Welcome everyone to the 2nd session of the 2008/2009 season. Come and join us Tuesday, October 7th for a session on agile testing.

The session "Focus your testing using the Agile Testing Matrix" will be presented by Janet Gregory.

The agile testing matrix, first introduced by Brian Marick, provides a common vocabulary to agile teams for customers,testers and developers. It is a powerful tool which focuses on the purpose of different types of testing necessary for any agile project. There are tests that support the team and drive development, and tests which critique the product.

Janet will talk different roles on a team and how they can work together to get all your testing done.

Our first meeting in our 7th season was a huge success! We had 82 people turn up and absolutely decimate our food supply, before settling down to listen to a fantastic and engaging talk by Jane Robarts of Thoughtworks. A number of CAMUGers remained after the talk to socialize and finally head to a nearby pub to relax and catch up after a fantastic summer break.

Some pictures follow...

Presentation by Jane Robarts of Thoughtworks.

Jane Robarts will be generously presenting a talk built on her experience report and presentation from Agile 2008:

"If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Practical Considerations for Distributed Agile Projects"

The 2008 CAMUS season is coming to a close, and as per tradition we'll be taking our summer siesta during the months of June, July, and August. But not yet! We've had another very successful year and have decided to take May to thank you for your participation and give you an opportunity to join us for a special social and networking event.

This month, CAMUG is fortunate to be able to present local legend and CAMUG alumni Gerard Meszaros, author of the popular book "X-Unit Test Patterns". Gerard's book is considered by many to be the final say on unit testing patterns, and was recently awarded a Jolt Productivity Award. Gerard himself has been involved with the Agile community for quite some time and we're very lucky to have him.

Thank you everyone for attending CAMUG in March 2008 and giving Mary Lynn Manns a warm welcome. I know that she enjoyed her visit to Calgary and very much enjoyed presenting for the CAMUG audience.

Mary Lynn has kindly made her slides available:

CAMUG Slides

Thanks again and I hope to see an even bigger crowd in April!

On March 4th, CAMUG is proud to present the renown author of "Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas": Mary Lynn Manns! Mary Lynn will be giving a special talk entitled "Leading Fearless Change" and has traveled to Calgary specifically for us.

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CAMUG Members!

Now that the cold is starting to let up, its time for CAMUG again. The February meeting will be Tuesday, February 5th at the University of Calgary. For this month I'm pleased to have a panel of guests speaking on the topic of Acceptance Test Driven Development. Come listen and participate, this is a great chance to understand how to implement acceptance test driven design at your company, or to clear up the differences between acceptance test driven design, unit testing, and general TDD.

The panelists are: Adam Geras, Frank Mauer and Janet Gregory.

This is the Official CAMUG January 2008 meeting.

Title: Is your project dead before it's begun?

Projects can be doing everything "right" and still let stakeholders down.

The Agile inception deck is a tool teams can use to get everyone on board BEFORE projects begin. Over the course of an hour, Jonathan will cover 10 exercises guaranteed to get your stakeholders and teams aligned.

The exercises are simple, and many seem obvious. Yet when applied collectively, they bring a powerful clarity and focus missing from most projects.

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