n\nImported from: http://calagat or.org/events/1250456513 URL:http://xpdx.org/ SUMMARY:XPDX lunch (eXtreme Programming) 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:20090204T050147Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090218T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090218T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090204T050147Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090213T033101Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456634 DESCRIPTION:Elisabeth Hendrickson will be coming to facilitate our Februa ry meeting. Here's her description: \;\n \;\n>\;>\;>\; UPDAT E: SolutionsIQ are sponsoring pizza for twenty - arriving at 6:30 <\;& lt\;<\; \;\n \;\n"\;It will essentially be a shorter preview of the Agile2009 demo I proposed at http://agile2009.agilealliance.org/ node/641 \;\n \;\nHere's the blurb: \;\n \;\nAgile teams pra cticing Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) define acceptance test s collaboratively while discussing each story. This practice helps uncov er assumptions and confirm that everyone has a shared understanding of w hat “done” looks like. During implementation\, the technical team automa tes the natural-language Acceptance Tests by writing code to wire them u p to the emerging software. In this way\, ATDD tests become executable r equirements. This session is a demonstration of the full ATDD workflow f rom initial discussions through final demo\, and everything in between.& quot\;\n\nTags: xpdx\, xp\, atdd\, acceptance testing\, testing\, agile\ n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250456634 URL:http://xpdx.org SUMMARY:XPDX February: Acceptance Test Driven Development >> NOW AT 6:30 AND FEATURING PIZZA << 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: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:20090410T205127Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090415T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090415T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090410T205127Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090410T205127Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456971 DESCRIPTION:Chris Sterling and Michael Tardiff are coming to Portland and will be running April's XPDX session: \;\n \;\n"\;We know abo ut items on the product backlog\, and getting them to “Done.” We know ab out impediments\, and removing them as soon as possible. And agile metho ds lead us toward shipping software with zero defects\, we hope. But bug s remain\, for now\, and we think of and treat them quite differently fr om stories\, tasks\, and other work items—perhaps to our\, and our proje ct’s\, detriment. \;\nBuy why? We need your help finding an answer\, or posing better questions. \;\n \;\nIn this interactive session\, we’ll explore the wealth of thoughts\, opinions\, and especially the st rong feelings behind the things we call bugs."\; \;\n \;\n>\ ;>\;>\; Pizza is sponsored by YesMail <\;<\;<\; \;\n \;\ nPizza arrives at 6:30pm\, the session starts at 7pm\, and at 9pm we mov e on to a local bar.\n\nTags: xpdx\, xp\, agile\n\nImported from: http:/ /calagator.org/events/1250456971 URL:http://xpdx.org/ SUMMARY:XPDX April: Bugs Do Not Exist 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:20090517T164722Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090520T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090520T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090517T164722Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090518T154655Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250457214 DESCRIPTION:The first wave of Agile software development challenged water fall project management methodologies and traditional Quality Assurance. The next wave of Agile challenges on-premise software through what is k nown as Software-as-a-Service (or SaaS). \;\n \;\nUsing Sun Tzu's timeless classic "\;The Art of War"\; as a framework\, Founder/C EO of Cubic Compass\, Mike Leach\, presents principles and practices for creating an Agile SaaS organization that challenges the status quo of s oftware development and delivery. \;\n \;\n>\;>\;>\; Pizza t hanks to John Wilger at 6:30pm <\;<\;\n\nTags: xp\, agile\, software \, entrepreneur\, start-up\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events /1250457214 URL:http://www.cubiccompass.com/the-art-of-ware-as-a-service.aspx SUMMARY:XPDX Meeting: The Art of Ware-as-a-Service 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: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: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:20090914T183248Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090916T220000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090916T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090914T183248Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091001T180934Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250457672 DESCRIPTION:We're going to talk about some of the best new stuff to come out at the Agile 2009 conference in Chicago. Oh\, and drink beer\, which is why we're setting the meeting at a brewpub. \;\n \;\nDepending on the interests of those who show\, those of us who went may reprise p arts of the talks we gave that worked\, sections of other peoples' sessi ons in which we learned something cool\, or quick info-dumps about new t houghts expressed in hallway conversations. Certainly\, we'll spur conve rsations - this won't be a 90-minute talking head. Topcis could include testing (end-to-end and otherwise)\, real options (and feature pricing)\ , kanban planning\, metrics\, or really just about anything.\n\nTags: ag ile 2009\, agile\, xpdx\, xp\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/even ts/1250457672 URL:http://www.xpdx.org/ SUMMARY:Beer and Agile: XPDX September meeting LOCATION:Amnesia Brewing: 832 N. Beech St\, Portland Oregon 97227 US SEQUENCE:2 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:20091215T062401Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100120T213000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100120T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091215T062401Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100119T184723Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458089 DESCRIPTION:We'll have a discussion on one of the people issues associate d with agile software development: how do you turn a bad situation aroun d? \;\n \;\nJust as legacy code is a set of problems that take spe cial techniques to overcome\, legacy interpersonal interactions are too. I'm pretty sure that unit tests aren't the answer for most interperson al problems\, either. :) \;\n \;\nMore seriously\, it's pretty co mmon to join a company or team with existing trust and communication (an d yes\, tech) issues. Come share ways of turning those into successes.& #13\;\n \;\nPizza and networking at 6:30pm\, 7pm talk\, beer afterwar ds. \;\n \;\n(Note: location is hard to get to via GPS or map serv ice. Use directions here instead.) \;\n\n\nTags: xp\, scrum\, agile\ , lean\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250458089 URL:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xpportland/ SUMMARY:XPDX: Turning Bad Situations Around LOCATION:PSU Business Accelerator: 2828 SW Corbett Ave\, Portland OR 9720 1 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100121T062300Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100205T143000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100205T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100121T062300Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100121T062300Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458209 DESCRIPTION:This is the informal complement to the more formal XPDX meeti ngs. Come\, eat\, and discuss all things related (however loosely) to a gile software development. We welcome people of all experience levels\, from guru to newcomer.\n\nTags: agile\, scrum\, xp\, extreme programmin g\, lean\, kanban\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/12504582 09 SUMMARY:Agile Practitioners' Lunch 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: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:20100213T001153Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T001153Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100214T065815Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458315 DESCRIPTION:We're happy to announce that Elisabeth Hendrickson will be sp eaking to the Portland Agile Users Group on Wednesday the 17th. She's a n energetic and informative member of the greater agile community who pe riodically comes up from the Bay Area to share her knowledge with us. H er talk on ATDD[*] last year at CubeSpace was great fun and well-receive d. \;\n \;\nThis year she'll be taking us through an interactive s imulation of an agile transition. When she ran this simulation at Agile 2009\, it replicated a number of problems I've seen take months and yea rs to play out on real software teams. Bring your team members! It's f ar less stressful to talk about problems in the context of an evening's simulation than in the context of three years of product development. 3\;\n \;\nPizza is sponsored by YesMail of InfoGroup Interactive. Piz za and networking start at 6:30\; presentation starts at 7. If there's enough interest\, we'll go to a pub afterward for further discussion. 3\;\n \;\n[*] Acceptance-Test-Driven Development\n\nTags: agile\, scr um\, xp\, extreme programming\, lean\, kanban\, simulation\, game\, xpdx \n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250458315 URL:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xpportland/ SUMMARY:Agile Transition Simulation LOCATION:Robert Half Technology\, 2nd Floor Conference Room: 222 SW Colum bia St\, Portland OR 97201 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100223T234919Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100305T143000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100305T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100223T234919Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100301T023541Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458346 DESCRIPTION:This is the informal complement to the more formal agile user s group meetings. Come\, eat\, and discuss all things related (however loosely) to agile software development. We welcome people of all experi ence levels\, from guru to newcomer.\n\nTags: agile\, extreme programmin g\, kanban\, lean\, scrum\, xp\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/ev ents/1250458346 SUMMARY:Agile Practitioners' Lunch LOCATION:McMenamins on Broadway: 1504 NE Broadway St Ste 900\, Portland O regon 97232-1407 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100331T204031Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100402T143000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100402T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100331T204031Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100331T204031Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458506 DESCRIPTION:This is the informal complement to the more formal agile user s group meetings. Come\, eat\, and discuss all things related (however loosely) to agile software development. We welcome people of all experi ence levels\, from guru to newcomer.\n\nTags: agile\, extreme programmin g\, kanban\, lean\, scrum\, xp\, agilepdx\n\nImported from: http://calag ator.org/events/1250458506 SUMMARY:Agile Practitioners' Lunch 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:20100502T154644Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100507T143000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100507T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100502T154644Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100502T154644Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458634 DESCRIPTION:This is the informal complement to the more formal agile user s group meetings. Come\, eat\, and discuss all things related (however loosely) to agile software development. We welcome people of all experi ence levels\, from guru to newcomer.\n\nTags: agile\, agilepdx\, extreme programming\, kanban\, lean\, scrum\, xp\n\nImported from: http://calag ator.org/events/1250458634 URL:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xpportland/ SUMMARY:Agile Practitioners' Lunch 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:20100502T155538Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100519T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100519T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100502T155538Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100502T155558Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458635 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of topics related to agile software development! Audience participation strongly encouraged. Pizza is at 6 :30\; discussion starts at 7. \;\n \;\nFor those unfamiliar with t he term\, a fishbowl discussion works like fishbowl coding: there are a small number of people who are up front and allowed to speak at any give n time. If you want to ask a question or say something\, swap in for one of the people up front. If you're up front and done speaking\, sit back down in the audience. \;\n \;\nPotential discussion topics includ e mock objects in testing\; balancing ideology with reality\; certificat ion\; no/low bugs in a codebase\; contracting without being able to give a fixed bid. Or bring your own! We'll decide what we're discussing at the beginning of the meeting\, but expect the conversation to wander.\n \nTags: agile\, agilepdx\, extreme programming\, kanban\, lean\, scrum\, xp\, fishbowl\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250458635 URL:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xpportland/ SUMMARY:Fishbowl discussion of Agile software development LOCATION:Portland Art Museum: 1219 SW Park Avenue\, Portland Oregon 97205 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100623T193503Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100702T150000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100702T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100623T193503Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100623T193503Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458800 DESCRIPTION:This is the informal complement to the more formal agile user s group meetings. Come\, eat\, and discuss all things related (however l oosely) to agile software development. We welcome people of all experien ce levels\, from guru to newcomer.\n\nTags: agile\, extreme programming\ , xp\, scrum\, lean\, kanban\, agilepdx\n\nImported from: http://calagat or.org/events/1250458800 URL:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xpportland/ SUMMARY:Agile Practitioners' Lunch (organized by Agile/XPDX) 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:20100901T150254Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100903T143000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100903T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100901T150254Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100901T150254Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250459185 DESCRIPTION:This is the informal complement to the more formal agile user s group meetings. Come\, eat\, and discuss all things related (however loosely) to agile software development. We welcome people of all experi ence levels\, from guru to newcomer.\n\nTags: agile\, agilepdx\, extreme programming\, kanban\, lean\, scrum\, xp\n\nImported from: http://calag ator.org/events/1250459185 URL:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xpportland/ SUMMARY:Agile Practitioners' Lunch 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:20100801T193208Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100917 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100915 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100801T193208Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100801T193208Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458948 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Wednesday\, September 15\, 2010 at 9am t hrough Thursday\, September 16\, 2010 at 5pm.\n\nDescription:\nDelivered by SolutionsIQ’s world-renowned Certified ScrumMaster Trainers\, this c ourse shares time-tested practices for managing Product Backlogs\, plann ing your releases and iterations (Sprints)\, and tracking and reporting progress. You’ll learn how to lead Sprint Planning meetings\, Daily Scru m meetings\, Sprint Review meetings\, Sprint Retrospectives\, and much m ore. \;\n \;\nAgenda: \;\n \;\n * Introduction to Agile&# 13\;\n * Origins of Scrum \;\n * The Scrum process \;\n * Roles and responsibilities \;\n * Product Backlog \;\n * Es timating Product Backlog items \;\n * Scaling Scrum \;\n * S crum in detail \;\n * Sprints \;\n * Sprint planning meeting \;\n * Daily standup meeting \;\n * Burndown charts and pro ject reporting \;\n * Sprint review and retrospective \;\n * Getting started with Scrum \;\n * Graduation and closing \;\n\ n\nTags: agile\, scrum\, xp\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/event s/1250458948 URL:http://oregontrainingnetwork.com/training-topics/agile-scrum-master/ SUMMARY:Certified ScrumMaster Training LOCATION:DoubleTree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland - Lloyd Cen ter: 1000 Ne Multnomah St\, Portland OR 97232 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100728T171441Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101016 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101013 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100728T171441Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100728T171441Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458934 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Wednesday\, October 13\, 2010 at 9am thr ough Friday\, October 15\, 2010 at 5pm.\n\nDescription:\nThis course giv es you the hands-on experience and builds the skill set you will require to thoroughly understand and then utilize the real-world fundamentals o f agile delivery. You also will learn to accelerate and enhance your ado ption and practice of agile development within your organization. \;\ n \;\nTraining Objectives: What You Will Learn \;\n \;\n * B uild and ship weekly increments of software using iterations/Sprints \;\n * Create nearly bug-free code using test-driven development\, re factoring\, and exploratory testing \;\n * Understand and accommod ate stakeholders and their diverse opinions \;\n * Work in a cross -functional team with on-site customers\, testers\, and programmers \ ;\n * Prevent build failures with continuous integration \;\n * Incrementally build technical infrastructure alongside features \;\n \;\nAgenda: \;\n \;\nIn a class that emphasizes doing\; you wi ll form cross-functional teams and deliver actual software in four 90-mi nute iterations\, in a real-world environment that includes version cont rol\, automated builds\, and continuous integration. That’s right: you’l l design\, build\, test\, and ship software\, as well as build out your technical infrastructure\, all in 90 minutes. If that sounds impossible\ , you must take this course.\n\nTags: agile\, xp\, scrum\, agile deliver y\, diana larsen\, james shore\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/ev ents/1250458934 URL:http://oregontrainingnetwork.com/the-art-of-agile-delivery/ SUMMARY:The Art of Agile Delivery LOCATION:Ambridge Event Center : 1333 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd\, Portland Oregon 97232 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101005T005508Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101020T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101020T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101005T005508Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101017T173216Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250459307 DESCRIPTION:Does everyone at your company respond to change as fast as yo ur agile team? \;\nOr do you have critical partners who simply can't move as fast as your team? Are you required to provide detailed estima tes in order to get enough resources to start uncertain and complex proj ects? How do you even build enough buy-in to avoid death by a thousand cuts? In this presentation\, Nancy Van Schooenderwoert will explore pra ctical\, proven ways to address these questions. \;\n \;\nWho shou ld attend: Anyone trying to build enough buy-in for their company to gi ve Agile methods a genuine try. Embedded systems developers and project leaders who need to envision the concrete workings of Agile practices in their domain\, as a first step to making it happen. \;\n \;\nSpe aker: Nancy Van Schooenderwoert is an Agile Enterprise coach with over a decade of experience applying Agile practices as an engineer\, manager\ , and consultant. She has led Agile change initiatives in safety-critica l\, highly regulated industries\, and coached clients in the art of Agil e technical and management leadership. Nancy's experience spans embedded software development and applications in aerospace\, factory automation \, medical devices\, defense systems\, as well as in financial services. In 1998 Nancy introduced agile techniques to embedded software\, includ ing safety- critical applications. She was among the first to publish ad vice on the techniques that work in real world embedded projects. She ha s introduced agile ideas and practices to another field where it was tho ught to be impossible – data warehousing and large data migrations. Coac hes she mentored are now the leaders in this new field applying lean-agi le principles to applications where data quality is central. Nancy Van S chooenderwoert is Principal Coach at Lean-Agile Partners Inc. www.LeanAg ilePartners.com \;\n \;\nPizza sponsored by PNSQC starts at 6:30 p .m. Program starts at 7:00 p.m. \;\n \;\nThe Hawthorne Farm MAX st ation stops right next to Intel. See this map for the correct location:& #13\;\n \;\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&\;source=s_q&\;hl=e n&\;geocode=&\;q=Intel+Corporation\,+hawthorne+farm\,+hillsboro\,+ or&\;sll=37.0625\,-95.677068&\;sspn=54.401733\,61.523437&\;ie=U TF8&\;hq=Intel+Corporation\,+hawthorne+farm\,&\;hnear=Hillsboro\,+ Washington\,+Oregon&\;t=h&\;ll=45.532372\,-122.927656&\;spn=0.0 1189\,0.01502&\;z=16&\;iwloc=A \;\n \;\nDirections: From Cor nell\, head South on NE Elam Young Pkwy (near Costco). Take the first l eft to turn into the Intel parking lot. The HF3 campus will be directly in front of you. Parking is available on both sides of the building. Note: There are two NE Elam Young Pkwy streets that connect with Cornell . Go south on the street closest to Brookwood and Costco (between Brookw ood and 51st). \n\nTags: agile\, scrum\, xp\, developer\, qa\, embedded\ n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250459307 URL:http://xpdx.org/ SUMMARY:Agile PDX (formerly XPDX) features: Nancy Van Schooenderwoert\, " Transient State: From Funding to First Iteration for Embedded Systems" LOCATION:Intel Hawthorn Farms 3 (HF3) Campus: 5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy\, H illsboro OR 97124 US SEQUENCE:8 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:20101201T185433Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101203T143000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101203T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101201T185433Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101201T185826Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250459511 DESCRIPTION:Agile PDX convenes a monthly 1st Friday practitioner's no-hos t lunch in central/eastside Portland Metro area as an informal complemen t to the more formal Agile PDX users group meetings (3rd Wednesday). &# 13\;\n \;\nCome\, eat\, and discuss all things related (however loose ly) to agile software development. We welcome people of all experience levels\, from guru to newcomer\, and people interested in all flavors of Agile - XP\, scrum\, crystal\, evo\, lean/kanban\, FDD\, build-your-own \, etc. \;\n \;\nThere's also a 3rd Friday westside lunch. Watch f or it too!\n\nTags: agile\, agilepdx\, extreme programming\, kanban\, le an\, scrum\, xp\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250459511 URL:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xpportland/ SUMMARY:Agile Practitioners' Lunch - Eastside LOCATION:McMenamins on Broadway: 1504 NE Broadway St Ste 900\, Portland O regon 97232-1407 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110103T170107Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110107T143000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110107T130000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110103T170107Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110103T170107Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250459577 DESCRIPTION:Agile PDX convenes a monthly 1st Friday practitioner's no-hos t lunch in central/eastside Portland Metro area as an informal complemen t to the more formal Agile PDX users group meetings (3rd Wednesday). &# 13\;\n \;\nCome\, eat\, and discuss all things related (however loose ly) to agile software development. We welcome people of all experience levels\, from guru to newcomer\, and people interested in all flavors of Agile - XP\, scrum\, crystal\, evo\, lean/kanban\, FDD\, build-your-own \, etc. \;\n \;\nThere's also a 3rd Friday westside lunch. Watch f or it too!\n\nTags: agile\, agilepdx\, extreme programming\, kanban\, le an\, scrum\, xp\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250459577 URL:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xpportland/ SUMMARY:Agile Practitioners' Lunch - Eastside 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:20101229T215112Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110112T203200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110112T190400 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101229T215112Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110112T232639Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250459570 DESCRIPTION:The Process Work Institute's parking entrance is at the west side of the building. Please park by the back side of the building and c ome to the only big room named "\;class room"\;. \;\n--- \ ;\n \;\nLet's experiment a new technology for communication! \;\n& #13\;\nWELCOME! Welcome to world of communication! \;\nThis is one of my answers to “Is there an easier and cooler way to learn communication ?”. \;\n \;\nI have had so many troubles about communication. Hu man being science developed so much. There must be a new technology and practice to make things easier\, and even cool way for me. \;\n \ ;\nI am as a Tree hugger computer system engineer fascinated by transper sonal psychology and Process Oriented Ecology\, Non Violent Communicatio n and Deep Democracy. And I would like to mesh up and introduce for cool technical people. \;\n \;\nAnd as you know\, communication is im portant! \;\n \;\nThis new technology to inspire you about commun ication and team work is well designed for people who are very high func tioning in technical area and interested in improving the art of communi cation. \;\n \;\nCost to Attend: Free \;\n \;\nOrganizer: Ji ro Isetani \;\n \;\nI am a student of Master of Art in Conflict Fa cilitation and Organizational Change at The Process Work Institute. I'm mainly from Japan\, living in Portland since 1996. This is a part of my final project. \;\n\n\nTags: agile\, extreme programming\, xp\n\nImpo rted from: http://calagator.org/events/1250459570 SUMMARY:Process Oriented Communication --- New Communication Technology f or Technical People LOCATION:The Process Work Institute: 2049 NW Hoyt St.\, Portland Oregon 9 7209 US SEQUENCE:15 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110102T101118Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110117T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110117T190000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110102T101118Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110112T232709Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250459574 DESCRIPTION:Process Work Institute's parking entrance is at the west side of the building. Please park by the back side of the building and come to the only big room named "\;class room"\;. \;\n--- \;\n& #13\;\nLet's experiment a new technology for communication! \;\n \ ;\nWELCOME! Welcome to world of communication! \;\nThis is one of my answers to “Is there an easier and cooler way to learn communication?”. \;\n \;\nI have had so many troubles about communication. Human being science developed so much. There must be a new technology and prac tice to make things easier\, and even cool way for me. \;\n \;\nI am as a Tree hugger computer system engineer fascinated by transpersona l psychology and Process Oriented Ecology\, Non Violent Communication an d Deep Democracy. And I would like to mesh up and introduce for cool tec hnical people. \;\n \;\nAnd as you know\, communication is import ant! \;\n \;\nThis new technology to inspire you about communicat ion and team work is well designed for people who are very high function ing in technical area and interested in improving the art of communicati on. \;\n \;\nCost to Attend: Free \;\n \;\nOrganizer: Jiro I setani \;\n \;\nI am a student of Master of Art in Conflict Facili tation and Organizational Change at The Process Work Institute. I'm main ly from Japan\, living in Portland since 1996. This is a part of my fina l project.\n\nTags: agile\, extreme programming\, xp\n\nImported from: h ttp://calagator.org/events/1250459574 SUMMARY:Process Oriented Communication --- New Communication Technology f or Technical People LOCATION:The Process Work Institute: 2049 NW Hoyt St.\, Portland Oregon 9 7209 US SEQUENCE:10 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110102T101157Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110122T150000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110122T110000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110102T101157Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110122T010015Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250459575 DESCRIPTION:Process Work Institute's parking entrance is at the west side of the building. Please park by the back side of the building and come to the only big room named "\;class room"\;. \;\n--- \;\n& #13\;\nLet's experiment a new technology for communication! \;\n \ ;\nWELCOME! Welcome to world of communication! \;\nThis is one of my answers to “Is there an easier and cooler way to learn communication?”. \;\n \;\nI have had so many troubles about communication. Human being science developed so much. There must be a new technology and prac tice to make things easier\, and even cool way for me. \;\n \;\nI am as a Tree hugger computer system engineer fascinated by transpersona l psychology and Process Oriented Ecology\, Non Violent Communication an d Deep Democracy. And I would like to mesh up and introduce for cool tec hnical people. \;\n \;\nAnd as you know\, communication is import ant! \;\n \;\nThis new technology to inspire you about communicat ion and team work is well designed for people who are very high function ing in technical area and interested in improving the art of communicati on. \;\n \;\nCost to Attend: Free \;\n \;\nI would like to t ake video for my learning purpose. The video will be viewed by only me\, my supervisors and editors. \;\n \;\nOrganizer: Jiro Isetani \ ;\n \;\nI am a student of Master of Art in Conflict Facilitation and Organizational Change at The Process Work Institute. I'm mainly from Jap an\, living in Portland since 1996. This is a part of my final project.\ n\nTags: agile\, extreme programming\, xp\n\nImported from: http://calag ator.org/events/1250459575 SUMMARY:Process Oriented Communication --- New Communication Technology f or Technical People LOCATION:The Process Work Institute: 2049 NW Hoyt St.\, Portland Oregon 9 7209 US SEQUENCE:11 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110326T153631Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110401T133000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110401T114500 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110326T153631Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110326T191821Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250460394 DESCRIPTION:Agile PDX convenes a monthly 1st Friday practitioner's no-hos t lunch in central/eastside Portland Metro area as an informal complemen t to the more formal Agile PDX users group meetings (3rd Wednesday). &# 13\;\n \;\nCome\, eat\, and discuss all things related (however loose ly) to agile software development. We welcome people of all experience levels\, from guru to newcomer\, and people interested in all flavors of Agile - XP\, scrum\, crystal\, evo\, lean/kanban\, FDD\, build-your-own \, etc. \;\n \;\nThis months discussion will start with a discussi on around Uncle Bob’s recent video blog “Restoring the Trust” (http://cl eancoder.posterous.com/stub6-restoring-the-trust) as well as other topic s related to the recent ten year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto. \;\n \;\nJoin us at our new location a reserved room at Paddy's Bar a nd Grill.\n\nTags: agile\, agilepdx\, extreme programming\, kanban\, lea n\, scrum\, xp\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250460394 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:Agile Practitioners' Lunch - Eastside LOCATION:Paddy's Bar & Grill: 65 Sw Yamhill St\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111211T162611Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120209 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120207 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111211T162611Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111211T162611Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250461723 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Tuesday\, February 7\, 2012 at 8am throu gh Wednesday\, February 8\, 2012 at 5pm.\n\nDescription:\nAnnouncing Agi le Open Northwest 2012! This Agile Open Space event will be held Februar y 7th and 8th\, 2012\, in the Northwest Rooms of Seattle Center in Seatt le. Spaces at this event fill up fast! So register today to make sure yo u get a space. For registration and further details go to : \;\n \ ;\n \;\nhttp://www.agileopennorthwest.org \;\n \;\n \;\nThis will be our sixth annual Agile Open Northwest conference. Alternating e ach year between Portland and Seattle\, AONW conferences bring together practicing members of the Northwest Agile communities to explore the lat est developments in agile software development. We held our fifth annual event last year in Portland and enjoyed another great success. Registra tion is $150.00 for both days\, including light breakfast and lunch. Thi s low-cost regional conference is a great opportunity to connect with th e local agile community\, experts and novices alike. \;\n \;\n \;\nPlease join us this year as we host 125 experienced\, collaborative\ , committed agile practitioners from the Northwest U.S. (and beyond) in tackling the issues around our recurring theme "\;Agile for Real.&qu ot\; As in past years\, attendance is limited to a predetermined number in order retain the many advantages a small conference has to offer. \;\n \;\n \;\nHere is a comment from a previous attendee: \;\n& #13\;\n \;\n"\;These two-day Agile Open Northwest conferences are an extremely good value. ..[Y]ou learn directly from practitioners in t he agile community what works and what doesn't. I attended the first two of these conferences\, they were stunningly good... loads of practical\ , useful stuff and stimulating discussions."\; -- Ian Savage\, PNSQC Program Chair \;\n \;\n \;\nMore information can be found at h ttp://www.agileopennorthwest.org. We look forward to seeing you there!\n \nTags: agile\, unconference\, extreme programming\, xp\, scrum\, open s pace\, software development\, kanban\, devops\, lean software\, sdlc\n\n Imported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250461723 URL:http://agileopennorthwest.org SUMMARY:Agile Open Northwest 2012 - "Agile For Real" LOCATION:Seattle Center - Northwest Rooms: 305 Harrison Street\, Seattle WA 98109 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120328T175730Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120413T160000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120413T090000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120328T175730Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120411T172718Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250462182 DESCRIPTION:AgilePalooza is a community event that brings together intern ationally recognized agile coaches and trainers with local software prof essionals. Attendees will learn about advancing agile methods through wo rkshops and collaborative sessions. \;\n \;\nUse promo code V1Save 50-C for 50% off. Only $35! \;\n \;\nSpeakers include: \;\nDr . Ahmed Sidky has a Ph.D. in value–based process frameworks for effectiv e agile adoption. Ahmed’s work has gained popularity and respect in the agile community as a pragmatic approach for organizations of all sizes a ttempting to adopt agile. \;\nDiana Larsen Drawing on 15+ years of ex perience working with technical professionals\, Diana is a pragmatic agi le consultant with FutureWorks. Diana leads system-wide groups in collab orative thinking and planning\, as well as guiding teams through project kick-offs\, chartering and retrospectives. \;\nDave Sharrock drives change within technology-driven organizations through the introduction o f agile product development practices\, using agile frameworks such as S crum. \;\nAnd more!! \;\n \;\nFor $69\, attendees receive a ful l day of agile learning\, lunch and the opportunity to participate in on e of two tracks: Practicing Agile and Planning Agile. The Practicing Agi le track is geared toward those interested in agile fundamentals and eng ineering practices and the Planning Agile track is for those planning an d managing multiple teams and projects. \;\n \;\nGo here to learn more and register: \;\nhttp://www.agilepalooza.com/Portland2012/def ault.asp \;\n\n\nTags: agile\, technology\, xp\, scrum\, lean\, cto\, kanban\, cio\, developers\, project managers\, testers\n\nImported from : http://calagator.org/events/1250462182 URL:http://www.agilepalooza.com/ SUMMARY:Agilepalooza Portland LOCATION:Sheraton Portland Airport: 8235 Northeast Airport Way\, Portland Oregon 97220 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130709T171724Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130821T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130821T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130709T171724Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130819T232200Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250464526 DESCRIPTION:Who: YOU and all members of the local active Agile community (i.e.\, anyone who's doing any form of Agile - or wishes they could) \;\n \;\nWhat: We invite you to join us in looking at future opportun ities for AgilePDX. \;\n \;\nWhen: On our regular meeting date\, 3 rd Wednesday\, August 21 \;\n \;\nWhy: Because "\;self-organiz ing"\; "\;collaborative"\; "\;responding to change"\ ; \;\n \;\nHow: Alicia Lanier (our facilitator) will help us stay on track as we take a couple of hours to look at: \;\n \;\n- our draft Purpose and how it influences our decisions \;\n \;\n- where we are now and how we got here (3+ meetings at different days\, times of day\, and geographic locations!) \;\n \;\n- what that tells us about where we'd like to be \;\n \;\n- what next steps will help us get there \;\n \;\nNot one of our usual meetings\, but more of an AgilePDX-wide retrospective and continuous improvement event. Please join us in service to the local Agile community. AgilePDX can be the bes t user group EVER! \;\n\n\nTags: agile\, extreme programming\, commu nity\, xp\, scrum\, lean\, planning\, software development\, managers\, teams\, kanban\, collaborative\, adaptive\, executives\, agilepdx\n\nImp orted from: http://calagator.org/events/1250464526 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX Evening: Shape the Future LOCATION:Puppet: 308 SW 2nd Ave Fifth Floor\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:4 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:20140520T213357Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140619T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140619T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140520T213357Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140716T223653Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250466269 DESCRIPTION:Companies who have ‘gone Agile’ often experience several fail ure modes. We know that Agile brings unprecedented transparency to adopt ers - but this often exposes organizational dysfunction which has ‘alway s been there\,’ but often neither acknowledged nor addressed. This can r esult in one of the most disruptive transitions a company can go through . What to do? \;\n \;\n-How can we spare ourselves months of what seems like inevitable struggle? \;\n-What have some veteran Agile pr actitioners learned\, and done\, to accelerate their transition\, and re ap the rewards that have eluded others? \;\n-How have they measured s uccess? \;\n \;\nOur panel of Product &\; Development experts w ill share their experience and strategies\, to help you cross this minef ield successfully and faster. \;\n \;\nMark Bednarski has worked w ith iGrafx since 2007\, starting in Germany as a Business Process Consul tant and Six-Sigma Black Belt. He transitioned into Product Management in October 2013 when he transferred to iGrafx headquarters in Tualatin \, OR. iGrafx goal - to reduce the release cycle from 18 mos. to 6 mos . - required major changes in both Dev &\; PM processes\, which Mark will lead to completion by the end of this year. This goal screamed for an Agile approach\, causing Mark to learn and discover on his own – a t ough learning curve\, which started to pay back just a few months ago. \;\n \;\nTony Aiello has spent 20 years in machine vision / fac tory automation engineering\, and 5 years in the movie business. He's regularly intrigued by how much these disciplines actually have in commo n from development / production viewpoints\, and gratified that the skil ls are transferable. \;\n \;\nWe will confirm the remaining two pa nelists early next week. \;\n \;\nQuestions? Contact david@pcamppd x.org\n\nTags: product management\, product owner\, agile\, development\ , scrum\, sprint\, kanban\, lean\, xp\n\nImported from: http://calagator .org/events/1250466269 URL:http://www.pdma.org/p/cm/ld/fid=1283 SUMMARY:PDMA Oregon Monthly Event: Making Agile Less Fragile LOCATION:Rogue Distillery & Public House: 1339 NW Flanders\, Portland OR 97209 US SEQUENCE:8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140604T231259Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140726T080000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140726T080000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140604T231259Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140604T231509Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250466394 DESCRIPTION:The Summer Code Retreat has been cancelled. \;\n \;\nCo de Retreat is designed to hone software craftsmanship skills and softwar e design through repeated attempts to build an implementation of a well- known software problem (Conway's Game of Life). Developers use pair pro gramming and discussion to exchange knowledge\, and additional constrain ts are given throughout the day to emphasize good design concepts and pr actices. More details about the Code Retreat format can be found at ht tp://www.coderetreat.org. \;\n\n\nTags: agile\, software\, coding\, x p\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250466394 SUMMARY:PDX Code Retreat - Summer 2014 (Cancelled) SEQUENCE:6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141014T213557Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141115T170000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141115T080000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141014T213557Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141014T213557Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250467168 DESCRIPTION:For details\, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pdx-gl obal-day-of-code-retreat-2014-tickets-11470688137\n\nTags: agile\, softw are\, coding\, xp\, coderetreat\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/e vents/1250467168 URL:http://gdcr.coderetreat.org/ SUMMARY:PDX Global Day of Code Retreat 2014 LOCATION:northhighland Business Consulting LLC: 249 NW Park Ave\, Portlan d OR 97209 US SEQUENCE:5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150206T011005Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150307T170000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150307T080000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150206T011005Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150206T011005Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250467795 DESCRIPTION:It might technically be Winter\, but Portland's weather doesn 't seem to think so. Which is fine\, we're holding the 2015 Spring Code retreat a little earlier this year. \;\n \;\nCome join your fellow Portland programmers to practice the art of software development togeth er. Write code\, learn from others\, teach someone else\, and expand yo ur network of friends who are passionate about their craft. Show up with your laptop and favorite development tools to participate\, everything else is provided. \n\nTags: agile\, software\, coding\, xp\, coderetrea t\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250467795 URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pdx-spring-coderetreat-2015-tickets-1565 9750736 SUMMARY:PDX Spring Coderetreat -2015 LOCATION:northhighland Business Consulting LLC: 249 NW Park Ave\, Portlan d OR 97209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150714T015420Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150829T170000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150829T083000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150714T015420Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150730T031500Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250468772 DESCRIPTION:Come join your fellow Portland coaches and programmers to lea rn facilitation of disciplined practice of software technical skills. Ma tt Plavcan will be sharing his experience teaching software development and running Coderetreats and Code Dojos for the Portland community and I ntel. \;\n \;\nSome simple coding is part of the day\, but all wo rk will be done in pairs. You do not need to be a coder to participate. \;\n \;\nPlease see event URL for more details.\n\nTags: coderetr eat\, agilepdx\, agile\, software\, coding\, xp\, code retreat\n\nImport ed from: http://calagator.org/events/1250468772 URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pdx-coderetreat-facilitator-training-tic kets-17757962544 SUMMARY:SeePDX Coderetreat Facilitator Workshop LOCATION:North Highland Worldwide Consulting - PDX: 249 NW Park Avenue\, Portland OR 97209 USA SEQUENCE:10 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160331T213612Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160423T170000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160423T080000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160331T213612Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160331T213612Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250470045 DESCRIPTION:Come join your fellow Portland programmers to practice the ar t of software development together. Write code\, learn from others\, te ach someone else\, and expand your network of friends who are passionate about their craft. Software developers of all skill levels and backgrou nds are welcome! Show up with your laptop and favorite language and de velopment tools to participate\, everything else is provided. Continent al breakfast and lunch will be served. \n\nTags: agile\, software\, cod ing\, xp\, coderetreat\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/125 0470045 URL:https://pdx-spring-coderetreat-2016.eventbrite.com/ SUMMARY:PDX Spring Coderetreat 2016 LOCATION:northhighland Business Consulting LLC: 249 NW Park Ave\, Portlan d OR 97209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160914T173822Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20161022T170000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20161022T080000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160914T173822Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160914T173822Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250470819 DESCRIPTION:Come join your fellow Portland coders to practice the art of software development together. Write code\, learn from others\, teach s omeone else\, and expand your network of friends who are passionate abou t their craft. Software developers of all skill levels and backgrounds a re welcome! \;\n \;\nThis event is free\, continental breakfast a nd lunch will be served. \;\n(Event starts promptly at 8:30am\, break fast served at 8am) \;\n \;\nPlease bring your laptop with your fa vorite development tools and a unit test framework\, everything else is provided. \;\n \;\nCoderetreat is a worldwide pattern designed to hone software skills and design practices through repeated attempts to b uild an implementation of a well-known software problem (Conway's Game o f Life). Unit testing and Test-Driven Development will be emphasized as key practices. Developers use pair programming and discussion to excha nge knowledge\, and additional constraints are given throughout the day to emphasize good design concepts and practices.\n\nTags: agile\, softwa re\, coding\, xp\, coderetreat\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/ev ents/1250470819 URL:https://www.meetup.com/PDX-Software-Practice/events/234101761/ SUMMARY:PDX Global Day of Coderetreat 2016 LOCATION:northhighland Business Consulting LLC: 249 NW Park Ave\, Portlan d OR 97209 US SEQUENCE:1 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: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 BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181004T161640Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181012T130000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181012T120000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181004T161640Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181004T161640Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250474380 DESCRIPTION:Have traffic and work schedules prevented you from joining an agile event on a topic which could help you or your teams? Then a virtu al "\;pub lunch"\; may be the answer! \;\n \;\nThis agile lunch discussion is a collaborative effort between Seattle and Portland agile minds\, and we're hoping it won't stop there. The event is held on a Zoom conference line. We've learned using video is best\, and you mig ht consider your environment before joining -- find a quiet space where you won't be interrupted or feel self conscious. We're monitoring chat a s a back channel\, so if you can't find a spot in the discussion\, add y our question in chat and our hosts will try to work it in. \;\n \; \n**Topic:** \;\nAgile thinking: Compare Scrum\, Lean\, Kanban\, XP a nd any other methodologies you have used. What has worked? What hasn't? Maybe one methodology is better suited for certain situations or work ef forts. Or you have seen great success going beyond frameworks and method ologies. Join us and tell us about the spices in your kitchen\, and let' s compare notes! \;\n \;\n**Please RSVP at our Meetup event and ge t the zoom connection info:** \;\nhttps://www.meetup.com/AgilePDX-Use r-Group-Portland-Metro/events/254946132/\n\nTags: agilepdx\, lean\, xp\, kanban\, scrum\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250474380 SUMMARY:AgilePDX - Virtual Pub Lunch: Comparing Scrum\, Lean\, Kanban\, X P\, and other methods LOCATION:Virtual zoom location: false SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR