January 24 meeting of the Southern California Visual Studio Team System Users Group

Please join us for the next meeting of SoCal Team System on January 24. We'll be meeting in Newport Beach at Outsource Technical 3700 Campus Drive, Suite 100. Pizza and networking starts at 6:30 pm and the meeting starts at 7:00. Meeting cost is $5 to help us cover the cost of food and beverages. Please RSVP to mikev@mvasoftware.com if you plan to attend.

Open Discussion - Is Agile Working for You?

Is Agile working for you and/or your organization? Have you implemented an agile initiative such as Scrum or Kanban? Or maybe you are taking a less formal approach but but trying to be more agile. Lets talk about why being more agile is good and what are some of the pitfalls. How much of your organization is leaning in the agile direction: software development, product management, how we deal with our customers, how we manage our people, senior management, the whole organization culture? How do we get from where we are now to where we want to be? This session is an open discussion, so come and share your experiences and thoughts.

Mike Vincent is a solutions architect and agile coach based in Orange County, California. He supports clients with application lifecycle management, Scrum coaching, and software architecture focusing on Microsoft .NET technology. He has been in the software business for over 25 years in addition to engineering and marketing management positions. Mike was previously Vice President and Treasurer of INETA Noram. He founded and leads SoCal .Net Architecture, SoCal Team System, helps run OC .NET, and is a frequent presenter at user groups, regional events, conferences, and code camps. He is a Professional Scrum Developer Trainer and Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management MVP.