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Geekfest 20110920

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Patterns of Effective Delivery by Dan North

Some teams are orders of magnitude more effective than others. Kent Beck famously described himself as "not a great programmer, but a good programmer with great habits." Over the last year or so I've been working with, and observing, some very good teams with quite exceptional - and rather surprising - habits.

Are katas the best way to learn a new language? Is manual testing a waste of time? Is copy-and-paste always evil? Is the customer always right? In this talk Dan introduces the idea of delivery patterns - patterns of effective behaviour in delivery teams - and describes some of the more unusual but effective patterns he's been collecting. These are not patterns for beginners, but then again, Dan argues, patterns aren't for beginners anyway.

Who is this guy Dan North?

Dan writes software and coaches teams in agile and lean methods. He believes in putting people first and writing simple, pragmatic software. He believes that most problems that teams face are about communication, and all the others are too. This is why he puts so much emphasis on "getting the words right", and why he is so passionate about behaviour-driven development, communication and how people learn. He has been working in the IT industry since he graduated in 1991, and he occasionally blogs at http://dannorth.net

What is Geekfest?

Geekfest is a gathering of software development geeks every Tuesday at noon. It originally started at Obtiva back in 2007, and we brought it with us to Groupon. Follow us on Twitter.

Questions

Email dhh@groupon.com

Location

Groupon, 3rd floor training room

600 W. Chicago
Chicago, IL 60654
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