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In the pictures you can see the room we had at SELA and Udi talking to the group.
What went on?
The first lecture was given by me and was about agile concepts. We didn't get
very far before being bombarded with questions. I wasn't really sure if I wanted
to just "let it ride" because the group is all about discussion. I don't think
it went too well because I didn't get to finish the lecture. We intend to finish
it in the next meeting.
Next, Udi gave a lecture about using NHibernate for doing Agile Development. Here's the
code from the lecture. All in all, I think we had a pretty good turn-up. I
certainly met some unfamiliar faces, and it was good to see other people that
already have a serious amount of experience with Agile under their belts.
I'd like to thank everyone that showed up. There's lots to be done for the
group in the coming weeks. a partial list:
A web site
A mailing list
A monthly meeting with pre-arranged topics for 3 months in advance
Recording of every meeting (audio)
If you'd like to attend the next meeting and you have *not* already sent me
an email, then send me one now to UserGroup at TeamAgile.com
telling me you'd like to join.
We also tried to come up with a formula for the next meeting(s):
17:30- 18:00 - Gathering and free flowing Q&A
18:00 - 19:00 - Lecture, topic 1
19:00 - 19:30 - Q&A about the lecture and other topics
19:30 - 20:00 - Lecture, topic 2
20:00 - 20:30 - Lecture, topic 3
20:30 - 21:00 - Q&A about last two lectures
The first lecture is the "heaviest". the second two are smaller and simpler,
thus making for a meeting that might touch all most of the attendees interests.
You see, the point with Agile is that it spans many "cultures". We had people
over fro at least three worlds I heard of - .NET, Java and PERL. Because it's so
"broad" there's lots to talk about with lots of little concepts intertwined. Udi
suggested this format and I think it might work. I did fear at first that we'll
run out of topics very quick, but after some thought we figures the "Agile"
topic is so broad and large, that would be practically impossible.
There are several areas any lecture could attend to:
Customer communication
Team Communication
Technical solutions
Scheduling, management
Methodology overview
Hands on workshops
many more..
I'm just thinking out loud here. In any case - we still have a ways to go
before making this a little more cohesive group. But I feel like we're on the
right track. See you next month!
Also, would love to hear your comments on the meeting.
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