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Join us for Europe's largest Lean and Kanban - The next wave for software and systems process - conference. The conference, which will be held over two days from 23 through to 24 September brings together the leading innovators, practitioners, and influential thought leaders in Lean software and systems management. The conference will assist organizations that depend on software - from start-ups to those that build complex, software intensive products, systems & services - with the application of Lean Thinking throughout the enterprise.

Registration is now open for Software Craftsmanship 2010, which will be on Oct 7th at Bletchley Park (UK).

This year's conference will focus on the technical disciplines, and every session will involve live coding. There'll be no talks or keynote speeches, just 120 enthusiastic software craftsmen sharing and learning from each other in the most practical way possible.

The article: http://www.gilb.com/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=431 is really worth reading.
It is a fundamental opinion / critique on the way we apply Agile Manifesto and I really wonder what is your opinion on this and I'm looking for some spicy discussion. Maybe Tom himself will join in.

His main message is that you can have happy customers, but still fail. The reason is lack of attention for stakeholders value. In other words, quantified business improvements.

Coding Dojos are inspired by the Socratic Circle, a learning method that involves questions and debate between participants and teacher, illuminating different points of views.

Come learn and practice Test-Driven Development with FitNesse, an acceptance testing framework that enables you to communicate progress with business and customers, while improving your programming skills.

You are welcomed to join us on Friday evening, June 18, in the Amsterdam Public Library (Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam) - next to Amsterdam Central Station - for a coding dojo with a focus on TDD with FitNesse.

XP Day Benelux is an international conference about Agile development, intended for people from all walks of life who want to uncover better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. XP Days Benelux is made for, and made by, the Agile Community. Now you can be a contributor too.

XP Day Benelux will have something for everyone. Sessions for people who are new to Agile, sessions for experienced people, a good mix of technical, experience, management and process sessions. We’ll have sessions on Agile in real life, stories of success and horror, hands on workshops, and sessions that will completely surprise you!

We are looking for enthusiastic people who want to lead these sessions. People who work with Agile in any role, business or form. People who are willing to share, and are prepared to learn. Reflective practitioners who are not only interested in quality work but also want to know why things work as they do.

We are in particular looking for new, even crazy, topics and ideas!

Op 26 mei aanstaande is leiderschapsicoon Remco Claassen te gast bij het Agile Consortium Benelux.
Tijdens een enerverende sessie geeft Remco je handvatten om effectief te zijn in agile projecten. Op dezelfde avond geeft 's wereld meest agile tester Anko Tijman een presentatie over de kunst van het samenwerken. Heel veel waarde op één avond dus! Wees er snel bij, want het aantal plaatsen is beperkt.

Voor meer informatie en inschrijven, zie de website van het Agile Consortium Benelux.

Agile Open Holland is de conferentie gemaakt voor en door jou! Het is een Open Space conferentie georganiseerd door Agile Holland, waar het programma door de deelnemers zelf gemaakt wordt bij de start van elke conferentiedag. Je kunt discussies, workshops, simulaties, spellen, coding dojo's voorstellen - elk onderwerp en sessieformaat waar je hart naar uitgaat en waar je verantwoordelijkheid voor wilt nemen.

Aangezien de conferentie is wat je er zelf van maakt, kom je terug op je werk vol energie, met allerlei nieuwe ideeën om je werk leuker, productiever en rendabeler te maken.

Ik wil meer weten...

Join us for the next Agile Open Belgium on 21 and 22 of May 2010!

The Agile Open conference has no predetermined program. Instead, we follow Open Space principles. The participants determine the actual program together at the start of the conference. Anyone who participates can propose a session during the opening of the conference and put it in a timeslot of the conference schedule.

The SPA2010 conference is less than seven weeks away! We're writing to bring you up-to-date with news of speakers, sponsors and diversions.

We're delighted to welcome two distinguished invited speakers. On Monday, architect Maurice Mitchell will talk about Complexity and the Human Dimension. He's a leading figure in the Architecture of Rapid Change and Scarce Resources, and has worked in areas such as the Sudan, Ghana, Kosovo and Vietnam. And on Wednesday, Harvey Wheaton, Studio Director at Supermassive Games, will talk about introducing agile development to the dynamic and competitive world of console games development.

Brian Marick zal op zijn tour langs Europese congressen op zaterdag 20 maart Nederland aan doen. Op deze dag organiseren Agile Holland en Devnology gezamenlijk een meetup.

Brian is een van de auteurs van het beroemde Agile Manifesto en heeft verschillende boeken geschreven, waaronder Programming Cocoa with Ruby, Everyday scripting with Ruby en The Craft of Software Testing.

Voor deze bijeenkomst zal Brian een presentatie geven over Mocking:

I think I finally understand Mocks