Looks like this event has already ended.

Check out upcoming events by this organizer, or organize your very own event.

View upcoming events Create an event

Using Acceptance Tests to Drive Development, Quality, and Faster Releases

Agile Richmond

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)

Henrico, VA

Ticket Information

Type End     Quantity
Free Tickets Ended Free  
SHARE THIS EVENT

Event Details

ABSTRACT: In this session Arin Sime will introduce you to the concepts of Acceptance Test Driven Development in a fun, fast-paced, and engaging style.  You will use legos to understand how ATDD will help improve communication, increase quality, and enable more frequent deployments of new features.  This session also provides a preview for AgilityFeat's May 14th ATDD Kickstart class in Richmond.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understanding of ATDD concepts
  • How tests enable Emergent Design
  • How test driven development will improve quality
  • How ATDD improves communication between testers, developers, and the customer
  • Why Continuous Integration is important to the value of ATDD

SPEAKER:Arin Sime is an agile coach, developer, and the founder of Charlottesville based AgilityFeat which provides agile training to US clients and Nearshore Agile development services in Costa Rica.  Arin has worked with teams at small startups, large corporations, and government agencies.  Arin has been a speaker at Agile 2009, Agile 2010, XP2011, as well as other regional conferences, and he holds an M.S. in Management of I.T. from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.

When & Where



North Park Library
8508 Franconia Road
Henrico, VA 23227

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)


  Add to my calendar

Organizer

Agile Richmond

This is another in Agile Richmond's continuing series of learning and growth opportunities. Agile Richmond is a professional non-profit organization of people in the Richmond, Virginia area committed to Agile and Lean practices. We are committed to providing opportunities for our community to share knowledge, excitement and learning about Lean and Agile in both theory and practice.
  Contact the Organizer

Please log in or sign up

In order to purchase these tickets in installments, you'll need an Eventbrite account. Log in or sign up for a free account to continue.