Greetings and Happy New Year!   Hallmark Cards will be hosting an Agile KC lunch meeting on Thursday January 16, 2014 at their corporate location.  

This will be a sponsored event.  To register please go to www.agilekc.org and click on the ‘Register Here’ link.  

Location:

Parking directions and entrance here:  (https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=z0FItfTh8DEY.kinTpEvb85wg).  The parking lot is right behind Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Church at the intersection of 26^th street and Gillham Rd.

Meeting Topic:  A Pairing Spectrum: Pairing - It’s not just for Developers

Meeting Learning

Hallmark has been on their Agile journey now for almost two years.   Our first team; two developers, a tester, and a coach, learned from day one to pair as often as possible.  Whether writing stories, testing stories, configuring machines, creating documentation we have found that, like the saying goes, two heads are better than one.  Over several projects, the quality delivered has been unmatched. 

The journey has not been without challenges.  Team members and management were skeptical about the use of pairing for development endeavors, never mind non-development activities.  Over time the benefits have become understood and desired and the practice of pairing continues to spread across teams.

Join us for a Pairing Panel discussion to explore our learnings and challenges.

 

Participants will include:

About the Speakers

Hope to see you there!