Gateway Software Symposium
April 12 - 13, 2013
The Executable Specification: an Agile Team's Best Friend
Saturday - Apr 13 4:30 PM CDT - Salon C
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.
We'll collaboratively walk through a evolving example of how software can be created by utilizing an executable specification to document the the software requirements and confirm it completeness.
Andy Painter
Agile Technologist
About Andy Painter
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.