This group was created to provide a place to get together and talk about the Lean Startup methodology. Following the first Leancamp, which brought world-leading thinkers in related areas to London, we have expanded to explore connected disciplines which give us global competitive advantage in the UK. We look at how Lean Startup relates to some key UK and European strengths, such business model innovation, service design, design strategy, bootstrapping and visual thinking, among others. We are a …

New technologies are constantly appearing and software development practices continue to adapt and evolve. Recently we have observed a new role emerging in the IT industry which has been labelled SDET or Software Developer in Test. This role has increasingly gained traction with the software industry and several employers have now started to recruit specifically for this role. The aim of the London SDET group is to bring together people who are interested in the SDET role to form a community whe …

Welcome to Agile Practitioners. This group is open to anyone who is interested in Agile, Lean etc. This is not a group for overly religious Agile evangelists. The goal is simply to hold regular meetings, with small numbers, so that we can learn from each other and improve. While we don’t plan to replace any of the existing Agile groups, we do intend to be intriguingly different. For those who missed it, here are the talks from our Agile 20x20 night.

For all the girls and women working in the web/mobile/e-commerce as scrum-masters, Agile PM's, managers (product, account, business), developers/programmers (female only obviously), support, testing, analysis and devOps. This is a meetup to chillax and have a gossip and a giggle about the ins and outs, the ups and downs and the whys and wherefores of working (and being a woman) in the London IT community. You don't have to be certified in anything, you just need a place to be yourself with other …

UNICOM Seminars has set up DevOps London Group so that people working and interacting between development and operational activities within an enterprise can meet, share ideas, discuss technical problems and make valuable business contacts.

The Meetup group for anyone interested in IT Kanban and lean agile information technology in London UK.

A community of people who use tools to grow collaboration throughout their company and aspire to effective product & software development. The group members will share their experiences and help each other grow in their understanding of the possibilities.

Let's get together and chat about best practice Ruby Development, and do some good old fashioned business networking. Mostly for Ruby consultants and owners of software development shops, although any people interested in the subject are welcome!

Jenkins Jenkins is a Continuous Integration tool developed by Kohsuke Kawaguchi who is currenly working with Cloudbees. Jenkins has boomimg in the market and most of the companies using Jenkins as CI server. Agile software development won't be complete without effective & visible CI and Jenkins fits perfectly into it. London JenkinsCI Users Group London JenkinsCI Users group is a group of IT professionals using Jenkins as a CI server, people want to use/learn Jenkins and people want to share thi …

Connecting people so that they can collaborate and work together in the future. Providing a place for newer coaches to seek support Exchanging coaching skills and experiences Develop new concepts collaboratively that we can use when coaching Develop ideas that will support the discipline of coaching Having fun, sharing and collaboration The target audience is you, peers that you work with or have worked with, ScrumMasters, anybody with potential to be coaches, good ScrumMasters. Please feel fr …

How do you take a product from that eureka moment to a fully working product and scalable business? This group has been set up to help you get your startup started, focus on what's important for you and allow both new and experienced startup folks alike to share experiences – both eye-watering successes and grandiose failures. Our events will have a lean startup slant but won't exclude people that aren't lean 'believers'.

Croydon Tech City is a community of local VCs, software developers, technologists, entrepreneurs and creatives who are committed to making Croydon an attractive home to early-stage technical and digital startups.

Informal meetup to share knowledge and stories from our own experience, to provide peer support, and to discuss anything related to agile, design and UX. We are part of the agile ux retreat family. Developers, (UX) designers, scrum masters, agile coaches, product owners, project managers, ... all welcome.

This is a group for anyone working or living in Berkshire area to come and discuss, share, learn, listen, explore about Scrum (or rather any agile practices). Come and explore the beautiful world of Agile! Everyone welcome from agile novice to agile extremist :)

For All Agile enthusiasts either with extensive experience or looking to gain an inside track into the newest techniques being used, or even wanting to know how to introduce formal Agile practises into your business. We'll have regular speakers along with a few social drinks afterward!

This is a group for anyone interested in launching a software product. You are welcome whether you are a solo founder, a microISV, a Micropreneur, or just want to have a lifestyle business. People in this group are typically entrepreneurs, developers, and designers bootstrapping their business without VC money, but anyone is welcome to come.

What is Converge? Converge+UK is a series of events to foster communication, collaboration and creation at the intersection of Design, Business & Technology. The concept was co-founded by a diverse group of London professionals working in lot’s of different disciplines with a common interest in entrepreneurship including Klaus Bravenboer, Peter Thomson, Tim McCready, David Mclaire, Sallie Bale, and Dan George. We had all separately been going to lots of events related to our respective industrie …