Date: Feb 25th, 2010
Meeting time: 09:00 to 16:00
Meeting location: IBM Sampson House, 64 Hopton Street, Southwark, London SE1 9JH
Meeting topic: First UK RUG of 2010
Agenda: The exact titles of topics may evolve closer to the event, but the confirmed themes and speakers are:
09:00 - Registration
09:30 - "UK RUG Welcome"
Julian Holmes, UK RUG Leader, Unified Process Mentors
09:45 - "IBM Rational Update"
Anthony Kesterton, IBM Rational
10:15 - Break
10:30 - "A matter of intelligence for business aligned software delivery"
Bola Rotibi, MWD Advisors
11:15 - Break
11:30 - "Case Study: Rational Focal Point Implementation for a Telco's Managed Service"
Justin Kelleher, Colt Telecom
12:15 - Lunch
13:00 - "Rational Team Concert for System z and i"
Andrew Ireland, Binary Computer Services
Russell Bonner, IBM Rational
13:45 - Break
14:00 - "Coding Effort: Taking Software Development Process Improvement to the Next Level"
Jason Rolles, Blue Optima
14:45 - Break
15:00 - Goldfish Bowl "Business and IT Alignment Challenges"
All presenters, moderated by Julian Holmes
15:45 - Feedback & Prize Draw
16:00 - Close
Summary: This is our kick-off event for 2010, and primarily covers a variety of Business and IT alignment topics.
The meeting will only run until 4:00pm, but I hope to continue the networking in a nearby pub.
Additional information: Thank you to IBM Rational for hosting the event.