Research Triangle Software Symposium
August 28 - 30, 2009 - Raleigh, NC
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Jared Richardson
Agile coach and co-author of Ship It
Jared Richardson, co-author of Ship It! A Practical Guide to Successful
Software Projects, is a speaker, consultant, and mentor with NFJS One. Jared has been in the industry for more than fifteen years as a consultant, developer, tester, and manager.
Jared can be found online at Agile Artisans.
Presentations
Techniques 2009
There are a number of great techniques you can use across technologies and projects. Come hear some of my favorite ways to move "beyond" and contribute a few of your own. We'll discuss topics ranging from glue languages to ditching your IDE to building your brain.
In this session we'll discuss:
- Move beyond tools
- Glue languages
- Inbox Zero
- Learning to learn
- Not being a cog anymore
- Macro Object Orientation
- Clean code
- Looking smarter than you are
- Open source tool stacks
- Tighter feedback loops
- Scripted deployments
- Scripting databases
- Virutalization
And more...
Software Team Tuneup
We're always under pressure to do more with less. More features with less developers. More product in less time. More work in fewer hours.
There are several Agile techniques you can use to ensure you and your team and making the most of your days. We'll review several team optimization techniques and discuss their practical applications.
Agile Anti-Patterns
Agile is wildly popular in some circles and hated in others. How can the same ideas cause such different reactions? Sometimes it's the definition of "agile" and other times it's company culture, but there's usually a good reason when Agile ideas are thrown out on their collective ears.
In this talk we'll discuss what works about Agile, how advocates have tainted the word in many companies, and how you can move great ideas forward successfully on your team.
Books
by Jared Richardson
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Jared Richardson will discuss why you should card. How corporations are, by definition, soulless entities, who usually
don't care about you, just quarterly profits. He delves into how jobs tend to overspecialize our skill set, and then lay us off when the skill set becomes obsolete. He talks about setting achievable goals, an d how to break those goals down into daily activities. The next chapters cover solid strategies you can use to achieve your goals. Finally, he will coach you in the skills you'll need to execute on those strategies. Remember, there is only one person who has your best interest at heart, and that's you. If you choose to not manage your own career, don't be upset if no on else does either. Don't be upset if you don't get what you want out of this life. It's not enough to want something. You've got to decide what you want, then take steps to make it happen. What's the first step to take to make your dreams come true? Wake up. Then start acting on those dreams. This book can help you get started.
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Jared Richardson will discuss why you should card. How corporations are, by definition, soulless entities, who usually
don't care about you, just quarterly profits. He delves into how jobs tend to overspecialize our skill set, and then lay us off when the skill set becomes obsolete. He talks about setting achievable goals, an d how to break those goals down into daily activities. The next chapters cover solid strategies you can use to achieve your goals. Finally, he will coach you in the skills you'll need to execute on those strategies. Remember, there is only one person who has your best interest at heart, and that's you. If you choose to not manage your own career, don't be upset if no on else does either. Don't be upset if you don't get what you want out of this life. It's not enough to want something. You've got to decide what you want, then take steps to make it happen. What's the first step to take to make your dreams come true? Wake up. Then start acting on those dreams. This book can help you get started.
by Jared Richardson and William A. Gwaltney
List Price: $29.95
Price: $19.87
You Save: $10.08 (34%)
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Ship It! is a collection of tips that show the tools and techniques a successful project team has to use, and how to use them well. You'll get quick, easy-to-follow advice on modern practices: which to use, and when they should be applied. This book avoids current fashion trends and marketing hype; instead, readers find page after page of solid advice, all tried and tested in the real world.
Aimed at beginning to intermediate programmers, Ship It! will show you:
- Which tools help, and which don't
- How to keep a project moving
- Approaches to scheduling that work
- How to build developers as well as product
- What's normal on a project, and what's not
- How to manage managers, end-users and sponsors
- Danger signs and how to fix them
Few of the ideas presented here are controversial or extreme; most experienced programmers will agree that this stuff works. Yet 50 to 70 percent of all project teams in the U.S. aren't able to use even these simple, well-accepted practices effectively. This book will help you get started.
Ship It! begins by introducing the common technical infrastructure that every project needs to get the job done. Readers can choose from a variety of recommended technologies according to their skills and budgets. The next sections outline the necessary steps to get software out the door reliably, using well-accepted, easy-to-adopt, best-of-breed practices that really work.
Finally, and most importantly, Ship It! presents common problems that teams face, then offers real-world advice on how to solve them.
Price: $19.87
You Save: $10.08 (34%)
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Ship It! is a collection of tips that show the tools and techniques a successful project team has to use, and how to use them well. You'll get quick, easy-to-follow advice on modern practices: which to use, and when they should be applied. This book avoids current fashion trends and marketing hype; instead, readers find page after page of solid advice, all tried and tested in the real world.
Aimed at beginning to intermediate programmers, Ship It! will show you:
- Which tools help, and which don't
- How to keep a project moving
- Approaches to scheduling that work
- How to build developers as well as product
- What's normal on a project, and what's not
- How to manage managers, end-users and sponsors
- Danger signs and how to fix them
Few of the ideas presented here are controversial or extreme; most experienced programmers will agree that this stuff works. Yet 50 to 70 percent of all project teams in the U.S. aren't able to use even these simple, well-accepted practices effectively. This book will help you get started.
Ship It! begins by introducing the common technical infrastructure that every project needs to get the job done. Readers can choose from a variety of recommended technologies according to their skills and budgets. The next sections outline the necessary steps to get software out the door reliably, using well-accepted, easy-to-adopt, best-of-breed practices that really work.
Finally, and most importantly, Ship It! presents common problems that teams face, then offers real-world advice on how to solve them.
