Agile software development is a great way to make good software that satisfies real needs and creates real value to those who build and use that software. Everyone on the team is concerned with the quality of the product. However, sometimes it can be an overwhelming task being the team member whose job it is to insure that the quality of the product is sufficient. DCAST was created to develop a community of those interested in agile software testing who are also interested in testing agile produ …

Meet, share ideas and learn about Lean Start-up efforts from local entrepreneurs. The initial meeting is intended to discuss the feasibility of a Tysons Corner Lean Start-up group, given that there is already an active group in Washington DC. Can another group exist without diluting the DC group? Lean Startup is a set of processes used by entrepreneurs to develop products and markets, combining Agile Software Development, Customer Development and existing software platforms.

What is ALT.NET? 1. You’re the type of developer who uses what works while keeping an eye out for a better way. 2. You reach outside the mainstream to adopt the best of any community: Open Source, Agile, Java, Ruby, etc. 3. You’re not content with the status quo. Things can always be better expressed, more elegant and simple, more mutable, higher quality, etc. 4. You know tools are great, but they only take you so far. It’s the principles and knowledge that really matter. The best tools are thos …

Welcome to the Washington DC Software Craftsmanship User Group! This group is for software developers in the Washington DC area that care about the quality of their work and want to practice and improve their programming skills, share what they know and learn new things from others. This is a hands-on coding user group with no presentations. Each meeting will be a dojo where we will go through a challenging software craftsmanship exercise that focuses on clean code, test-driven development, des …

Welcome to the Washington DC Scrum User Group! This group is for Washington DC area Agile evangelists, thought leaders and enthusiasts that are passionate about all things Agile and Scrum. Meetings are held monthly and are mainly discussions, workshops, or open space type sessions covering various topics about Agile and Scrum. Meetings will usually occur on the 3rd Monday or Tuesday night of the month and will be in a location that is metro accessible in the Washington DC/Arlington/Alexandria …

A group, lead by the team at IKANOW, devoted to the use and development of open source, big data, agile intelligence solutions, for the DC/Metro area. Join our group if interested in solving real business problems utilizing open source, big data solutions.

The intention of this meetup is to provide a focal point for those interested in learning more about Kanban. It's for those who are in the midst of adopting Kanban, those who are considering it and those who are seasoned in the practice of Kanban.

Intel Analytics DC is a group led by the HumanGeo team to foster learning and sharing of Big Data analysis and geospatial techniques to further the state of the art for intelligence applications. This group is founded on a principle of open sharing of interesting ideas related to: highly scalable 'Big Data' architectures data-centric programming tricks and techniques emerging tools and analysis paradigms Join us now to stay up-to-date with interactive talks from some of the most innovative, i …

We are a group of people in IT that want to exchange ideas on best practices in Application Lifecycle Management.

Welcome to the Washington DC Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment User Group. This meetup is dedicated to sharing tools and techniques for delivering software repeatably and reliably to production. If you are interested in learning about automating day to day tasks, writing build scripts, build tools, continuous integration servers, continuous deployment, DevOps, Puppet or Chef, test automation, deployment pipelines, database provisioning, and much much more, then this is the group fo …

Do you have an idea that could be your organization's next big thing, but you are unsure of what to do next? Innovate DC is a community for intrapreneurs; employees looking to create change and get things done within an organization. We believe that innovation can happen inside organizations of any size.  All you need is someone with an idea and a champion to help navigate the waters of change.  We offer a support organization for intrapreneurs and champions that will focus on providing content …

Discussions around Microsoft Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) including but not limited to Visual Studio 2010/2012, TFS 2012, SQL Server 2012, Microsoft Hadoop on Azure. For architects and enthusiasts.

Have a web or mobile application you want to test? Have a prototype or mock-up you want to introduce to the light of day? Let's test with 1) real users 2) in real time 3) face to face and 4) FREE? Premise: People who want users for their applications/designs for testing, will test others applications/designs, in exchange. In addition, our group will have expert speakers on usability, UX and UI. You are welcome to attend to learn, network and help others test their software and designs, even if …

Welcome Lean Kanban DC! Lean Kanban DC is associated with the Limited WIP Society, which is the home of the global community embracing Kanban for software development. "Limited WIP" refers to limiting the amount of work in progress -- a core practice in lean pull systems such as kanban. The goal of this group is to help grow and learn from each about Lean Kanban techniques to help us deliver products. This community is open to a wide array of topics including: Lean, Kanban, Agile, Lean Startup, …

We're a group of executives, managers and "intrapreneurs" who want to learn, share or teach how to apply Lean Startup* methodologies in the Enterprise. Our focus is on adopting Lean Startup techniques within a larger organization. Let's connect to collectively drive Lean Startup adoption through the application of Lean Startup, Lean Thinking, Customer Development, and Agile managerial disciplines. *The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries.

We are a community of software industry professionals in the Washington DC area meeting regularly to discuss the business of software. This group is the place for software developers, vendors, entrepreneurs, investors, executives, directors, and engineers to learn and share the most recent business and technical innovations, trends, experiences, challenges, and opportunities in the software industry.

BTI360's Software Craftsmanship Series is an internal company event that focuses on taking your software engineering skills to the next level. This is done through discussing and diving deep into what constitutes clean code, what coding principles are often disregarded, and how to affect better coding practices on your team.

Welcome to the Washington DC Agile User Group! The mission of the Washington DC Agile User Group is to raise awareness, understanding and acceptance of agile practices, and support a community of local practitioners on their agile journey. Our meetings present industry experts, opportunities for learning, networking, and provide an open forum for collaboration and knowledge sharing among local Agile practitioners on varied topics related to agile methodologies. Meetings are held monthly and o …

This is the meetup group is where chief technology officers and the people that support them can come together for a heathly chat on topics that cover business, technology, strategy, and execution.