The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (http://msme.gov.in/) would be conducting an one day introductory workshop on Cutting Cost Through “Agile” Software Development Methods, on 20th March 2009 at Chennai.
On behalf of Spritle, I will be presenting a topic on “Releasing Quality Software” during the afternoon session.
The tentative program schedule and the advertisement from MSME can be found below, however please contact Siddharta Govindaraj for further information.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Date: 20th March 2009
Venue: MSME Training Hall, Guindy
Topics and Timing
09:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 11:00 Business case for Agile Software Development
-> What is Agile Software Development?
-> How will Agile help my project?
-> The Agile Manifesto/Agile Principles
-> Predictive methods vs Agile
11:00 – 11:30 Brief overview of Scrum
11:30 – 11.45 Learning Agile Game: We’re Having A Party
11.45 – 12:30 Adapting to changing requirements
(Speaker: Balachander Swaminathan)
-> Short iterations
-> Frequent releases
-> Collaborating with the customer
12:30 – 01:30 Lunch
01.30 – 01.45 Learning Agile Game: 60 Paces
01:45 – 02:30 Benefits of self organising teams
02:30 – 03:15 Releasing quality software
(Speaker: Balaji D Loganathan)
-> Test driven development
-> Automated builds
-> Continuous integration
03:15 – 03:30 Coffee/Tea Break
03:30 – 04:30 Open Discussion
04:30 – 05:00 Closing session
