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What and how? "Agile" software and project development; a joint event with EMBL Software Carpentry course
When? Thursday November 13th 2014, 18.30 - 21.00
Where? Grabengasse 3-5, Building 2170, Groundfloor, Hörsaal 4a
Who? A team of people working at several different life-science organisations within Heidelberg are organising HUB, with your help (just get in touch or add your comments to this page).
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Event summary
"Agile" describes a set of principles and methods that have been applied to (in particular software development) projects in an attempt to support continuous improvement and a need for rapid and flexible response to change.
At this HUB we will introduce the motivation behind these methods, give a very brief sketch of what they can involve, and then try them out for ourselves in one of the many gamified introductions to such methods.
Programme
| 18.30-18.40 | Welcome File:IntroNotesForHUB14.pdf | Aidan |
|---|---|---|
| 18.40-19.00 | Icebreaker | Holger |
| 18.40-19.00 | Presentation: Introduction to Agile | Tom |
| 19.00-20.45 | Agile game File:NotesOnHUB14GameV2.pdf | Aidan |
| 20.45-21.00 | Wrap up session, questions | Aidan |
| 21.00-........ | Off to Marstal for a drink and a chat | All |
Organisers
- Holger Dinkel
- Aidan Budd
- Thomas Schwarzl
- And you?... get in touch, come to one of the planning meetings, or just get involved!
Short report
We used the "shared & unique" icebreaker which is extremely simple, but super effective: http://www.icebreakers.ws/medium-group/unique-and-shared.html People immediately started discussing and trying to find out more about each other.
Everybody was very engaged from the beginning on and after Tom's introduction to Agile & Scrum, Aidan led through the evening as we were practicing 'agile' methods while constructing a city with Lego. Here, people got really innovative & creative, we've seen different styles of construction work, some being collaborative, some soloing. The tight schedule added another level of excitement ;-) After three rounds of 'sprints' and Aidan being the picky customer we've managed to assemble a beautiful city with many houses, shop, church/mosque, river, park, bank, stadium and more.
Everyone seemed to have a good time!
(Photos copyright CC-BY by Luis Pedro Coelho)
Task List
A list of tasks that need to be done on or before the meeting day. Just sign your name to say that you'll do a task, and the same again when the task is done.
| To arrange before evening | Person responsible | Done |
|---|---|---|
| Bring Duplo | Luis | Done |
| Bring LEGO | Aidan | Done |
| Bring cartons for LEGO for each group | Holger | Done |
| Drinking Water and Cups? | Florian | Done |
| Print & bring HUB poster | Iman | Done |
| A4 signs in plastic envelopes to help people find the room | Adam | Done |
| Create the poster | Matt | Done |
| Print and display poster where relevant |
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| Advertise on linkedin | Aidan | Aidan |
| Beamer | (There's one in the room that we can use - Matt to ask the caretaker.) | Done |
| Send initial announcement email to HUB All | Aidan | Aidan |
| Send same-day-as event announcement email to HUB All | Aidan | Aidan |
| To do on the evening | Person responsible | Done |
|---|---|---|
| Open the room | Matt | Done |
| Arrange tables/chairs | All | Done |
| Hang up signs to the room | Florian, Adam | Done |
| Setup and welcome attendees | Florian | Done |
| Tidy and close room | All | Done |
Feedback
"We need to do more HUBs with LEGO"
"You guys put a great workshop together"
"We had tons of fun as well as learned a great deal about agile and scrum methodologies"