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Steve Berczuk

Fitbit, Inc.

Steve Berczuk is an agile software developer and agile SCM expert with more than twenty-five years of experience building systems and helping teams work together effectively. Most of his experience has been working in startup environments, including many teams trying to adopt Scrum and agile engineering techniques. Steve is coauthor of Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration; a regular contributor to TechWell.com; and a member of the Scrum Alliance, IEEE, and ACM. Find his articles and blog at berczuk.com and follow him on Twitter @sberczuk.

Speaker Presentations
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 2:15pm
Improving the Process
Adopt Before You Adapt: Learning Principles through Practice

Although agile principles sound simple, adopting agile is often extremely difficult. Some teams adopting agile start by making changes and tweaks to prescribed processes—bad! Steve Berczuk explains how following the recommended practices of your chosen agile method for a time will help you internalize the process and leverage the experiences of those who developed the method. Through experience, Steve has discovered that premature customization can lead to more problems and eventually to failure.