Andy Painter
Greater Wisconsin Software Symposium
Madison · March 1 - 2, 2013
Agile Technologist
Andy Painter is the Co-Founder of Institute Success and Institute Agility. Institute Success focuses on helping leaders become an Engaged Company™ by developing their leaders and teams. Institute Agility focuses on helping organizations ignite the spirit of agility in one heart, one team, one organization at a time.
Andy has over 25 years of software development experience as a developer, architect, tester, manager and executive. Over the two decades, Andy has coupled deep technology experience with Agile practices to create teams and environments that are hyper-productive. Over the last decade, Andy has added a focus of developing leaders and organizations to unlock their potential to achieve new levels of success. Andy helps and inspires leaders to take a people-first approach to both leadership and agility.
Presentations
Continuous Integration in minutes not days.
Using continuous integration, we will explore how to take an existing build, test, deploy process and shorten the time from code to deploy from days to minutes .
The Top Agile Pitfalls that Lead to Trouble
Although Agile has proven to provide incredible benefits in software development and delivery, it is not foolproof, nor a “Silver Bullet.” Plenty of factors need to be considered before attempting this highly disciplined approach.
The Executable Specification: an Agile Team's Best Friend
The Executable Specification is a result of implementing a set of practices that allow frequent change in software products to ensure that the right product is delivered economically. We'll explore how mature Agile Team's go from User Stories to Executable Specifications by implementing practices that foster collaboration, shared understanding and liberal automation to achieve living documentation that supports the team.
Inspections & Technical Metrics: Accelerating Change by Measurement
Where do defects come from? Technical debt is often one of our biggest challenges as poor design and defects are built up over time by cutting a corners here and there. We will discuss some key technical metrics that can shine light on these defects before they get out of control and find those that are out of control and worth your attention now.
Reducing Technical Debt with Sonar
Technical Debt can creep up on a project very quickly and ultimately create a technical crisis. Sonar can help you see how far gone your project may be and if you are continuing to head toward a crisis.
The Disciplined Agile Team
Some come to Agile assuming it involves less discipline than their traditional methods, but this is a misperception. Today, the need for discipline in software development is greater than it ever was. Agile answers that need, arriving at discipline through the Team. Agile Teams must collaborate to develop strong discipline in both planning and execution.