Agile Houston ? First Meeting Scheduled - No Fluff Just Stuff

Agile Houston ? First Meeting Scheduled

Posted by: Venkat Subramaniam on January 16, 2007

Here is a note from Ben Rady on the first meeting of Agile Houston:

--Begin note from Ben

Who: Todd Dunnavant from IBM/Rational
When: February 8th, 6:30pm
Where: Ziggy's Healthy Grill on Alabama

A Brief History of Agile Methods

What defines an "agile method"? Why were agile methods authored? What could be considered to be
the first agile methods that were publicly described? What label was originally used to characterize the
early methods that are commonly considered today as "agile"? Why was this label changed to "agile"?
How have agile methods evolved over time?

If you want to learn one person's perspectives on the answers to these questions, we welcome you to
attend Todd Dunnavant's presentation on the subject of "A Brief History of Agile Methods". Todd will
provide his views on these and other questions. We guarantee that some of his views will make your
blood pressure rise and open the door to some entertaining discussion!

--End note from Ben

For more details visit http://agilehouston.org.

I have known Todd for several years. He is a great speaker. Don't miss this opportunity. I wish I could attend,
but I am in Boston that day.
Venkat Subramaniam

About Venkat Subramaniam

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.

Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.

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