IIBA Seattle Chapter

May 27, 2008

Chapter Meeting

Building Software Faster - How BA's can Help

Topic Overview

In today's fast-paced world of software development many new and exciting development methodologies/processes have emerged, including Scrum, Feature-Driven Development (FDD), Crystal and many others. However, regardless of the process involved, business analysts can help software development teams create better software in a shorter timeframe. The lean principles that form the basis of agile software development methods can be utilized even in a waterfall development process. This talk will focus on how those principles can be applied regardless of the development process being used. The principles will be discussed as well as several very specific practices that can be use to lower the overall cost of software development.

Presenter

Alan Shalloway is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. With almost 40 years of experience, Alan is an industry thought leader, trainer and coach in the areas of Lean Software Development, The Lean-Agile Connection and using Design Patterns in agile environments. Alan has developed training and coaching methods for Lean-Agile that have helped his clients achieve long-term, sustainable productivity gains using the methods. He is a popular speaker at prestigious conferences worldwide as well as a trainer/coach. He is the primary author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design and is currently writing “Lean Anti-Patterns and What to do About Them.” He is a SM-C Trainer and has a Masters in Computer Science from M.I.T.

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Agenda:

6:00 PM - Networking
6:20 PM - Presentation
8:00 PM – Adjourn

Location:

Bellevue Community College,

Building NWCET, Room N201

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Meeting open to IIBA Members and Non-Members!

May 27, 2008

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