In this presentation filmed during Agile 2008, Tim Mackinnon talks about the aspirations behind the Agile principles and practices, the desire to become efficient, to write quality code which does not end up being thrown away. Tim has a personal perspective on Agile practices and shares from his own experience.

Tim Mackinnon is an early pioneer of agile development. His contributions include many well recognized techniques: Mock Objects, Gold Cards, Heartbeat retrospectives and Futurespectives as well as starting the Extreme Tuesday Club (XtC). Tim is also the founder of Iterex Ltd, a company specialising in Iterative Excellence and the creator of the Iterex Professional software.

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