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Mano a Mano Project - Washington DC - March 3-6, 2008

  • Agile Planning Lab - March 3 - $400
  • Agile Engineering Practices in Rails Lab - March 4 - $400
  • Mano a Mano Coding Lab - March 5-6 - Free

This Agile, Ruby on Rails lab will work on the continued development of the Donor Information and Donation system for Mano a Mano. This application was kicked off at the Agile2007 conference. Segundo Velasquez the founder of Mano a Mano will be acting as the On Site customer for this lab. Our goal is to plan, develop and deploy new functionality to Mano a Mano's live site at the conclusion of the lab.

Segundo gave and interview and talk at Agile2007 and that interview can be found here.

This lab will be held on the campus of Georgetown University and is hosted by the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS). Please join us.

Agile Planning and Agile Engineering With Rails Lab - March 3-4

Both Classes: - Sign Up

Regular: $750
Alumni and Teams of 5+: $700

During this lab we will work directly with Segundo Velasquez from Mano a Mano to define the first release of their Donor Information and Online Donation application. Mano a Mano will use this application to communicate the status of their many ongoing projects to donors and potential donors. This information portal will include news updates, photos, movies and GoogleEarth integration They are also developing the capability to take online donations from donors that are targeted toward purchasing specific goods for a particular project. A donor should for example be able to add 2 pounds of nails and 20 sheets of sheet-rock to a particular clinic that is being built.

Since software teams are made up of many different disciplines we welcome the participation of anyone interested in learning Agile Software Delivery including:

  • Developers
  • Testers
  • Analysts
  • Managers
  • Apprentice Agile Coaches
Please read the specific descriptions of the two lab sections below...

Agile Planning - March 3

Agile Planning and Story Writing Lab Only: - Sign Up

Regular: $400
Alumni and Teams of 5+: $350

This lab will provide an overview of Agile Software Development and will concentrate on the practices of Agile Planning.

What you will experience:
  • Envisioning a solution with the customer
  • Story Writing
  • Agile Estimation
  • Task breakdown
  • Release Planning
  • Customer Test Definition

Agile Software Engineering With Ruby on Rails Lab - March 4

Agile Development Agile Development with Ruby on Rails : Sign Up

Regular: $400
Alumni and Teams of 5+: $350

This lab will provide an overview of Agile Development Practices form eXtreme Programming and Ruby on Rails Development. What you will experience:

  • Automated Testing
  • Test Driven Development
  • Paired Programming
  • Evolutionary Design
  • Continuous Integration
  • Automated Unit Testing
  • Testing Rails With Fitnesse
  • Automate Deployment using Capistrano

    • Free - CodeGreen Lab CodeIn - March 5-6

    Agile Development Agile Development with Ruby on Rails (Last 2 Days Only): Sign Up

    This lab will take the stories that came out of the previous days Agile Planning Lab and begin to develop, test and deploy them. We will utilize Agile Development Practices form eXtreme Programming and Ruby on Rails Development. Participants should be familiar with Agile development or Ruby on Rails Development We plan each days iteration and begin development. Our goal is to deploy what we have developed to production at the end of the lab.

    What you will experience:
    • Collaborative project delivery
    • On Site Customer
    • Iterative incremental development
    • Iteration Planning
    • Automated Testing
    • Test Driven Development
    • Paired Programming
    • Evolutionary Design
    • Daily Standups
    • Continuous Integration
    • Ruby on Rails Architecture
    • Hands on Rails Development
    • Automated Unit Testing
    • Testing Rails With Fitnesse
    • Automate Deployment using Capistrano
    • AJAX

    Who Should Attend

    Our labs are real projects that are designed for a cross functional team to learn about Agile Software Delivery. Ideally each lab will have a mix of:

    • Developers
    • Testers
    • Analysts
    • Agile Coaches
    • Managers

    Some of you will come to learn Rails and others to learn Agile Software Delivery. We will do our best to ensure that we touch on all aspects of the iterative planning, testing, delivery cycle. We mix short lectures throughout the lab and use examples from the project rather than just making something up. Our goal is to create a rich environment where you can learn, teach, have fun and have a positive impact.

    To effectively teach the labs we have at least 1 teacher/mentor for every 10 people in the Lab. This provides an extremely interactive session for all attendees.

    Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
    Bob Payne

    We are dedicated to creating a unique training experience that uses real projects with real deliverables. Labs work on projects that make a difference in the world, benefiting organizations that are working to improve the environment, human rights, social justice, health and economic development.

    By marrying the efforts of dedicated professionals learning Agile Development techniques with not for profit and research communities that need high quality software, we hope to be a small part of a positive change. Each training class will work on a specific software project for a specific cause.

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