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Venkat Subramaniam's Pragmatic Factors for Agile Success

Presented by Venkat Subramaniam on Mar 27, 2008

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Agile
Topics
Debugging ,
Agile Techniques ,
Delivering Quality
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No Fluff Just Stuff Symposiums ,
Complementary Practices ,
Coaching and Mentoring ,
Interpersonal Communication
Summary
At NFJS Venkat Subramaniam, author with Andy Hunt of "Practices of an Agile Developer," shared his pragmatic approach to some of the important technical and non-technical factors contributing to project success, including: coding, developer attitude, debugging, mentoring and feedback.

Bio
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, founder of www.agiledeveloper.com, has trained and mentored over 3000 software developers internationally. He is a frequent conference speaker, a university lecturer, and teaches the Professional Software Developer series at Rice University. He is author of ".NET Gotchas" and coauthor with Andy Hunt of "Practices of an Agile Developer".

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The No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Series is designed to cover the latest in trends, best practices, and newest developments in Enterprise Java, Java/Groovy, ESB/SOA, Ajax, Web Services, Agility, and Architecture. Our commitment is to provide the very best in terms of speaker quality and overall conference experience.

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Great presentation on Agile programming by Pawan Kumar Posted Apr 1, 2008 4:24 AM
I'm converted :) by João Vieira da Luz Posted Apr 4, 2008 6:57 PM
Very good talk by Marcos Oliveira Posted Apr 8, 2008 10:04 AM
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    Great presentation on Agile programming

    Apr 1, 2008 4:24 AM by Pawan Kumar

    Venkat,
    I really enjoyed your presentation and most of the things said in the presentation. It will help me a lot in changing the way I am working right now and also my team members.
    Thanks
    Pawan

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    I'm converted :)

    Apr 4, 2008 6:57 PM by João Vieira da Luz

    Nice talk in an agile style. Trying to keep the feedback loop short. It's very clear Agile in Venkat words.

    Thanks for talk João

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    Very good talk

    Apr 8, 2008 10:04 AM by Marcos Oliveira

    Venkat, this is the best talk I've seen on how to make a team work. Thank you very much.

    Reply

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