The Agile Consensus

Referent: Sam Guckenheimer, Product Owner of Microsoft Visual Studio

Tag und Uhrzeit: Mittwoch, 23. November 2011, 09:10 - 10:10 Uhr

Abstract: History teaches us that recessions are times that focus change. The Great Recession from which we are emerging is no exception. We're no longer answering Why ALM? Or Why Agile? Software teams are taking for granted that they need to think of the whole lifecycle, involve their stakeholders, and apply modern, agile engineering practices. And Agile practices have extended into the business realm, as continuous feedback, and continuous innovation become the defining themes of the next decade.

Sam Guckenheimer is the Product Owner of Microsoft Visual Studio product line and an author of Agile Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio, from Concept to Continuous Feedback.  He has 30 years experience as architect, developer, tester, product manager, project manager and general manager in the software industry worldwide.  In his current capacity as product owner, Sam acts as the chief customer advocate for the Visual Studio line, responsible for the end-to-end external design of the next releases of these products. 

Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Sam was Director of Product Line Strategy at Rational Software Corporation, now the Rational Division of IBM.  He holds five patents on software lifecycle tools.  A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Sam is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard University.  Sam lives in the Seattle area with his wife and three of his four children in a sustainable house they built. It can be seen in articles in Metropolitan Home and Pacific Northwest magazine.