No this isn't my group (I belong to too many as it
is), but when I heard about Thursday's IASA meeting, I
thought it might interest some of the local XP group.
It interested me.

Camille

See below:

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Registration (requested, free):

http://www.iasahome.org/iasaweb/appmanager/home/chapterdetail

When:

Thursday August 17th, 6-8 pm

Snacks & soda will be served

Where:

FGM 4th Floor

12021 Sunset Hills Road Suite 400, Reston, VA 20190

From Dulles Toll Road (267) take exit to Reston
Parkway, turn right after ramp, take first left at
Sunset Hills Road, take second left into parking lot,
park on right side.

Topic: "Profiling the Agile Architect"

Abstract:

At first glance, agile methodologies seem to
de-emphasize the role of the software architect. One
of the principles of the agile manifesto states that
"the best architectures, requirements, and designs
emerge from self-organizing teams." Nevertheless, in
my work leading and coaching agile teams, I have
observed that having an effective architect on the
project is essential to the overall success of the
project and of the system being built. In this talk I
describe a profile of the ideal architect on an agile
software development team.

I (Jeff) discuss this person's day-to-day activities,
and explain how an individual with good architectural
skills integrates themselves with a team that is
evolving the design incrementally and striving for
"the simplest thing that could possibly work."

Speaker:

Jeff Nielsen is Chief Scientist at Digital Focus,
where he trains and mentors teams and individuals in
the use of agile methodologies. Jeff has over 19 years
of commercial software development experience, and has
architected a number of mission-critical and
enterprise-level systems.

Since spearheading the first large-scale XP project at
Digital Focus, he has spent much of the past six years
coaching agile teams for clients including America
Online, Fannie Mae, Sallie Mae, and FHLB.


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