One of the most entertaining talks I went to was the Be smart! by Ivar Jacobson. Although the concepts that he presented were definitely not new, he found a very clear and entertaining way to present them. A RUP guy, he told it how it is - about what I consider to be agile - [...]

At Devoxx 2008 I got to hear about new stuff and meet new people - everything I expected from the biggest independent Java conference in the world. From what I hear, it is a conference with more stuff and less fluff - even said by Sun employees in comparison with JavaOne. It is big [...]

Hello Duchesses,
This 4rd Duchess newsletter is to announce our upcoming events, general announcements and recap our past events.
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Event: Duchess dinner after J-Fall - November 12, 2008
Event: Duchess Talk at Devoxx - December 10, 2008
Announcement: One free Devoxx pass (university + conference) - December 8-12, 2008
Event: Introduction to Agile by Michael Franken (AgileHolland) - [...]

We are proud to announce our next event - Introduction to Agile - by Michael Franken, agile coach in the Netherlands and founder of AgileHolland.

Agile is a way of working that focuses on communication, teamwork, and delivering business value with quality software in a cost effective and timely manner. The work is done by self-organizing [...]

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