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Agile Development with Plone

Sally Kleinfeldt

Abstract: At Jazkarta, our Plone projects typically consist of a mix of
custom functionality and theming. The client's budget is usually
fixed and their requirements are imperfectly defined at the start
of the project. A project like this cries out for an agile,
iterative approach, however our development environment is not
what most agile experts would recommend. No one is co-located -
our clients are remote and our developers are distributed, and
they are not working full time on a single project.

In this talk, I will describe our approach to managing a website
development project in an agile fashion, with a part time,
distributed team. I will discuss:
- Roles
- Scheduling
- Estimation
- Project management tools
- Qualities needed in the project manager
- How to integrate wireframing and graphic design with the
development process

Recording of Presentation: (includes audio, computer screen, camera video, and IRC) - Part 1 - Part 2

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