FW: SPIN May 12 The Customer/Business Side of XP Programming Final Reminder

["Mark Windholtz" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Folks,

 

Here's another XP meeting at SPIN.

 

- Mark.

 

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From: Connie Burns [mailto:cburns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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Subject: SPIN May 12 The Customer/Business Side of XP Programming Final Reminder

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Wednesday, May 12 The Customer / Business Side of XP Programming	Refreshments will be provided by our event host, Howard Systems International
This month's SPIN program will follow up from April's presentation, that was on the technical side of the XP methodology, by focusing on the customer/ business side of the XP methodology.  Mr. Lindstrom will discuss some of the key customer responsibilities including: * functional requirements specification * story development * dealing with scope "creep" * user acceptance testing * managing changes in requirements/business functionality   He will discuss how the iterative approach to software development can lead to: * higher quality * reduced time * greater customer satisfaction * reduced cost due to using short development cycles that allow for rapid feedback, and a greater ability to deal with changes.  By recognizing the evolutionary nature of software development and taking advantage of the XP methodology, many businesses can expect to see and touch the functionality and make important changes as the process moves along.  This happens within weeks, compared to traditional methodologies that may not produce something concrete for many months. We hope to have you in attendance again this month and ask that if you're on the technical side that you bring your managers/directors with you from the business side of your company to learn about XP and decide if this approach to software development may make sense for your company.
Lowell Lindstrom has been professionally involved across of the spectrum of software business for 17 years. He is "the business geek" at Object Mentor and balances professional time between running that business and coaching organizations on the Customer Team skills and practices of software development. He has been involved on the business side of dozens of XP software projects in organizations of all sizes and varying domains. Lowell's background includes many years of software development and management, organizational change, marketing, and sales roles at a large ($2b+) technology product company. He has a BSCS from Northwestern University and a Masters in Management from Northwestern's Kellogg GSM. His articles on the business side of agile software development and Extreme Programming have been published in the Cutter IT Journal and the Auerbach IS Management Handbook (8th ed.). He has taught organizational change tutorials at XP Universe 2002 and XP Brazil. Thanks to John Gump, Asynchrony Solutions and Mark Windholtz of ObjectWind.com for securing these presentations.
4:00pm - 6:00pm Atrium II (2) Overlook Room, 2nd Floor 211 East 4th Street Cincinnati, OH 45202
The Circuit - 1209 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH  45202 Phone: 513.791.2884 x 204 (Connie) / Fax:  513.791.4808 email:  cburns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Circuit Website:  www.thecircuit.net

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