Valtech Days in Dallas

This week, I’ll be in Dallas for the Valtech Days. We’ll talk about Agile, Open Source and Emerging technologies and Trends : Planet Agile

• Agile Documentation
• Fragile, not Agile
• Effects of Agile on Nine implementation Strategies
• Moving to SCRUM
• The Great Metrics Debate
• Reconsidering Roles and Responsibilities on Agile Projects
• Distributed Agile Software Development
• How to buy Software ?

Planet Open Source

• Enterprise Maven 2.0
• Spring and EJB3 Compared
• The Value Proposition of Rails
• Test and other Ways to Make Your Code Work Right the First Time
• Discover Seam and Sew up your Java Projects Faster Than Ever
• Using JBoss Cache vs. Http Session, SFSB or Entity Beans
• Monitoring Distributed Agile Projects - a Tool Comparison
• JBoss presents SOA for Developers

Planet Emerging Technologies & Trends

• Combining the power of Flex and Ruby on Rails
• SOA in stages
• Conditions for the dream of ORM to become true
• Emerging trends in Outsourcing Software Development - Rural Shoring
• An introduction to Aspect Oriented Programming
• Test Driven Developments and Webservices
• Pratices on Lean Thinking
• Executable Requirements: How Fitnesse Can Benefit Your Team