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, …

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.

In each meeting we will discuss: common design patterns that can improve your application code; software development principles that underlie many design patterns; best practices in application design and development; frameworks that support best practices. Applying these patterns and practices in real-world applications can be a lot trickier than understanding them conceptually, so we will encourage you to bring in application design problems that you have been struggling with, or solutions t …

Due to many of our meeting venues this group is open to US Citizens only. Calling all Agilists in the Annapolis Junction area! We are meeting to discuss the latest use of Agile practices and techniques in our unique customer environment. We're focusing on the areas of software and systems engineering with a healthy dose of test engineering and project management thrown in. We will be sharing through a combination of social meetings, roundtables and workshop formats. Come on out and join us! Due …

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 …

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 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 …

This is a group for anyone who has attended the "Business of Software" Conference, watched the live stream or even just wanted to go. Let's create the same atmosphere here in DC to talk about the software industry, meet with peers and learn how to make our software companies better. We meet once every 2 months on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.  This is designed to give us roughly 6 meetups per year to fill the gap between BoS conferences.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

This is a group for anyone interested in learning more about the Scaled Agile Framework, discussing experiences implementing any and all portions of the framework, sharing lessons learned, retrospectives, progress, successes and those experiences that are less than positive in bringing Agile transformations to the enterprise level. Whether you have any SAFe certifications, have scaled agile practices, or are merely curious. You are more than welcome!