Don't go Chasing Waterfalls

Introduction to agile software development.

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1. Helena Converse @n3rdgir1 Don’t go Chasing Waterfalls An introduction to agile
2. Who am I? ❖ Began writing software for a living in 2008 ❖ Started doing agile development in 2011 @asynchrony ❖ I love my job
3. Agile ❖ What is it? ❖ Why use it?
4. What is Agile?
5. The Agile Manifesto ❖ Written by software developers as a way of developing software better and helping others to do the same thing ❖ http://agilemanifesto.org/
6. over processes and tools Individuals and interactions
7. over comprehensive documentation Working software
8. over contract negotiation Customer collaboration
9. over following a plan Responding to change
11. Why use Agile?
12. Short Development Cycles ❖ Quick feedback ❖ Continuous interactions with the customer ❖ Get features to users faster
13. Benefits to New Team Members ❖ Smaller features ❖ Continuous delivery ❖ Focus on current team
14. What is Agile? ❖ Valuing your current team members over development tools and existing process ❖ Code that works ❖ Collaboration with the people who are using your code ❖ Things will change, and you will too
15. Questions? Twitter: @n3rdgir1