SeaSpin

Vertafore, Inc. is a leading provider of software, services and information to the insurance industry including independent agents, brokers, MGAs, carriers and reinsurers. Currently, over 1,200 employees nationwide, with continued growth plans well into the future. Our corporate headquarters are in Bothell...

Advancing the Agile Enterprise

by Nelson Perez This presentation is entitled “Applying Agile Techniques to Process Development: Lessons Learned” and is based on an article published in the August 2007 issue of Crosstalk, the Journal of Defense Software Engineering. It presents lessons learned from a process improvement effort that...

by David Anderson, Microsoft David Anderson, a program manager at Microsoft, will speak on how the new Microsoft Solutions Framework embedded in Visual Studio Team System can help you achieve level 3 of the CMMI. What is even more exciting is that the VSTS enabled approach is Agile! David will share...

by Jerry Deville, Construx Software Almost everything written about lean software development has been associated with agile. This leads people to think that lean plan-driven is an oxymoron. This is a myth that must be busted. Effective software teams need to continually ensure each activity they perform...

by Earl Beede, Construx Software Why is it that some software groups can create essentially the same software for a fraction of the cost/duration of other software groups? Study after study confirms that some groups are an order of magnitude more productive than other groups. Earl Beede is creating a...

by Jerry Deville, Construx Software Almost everything written about lean software development has been associated with agile. This leads people to think that lean plan-driven is an oxymoron. This is a myth that must be busted. Effective software teams need to continually ensure each activity they perform...

Come join us for a panel discussion on Implementing Agile Methods. Leading the panel will be: Rod Claar , a Certified ScrumMaster Practitioner (CSM-P), is a Senior Consultant and trainer at Net Objectives. He has been designing, developing and implementing software since the late ‘80s. His experience...

by Earl Beede, Construx Software Why is it that some software groups can create essentially the same software for a fraction of the cost/duration of other software groups? Study after study confirms that some groups are an order of magnitude more productive than other groups. Earl Beede is creating a...

by Brian Bacheller, Information Design/Information Matrix Bruce Bacheller will be speaking about the Agile Unified Process (Now that the RUP is no longer Rational, and is a part of IBM) and the Enterprise Unified Process. Bruce has worked with IBM’s Macrosocope/Microscope and helped IBM conceptualize...