[Steering Committee] December speaker

[ryan hoegg]

Well we already sort of arranged for Brett and Stephen in December.  Maybe
early next year, this sounds interesting.

On Nov 10, 2007 12:53 PM, Brian Sheldon <brian_s_sheldon at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I think I forgot to mention that Rod Coffin would be able to speak at the
> Decemeber Evening meeting, not the lunch one though.
>
> I think we have Stephen Maina & Brett scheduled to speak in December
> already, right?
>
> brian
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Rod Coffin <rfc_iii at yahoo.com>
> To: Brian Sheldon <brian_s_sheldon at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:00:03 PM
> Subject: Re: howdy rod
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> Things are going very well, except the Cowboy's loss tonight to the
> Patriots  :-(
>
> Congrats on the attendance, that is awesome!
>
> Anyway, I'll be on my way out of the country on November 13, but I'd
> be happy to present in December or whenever else you need a speaker.
> I probably couldn't be the lunch thing but an evening would be fine.
> Below is one idea I've been working on, let me know if you think it
> would be of interest to the OKC JUG.
>
> Build the Right System with Test Driven Requirements - Lean Pull Applied
> The software profession (if one truly exists) faces many challenges
> including our general approach to requirements.  A high percentage of
> implemented functionality is seldom used and requirement deficiencies
> are frequented cited among the top five reasons for project failure.
> How can we as software professionals and craftsmen know that we are
> producing the most valuable system at just the right time for our
> users?  The concept of "pull" from lean manufacturing, in combination
> with agile values and practices, provides a powerful guide for how we
> can improve our profession by allowing the incremental specification
> of functionality to "pull" the creation of working software.  In this
> workshop participants will experience how a real working system can
> be constructed from the ground up through the definition of
> executable specifications.  In a cycle comparable to that of Test
> Driven Development participants will see how, through a series of
> micro-iterations, requirements can pull the creation of executable
> specifications, integration tests, unit tests, and production code.
> Along the way we will also touch on related subjects such as code
> coverage, mocking, and user-interface testing.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rod
>
> On Oct 12, 2007, at 12:25 PM, Brian Sheldon wrote:
>
> > How is it going? Not too bad here. Just waiting around to get layed
> > off.
> >
> > We had 28 people for our Lunch jug meeting. We haven't had that big
> > of a turnout in a loooong time.
> >
> > We need a jug speaker for November 13th - would you want to come up
> > and do a presentation or 2?
> >
> > If Matt Smith is at your workplace, would you ask him?
> >
> > thanks, brian
> >
> >
> >
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