How agile works and how to prove it

We all know that agile works. We would not be here otherwise. But do we know why? And to what extent? Does it matter? To answer these questions, I’ll firstly give a brief overview of the theory behind agile methods. Then I’ll take that theory, mix it with some math and pour into certain tools in order to quantify exactly how much is agile worth. There will be graphs, coconuts and baths involved. And reasonably little math

Agile Governance

I believe, agile is all about making sense, so why not try to make sense of governance.

Product First-method to Lean Product Creation

Product First-method concentrates on the products to be built and takes a different viewpoint to how Lean transformations are conducted in organizations. Product First allows for finding out the most valuable thing to be built and makes seamless integration of product creation process possible without the usual friction that is associated to Lean transformations.

Soils for change

Creativity is an inseparable part of innovation. Companies that induce creativity tend to be much more successful than their “non-creative” counterparts. There are many methodologies to help you a lot in creating and environment to support creativity. But many oraganizations still fail miserably. I think a big reason for that is how people communicate with eachother. And by that make the awesome systems created to be not used

Introduction to Test Driven Development

“Test Driven Development is a software development process that relies on short cycles of writing test code and making the tests pass by writing production code. I will give an overview of TDD and talk about my own experience using TDD.

We will talk about the reasons code quality decreases over time, and how that process can be prevented by a comprehensive suite of tests. We will discuss the three laws of Test Driven Development – the central discipline of TDD, and the benefits of following these rules: increased quality, reliable low level documentation, decoupled design, and no fear of change.”

Nodextreme Startup – JavaScript Extreme Startup Engine

The talk is about implementing the Extreme Startup Server with NodeJS and will serve as a tutorial of kinds to NodeJS and JavaScript development in general with concrete examples.

Short bio:
My name is Antti Rintala. I’m the benevolent dictator of Frontend Circle
(concentrating on User Experience and Frontend technologies) at Houston Inc. I’ve been coding JavaScript as main language for 6 years now in both frontend and backend. You can also find me from LinkedIn: http://fi.linkedin.com/in/anttirintala

Agility in Helmes

Software Development experience for 19+ years in different roles and responsibilities (from specialist to expert to manager, from formal to agile to lean) meanwhile providing business critical solutions for Logistics, Health Care, Telecom, Finance, Insurance, Publishing and Manufacturing. Focusing on continuous self-improvement, experience, skills and knowledge to creating world-class solutions, teams and software development company

 

A balanced metrics set for a software business

“There are so many things that we can measure about a software business that there is a temptation to measure too much. There is always also the temptation to link pay to performance and set targets for metrics results. Some things are so easy to measure, but others so difficult. Does it make sense to measure estimates that are not facts?
Towo will describe a metrics set suitable for leaders of software business to gain situational awareness. He will also touch on the nature of measuring work and incentives.”

Coderetreat

Coderetreat is a day-long, intensive practice event, focusing on the fundamentals of software development and design. By providing developers the opportunity to take part in focused practice, away from the pressures of ‘getting things done’, the coderetreat format has proven itself to be a highly effective means of skill improvement. Practicing the basic principles of modular and object-oriented design, developers can improve their ability to write code that minimizes the cost of change over time.

How to get rid of Agile in a few simple steps

Management fads come and go. Here today, gone later today. How to make sure no fad ever sticks but improvement is constant? A few guidelines on how to get rid of the buzzwords and keep the good stuff in the Agile saucepan.

Lean and the Enterprise: Maersk Line’s journey

“The journey that the world’s largest shipping company, Maersk Line, have taken so far in testing, implementing and learning about Lean-Agile across the whole organisation. Maersk Line operates the world’s largest container shipping fleet, with 325 offices in 125 countries, with a turnover of $26 billion per year. Maersk Line IT spends over $100m p.a. on development, over 20 development teams spread around the world with a mix of onshore/offshore and thin outsourcing. The Wrath of Waterfall: Historical view of how we worked
First Contact: A giant project (X-Leap) – ­what we learned. what worked, what didn’t
The Search for Agility: LPD – piloting eight Lean Product Development practices
The Final Frontier: The Enterprise! Agility at scale (rolling out across the organisation, scaling and centralising key components)
Next Generation: LPD 2.0 (what we’re doing now, where we’re heading)”

UI Tests in Java and Scala

“Testing is boring? Testing is for testers? UI Tests are time-consuming?
Forget it!
Let’s see how developers in Codeborne write code, unit-tests and UI tests with fun. Let’s meet the Selenide – our open-source library for writing concise, readable, boilerplate-free UI tests in Java and Scala.”

We want to thank our sponsors who have helped us to make this event happen.

Skype is a little piece of software that lets you make free calls to your friends all over the world. It is the aim of Skype to become a universal, secure, easy-to-use communications platform and tool for all people and any imaginable purpose.

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Playtech is online-gaming solutions provider for the industry’s top operators. Playtech Estonia was the company’s first development center and has remained to be the corporate’s largest one. We consider ourselves to be one of the biggest software companies in Estonia with more than 600 specialists in Tartu and Tallinn.

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Devtraining is a training company that offers its services to IT developers who want to find solutions to their professional challenges using acquired new skills and knowledge.

We offer quality training courses where we teach the best IT practices and we are commited to provide practical experience that participants can start using in their work immediately.

Unlike other Estonian IT training companies, Devtraining offers solutions from IT developers’ perspective.

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Software development company
Developing with agile* principles
Working closely with the customer
Deliver working software from day 1
Helping others with delayed projects
Training to work the agile way

 

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Ignite is a software development company that believes in transparency and simple solutions that work, comparing to endless planning and negotiations that lead to nothing. In our lab we try out new technologies and see how we can use them in practice.

 

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We want to thank our sponsors who have helped us to make this event AWESOME!!!

Skype is a little piece of software that lets you make free calls to your friends all over the world. It is the aim of Skype to become a universal, secure, easy-to-use communications platform and tool for all people and any imaginable purpose.

 

Swedbank is a full-service bank for both private individuals and companies in the home markets Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Our focus is our customers’ needs and wishes – not our products.

 

Elisa is a telecommunications and ICT service company. Elisa is easily approachable and things run smoothly from start to finish. Elisa conducts through continuous interdisciplinary research.

 

 

Trinidad Consulting focuses on helping our customers build and order better software. Our core competences are usability, analysis and making sure that the delivered end result works properly and matches the customer needs. We also represent AppDynamics application performance management products in Baltics and Finland.

 

Codeborne is a software development company developing with agile principles, working closely with the customer, delivering working software from day 1, helping others with delayed projects, training to work the agile way.

 

Ignite is a software development company that believes in transparency and simple solutions that work, comparing to endless planning and negotiations that lead to nothing. In our lab we try out new technologies and see how we can use them in practice.

 

Webmedia group was founded in the year 2000 and has grown over 80% per year. This remarkable growth places us among the fastest-growing technology companies in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Despite our rapid development, we are still managed by our founders and many of our employees are company shareholders. Our flat structure fuels our entrepreneurial spirit and passion for what we do.

Great news everyone! The registration for the next Agile Saturday that will happen on 12th of May is now OPEN!

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