[YLUG] Agile Yorkshire - tomorrow

[Steve Almond]

Hi All,

I'm planning to drive to the below event /*tomorrow evening*/, and can 
offer lifts to and/or from. It starts 6:30 in Leeds, so I'm thinking to 
leave Fulford c.5:45.

Does anyone want to join me?


        10th January, An Extreme Hour
        <http://www.agileyorkshire.org/event-announcements/10thjanuaryanextremehour>

_Timeboxes_
*18:30* Networking And Lightning Talks - starting with /XP in 10 Slides/
*19:00* Kick Start Briefing
*19:30* Extreme Hour: GO!
*20:30* Retrospective
*21:00* Discussions at thepub

Kent Beck <http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?KentBeck> published /Extreme 
Programming Explained/ <http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kkMQKQEACAAJ> 
over a decade ago but - reading the book again - it still seems fresh. 
Extreme Programming <http://www.extremeprogramming.org/> (XP) is an 
incremental 
<http://alistair.cockburn.us/Incremental+versus+iterative+development> 
agile <http://www.agile-process.org/> method 
<http://martinfowler.com/articles/newMethodology.html>, lighter than 
Scrum or DSDM and with less ceremony, most useful for teams towards the 
smaller end of the spectrum. In 2009, Capers Jones found 
<http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CJd__8ANvtQC> XP to be one of the 
key factors for success for projects in the 1000 Function Point scale 
(with Agile and contemporary high-level languages). Time to take a look 
again at XP, and dissect why - and when - it works.

For January 2012, Agile Yorkshire features anExtreme Hour 
<http://c2.com/xp/ExtremeHour.html>: a one hour process miniature 
<http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ProcessMiniature>. In this hands-on exercise, 
small teams will use XP to develop paper prototypes 
<http://www.alistapart.com/articles/paperprototyping/> for a mystery 
product. No coding experience need, just a steady hand with pen and 
scissors. An introduction to XP will be provided. The evening will end 
with discussion reflecting on our experiences.

http://www.agileyorkshire.org/event-announcements/10thjanuaryanextremehour



-- 
Yours,

Steve Almond
Web Developer

steve at SilkAndSlug.com | Skype: silkandslug
Tel: 07947 017 652 | 01904 466 833


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