The first in Russia regional conference on flexible technologies -
AgileDays Ekaterinburg '2010 was held in Yekaterinburg . It was really interesting to listen to how Agile is used in large companies. Under the cut a small report, if it reads my guide, I ask you to read it, as a report on a business trip :)


Agile and Contour. Relationship history
Igor Goldberg / SKB KonturThe most interesting part of the report for me was the organization of the work of testers in one of the largest software companies in Russia. I was very pleased with the ideology of Agile implementation: instead of mindless cloning, everything is very meaningful.
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How the right architecture allows you to make large projects in Agile
Mikhail Zaborov / CustISAmong all the reports, Michael’s report was the best for my taste, because
we have the same views with him and the design theme is usually dispensed with in flexible methodologies :) The integration of component and layer-by-layer architecture development was very helpful (I highly recommend their
blog )
Agile requirements management in examples
Nikita Filippov / ScrumTrek
Nikita, as always, performed brilliantly. Professional, what else to say? Now the topic of work with requirements in Agile is one of the most popular: different techniques are being worked out, processes are being adapted, special workshops are being created. I recommend everyone to listen and see even those “who are in the know,” very much streamline knowledge.
Agile and Mission Critical System how to guarantee the absence of critical defects: an example of implementation.
Ilya Gavrilov / Exigen ServicesThe main plus of the workflow that Ilya talked about is the absence of critical errors since its introduction. More than worthy result.
How to sell Agile?
Askhat Urazbayev / ScrumTrek
On positive emotions, there is no better report. Askhat called on the stage to Alexander Bndju, so that he tried to "sell" him pair programming as an engineering practice. Have bargained to the "triple" programming. The last part of the report is simply awesome: Askhat explained how to effectively interact with difficult customers, for example, with “techies” who strive to “make the project architecture”. :)
Human factor and Agile
Alexander BindjuAlexander spoke about two behavioral strategies: the strategy of “Victim” and the strategy of “Author”. And showed how the shift from one strategy to another happens when using Agile. Anyone who wants to pump their "social skills" - the report is required to view.
Panel discussion
All the speakers
worked out lunch answered questions from the audience. The first time I took part on the other hand, a very cool experience :)
Using ICONIX to analyze requirements in Scrum
Boris Volfson /
SoftLineI talked about our experience in adapting the ICONIX process to collect and analyze requirements in Scrum (although it was a little faster than expected :), then I answered questions. Some even liked it. I tried to describe the adaptation of the process in terms of lean manufacturing.
Team Foundation Server for each
Marat Bakirov / Microsoft
This is the first sponsorship report that was interesting to listen to and which was really in the subject of the conference. It was interesting to hear about the new features of TFS, which in its latest reincarnation fully supports flexible development.
Afterword
Konfa liked it very much, in contrast to many similar ones, it is easy to get experience on it, which you can immediately use in your projects, understand things more deeply, it seems, and spread your knowledge on the shelves. It was also very useful to talk with colleagues, including informally, to discuss the problems and challenges that we meet.
Respect sponsors and organizers for such a wonderful conference!I hope this is not the last conference and other regions will not be left without Agile. “You are still using the waterfall, then we go to you!” ©
The organizers took everything on the photo / video, so we are waiting for anyone who is impatient -
pictures from the soap dish .
A couple more pictures at the request of workers:
The final touches to the presentation
Marat Bakirov's laptop from Microsoft :)
In Scrumtrek, even the operator Agile-guru
Unofficial programOther reports
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