Greetings and Happy New Year! Hallmark Cards will be
hosting an Agile KC lunch meeting on Thursday January 16, 2014 at their
corporate location.
This
will be a sponsored event. To register please go to www.agilekc.org and click on the ‘Register Here’
link.
Location:
Hallmark
Cards, Inc.26th and Gillham Rd.
Kansas City Mo.
Parking directions and entrance
here: (https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=z0FItfTh8DEY.kinTpEvb85wg).
The parking lot is right behind Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Church at the
intersection of 26th street
and Gillham Rd.
Meeting
Topic: A Pairing Spectrum: Pairing - It’s not
just for Developers
Meeting
Learning
Pairing
and co-ownership of work is a common agile practice. Hallmark Cards will
share its experiences with paring in many different roles in their organization.Overview
Hallmark has been on their Agile
journey now for almost two years. Our first team; two developers, a
tester, and a coach, learned from day one to pair as often as possible.
Whether writing stories, testing stories, configuring machines, creating
documentation we have found that, like the saying goes, two heads are
better than one. Over several projects, the quality delivered has been
unmatched.
The journey has not been without
challenges. Team members and management were skeptical about the use of
pairing for development endeavors, never mind non-development activities.
Over time the benefits have become understood and desired and the practice of
pairing continues to spread across teams.
Join us for a Pairing Panel discussion
to explore our learnings and challenges.
Participants will include:
Mark Reichert – Agile CoachSteve Toalson – Agile Coach
Evan Sauer – C#/.Net developer
Josh Adams – c#/.Net developer
Bill Froeschl – QA/QC
Janie Fickle – QA/QC
About the Speakers
Given the depth of the panel the Agile
KC crew encourages you to attend the session and learn about the speakers first
hand.
Hope to see you there!
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