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Zed Shaw and Matt Pelletier Decide if Rails is Enterprise Ready

Dmytro Shteflyuk — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:07:58 GMT

Summary
Zed Shaw and Matt Pelletier sat down with InfoQ's Obie Fernandez at RailsConf to explore some of the reasoning behind setting up the mongrel project, getting adoption in enterprise and dealing with developers who just aren't ready. Watch the interview to find out how much Shaw's Enterprise Mongrel product will cost, where the support contracts are and who'll come out on top when the vultures land.

Bio
Zed Shaw has been developing software for close to 14 years professionally and has worked in such industries as academics, security, government, and companies big and small. Matt Pelletier is a partner at EastMedia, a software, mobile, and business development firm based in New York City.

I don't like Mondays

Dmytro Shteflyuk — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:02:50 GMT

Summary
Teams moving to an Agile approach may feel irritated as they move from command-and-control to a collaborative culture - which can start to look like non-stop meetings, starting first thing every Monday morning. In this InfoQ exclusive presentation, recorded at Agile2007, Agile coach Jean Tabaka shared her experiences working with teams, offering guidance on how to alleviate meeting burnout.

Bio
Jean Tabaka is an Agile Coach (rallydev.com) who moved to agile after studying DSDM in the 1990's. Jean is a Certified ScrumMaster and Practitioner, a Certified ScrumMaster Trainer, and a Certified Professional Facilitator. She holds a Masters in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and is the author of "Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders".

About the conference
The Agile Alliance organizes the Agile series conference, which bring together all the key people in the Agile space to talk about techniques and technologies, attitudes and policies, research and experience, and the management and development sides of agile software development.

Joseph Pelrine's Blend of Science, Process &Teamwork

Dmytro Shteflyuk — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:34:38 GMT

Summary
Joseph Pelrine was present when XP took its first steps, was Europe's first Certified Scrum Trainer, and today is still breaking new ground. In this 2007 InfoQ interview, Joseph talked about Network Analysis and how Social Complexity Science informs his work with teams; the usefulness of the Dilbert archetype; & a speed-dating technique to help teams get started (creating software, of course).

Bio
Joseph Pelrine (info@metaprog.com) is an agile pioneer, a leading XP expert, and Europe's first Certified ScrumMaster Practitioner and Trainer. As a facilitator, he concentrates not only on the technical side of software development, but also on the "people" side, working at enabling customers, managers and developers to communicate more easily and clearly with each other.