I’m truly struggling to find an Agile Community in Atlanta.  Quite some time ago (2005), I discovered the [tags]Agile Atlanta[/tags] User Group and attended a meeting.  Stacia Broderick presented Scrum to the group.  It really was a great meeting but I haven’t attended one since.  I check the website frequently but it is rarely updated.  They have had a few meetings and at one time gathered some folks to inject some leadership into the group but it hasn’t really seemed to gain any momentum.  I certainly don’t fault anyone for this as I experienced the challenge of starting the C# User Group many years ago.  There were meetings when only 3 of us showed up.  Then there were times when the room was packed and we had no presenter (so we just winged it).  …but I hope to see something spark soon.

I am participating in a few user groups at the moment.  My schedule is pretty stretched so I can’t take on another responsibility at the moment.   However, if nothing has happened by, say October, I may try to build an Agile Software Development Community in Atlanta.  I’d love to hear some feedback and get some contact information for people who would be interested.  Leave me a comment here or email me at rusty -at- pwg -dot- com or rustyzarse -at - gmail -dot- com.

I am personally a Scrum practitioner but I have read up on Crystal Clear and Feature Driven Development as well.  I use Rally Agile Project Management Software in my daily development.  We use Test Driven Development (TDD), Pair-Programming, the daily scrum, Continuous Integration, Reflective Review and Time-boxed, Story-centric iterative release planning.  However, we are learning like everyone else and adjusting constantly.  I would love to find like-minded agile enthusiasts to collaborate with so we can grow the Atlanta Agile Community!

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