Speaking and Conference Schedule

Things are loading up for 2008, so it’s time for everyone’s favorite “where I’ll be over the next six months post.” 

Tonight (yeah, tonight) I’m going to be given a very early version of a new talk called Planned Agility?! at the Philly ALT.NET group. If you’re in town, come on down. I’m hoping this will be more like a facilitated discussion with lots of feedback. I’ve been working on this as more of a seminar or class than a 70-90 minute stand-and-deliver kind of talk.

I see Philly is the ideal place to bring raw materials for this kind of thing as there’s an unusually high Agile IQ there. Brian Donahue has a page up so you can read more there. ALT.NET events, in general, create a highly interactive expectation. I’m getting out there early with this one as I sharpen it to a fine point for DevTeach, Toronto.

I’m going to MIX08 next week. There’s going to be an “open spaces” area that I’ll be a part of and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s happening with Silverlight and the DLR along with — let’s hope — some fun, new surprises. If you’re going, let’s grab a cocktail, how about it?

Next up? Let’s see. On April 8th I’m speaking at the Northern New Jersey User Group on Behavior-Driven Design. It’s going to be an intro focused toward writing lean and mean class specifications. There will be some tool talk but it’s going to be mostly focused on coming up with a workable solution using the AutoMockingContainer, a base class, and Rhino Mocks. Check out their event page for more details. 

After that I’m headed to Seattle for an epic stay. Going to the MVP Summit (April 14-17) this year which should be fun.

I’m really looking forward to ALT.NET Open Spaces, Seattle on April 18-20th. Registration for that one is closed, but the list of participants is out of this world. I’m looking forward to a good mind stretch, meeting new people, and hanging out with some of the friends I’ve made over the last year-and-a-half.  

The last thing on near-term radar is DevTeach Toronto on May 12-16th. I’m doing four sessions there:

1. BDD Installed – You’ll know everything I know about BDD, theories, how we’re practicing it at Xclaim, etc. Code focused
2. Planned Agility?! – How do we plan in an Agile context. It’s both necessary and possible.
3. Agile Q&A with Friends – A reprise of the free-form, free-wheelin’ fishbowl from Vancouver. Should be fun!
4. Strategic DDD – Ratcheting our discourse on Domain-Driven Design up a notch to talk about complex modeling issues, multiple models, etc. This is, at it’s heart, a session for Agile Architects.

That’s it in a nutshell. Scheming, cooking-up, and plotting a few other things that may or may not happen and I’ll be sure to announce here if there’s a change in plans. Come on out and get involved in the discussion! Looking forward to seeing some fresh faces out there (yeah, you!)…