For November, as we head into the holiday season, we thought we'd
lighten it up for a social evening of agile fun!

This meeting is Wednesday, November 18th at 6:00 PM.

Please RSVP to agilesocal@... !!!

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Many agilists say the best way to understand agile processes is to
experience them.  On this night we're going to run an agile project!

One of the most popular and effective agile simulations is the "XP
Game."  Over the years it's been modified and generalized to be a
great demonstration of not just Extreme Programming but Scrum and
other agile processes.  We'll be running a version that has been
well-tuned and play-tested dozens of times.

In this simulation you'll gain direct experience in the core agile
practices of user stories, release planning, iteration (sprint)
planning, teamwork, and tracking and metrics.  Over the course of
several realistic iterations, you'll deliver "done" product for
your customer.  You'll learn what an agile process feels like and
how teams work together to deliver finished work in short cycles.

The simulation is great for all levels of agile knowledge, from
novices to experts, and for any role in an agile project. So bring
your teammates, coworkers, managers, executives - anyone!

We'll be guided in the simulation by Paul Hodgetts of Agile Logic
and Paul Moore of Capital Group.  The Pauls each have over 9 years
of agile experience across a wide range of projects, and will help
answer all your agile questions.


When: Wednesday, November 18th
Networking and food, 6:00 PM.
Presentation and Q&A 6:30-8:30 PM.


YOU MUST RSVP to agilesocal@... !!!


Where: The Capital Group Companies
6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618
Exit the 5 or 405 at Sand Canyon.
From the 5, go south to Irvine Center and turn right.
From the 405, go north to Irvine Center and turn left.
Take the first right into the main parking lot at Capital Group.
Park (no permit needed), go to the main entrance, look for the signs.


Thanks to Capital Group for providing the meeting facilities.
Thanks to VersionOne (www.versionone.com) for providing the food.
Thanks to JetBrains (www.jetbrains.com) for free tool licenses.
Thanks to the many exhibitors at Agile 2009 for free agile stuff:
   Serena, Electric Cloud, Atlassian, Cyrus Innovations, Pyxis,
   TenPearls/Manning, and NetObjectives
Thanks to the Agile Open organizers for free agile stuff.


To be eligible for the drawing for free JetBrains tool
licenses and agile stuff YOU MUST RSVP to agilesocal@...
and be present to win.



Agile/XPSoCal is your community for all things agile. Find us:

On Yahoo! Groups (group name "xpsocal") at
   http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xpsocal/

On Linked-In (group name "AgileSoCal") at
   http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1833155

On Twitter (timeline name "agilesocal") at
   http://twitter.com/agilesocal

Looks like the meeting went well!  I'll try to make it to the next one.

Michael

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Pat Maddox <pat.maddox@...> wrote:
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>
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Michael Hartl <michael@...>
wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Some of you may remember me from the meetings at Panera a couple years
> > ago. I was in the Bay Area for a while, and now I'm back in OC for a
> > bit so I thought I'd drop a line to see if there's any activity going
> > on.
>
> Hey Michael,
>
> Welcome back! We had a meeting tonight. Consensus was people would
> like to start getting into more advanced stuff. We could really use
> your expertise. Hope to see you at the next one!
>
> Pat
>


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Michael Hartl
http://michaelhartl.com/
http://blog.mhartl.com/