Announcing the 3rd Annual 'State of Agile Development' Survey

It is that time of year again - Version One has launched it's 3rd Annual 'State of Agile Development' Survey.

This is not a vendor or tool survey, it is meant as a global survey on the general state of Agile development (hence the catchy name). Last year the survey received 1,700 completed surveys from 71 countries. The results from past surveys have been written up in publications ranging from CIO Magazine to InfoQ to SDTimes and the Agile Journal. The results are also e-mailed directly to participants.

Learn more and take the survey HERE

It should take 5 - 10 minutes to complete and your participation is greatly appreciated.

What do you get for participating? By contributing and sharing data anonymously, you will help create the largest data collection on the value of Agile development practices and have direct access to the aggregated results. VersionOne is also giving away participation prizes consisting of 3 Amazon.com gift certificates totaling $1,250.00.

Thank you in advance for your participation.

June 16th Chapter Meeting

Planning for the APLN Atlanta Leadership Summit is well underway. We have secured a venue, set the date, and have started locking in speakers. There are several things that will need to be discussed during our meeting this month:

1. Communicate out to everyone the venue and the date
2. Review list of committed speakers and current openings
3. Discuss potential local executives for the panel discussions
4. Review conference format and preliminary schedule
5. Review sponsorship packages and create a target list to contact
6. Discuss marketing for the event

If you are new to the list, interested in helping to plan this conference, or just getting more involved in the local Agile community, please feel free to stop in and introduce yourself. We are all happy to bring you up to speed on what APLN Atlanta is all about.

Once again we will be meeting at Taco Mac on the corner of P'Tree Industrial and Pleasant Hill Rd. The address is 3545 Peachtree Industrial, Duluth, GA 30096 (678) 387-3403 Please shoot the list a note if you plan to attend.

I will be travelling this week. Andy Powell from VersionOne will be faciliating the meeting. Andy is looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Mike