So where did all this agile stuff come from? - E. Deming with Mike Harris

I'm pleased to announce we are rounding off the year with a talk about one of the founding fathers of Lean by Mike Harris. If you care about the 'why' as well the 'what' of agile processes you'll love this!

“W. Edwards Deming was a “quality pioneer’ whose ideas have deeply affected how we work in agile and lean teams. Mike’s presentation will give a quick overview of lean and agile, then take the audience through his journey discovering Deming’s influence on quality, lean and agile.

As a result of the presentation the audience should gain a better understanding of lean, agile and of Deming’s influence on quality. Knowing where the ideas on agile, lean and quality came from has helped him in his work in software quality and should also help the people who attend the presentation!”

Mike has been a tester for 20 years and is currently the tester for Geckoboard. He has been a member of a test team, a Solo Tester and a Test Lead. He has also worked as a part of waterfall, lean and agile teams.

Mike has a B.Sc.(HONS) from Middlesex University and is an Associate of the University of Hertfordshire. He has set up and led a Testing Community of Practice and been part of a successful agile transition. He is also Co-Programme Chair of the British Computer Society’s Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing.

In his spare time he coaches his daughters cricket team

Follow Mike on Twitter: @TestAndAnalysis”
Host: Nigel Steane https://coachnigel.co.uk/