We got an email from Tami Carter, Conference Director for SD West, with a sweet offer to pass on to our readers and clients:
In honor of Presidents' Day and our newly inaugurated 44th president,
we are offering an exclusive discount. Register with the code 9W4400
by this Friday, February 20, to save 44% off the All Access Pass, VIP
Pass or Conference Pass!
Chris will be running a session on What Makes Agile Projects Succeed on Thursday Morning. I've never been to SD West, but want to go just to meet Tami, who is the coolness, which I know from following her highly entertaining twitterfeed. Here's a bit from her blog post on 25 Things About SD West 2009:
be 10 years old, but it still attracts controversy and debate. Has
agile really improved the way we create software?
2) Better Software, No Matter What. Scott Meyers' full day tutorial on
improving software quality is a can't-miss on Monday.
3) Drink beer and eat pizza while finding out about life inside
LinkedIn Engineering at Monday night's Birds-of-a-Feather gathering.
4) Get around the Scrum pyramid scheme. Learn about the agile method,
using the agile method in Mike Vizdos's half-day tutorial on Tuesday,
March 10.
5) Tuesday's Booth Crawl through a jam-packed expo floor, featuring
platinum exhibitors IBM and Intel, along with a host of other leading
software development companies.
6) "Better Software, No Matter What. Scott Meyers' full day tutorial
on improving software quality is a can't-miss on Monday.
7) Drink beer and eat pizza while finding out about life inside
LinkedIn Engineering at Monday night's Birds-of-a-Feather gathering.
8) Get around the Scrum pyramid scheme. Learn about the agile method,
using the agile method in Mike Vizdos's half-day tutorial on Tuesday,
March 10.
9) Tuesday's Booth Crawl through a jam-packed expo floor, featuring
platinum exhibitors IBM and Intel, along with a host of other leading
software development companies.
10) The most comprehensive and complete C++ training available
anywhere, taught by such C++ Gurus as Dan Saks, Stephen Dewhurst,
David Abrahams and more…
11) IBM's Scott Ambler and Terry Quatrani debate agile and traditional
software development in their Wednesday afternoon keynote.
Etc.
Read the rest here, and go here to register for the conference.