DevUtah’s February Geek Dinner

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DevUtah’s February Geek Dinner

By Robert Merrill ⋅ February 16, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

More details have been posted about the speakers for the Geek Dinner next Wednesday night. Best $12 you’ll spend next week…

DevUtah’s February Geek Dinner will be held at the Miller Business Innovation Center (map) on Wednesday February 22 at 6 PM.

David Spann and Alistair Cockburn will lead a discussion on Introducing Agile to the Organization. If youve heard of Agile methodologies but cant get others in your organization interested; or if youve been a member of a high performing Agile team but cant find the right words to convince upper management to spread the gospel, this discussion may be helpful. David and Alistar will take your questions before they begin and will respond to as many as possible. Being agile by nature, they want to meet your (the customers) interest. If youve only heard about Agile, feel free to do a little research and post beginner questions as well.

Speakers

David Spann is high-tech management consultant who focuses teams on making a reasonable return on investment while exceeding customer expectations. David has helped conduct each of the annual Agile Software Conferences since the first one held at Westminster College in 2002 and is currently involved with Alistair Cockburn in developing Utah’s Agile Project Leadership Network.

Alistair Cockburn is an internationally known project witchdoctor and strategist. He co-authored the 2001 2001 Manifesto for Agile Software Development and the 2005 project management “Declaration of Inter-Dependence” and has written several best-selling books.