We're about lean organizations in general, and about applying lean thinking to software companies in specific. Lean Software Development can be used to improve the effectiveness of teams that may already be using agile software methods. This meetup is about exploring the philosophy of systems thinking and theory of constraints as it applies to software development.

The purpose of this group is to bring together working technology professionals (mentors) with local college students (apprentices) in the Bay Area to work on summer projects. We will kick things off with mixers for potential mentors/apprentices in the late spring. There will be separate regional mixers and ongoing BayTAP activities for San Francisco, the East Bay, and the South Bay. Teams of 2 or more apprentices working with 1 or more mentors will work in two week sprints over the summer. We w …

East Bay Agilistry & QA Meetup Group focuses on software development, Scrum, Extreme Programming, software QA & testing, Agile methods, and Agile software development. Due to the vast amount of software companies in the East Bay, our goal is to build a community for employees to network with, and also grow as software professionals. East Bay Agilistry & QA Meetup Group is located at 73 Ray Street in downtown Pleasanton, CA.

We're expanding the focus of our group. Our aim initially was to get our members up-to-speed with Android mobile development. Now we're expanding our focus to include other Google technologies and mobile technologies.

I'm reviving this group to transfer over the members from the Alameda Public Library Android Classes (which is now called the Alameda - Google Developer Group). This is both to expand the geographical location we're going to have our meetings in and to keep a more Android-topic focused group (while the Alameda - GDG is currently expanding its topics to non-Android related topics as well).

SF Peninsula SD meetup, monthly networking and talks on JVM-based Languages and Agile or Test-Driven Development

Meet other developers who enjoy the agility and quality in writing automated tests. Come and hear experts demonstrate new tools and techniques. Participate in discussions on how to solve particular challenges. We target developers and expect to span both introductory and advanced subjects, including: Experience exchange, Q&A Web UI testing using Selenium or WatiN Testing embedded software Test Driven Development Behaviour Driven Development When to use stubs and mocks Google Test (C++ testing f …

Join us for the Founders Space Roundtables, where founders gather to share knowledge and work together to solve problems. Roundtables are geared to founders and C-level executives of growth-oriented companies for exploring critical issues and business opportunities with peers and subject matter experts. Each Roundtable tackles a specific subject, such as negotiating a term sheet, creating a marketing plan, filing patents, raising venture capital, etc. The session begins with industry experts, wh …

This is a spin-off of the Bay Area Software Quality Group which has stagnated over the past several months. The purpose of this group is to discuss all things regarding software quality engineering. This includes automation, unit testing, exploratory testing, load/performance testing and any other type of testing strategy that comes up. Although this group is centered on test engineers, there should be plenty of valuable data for others within the software development ecosystem.

Dear All, The Lean Enterprise and Continuous Improvement meetup is a social learning initiative designed to bring together SMEs, Quality practitioners, Business owners, Technologists, Business Analysts, Managers, Decision Makers, Product Owners, Product Managers; to plan, learn, discuss and share experiences, implementations, best practices, body of knowledge, metrics, methodologies, tools and techniques as applicable; to take an enterprise through a journey of Continuous Improvement with an end …

We're a community for anyone interested in developing and deploying web applications with HTML, CSS, PHP, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, OOP, MVC, jQuery, AJAX, Cloud Server, and Agile. We meet once or twice a month for discussion, collaboration, and networking with other like-minded people.  We have a terrific group of people from varying technical backgrounds.  All are welcome! For more information about us, and what we do, visit us at CodingDojo.co

Are you a hacker, coder, or engineer who actually wants to SELL the cool stuff you build? Then Marketing Nerds is for you! We're a growing network of technology startup entrepreneurs who have actually sold many millions of dollars worth of our technology and software products in the real world. Here are some of the topics we love to talk about: What Should I Build, and Who Will Buy It? - A specific technique you can use so you know exactly what to build, before you build it, that guarantees the …

The Association of C/C++ Users' Silicon Valley chapter is loosely affiliated with its UK-based parent organization. The Silicon Valley ACCU meets bi-monthly, once for a presentation and once as a workshop. Meetings are always open to the public and are free of charge.

This is a group for anyone involved or interested in learning and discussing new frameworks to achieve greater ROI when adopting Software Reuse. Our group will share real enterprise experience; achievements as well as challenges when implementing reuse methodologies. We will also discuss new technology that is changing the way software is developed and allowing Software Reuse to be fully realized with greater ROI then previously possible.

This group strive to enrich you by presenting professionals that provide insights on the latest trends in Agility, Leadership and New Domains.

The Tri-Valley/ East Bay Agile Leadership Network (TV/EB-ALN) is a Agile/Lean community based in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area that includes counties of Amador Valley, Livermore Valley, and San Ramon Valley. It includes cities of Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, Danville as well as other East Bay locations in Contra Costa county like Walnut Creek and Concord. Our purpose is to evangelize and educate Agile and Lean skills to our members as well as building our community to serve as …