Distributed Agile Teams For Fun and Profit

The Topic...

James Thigpen has over 5 years experience working on remote and geographically distributed teams and has seen it done very poorly and remarkably well. He is going to talk about the difference between remote and distributed development, what works, what doesn't work, and how to determine if it's something your company should be interested in.

About James Thigpen:

James Thigpen is passionate about software engineering, team culture, organizational development, and creating high performance engineering teams.

Agenda:

6:00pm Doors open. Eat, drink and socialize.
6:30pm Welcome, Introductions. Presentation.
7:15pm Wrap-up / Q&A / Coding Challenge / Socialize

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  • Michael Ibarra

    Hey everyone,

    The video from February's meetup is now up on our site at: http://www.seattlesoftwarecraft....

    Enjoy!

    March 3

  • Michael Ibarra

    We'd like to thank Scott Porad and Rover again, for sponsoring last week's meetup. It was great to have you out, we hope to see you again soon!

    March 2

  • Tom kleinecke

    I forgot how much these meetups are "discussions", not just talks. I don't think Distributed teams is for me, but it's good to here how to make it work.(or not work)

    March 1

  • Craig

    Pretty good talk, but a bit light on substance. E.g. Specific tool recommendations etc.

    1 · February 28

    • Aeden Jameson

      Some of us want to do more than sit around and talk about our feelings Boooobbbyyyy.

      March 1

    • Aeden Jameson

      Take that BJ

      March 1

  • amir

    does anyone know if there's a parking garage for the building?

    February 28

    • amir

      i know, me too :( lesson learned!

      March 1

    • Michael Ibarra

      Wow. I'm sorry to hear that guys. Will make sure to put a notice on the site next time.

      March 1

  • Kevin Ingalls

    Well done. Good talk and follow up questions. Everything went smoothly. Nice atmosphere and amenities. I'm looking forward to more.

    1 · March 1

  • Chris Bilson

    A lot of fun to see some of the old gang. Looking forward to attending more of these.

    March 1

  • Jeff Miller

    Hope it was a good one! (School play, couldn't come this time)

    March 1

  • amir

    great talk, great food, great venue. i'm really looking forward to attending on a regular basis.

    February 28

  • Jacob Danner

    Wish I could make it, will look for the video on youtube.

    February 28

  • Scott K. Fraley

    I must be there to meet Mr. Thignatious! ;D

    1 · February 28

  • Tee Earls

    Will have to do the webcast remotely - thanks for recording and posting it!

    February 28

    • Michael Ibarra

      You bet. We're going to try to make this a habit. ;-)

      February 28

  • Michael Ibarra

    Sorry to hear it, Jeff. Next time?

    February 28

  • Jeff Braun

    Sorry, I would love to attend, but it turns out I cannot.

    February 28

  • Michael Ibarra

    Hi David! Yes, we plan to broadcast over Google Hangouts and then the video should be available immediately afterwards.

    February 23

  • David Foster

    Like the topic, but my Thursday is already booked.

    February 23

  • David Foster

    I'm interested in this topic but my Thursday evening is already booked. Will a video or slides be posted?

    February 23

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