Infernus

Tuesday afternoon was polished off with the intriguingly titled ‘XP: My Greatest Misses 2000-2008′. Presented by J. B. Rainsberger, the founder of XPDay North America, it documented some of what he considered to have been his biggest mistakes since his conversion to the XP camp in 2000. He came to XP while working at IBM, [...]

Johanna Rothman, author of Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies and Nerds, was responsible for an interesting session on Tuesday afternoon. Her topic was Hiring for an Agile Team, and her premise was that it is primarily people, not skills, that make your agile team successful. She differentiated hiring for a traditional team by stating [...]