<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">I think I forgot to mention that Rod Coffin would be able to speak at the Decemeber Evening meeting, not the lunch one though.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">I think we have Stephen Maina & Brett scheduled to speak in December already, right?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Forwarded Message ----<BR>From: Rod Coffin <rfc_iii@yahoo.com><BR>To: Brian Sheldon <brian_s_sheldon@yahoo.com><BR>Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:00:03 PM<BR>Subject: Re: howdy rod<BR><BR>Hi Brian,<BR><BR>Things are going very well, except the Cowboy's loss tonight to the <BR>Patriots :-(<BR><BR>Congrats on the attendance, that is awesome!<BR><BR>Anyway, I'll be on my way out of the country on November 13, but I'd <BR>be happy to present in December or whenever else you need a speaker. <BR>I probably couldn't be the lunch thing but an evening would be fine. <BR>Below is one idea I've been working on, let me know if you think it <BR>would be of interest to the OKC JUG.<BR><BR>Build the Right System with Test Driven Requirements - Lean Pull Applied<BR>The software profession (if one truly exists) faces many
challenges <BR>including our general approach to requirements. A high percentage of <BR>implemented functionality is seldom used and requirement deficiencies <BR>are frequented cited among the top five reasons for project failure. <BR>How can we as software professionals and craftsmen know that we are <BR>producing the most valuable system at just the right time for our <BR>users? The concept of "pull" from lean manufacturing, in combination <BR>with agile values and practices, provides a powerful guide for how we <BR>can improve our profession by allowing the incremental specification <BR>of functionality to "pull" the creation of working software. In this <BR>workshop participants will experience how a real working system can <BR>be constructed from the ground up through the definition of <BR>executable specifications. In a cycle comparable to that of
Test <BR>Driven Development participants will see how, through a series of <BR>micro-iterations, requirements can pull the creation of executable <BR>specifications, integration tests, unit tests, and production code. <BR>Along the way we will also touch on related subjects such as code <BR>coverage, mocking, and user-interface testing.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Rod<BR><BR>On Oct 12, 2007, at 12:25 PM, Brian Sheldon wrote:<BR><BR>> How is it going? Not too bad here. Just waiting around to get layed <BR>> off.<BR>><BR>> We had 28 people for our Lunch jug meeting. We haven't had that big <BR>> of a turnout in a loooong time.<BR>><BR>> We need a jug speaker for November 13th - would you want to come up <BR>> and do a presentation or 2?<BR>><BR>> If Matt Smith is at your workplace, would you ask him?<BR>><BR>> thanks, brian<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
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