Re: [extremeprogramming] Practicing XP gathering

George,

I'm sure we could get something going in Milan, Italy, as well.

Dave

On 12/17/19, George Paci <[email protected]> wrote:
>  From the replies, it looks like we can do this in three locations:
>
>    * Washington, DC
>
>    * London
>
>    * Lisbon
>
> While it would be cool to try to do them all on the same day and
> videoconference or something, it might make more sense to run one, then
> incorporate lessons learned into the others.
>
> I suggest discussing the format in this thread, and scheduling for
> individual locations in their own threads.
>
> ** Format:
>
> Todd brought up Open Space, and I think at least part of the day should
> have that kind of participant-directedness.
>
> Todd also mentioned that he has some interactive workshops, which is the
> kind of thing I was thinking of.  In particular, I would like most of
> the time to either be hands-on (coding, integrating, deploying, etc.) or
> reflecting directly on what we learned from hands-on activity or how we
> can improve it.
>
> I also want us to share our Best Tricks (either coding, or coaching, or
> otherwise).
>
> ** Programming content:
>
> Steve mentioned The Dude's Code Jams, and giving something to the
> community. My present company has a couple existing projects for
> not-for-profits that might benefit from contributors; I'll ask about
> that.  Bob Payne is local to DC, and I know he's connected to some
> not-for-profit projects, as is George[1].
>
> If we're thinking about the programming or XP community, I don't think
> there's any dearth of ideas for smallish applications that would improve
> things. (Maybe that deserves a thread of its own?)
>
> ** Schedule:
>
> This will depend on the location, so I'll start a new thread for DC.
> Feel free to start threads for your location.
>
> =E2=80=94George
>
> On 12/5/19 3:22 PM, George Paci wrote:
>
>> Who would be interested in physically getting together for a
>> substantial period of time (8 hours or a few days) to just plain
>> practice the way we do XP (and related things) today?  At the end, we
>> could make a list of things we saw that aren't common knowledge, and
>> briefly explain them.
>>
>> The code could be one or more (probably Open Source) projects that we
>> bring.  Each project could be in a different language; part of what we
>> need to know is how to deal with languages and systems we don't
>> understand yet.
>>
>> This is just a vague idea at the moment, but for what it's worth, I
>> can provide space for a couple dozen people to code (in a sunny,
>> climate-controlled room) near Washington, DC.
>>
>> =E2=80=94George
>>
>> "I used to think that the brain was the most important organ in
>> body.  Then I realized who was telling me this..." - Emo Phillips
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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