by Alan Shalloway, NetObjectives
Alan Shalloway specializes in teaching design patterns and Lean Software Development. While these may look like independent topics, they actually aren't. Alan will discuss how Lean software creates the context for effective agile development and how design patterns follow Lean Principles. While a short presentation will be made, the evening will focus on discussing concerns people in becoming agile. In particular, why testing is so important and how architectures can evolve without a full up-front design.
Allan is the CEO of Net Objectives. Since 1981, Alan Shalloway has been both an OO consultant and developer of software in several industries. Alan is a frequent speaker at prestigious conferences around the world, including: SD Expo, Java One, OOP, OOPSLA. He is the primary author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design and is currently co-authoring three other books in the software development area. He is a certified ScrumMaster and has a Masters in Computer Science from M.I.T. He concentrates his training and coaching in Lean Software Development, Design Patterns, and Agile Software.