Just a quick note that Brian Noyle and I will give a one day Agile Project Management training workshop on Friday, June 26, 2009 in Denver, CO.  This course will cover both project management practices and development/engineering practices. While we *talk* about developer tools & practices, this is not just for developers – the whole day is equally pertinent to technical and management staff.

We’ll begin with an introduction to agile practices and rapidly progress to specific methodology examples (Scrum), cover roles and responsibilities, project controls, and how to scale the agile process in your organization. 

In addition, we’ll introduce specific software development processes that mesh well with the agile process including automation for code documentation and unit testing, design patterns, refactoring tools, and automated builds and continuous integration.  Throughout the course we’ll give you specific examples, the good, the bad, and the ugly, from our own experiences using the methodology in our shop. We’ll also have hands-on exercises so you can try out some of the ideas we are discussing.

Course Details:

Course Material: Introduction to Agile: Project Management and Development

Date: Friday, June 26, 2009

Location: USGS Mtg Room, Fed Center, Lakewood CO (suburb of Denver for those not from Colorado)

More Information: www.rm-urisa.org/news.html

Please use the “more information” link above to read the full course abstract and get additional details including how to register, maps of how to get there, etc. 

Hope to see some of you in June!