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 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20081102T020000 RDATE:20081102T020000 RDATE:20091101T020000 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: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: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:20090308T231231Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090501 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090428 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090308T231231Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090309T005201Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456816 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Tuesday\, April 28\, 2009 at 8:30am thro ugh Thursday\, April 30\, 2009 at 5pm.\n\nDescription:\nElisabeth Hendri ckson came to Portland last month to introduce us to Acceptance Test Dri ven Development at XPDX. She'll be back in town in April to run a three day workshop: Agile Testing Series. \;\n \;\nThere are still place s available -- be quick to get a spot as I expect that this will sell ou t soon. \;\n \;\nWhat: Agile Testing Series \;\nWhen: April 28 - 30\, 2009 \;\nWhere: McMenamin's Kennedy School\, Portland\, OR \;\nInstructors: Elisabeth Hendrickson and Dale Emery \;\nCost: Befor e March 29\, $499/day. Group discounts also available. \;\n \;\nD escription: \;\nThis is a 3 day series of 1-day classes on the essent ial principles and practices in Agile Testing: \;\n- Day 1: Adapting to Agile (also known as the "\;WordCount Simulation"\;) \;\n- Day 2: Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) in Practice \;\n- D ay 3: Exploratory Testing in an Agile Context \;\n \;\nThese class es involve lots of exercises\, demonstrations\, and discussions\, and ab solutely no slideshows\, and no long\, boring lectures. \;\n \;\nF or more information\, please see the registration page: \;\nhttp://ww w.regonline.com/ATS042809 \;\n \;\nThey're also offering this same series of classes in Pleasanton\, CA the preceding week if you know any one in the SF Bay Area who might be interested. See: http://www.regonlin e.com/ATS042209\n\nTags: xpdx\, agile\, testing\, atdd\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250456816 URL:http://www.regonline.com/ATS042809 SUMMARY:Elisabeth Hendrickson's Agile Testing Series workshop: April 28 - 30 LOCATION:McMenamins Kennedy School: 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave.\, Portland OR 972 11 US SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090713T233329Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090715T213000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090715T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090713T233329Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110913T163705Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250457423 DESCRIPTION:For July’s meeting\, Diana Larsen will run a retrospective fo r us. We’re going to cover the last year of XPDX activities. \;\n \;\nThis will be a good chance to see a well-run end of project retrospe ctive. It’ll also be a chance to come weigh in and change what we do for next year. \;\n \;\nBeer afterward will be at the Lucky Lab a few blocks from the meeting place (given our discoordination last month\, w e decided to figure the most important parts out ahead of time). \;\n \;\nI hope to see several of you there. \;\n\n\nTags: agile\, xpd x\, retrospective\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/12504574 23 URL:http://www.xpdx.org/ SUMMARY:XPDX: A retrospective done well LOCATION:Con-Way: 2055 NW Savier St\, Portland OR 97209 US SEQUENCE:1 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: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 END:VCALENDAR