The London Selenium Meetup is an open forum where Selenium users of all skill levels can come to communicate, learn, network, or just have a good time. Our focus is in Selenium and topics extend through related areas of interest, such as Agile testing, Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, building maintainable automated test scripts and much more.

This group aims to provide a meeting place and regular events for anyone involved in testing products which are developed in an Agile environment. Come to meet fellow testers, share stories and experiences about tools and techniques which may, or may not, have solved testing problems on other Agile projects. This is also a place of learning, where live demonstrations of tools will be given for FREE - no more expensive training courses for simple (and free) open-source testing tools. The group …

For All Agile enthusiasts either with extensive experience or looking to gain an inside track into the newest techniques being used, or even wanting to know how to introduce formal Agile practises into your business. We'll have regular speakers along with a few social drinks afterward!

This group was created to provide a place to get together and talk about the Lean Startup methodology. Following the first Leancamp, which brought world-leading thinkers in related areas to London, we have expanded to explore connected disciplines which give us global competitive advantage in the UK. We look at how Lean Startup relates to some key UK and European strengths, such business model innovation, service design, design strategy, bootstrapping and visual thinking, among others. We are a …

JBUG London is a group of people who share a common interest in JBoss software. JBUG is organised and supported by the community, we meet on a regular basis to discuss new technologies, development methodologies, interesting use cases, and other technical topics in friendly and casual atmosphere (usually with some beer and pizza).Our goal is to provide education and help, to promote open source, to network and share real world experiences with other members of the community. If you would like to …

Zappers is a peer sharing community designed for those who believe in learning from each other and sharing testing knowledge. Zappers are from all walks of life, some are professional software testers for large international corporations, whilst others are computer science students looking to see how their skills match up, anyone with an interest in software testing would be most welcome to join us. Zappers believe in raising the standard of software testing internationally so most Zappers come …

This is a community for those who care and are proud of what they do. For those developers, regardless how experienced they are, who want to improve and master their craft. This is a community for those who believe that being average is just not good enough. The Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship As aspiring Software Craftsmen we are raising the bar of professional software development by practicing it and helping others learn the craft. Through this work we have come to value: Not only wo …

Informal meetup to share knowledge and stories from our own experience, to provide peer support, and to discuss anything related to agile, design and UX. We are part of the agile ux retreat family. Developers, (UX) designers, scrum masters, agile coaches, product owners, project managers, ... all welcome.

Do you work as a Build and Release Manager? Do you run Continuous Integration servers? Are you the guy the developers come to when nobody can work out what broke the build? Do you love writing build scripts and deploying stuff to production where it really matters? This group is for all the above people and more to learn, improve their craft, and go to the pub.

Welcome to Agile Practitioners. This group is open to anyone who is interested in Agile, Lean etc. This is not a group for overly religious Agile evangelists. The goal is simply to hold regular meetings, with small numbers, so that we can learn from each other and improve. While we don’t plan to replace any of the existing Agile groups, we do intend to be intriguingly different. For those who missed it, here are the talks from our Agile 20x20 night.

A community of people who use tools to grow collaboration throughout their company and aspire to effective product & software development. The group members will share their experiences and help each other grow in their understanding of the possibilities.

A group dedicated to the creation of awesome mobile gambling apps and mobile websites. Product managers, product marketers, developers, designers and other people working in the mobile gambling area are welcome to meet and discuss the state-of-the-art apps in the gambling world. Join us if you are in to mobile gambling: mobile sportsbetting (mobile sportsbook) mobile casino mobile poker mobile bingo mobile skillgames mobile lottery

The Meetup group for anyone interested in IT Kanban and lean agile information technology in London UK.

Balanced Team is a group of people interested in furthering processes and methodologies to create great things. We include product managers, developers and designers who see multi-disciplinary collaboration and iterative delivery focused on customer value as a source for innovation. Please join our Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/balancedteam

At 7digital we’ve always loved and appreciated the London Developer community. All members of our development team regularly attend events held by groups such as the London .Net User Group, London Software Craftsmanship Community, Agile Evangelists, Extreme Tuesday Club, the various “In The Brain” events at Skillsmatter and many others. We feel it is now our turn to give back to the community and as such we will be hosting free independent, semi-regular evening events at our office, called Devs …

Welcome to the Spring of Code group! The project is based on the ethics of open data, free software, open source and creative commons. So join up, and shout out what's missing from the online tools already out there and how we can make them work better. What happens in a meeting? People meet people, projects get put on socially useful tracks, focus. What happens between meetings? People buddy up on projects, hack, design, get creative and update on site their progress. Where do I ask for help o …

This meetup is for software developers, recruiters and employers seeking work/workers in either web or desktop technologies from C#/VB to Node.js, from Scala to Ruby. There are hundreds of great jobs in London and hundreds of fantastic candidates. Currently the system of getting employers and candidates together is inefficient, labour intensive and time consuming. So lets have the recruiters, employers and candidates all meetup together in central London (working on the venue, any suggestions pl …

The UK Smalltalk user group is a group of professionals and hobbists who share an interest in the Smalltalk programming languages and related technologies.

Using Scrum (or another agile framework) but not sure if you're doing it well? Come and meet other agile users to discuss: the pros & cons of using Scrum, Kanban & other agile frameworks the dos & don'ts latest theories how to use story points / ideal days most effectively how to incorporate testing into your plans how to explain the benefits of agile to stakeholders whether agile can be applied to other areas other than development much, much more ... oh, and to have a drink and meet people. …

This group is for anyone interested in the actionable applications of Lean UX en route to building products customer's love. Once a customer has come across your product, your UX is the make or break backbone of your business. Make it awesome, Make it Lean!

This is a group for software Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) professionals in London, United Kingdom, who are particularly interested in Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS). The user group meetings will cover all aspects of ALM including requirements gathering, performance metrics, all forms of testing, code management, configuration, build and deployment. The group will be of interest to Business Analysts, Requirement Engineers, Developers, Testers, Project Managers, Build Engineers a …

New technologies are constantly appearing and software development practices continue to adapt and evolve. Recently we have observed a new role emerging in the IT industry which has been labelled SDET or Software Developer in Test. This role has increasingly gained traction with the software industry and several employers have now started to recruit specifically for this role. The aim of the London SDET group is to bring together people who are interested in the SDET role to form a community whe …

Are you a mum who works in IT? Do you want to meet and chat and talk with other mums who understand IT and being a mum in London, then why not join me for a drink and a chat. Work gripes and family gripes encouraged !!!

For all the girls and women working in the web/mobile/e-commerce as scrum-masters, Agile PM's, managers (product, account, business), developers/programmers (female only obviously), support, testing, analysis and devOps. This is a meetup to chillax and have a gossip and a giggle about the ins and outs, the ups and downs and the whys and wherefores of working (and being a woman) in the London IT community. You don't have to be certified in anything, you just need a place to be yourself with other …

Connecting people so that they can collaborate and work together in the future. Providing a place for newer coaches to seek support Exchanging coaching skills and experiences Develop new concepts collaboratively that we can use when coaching Develop ideas that will support the discipline of coaching Having fun, sharing and collaboration The target audience is you, peers that you work with or have worked with, ScrumMasters, anybody with potential to be coaches, good ScrumMasters. Please feel fr …

Quarterly meet up for Heads of Test/ QA in London to network with like minded people.... Completely free! Each event will have 4 Key notes speakers discussing HOT topics including Testing in an Agile Environment/ The new role of a Developer in Test and a comparison of new Open Source tools. It will be held in the RBS Building- 280 Bishopgate- Capacity- 200 people. Free Wine/ Beer/ Soft drinks and nibbles. Time afterwards to network .....

We explore the use of agile by marketers here in the London area. The agile marketing community is currently an informal network of marketers, participants include; practicing agile marketers, marketers new to the concept—who are curious about using agile marketing, consultants to marketers, and members of the agile development community.

Paddington Lean Coffee is in informal discussion group meeting in the Paddington area of London, UK. We share ideas and insights about Lean and Agile approaches to software development and delivery, using the Lean Coffee discussion format (see http://limitedwipsociety.ning.com/page/lean-coffee)