Drupal Dojo session: The Scrum (R)evolution: embrace the future of interactive development

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Posted by TomDude48 on August 21, 2010 at 3:14pm
Start:
2010年08月24日 12:30 - 13:30 America/New_York
Organizers:
Event type:
Training (free or commercial)

Register To Attend Here https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/639061369

Web development is hard, very hard – and it’s getting harder. But there is hope, a radically different approach called agile.

If you build websites for a living, you know the pressure. Drupal sites can be complex beasts with thousands of moving parts. Clients have high demands – changing demands. Budgets have never been tighter. If you are going to keep the sites you manage ahead of the competition, you have to innovate – continually. And everything has to be done at the breakneck speed of web time.

The results: the average software project is 45% over budget, delayed by 63% and missing 1/3 of the promised functionality.
Failure has become the norm – but there is a better way.

Agile is a radically different processes for improving development efficiency, minimizing risk and enhancing innovation. In the ten short years since the Agile Manifesto was penned it has taken over traditional software and game development. The world’s web leaders such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Twitter and Saleforce.com have embraced agile methodologies. Many top Drupal shops have also made the leap.

Come learn what all the buzz is about.

Register To Attend Here https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/639061369

Comments

Verify?

Posted by jdsaward on August 21, 2010 at 11:06pm

"the average software project is 45% over budget, delayed by 63% and missing 1/3 of the promised functionality."

Interesting figures. I believe them. But what is their source?

Was doing social distancing before it was cool.

Chaos Report

Posted by TomDude48 on August 23, 2010 at 7:12pm

It is from the 2009 Standish Group's Chaos Report. Here is a good quick summary.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dannawi/archive/2009/05/15/2009-standish-chaos-r...

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Interesting.

Posted by jdsaward on August 23, 2010 at 8:42pm

Thanks for taking the time to answer. I'm very interested in the topic but the timediff (2:30am Australia/Melbourne) may make it unfeasible for me.

Was doing social distancing before it was cool.

Wonderful Presentation!

Posted by dmarkcox on August 25, 2010 at 7:19pm

I enjoyed this presentation as it kept me engaged with a relaxed presenter (and friends). The information on the subject of client agreements was especially relevant and something I need to learn more about. How to get a project in such a way as to avoid headaches 3 mos down the road. Nothing is "easy". I don't have clients and actually let one prospect go (on the phone) so to give my attention to your meeting. Drupal sites in due course (wow, I'm brainstorming today). Thanks!

Don

Session video (unfiltered)

Posted by gusaus on August 25, 2010 at 10:45pm

We've posted the unfiltered video in the following places:
http://drupaldojo.com/session/scrum-revolution-embrace-future-interactiv...
http://blip.tv/file/4044736

We'll soon be replacing with an edited version w/ consistent screen size and other improvements. That said, the unfiltered version is definitely worth watching.

Thanks to Tom for doing it!!

Gus Austin

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