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Natural Laws of Software Development - Deriving Agile Practices

Presented by Ron Jeffries & Chet Hendrickson on Aug 17, 2008

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Agile
Topics
Adopting Agile ,
Agile Techniques
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Requirements ,
agile2008
Summary
In this presentation filmed during Agile 2008, Ron Jeffries and Chet Hendrickson derive Agile practices from the natural laws of software development. They don't just say "Be Agile!", but they explain why Agile practices make perfect sense in the software development world.

Bio
Ron Jeffries, an independent consultant in XP and Agile methods, was the on-site coach for the original XP project, authored Extreme Programming Adventures in C# and other books. Chet Hendrickson is an independent Agile/XP consultant. He wrote Extreme Programming Installed.

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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Was It Chat's Fault ... by Shane Mingins Posted Aug 17, 2008 11:25 PM
Re: Was It Chat's Fault ... by Deborah Hartmann Posted Aug 18, 2008 12:57 PM
Live "slides" by Deborah Hartmann Posted Aug 18, 2008 1:05 PM
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    Was It Chat's Fault ...

    Aug 17, 2008 11:25 PM by Shane Mingins

    that Chet has been renamed to Chat?

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    Re: Was It Chat's Fault ...

    Aug 18, 2008 12:57 PM by Deborah Hartmann

    Lol. No, he's still Chet. But it's surely his fault. Thanks :-)

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    Live "slides"

    Aug 18, 2008 1:05 PM by Deborah Hartmann

    I love that they hand-created their "slides" in real time. Sometimes the "simplest thing" takes some fancy technology. A good marriage of simple and complex, imo. Thanks, Ron and Chet!

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