Matthew McCullough - Collaborative Software Development in a Social World

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We're excited to welcome back Matthew McCollough as he debuts a new presentation.

Please invite to your project managers, business owners and pointy-haired bosses - this one will have broad appeal.

Patterns for Collaborative Software Development in a Social World

Modern software development is an endeavor that requires creativity, science, math, artistry, communication, strategy, and collaboration with colleagues across the globe. The sheer combinatorics of those requirements can seem overwhelming at times. The solution, just as we've done with design patterns for the code and architecture, is the establishment and use of patterns for human and machine communication. In this talk, we'll briefly explore the methods, modes and challenges of collaboration over the last several millennia before turning our focus towards solutions successfully employed in the last several years, including open source, social coding on GitHub, automated testing, CI, and CD.

Matthew McCullough is the Director of Field Services at GitHub, Inc. and works with 25 brilliant colleagues to build Git-based workflow solutions, train users around the world on the most effective use of the GitHub collaboration platform, and facilitate the rollout of GitHub Enterprise instances. Matthew also writes books and records videos for O'Reilly and Addison-Wesley on the topics of delivering technical presentations, the use of modern build and continuous integration tools, and version control industry best practices.

Food will be served at 5:30, presentation starts at 6.

We're back at the usual meeting location - http://ujug.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=55