[AgileAnnounce] Alistair Cockburn to speak Dec 9th in Bedford

[Nancy Van Schooenderwoert]

          New England Agile Bazaar - Next Meeting Dec 9

TOPIC: "Crystal Clear, and Home-Grown or Hand-Rolled Agile Methods"

SPEAKER: Alistair Cockburn, internationally renowned project 
witchdoctor and IT strategist, is best known for describing Software
development as a Cooperative Game, for helping craft the Agile 
Development Manifesto, and for finally defining Use Cases.

ABSTRACT: Alistair just put the finishing touches on his book,
Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams. Since
it is largely about rolling your own methodology, it is appropriate
to include that in the evening's discussions.  This evening will start 
with more lecture-style presentation about the Crystal family and 
Crystal Clear in particular, and morph into an open discussion about 
home-grown or hand-rolled methods.

DATE: Thursday, December 9th

TIME: 6:00 - 8:30pm; (6-6:40 food and networking; 6:40 Announcements; 
          6:50 Speaker and discussion)

LOCATION: Mitre Corporation, S building Auditorium
          202 Burlington Rd. (Rt. 62), Bedford, MA
          Note: Because of security concerns, please bring a Picture 
          ID. It is best to leave all carrying bags, backpacks, and 
          briefcases in your car. Any items you do bring with you will 
          be opened and inspected by building security when you arrive.

COST: $10.00 per person, cash only

DETAILS: 
     RSVP: to nancyv at agilerules.com - PLEASE put "RSVP" in subject line
           All attendees must RSVP so we can set up the room and plan 
           the food. You may cancel an RSVP using this address, too.

     DIRECTIONS to Mitre: See 
           http://www.mitre.org/about/locations/bedford_map.html

     REFRESHMENTS: Food, soft drinks, and fruit juice will be available
     
     Note - The earliest arrival time is 5:15pm. No one will be 
            admitted prior to that time.

SPEAKER BIO:
 Alistair Cockburn,President of Humans and Technology, has authored:
"Surviving Object-Oriented Projects" (1998)
"Writing Effective Use Cases" (Jolt Productivity Award 2001)
"Agile Software Development" (Jolt Productivity Award 2002)
"Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams" (2004)

Dr. Cockburn received his Ph.D. on "People and Methodologies in 
Software Development" based on project debriefings and projects run 
throughout the 1990s. The results became the basis for the 
"Cooperative Game" concept and were incorporated into the Agile 
Development Manifesto in 2001. 
 
Dr. Cockburn wrote one of the first agile methodologies, for the 
IBM Consulting Group in 1992 based on early project debriefings. He 
was lead consultant on a 1994-1995 fixed-time, fixed-price $24M 
project that successfully used that methodology. Since then he has 
consulted around the world on organizational design, process and 
methodology design, requirements gathering and project management 
(the subject of his next book). He served as special advisor to the 
Central Bank of Norway, and has worked in companies from Scandinavia 
to South Africa, North America to China. 
 
In his 30-year career he has led hardware and software projects in 
industry, government and in research, ranging from real-time flight 
simulator computer graphics hardware, software development 
environments, and in-house application software.
 
Internationally, he is known for his seminal work on methodologies 
and use cases, as well as his lively presentations and interactive
workshops. 
 
Many of his materials are available online at 
http://alistair.cockburn.us. 
 
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