Join us in the Trenches of Agile Methodology We are a group of Vancouver based professionals involved in software development who strive in the path of excellence and personal growth by building a community of mixed roles and different levels of prowess; meeting new people and exchanging notes on our real world experiences from what we read in books or see in conferences. We follow the principles of the Agile Manifesto, and wish to create a welcoming environment for people new or curious to …
Agile software development means that you provide the client what (s)he doesn’t want in the first 30 days rather than after 180 days. You use the remaining 150 days to build what the client really wants with a “show as you go” strategy following each 30 day iteration. In 2001, Ken Schwaber, Kent Beck, Martin Fowler and Alistair Cockburn amongst others came up with the Agile Manifesto as follows: We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through …
Come to meet people from the local software development industry. We'll share tips and stories and find out who's doing what in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. Make those network contacts that are so essential in our careers. Regular meetings open with a short technical presentation to kick off our discussions. Then, following Q&A and possibly a door prize draw, we have our round-the-room introductions and open networking. For the introductions we invite all participants to introduce themselve …
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Vancouver is home to many great individuals and companies working in the enterprise software space. Members of SAP, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, Vision Critical, OpenRoad, SwiftLaunch, Indicee and many others all call Vancouver home. This group is for developers, UI/design folks, project managers, sales reps and anyone else involved or interested in building a great community around enterprise software.
This group is dedicated to all aspects of software automation and helping people with creating highly robust software. There is a negative connoation with software automation and (to a greater extent) quality assurance in general. Part of the mission of this group is to enable QA Engineers with the latest tools and processes available. The ultimate goal is that test code should be first class citizens in the software development world.
A Ruby Meetup based in Beautiful North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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The IIBA is an international not-for-profit professional association for Business Analysis professionals with a vision to be the leading world-wide professional association that develops and maintains standards for the practice of business analysis and for the certification of practitioners. For more information on what the IIBA is doing at the International level please visit http://www.theiiba.org The objectives of the Vancouver BC Chapter are to: Advance the role of the Business Analys …
Lean Startup Vancouver is for startups and agile businesses th
at wants to transform how their products are built and launched by learning from the experience of others who are influenced by the Lean Startup, Lean, and Agile methodology.
Through every other monthly events you will have a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers and learn from guest speakers.
"Innovation Through Experimentation. Not Just for Startups Anymore." The Lean Startup
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What does it mean to be ALT.NET? In short it signifies: You’re the type of developer who uses what works while keeping an eye out for a better way. You reach outside the mainstream to adopt the best of any community: Open Source, Agile, Java, Ruby, etc. You’re not content with the status quo. Things can always be better expressed, more elegant and simple, more mutable, higher quality, etc. You know tools are great, but they only take you so far. It’s the principles and knowledge that re …
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