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Fostering Software Craftsmanship in a Corporate Setting

Presented by Scott Dillman on Sep 28, 2008

Community
Agile
Topics
Software Craftsmanship
Tags
Coaching and Mentoring ,
agile2008
Summary
In this presentation filmed during Agile 2008, Scott Dillman talks about transforming developers into software craftsmen, people responsible for their work, continuously learning, taking pride in doing qualitative work, sharing knowledge and respecting professional standards.

Bio
Scott Dillman has 13 years of experience in software development. He has given presentations on Agile for large groups (100+) at Travelers, Hartford Society for Information Managers (SIM), as well as several New England Universities. He is currently working at Travelers, leading the Application Design and Standards team.

About the conference
Agile 2008 is an exciting international industry conference that presents the latest techniques, technologies, attitudes and first-hand experience, from both a management and development perspective, for successful Agile software development.

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stops at 18th minute or so by Pavel Veller Posted Oct 15, 2008 2:32 PM
Re: stops at 18th minute or so by Olivier Gourment Posted Oct 16, 2008 9:48 PM
Re: stops at 18th minute or so by Scott Dillman Posted Jan 22, 2009 8:35 AM
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    stops at 18th minute or so

    Oct 15, 2008 2:32 PM by Pavel Veller

    the video rewinds to the beginning on or around 18th minute. I can't watch it any further. is it only me?

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    Re: stops at 18th minute or so

    Oct 16, 2008 9:48 PM by Olivier Gourment

    the video rewinds to the beginning on or around 18th minute. I can't watch it any further. is it only me?


    working for me.

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    Re: stops at 18th minute or so

    Jan 22, 2009 8:35 AM by Scott Dillman

    During the presentation, I noticed that the person video taping filled his tape and had to switch to a new one. During the time he switched tapes, there is a gap missing from the presentation of a minute or two. The presentation should resume, however, after that.

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