-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] ACIS 2008 workshop on 'The Agile Technique Hour' Datum: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 21:45:38 -0500 Von: Dave Parsons d.p.parsons@massey.ac.nz Antwort an: Dave Parsons d.p.parsons@massey.ac.nz An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to the following workshop at the ACIS conference in Christchurch, New Zealand. The tutorial is part of ACIS on *** Friday, December 5th, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM ***.

This workshop is aimed at anyone who is interested in software development methodologies, in particular those interested in agile methods. It has a broad appeal, and has been used both to introduce the agile concepts to students and to explore these concepts with professional developers.

This workshop addresses issues around how various techniques may be integrated within an agile methodology, how these techniques interact with each other, and how certain techniques may be regarded as more or less critical to the success of an agile software development project. The workshop is in the spirit of a number of previous approaches to exploring agile methods by using game-like simulations. These include Process Miniatures (a method for simulating agile project processes in a short time scale), the eXtreme Hour, the XP Game and the Planning Game. However the focus of most of these other efforts has been to concentrate on the managerial aspects of agile methods. In contrast, the �Agile Technique Hour� enables us to explore the �technique� subset of agile practices, which focuses not so much on planning and estimating (though this is necessary too to provide us with a framework for the other activities) but on how agile techniques are used within an iteration. In the workshop, participants work in small teams to create a design artefact using various agile techniques and learn how these techniques can support each other.

Further information is available at: http://www.bsec.canterbury.ac.nz/acis2008/postConference.html#postWorkshop

or contact Dave Parsons, d.p.parsons@massey.ac.nz

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