This group aims to provide a meeting place and regular events for anyone involved in testing products which are developed in an Agile environment. Come to meet fellow testers, share your experiences about tools and techniques both manual and automated which may, or may not, have solved testing problems on your Agile project. This is also a place of learning, where live demonstrations of tools will be given allowing you to decided if its the right tool for you If you've read Agile Testing: A Prac …

For All Agile enthusiasts either with extensive experience or looking to gain an inside track into the newest techniques being used, or even wanting to know how to introduce formal Agile practises into your business. We'll have regular speakers along with a few social drinks afterward!

Connecting people so that they can collaborate and work together in the future. Providing a place for newer coaches to seek support Exchanging coaching skills and experiences Develop new concepts collaboratively that we can use when coaching Develop ideas that will support the discipline of coaching Having fun, sharing and collaboration The target audience is you, peers that you work with or have worked with, ScrumMasters, anybody with potential to be coaches, good ScrumMasters. Please feel fr …

Welcome to Agile Practitioners. This group is open to anyone who is interested in Agile, Lean etc. This is not a group for overly religious Agile evangelists. The goal is simply to hold regular meetings, with small numbers, so that we can learn from each other and improve. While we don’t plan to replace any of the existing Agile groups, we do intend to be intriguingly different. For those who missed it, here are the talks from our Agile 20x20 night.

Informal meetup to share knowledge and stories from our own experience, to provide peer support, and to discuss anything related to agile, design and UX. We are part of the agile ux retreat family. Developers, (UX) designers, scrum masters, agile coaches, product owners, project managers, ... all welcome.

This is a community for those who care and are proud of what they do. For those developers, regardless how experienced they are, who want to improve and master their craft. This is a community for those who believe that being average is just not good enough. The Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship As aspiring Software Craftsmen we are raising the bar of professional software development by practicing it and helping others learn the craft. Through this work we have come to value: Not only wo …

We explore the use of agile by marketers here in the London area. The agile marketing community is currently an informal network of marketers, participants include; practicing agile marketers, marketers new to the concept—who are curious about using agile marketing, consultants to marketers, and members of the agile development community.

Zappers is a peer sharing community designed for those who believe in learning from each other and sharing testing knowledge. Zappers are from all walks of life, some are professional software testers for large international corporations, whilst others are computer science students looking to see how their skills match up, anyone with an interest in software testing would be most welcome to join us. Zappers believe in raising the standard of software testing internationally so most Zappers come …

Paddington Lean Coffee is in informal discussion group meeting in the Paddington area of London, UK. We share ideas and insights about Lean and Agile approaches to software development and delivery, using the Lean Coffee discussion format (see http://limitedwipsociety.ning.com/page/lean-coffee)

Quarterly meet up for Heads of Test/ QA in London to network with like minded people.... Completely free! Each event will have 4 Key notes speakers discussing HOT topics including Testing in an Agile Environment/ The new role of a Developer in Test and a comparison of new Open Source tools. It will be held in the RBS Building- 280 Bishopgate- Capacity- 200 people. Free Wine/ Beer/ Soft drinks and nibbles. Time afterwards to network .....

The Meetup group for anyone interested in IT Kanban and lean agile information technology in London UK.

Let's get together and chat about best practice Ruby Development, and do some good old fashioned business networking. Mostly for Ruby consultants and owners of software development shops, although any people interested in the subject are welcome!

A community of people who use tools to grow collaboration throughout their company and aspire to effective product & software development. The group members will share their experiences and help each other grow in their understanding of the possibilities.

At 7digital we’ve always loved and appreciated the London Developer community. All members of our development team regularly attend events held by groups such as the London .Net User Group, London Software Craftsmanship Community, Agile Evangelists, Extreme Tuesday Club, the various “In The Brain” events at Skillsmatter and many others. We feel it is now our turn to give back to the community and as such we will be hosting free independent, semi-regular evening events at our office, called Devs …

Jenkins Jenkins is a Continuous Integration tool developed by Kohsuke Kawaguchi who is currenly working with Cloudbees. Jenkins has boomimg in the market and most of the companies using Jenkins as CI server. Agile software development won't be complete without effective & visible CI and Jenkins fits perfectly into it. London JenkinsCI Users Group London JenkinsCI Users group is a group of IT professionals using Jenkins as a CI server, people want to use/learn Jenkins and people want to share thi …

What Topics? Java & JEE, Design & DDD, OpenSource.NET, Ajax & RIA, Cloud&Grid, SOA What kind of events? We organise free evening events, which we call In-the-Brain Sessions, through these sessions we hope to give you the opportunity to have a peek in the brain of Technology creators and industry thinkers, shakers and movers! We host various User Group meetings, enabling the community to meet up in our fully equiped premises and share skills and ideas, for example, the London JAVAWUG and .NET Use …

New technologies are constantly appearing and software development practices continue to adapt and evolve. Recently we have observed a new role emerging in the IT industry which has been labelled SDET or Software Developer in Test. This role has increasingly gained traction with the software industry and several employers have now started to recruit specifically for this role. The aim of the London SDET group is to bring together people who are interested in the SDET role to form a community whe …

Welcome to the Spring of Code group! The project is based on the ethics of open data, free software, open source and creative commons. So join up, and shout out what's missing from the online tools already out there and how we can make them work better. What happens in a meeting? People meet people, projects get put on socially useful tracks, focus. What happens between meetings? People buddy up on projects, hack, design, get creative and update on site their progress. Where do I ask for help o …

This meetup is for software developers, recruiters and employers seeking work/workers in either web or desktop technologies from C#/VB to Node.js, from Scala to Ruby. There are hundreds of great jobs in London and hundreds of fantastic candidates. Currently the system of getting employers and candidates together is inefficient, labour intensive and time consuming. So lets have the recruiters, employers and candidates all meetup together in central London (working on the venue, any suggestions pl …

The London Java Community (LJC) is a group of Java Enthusiasts who are interested in benefiting from shared knowledge in the industry. Through our forum and regular meetings you can keep in touch with the latest industry developments, learn new Java (& other JVM) technologies, meet other developers, discuss technical/non technical issues and network further throughout the Java Community. FAQ What is the LJC? What goes on in the LJC? Who can join? Is there a fee to Join, is there a fee for the e …

This is a group for software Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) professionals in London, United Kingdom, who are particularly interested in Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS). The user group meetings will cover all aspects of ALM including requirements gathering, performance metrics, all forms of testing, code management, configuration, build and deployment. The group will be of interest to Business Analysts, Requirement Engineers, Developers, Testers, Project Managers, Build Engineers a …

The London Selenium Meetup is an open forum where Selenium users of all skill levels can come to communicate, learn, network, or just have a good time. Our focus is in Selenium and topics extend through related areas of interest, such as Agile testing, Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, building maintainable automated test scripts and much more.

JBUG London is a group of people who share a common interest in JBoss software. JBUG is organised and supported by the community, we meet on a regular basis to discuss new technologies, development methodologies, interesting use cases, and other technical topics in friendly and casual atmosphere (usually with some beer and pizza).Our goal is to provide education and help, to promote open source, to network and share real world experiences with other members of the community. If you would like to …

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For all the girls and women working in the web/mobile/e-commerce as scrum-masters, Agile PM's, managers (product, account, business), developers/programmers (female only obviously), support, testing, analysis and devOps. This is a meetup to chillax and have a gossip and a giggle about the ins and outs, the ups and downs and the whys and wherefores of working (and being a woman) in the London IT community. You don't have to be certified in anything, you just need a place to be yourself with other …

Are you a mum who works in IT? Do you want to meet and chat and talk with other mums who understand IT and being a mum in London, then why not join me for a drink and a chat. Work gripes and family gripes encouraged !!!

This group is for anyone interested in the actionable applications of Lean UX en route to building products customer's love. Once a customer has come across your product, your UX is the make or break backbone of your business. Make it awesome, Make it Lean!

A group for anyone interested in lean (startups, UX, etc) in Brighton & Sussex, whether you're an entrepreneur, wannabe-preneur (is that a thing?), designer, developer or just curious. Let's meet over a coffee beer to... Share knowledge Exchange ideas Share experiments & customer development hacks (good & bad) Discuss lean tools Make connections Follow @spookstudio or @welovelean for updates.