Mindanao State
University - Iligan Institute of Technology
Invited Talk: Agile Software Development - What it is and why you should care now
Posted on : June 22, 2010
| Date | June 23, 2010 |
| Time | 9:00 a.m. - 12 p.m. |
| Venue | ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø-IIT Mini-Theater |
| Speaker | Mr. Junilu Lacar |
Overview
While still a mystery or distant thought to many people in IT, Agile Software Development is actually mainstream now in the global IT market. Fortune 500 companies like Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Cisco are rapidly realizing the benefits of Agile. Worldwide, more projects than ever are choosing Agile over the traditional "waterfall" software development lifecycle. This talk will give you an overview of Agile and will tell you what and why you need to know about it as a student about to embark on a professional career in IT or as a current IT professional.
About the speaker
Junilu Lacar is an alumnus of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø-IIT and currently a Technical Leader at Cisco. Junilu is guiding his team at Cisco through its Agile transformation and is currently a member of Agile@Cisco, a group that is facilitating Agile transformations at Cisco worldwide. Junilu has over 20 years of experience in IT and is a Certified Java Programmer and Certified Scrum Master.