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Coming Meetings and Events

The Seattle XP User's Group normally meets the second Thursday of every month. We typically alternate between East Side and Downtown Seattle locations, although we are currently seeking a downtown Seattle location. Scheduled meetings are shown below.

Next Meeting

December 11, 2008

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: TBA

Topic: TBA

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: NextMeeting


Past Meetings

November 13, 2008

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: everyone

Topic: group discussions on topics chosen by popular vote

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm


October 9, 2008

NOTE: This meeting is at our NEW downtown Seattle location, H10 Capital. See SeattleXpMeetings or NextMeeting for directions.

Speakers: various

Topic: Agile2008 conference review

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm


July 10, 2008

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: Tom Perry and Dhaval Panchal

Topic: Swarming - The Birds and the Bees and Agile (preview of Agile 2008 presentation)

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20080710


June 12, 2008

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: Ade Miller and Dr. Neil Roodyn

Topic: Double Header! Ade Miller will present "A Hundred Days of Continuous Integration", after which Dr. Neil will lead a discussion entitled "Planning is a Waste of Time".

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20080612


May 8, 2008

NOTE: This meeting is at our NEW downtown Seattle location, H10 Capital. See SeattleXpMeetings or NextMeeting for directions.

Speaker: Max Guernsey, III

Topic: Data Structure Metamorphism (Agility in Database Development)

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20080508


April 10, 2008

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: various

Topic: Agile Open Northwest 2008 Conference Review

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20080410


March 13, 2008

NOTE: This meeting is at our NEW downtown Seattle location, H10 Capital. See SeattleXpMeetings or NextMeeting for directions.

Speaker: Monica Yap

Topic: Story Telling Workshop

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20080313


February 21, 2008 - Please note the date - not our usual second Thursday!

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: Participatory workshop led by Troy Frever, Monica Yap, and Lance Young

Topic: Agile Learning Games

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20080221


January 10, 2008

Special Location: on-site in Microsoft's new Agile-friendly workspace; see NextMeeting for directions

Speaker: Peter Provost

Topic: Tour of the Microsoft's new workspace in use by the "Patterns and Practices" agile team.

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20080110


December 13, 2007

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: Alan Ridlehoover

Topic: Agile Tools: Microsoft Team Server Agile Process Template

East Side Location!: SolutionsIQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20071213


November 8, 2007

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: James Shore

Topic: Agile Engineering: No Debt, No Defects

East Side Location!: SolutionsIQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20071108


October 11, 2007

NOTE: This meeting is at downtown Seattle location, WhitePages.com. See SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: Charlie Poole

Topic: Agile on the Mainframe and Other Odd Places

Downtown Seattle Location!: WhitePages.com ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20071011


September 13, 2007

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: Various Attendees and Presenters at Agile2007 in Washington, D.C.

Topic: Agile2007 Conference Review

East Side Location!: SolutionsIQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20070913


July 12, 2007

NOTE: This meeting is at downtown Seattle location, WhitePages.com. See SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: Troy Frever (group workshop)

Topic: Agile Interviewing Techniques

Downtown Seattle Location!: WhitePages.com ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20070712


June 14, 2007

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: Mickey Phoenix

Topic: Story Test Driven Development in Narrative Testing Tools

East Side Location!: SolutionsIQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20070614


May 10, 2007

NOTE: This meeting is at downtown Seattle location, WhitePages.com. See SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: Monica Yap and Lance Young

Topic: Free Us From Agile Development Myths

Downtown Seattle Location!: WhitePages.com ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20070510


April 12, 2007

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: Paul Dupuy

Topic: Empirical Agility

East Side Location!: SolutionsIQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20070412


March 8, 2007

NOTE: This meeting is at downtown Seattle location, WhitePages.com. See SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: various

Topic: Agile Open Northwest conference review

Downtown Seattle Location!: WhitePages.com ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20070308


February 8, 2007

The following topic is tentatively scheduled for the February meeting.

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: Charlie Poole

Topic: When GUI Tests Seem Hard (And Why That's a Good Thing)

East Side Location!: SolutionsIQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20070208


November 9, 2006

NOTE: This meeting is at our NEW Downtown Seattle location, WhitePages.com. See SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: Alan Ridlehoover

Topic: Weed and Feed Your Software

Downtown Seattle Location!: WhitePages.com ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20061109


October 25, 2006

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Please note that this meeting is not on our usual second Thursday of the month, but instead is on Wednesday, October 25th. This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: Tom Perry and Brent Barton

Topic: Agile Lean Development and Scrum in Poland

East Side Location!: SolutionsIQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20061025


September 14, 2006

NOTE: This meeting is at our NEW Downtown Seattle location, WhitePages.com. See SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: Charlie Poole

Topic: Test-Driven Development - more details soon!

Downtown Seattle Location!: WhitePages.com ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20060914


August 10, 2006

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: various

Topic: Conference Reviews: XP 2006, Agile 2006

East Side Location!: SolutionsIQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20060810


July 13, 2006

NOTE: This meeting is on the Downtown Seattle Side at our CarDomain Network location. See NextMeeting for directions.

Speakers: Everyone!

Topic: Structured Roundtable: Topics Chosen by the Group

Downtown Seattle Location!: CarDomain Network ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20060713


June 8, 2006

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: Troy Frever and Paul Ingalls, Smilebox, Inc.; Monica Yap, Wireless Data Services Global Lance Young, SolutionsIQ

Topic: Upcoming Agile 2006 Presentations

East Side Location!: SolutionsIQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20060608


May 11, 2006

NOTE: This meeting is on the Downtown Seattle Side at our CarDomain Network location. See NextMeeting for directions.

Speakers: Everyone!

Topic: Structured Roundtable: Topics Chosen by the Group

Downtown Seattle Location!: CarDomain Network ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20060511


April 13, 2006

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our SolutionsIQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: Brent Barton, Manager of Professional Services Project Management for SolutionsIQ

Topic: XP and Scrum: Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate?

East Side Location!: SolutionsIQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20060413


March 9, 2006

NOTE: This meeting is on the Downtown Seattle Side at our CarDomain Network location. See NextMeeting for directions.

Speakers: Monica Yap, Wireless Data Services Global (WDS Global), Lance B. Young, SolutionsIQ

Topic: New Agile Development Patterns for Creating High Business Value

Downtown Seattle Location!: CarDomain Network ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20060309


February 9, 2006

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our Solutions IQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: Peter Provost, Brad Wilson, and Brian Button

Topic: Experiences of an Agile Team at Microsoft

East Side Location!: Solutions IQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20060209


January 12, 2006

NOTE: This meeting is on the Downtown Seattle Side at our CarDomain Network location. See NextMeeting for directions.

Speaker: Alan Ridlehoover leading general group discussion, continued from last month

Topic: Kent Beck's "Extreme Programming Explained, 2nd Edition"

Downtown Seattle Location!: CarDomain Network ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20060112


December 8, 2005

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our Solutions IQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speaker: Alan Ridlehoover leading general group discussion

Topic: Kent Beck's "Extreme Programming Explained, 2nd Edition"

East Side Location!: Solutions IQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20051208


November 10, 2005

NOTE: This meeting is on the Downtown Seattle Side at our CarDomain Network location. See NextMeeting for directions.

Speaker: Ron Jeffries

Topic: Something of Ron's choice, or alternate topic "Crossing the Business Divide"

Downtown Seattle Location!: CarDomain Network ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20051110


October 13, 2005

NOTE: This meeting will be on the East Side at our Solutions IQ location. See NextMeeting or SeattleXpMeetings for directions.

Speakers: David Socha and Skip Walter

Topic: User-Observation and Sketching as Core Stages in the Software Design Process

East Side Location!: Solutions IQ ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20051013


September 8, 2005

NOTE: This meeting is on the Downtown Seattle Side. See NextMeeting for directions. This is the first meeting at our new CarDomain Network location.

Speaker: Paul Dupuy

Topic: Demo - Web Acceptance Testing with Fit, Selenium, and Fitnesse

Downtown Seattle Location!: CarDomain Network ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20050908


August 23, 2005

NOTE: This meeting is on the East Side. See NextMeeting for directions. Also note that this meeting is in addition to our August and September "second Thursday" meetings.

Speaker: Kert Petersen

Topic: Enterprise Agile -- adoption of Agile software development methods in large organizations.

East Side Location!: Solutions IQ, Suite 250 ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20050823


August 11, 2005

NOTE: With this meeting we will begin alternating between East Side and Seattle locations. This meeting is on the East Side. See NextMeeting for directions.

Speakers: Lance Young, Monica Yap, Alan Ridlehoover, Troy Frever

Topic: Agile 2005 Conference Review

East Side Location!: Solutions IQ, Suite 250 ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20050811


June 9, 2005

Speaker: Jim McCarthy

Topic: Code At Its Most Extreme: Programming Personal Interactions -or- MLXP: Meta Level eXtreme Programming

East Side Location!: Solutions IQ, Suite 250 ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement with Exciting Details: XpMtg20050609


May 19, 2005

Speaker: Dr. Neil Roodyn

Topic: People Over Process

New Location!: Avenue A | Razorfish ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20050519


April 14, 2005

Speaker: Goldfish Bowl

Topic: Xp Planning, Estimating and Tracking

New Location!: Avenue A | Razorfish ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20050414


January 13, 2005

Speaker: Charlie Poole

Topic: Test-Driven Development

New Location!: Avenue A | Razorfish ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20050519


December 9, 2004

Speaker: Jim Shore of Titanium I.T.

Topic: Continuous Design

New Location!: Avenue A | Razorfish ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20041209


November 4, 2004

Speaker: Panel: Ward Cunningham, Charlie Poole and Alan Shalloway

Topic: XP and Design

Location: Avenue A | Razorfish ( see SeattleXpMeetings or the NextMeeting announcement for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20041104


August 12, 2004

Speaker: NONE

Topic: What is XP?

Location: Avenue A | Razorfish ( see SeattleXpMeetings for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20040812


July 8, 2004

Speaker: Diana Larsen

Topic: Project Retrospectives

Location: SBI ( see SeattleXpMeetings for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20040708


May 13, 2004

Speaker: Charlie Poole

Topic: Continuous Integration

Location: SBI ( see SeattleXpMeetings for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20040513


April 8, 2004

Speaker: Entire Group

Topic: Stories

Location: SBI ( see SeattleXpMeetings for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20040408


March 11, 2004

Speaker: Dr. Subodha Kumar of the University of Washington Business School

Topic: Optimizing the Rotation of Developers in Extreme Programming: A Model and Comparison

Location: SBI ( see SeattleXpMeetings for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20040311


February 12, 2004

Speaker: Alan Ridlehoover

Topic: XP in a Large Corporate Environment

Location: SBI ( see SeattleXpMeetings for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20040212


Hmm, we had lots of great meetings and guest speakers in 2003, including Robert Martin, Ward Cunningham, Jim Newkirk, and more. Meeting announcements for those are missing, but you can see some info from our ancient past below.
May 8, 2003

Speaker: David Socha

Location: SBI ( see SeattleXpMeetings for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20030508


April 10, 2003

Speaker: Ken Scwaber

Location: Steptoe room, bldg. 40/41, Microsoft campus

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20030410


November 14, 2002

Roundtable discussion of last week's OOPSLA convention.

Location: Lante ( see SeattleXpMeetings for directions )

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm


November 6, 2002

We've arranged to have a special UserGroupSessionAtOopsla. Please sign up to help organize it.

Location:

Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Room 602

Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm


October 10, 2002

Speakers: Martin Fowler and Jim Newkirk.

Location:

The Cobalt Group
2200 First Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98134-1408

Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Announcement: XpMtg20021010


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