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Realistic about Risk: Software development with Real Options

This session introduces Real Options and shows how it can help in running your project. Real Options is a decision-making process that can be used to manage risk.

Chris Matts Olav Maassen
on Jun 30, 2009

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51:42
Measure for Measure

This session surveys emerging evidence that we can measure the effect of the technical practices of Agile development, and explores what we might be able to do about it to our benefit.

Keith Braithwaite
on Jun 16, 2009

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55:50
Functions + Messages + Concurrency = Erlang

This highly technical presentation discusses Erlang and three models of concurrent programming along with challenges posed by concurrency and how Erlang resolves them.

Joe Armstrong
on Jun 08, 2009

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01:05:02
Beyond Agile: Cultural Patterns

Willem and Marc introduce cultural patterns that can be found in software organizations. By understanding the cultural patterns then you can better adapt your practices.

Marc Evers Willem van den Ende
on May 28, 2009

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57:05
Building a Large Scale SaaS Application

Dan Hanley, at QCon London 2008 addresses the challenges of building large scale SaaS applications. Using examples from three Magus application frameworks, Dan exposes principles of SaaS development.

Dan Hanley
on May 22, 2009

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51:11
Born To Cycle

We know that small increments that produce progress toward a goal is a way for teams to work successfully. Does it work well because the individuals on the team are hardwired to work in cycles?

Linda Rising
on May 20, 2009

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01:02:17
Meeting the Challenge of Simplicity

This session addresses the abstract notion of 'simplicity', why it is critical in modern UI design, and answers questions, like "Why do design processes and good intentions undermine simplicity?"

Giles Colborne
on May 15, 2009

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01:02:07
JQuery - a Javascript DOM Library

This presentation demonstrates the features of JQuery, particularly its support for AJax and DOM services plus cross-browser compatibility. Details of the library and its structure are covered.

Remy Sharp
on May 07, 2009

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57:05
The Market Risk System

David Harper and Dominique Delarue present the Market Risk System used by BNP to retrieve, store and analyze risk data for all trading activities of their bank.

Dominique Delarue David Harper
on May 06, 2009

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58:19
Agile Mashups

This talk highlights what's on offer in the different agile methods, where different agile practices add value and how to go about blending them into your current approach.

Rachel Davies
on May 06, 2009

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57:33
A Tale of 2 Systems

In this video recorded during QCon London 2008, Pete Goodliffe presents two Linux-based audio products with a complete different outcome, software design making the difference.

Pete Goodliffe
on May 05, 2009

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52:39
Financial Transaction Exchange at BetFair.com

This presentation covers Betfair's efforts, e.g. Flywheel, that enables serving 50,000 low cost transactions per second. This technology has become the basis for the Tradefair financial exchange.

Matt Youill
on May 03, 2009

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