[Steering Committee] Fw: howdy rod

Mon Oct 15 03:24:34 PDT 2007

what do you all think? Rod in Dec on "Build the Right System with Test Driven Requirements - Lean Pull Applied"

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Brian Sheldon <brian_s_sheldon at yahoo.com>
To: Rod Coffin <rfc_iii at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:23:14 AM
Subject: Re: howdy rod

Sorry about the Cowboys. I'm just glad the Yankee's got knocked out in the first round of the playoffs.

I'll pencil you in for the evening meeting of December 11th. I'll see what the SC thinks about the topic.

Mark Smith said he'd do Novembers presentations, so no big deal.

thanks, Brian

----- Original 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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