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18.00 - 18.30 Registration and Networking18.30 - 19.30 Talk followed by questions19.30 - 20:00 NetworkingPlease sign-up to ensure your participation. We have to provide to the venue a list of people participating by 20th February. Sign-up now to avoid disappointment.Thanks to GE Energy for hosting this event.Change Lessons from the Cornish Software Mines Software companies exist everywhere - even in remote regions like South West England.  From mid-2010 to 2012 Cornwall got to play Agile…See More

This talk is for C# programmers who are curious about F#, a new multi-paradigm programming language in Visual Studio 2010. In: test driven development, classes and functions Out: maths, monads and moth-eaten jumpers Expect plenty of practical examples with live code samples, including interop between C# and F#.18:30 - 19:00 Networking and light buffet19:00 - 20:00 Talk20:00 - NetworkingPlease pre-register by adding your name to the RSVP list. Registrations after 13th May - £10 on the…See More

Inspired by the eXtreme Tuesday Club the purpose of this group is to share experiences and views of XP and Agile methods within the Cambridge CommunityAgileCambridge will be regularly meeting at the Old Spring every other Monday evening from ~6PM. No specific topics to focus on at the moment. Bring your experiences with you, share thoughts, ideas, ask questions and meet like-minded agile practitioners in the area.See More

Please add your name to the guest list to pre-register. Registrations after 13th June pay £10 on the door.18:30 - 19:00 Registration, networking, light buffet available19:00 - 20:00 Talk20:00 - 20:30 Networking SynopsisWe all solve problems but are we solving the root cause or just the symptoms? This talk will examine common techniques for root cause analysis - Defining the problem with 4W1H and finding the root cause with 5 Why's, Affinity Diagrams, Fishbone Diagram, and Tree Structures.About…See More

The East of England's premier event on Agile Software Development.Keynote speakers are David J. Anderson and Jurgen Appelo.The Call for Speakers has now closed and we're finalizing the event programme.Visit http://www.agilecambridge.net/ac2011/ for more information.See More

May's Software East will focus on Software Testing, with 2-3 speakers sharing their experiences.Food and drink will be provided courtesy of Red Gate Software and there'll be time before, during and after the event for meeting your fellow testers.Sign-up before 9th May to avoid £15 charge. Places strictly limited.18:00 - 18:30 Registration, drinks, networking18:30 - 19:00 Why Do We Test? Brian Hambling19:00 - 19:15 Break19:15 - 19:45 Red Gate’s Magic SQL sauce – GUI test automation in SQL Source…See More

Admission free if booked before 23rd April. £15 afterwards.Website Armour: a practical guide to protecting your website from customers. Your online business is a beautiful and delicate thing. Nothing will give you as much satisfaction as polishing, tweaking and perfecting it. There is, however, a very real threat of acquiring customers along the way. This parasitic form of visitor has the potential to distract you endlessly with their demands, opportunities and purchasing. This presentation…See More

Update 25/2/11: Software East network members get 10% off conference fees.The Code Generation conference is recognised as the leading event on the practical application of Domain-Specific Languages, Code Generation and Model-Driven Software Development.If you want to learn about how people are applying these approaches, in hands-on sessions, tutorials and case studies or share your experiences with recognised expert practitioners, then this is the event for you. See what Code Generation…See More

Join us for an evening on User Experience in Software Development. We'll provide food and drink courtesy of Red Gate Software and a good crowd of UX practitioners.18:00-18:30 Registration, drinks, food and networking18:30 - 19:00 Michele Ide-Smith (Cambridgeshire County Council) Embedding usability in your organisation19:00 - 19:30 Stephen Chambers (Red Gate): Things we learned when redesigning the Red Gate website19:30 - 20:00 Break20:00 - 20:30 Jenny Cham (EMBL-EBI): Why did you click there? …See More

18:30 - 19:00 Networking and light buffet19:00 - 20:00 Talk20:00 - 20:30 NetworkingRegister by adding your name to the event guest list. Registrations after 7th February £10 on the door.Like a garden growing wild when left unattended for too long, the product backlog becomes unwieldy when it's neglected. The backlog needs regular attention and care; it needs to be carefully managed, or groomed. Product backlog grooming is an ongoing collaborative process and a core responsibility of the product…See More

18:30 - 19:00 Networking and light buffet19:00 - 20:00 Talk20:00 - 20:30 NetworkingRegister by adding your name to the event guest list. Register on or before 17th January or pay £10 on the night.SynopsisOne of the Scrum mantras is "Inspect & Adapt" but teams often struggle to make the end of sprint ceremonies effective. Retrospectives can be used get the whole team involved in the review of past events and brainstoring ideas for working more effectively going forward. Where people run…See More

Slides from this event are now available at http://www.slideshare.net/jamesalewis/agile-adoption-anti-patternsAgile Adoption Anti-patternsThis session focuses on the things that you shouldn't do when trying to introduce Agile practices to an organisation.Maybe you drank the Agile cool-aid and are struggling to introduce agile on your own or you are an Agile Coach trying to make some sense of the…See More