Iterex Ltd Tim Mackinnon

Tim Mackinnon is a pioneer of Agile Development. His contributions include the well recognized techniques: Mock Objects, Gold Cards, Heartbeat Retrospectives and Futurespectives.

He has worked with many organisations, developing, teaching and mentoring teams in effective Agile methods.

Tim is also the founder of Iterex Ltd, a company specialising in Iterative Excellence, and the creator of the Iterex Professional software.

Presentation: "Agile software. Aspiring to more."

Track: XpDay Sampler

Time: Thursday 11:00 - 12:00

Location: Guild Room

Abstract:

Agile development is moving into the mainstream, it's now included in CV's and job advertisements. But, beyond the hype, where have we really got to? What do we need to remember as we move on, and what should we be looking to in the future?

This talk will present examples of how members of the eXtreme Tuesday Club learned to think beyond simple agile techniques and used a form of appreciative enquiry to achieve higher outcomes. Looking back on our experiences, frameworks like eXtreme Programming have been misunderstood - far from being dictatorial, they are aspirational. But now we've hit mainstream, what's next to aspire to?