agile software deveolpment

Tom and Mary Poppendieck -- the creators of Lean, and Agile legends in their own lifetime -- make a popular return to Skills Matter this September with their Lean Software Development Leaders Workshop.

"Lean" creator and Agile legend Mary Poppendieck returns to Skills Matter this September. We are very excited to have Mary join us for an in-depth and engaging talk to examine the way in which the pace of software delivery influences – and is influenced by – the development process, the business model, and the governance system.

Linda Rising -- a published author, and expert on patterns, retrospectives, and agile development -- suggests that we are "hardwired" for deception; to be overly optimistic about outcomes and with this built-in bias as a starting point, it's no wonder that software managers and agile teams almost always develop poor estimates.

In this three-day hands-on course you will learn the principles and practices of Clean Code as described in Robert C. Martin's book: Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship.

Janet Gregory, the globe-trotting Agile consultant and co-author of the very popular Practical Agile Testing book, will come from Calgary, Canada, to London to teach her 3 day practical agile testing course.