Presentation: "What is Keeping Agile Development from Mainstream Adoption?"

Time: Thursday 11:00 - 12:00

Location: Concordia

Abstract:

Agile is generally talked about as a single package: if you adhere to the principles, you get the benefits. Without a clear mapping of principles to practices to benefits it is difficult for Agile to spread rapidly.

Complicating this is the perception that Agile is for small teams and requires the use of 3x5 cards, co-location and pair programming. Topics will focus on what it takes for mainstream adoption of Agile; include the relationship between principles, practices and benefits; and scaleable Agile practices.

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Damon Poole, Founder and CTO, AccuRev

Damon Poole, Founder and CTO

Damon Poole is founder and CTO of AccuRev Inc.AccuRev Inc., a leading provider of Agile Development tools.

Damon has been involved in software development methodology and process improvement projects for over fifteen years at the Open Software Foundation, Fidelity Investments, and many others.

Damon writes frequently on the topic of Agile development and works closely with AccuRev's customers developing and implementing state of the art Agile techniques.

Damon earned his BS in Computer Science at the University of Vermont in 1987. You can contact Damon at damon@accurev.com. His blog is http://damonpoole.blogspot.com/.