Best Practices in Tech Development will be bringing entrepreneurs, developers and everyone in between for an afternoon dedicated to best practices in tech development provided by the studios defining them. Aside from the endlessly informative workshops by some of the best tech studios within the Digital Knights network, we’ll be bringing speakers from comOn, Startup Guide World, and Digital Knights to bring their wisdom and experience about European startup hubs, tech’s place within creative industries, and how to outshare development properly.
The sessions will be overlapping, so there’s something for the hardcore devs, and those who work within the tech space but think that Ruby on Rails is an 80s synth-pop band. We’re covering all bases and all competencies.
You can meet the teams in between workshops if you've got burning questions or just want some add some more sparkling discourse to your afternoon. The tech teams will be hanging out in the 'Team Corner'.
Nuno Peixoto (CCO) and Rui Sobral (Head of Technology) of comOn
Keilian Knudsen and Prags Mugunthan, Founders of Digital Knights
Sissel Hansen, Founder of Startup Guide World
There is networking and free consultancy in abundance, so if you’re interested in coming along and adding some more experience and understanding to your trip to Lisbon, connect and learn with us at Best Practices in Tech Development.
TL;DR: If you want to learn more about industry best practices in tech development and connect with fellow devs and entrepreneurs in a fun, interactive environment: come to the comOn offices at Hood, Lisbon on 11/11/16.
Once the talks and workshops are over stay a bit longer with us for the NewCo festival after party. Let's share experiences around nice cocktails and tasty food! More information here: http://pt.newco.co/lisboa/
See you there.
Program:
2pm Door Open/Registration
2.30pm Introductions from all hosts and speakers. Hosted by Rui Sobral
3pm - 2 presentations simultaneously (duration 45 minutes)
Ovidiu Diaconu, ThinSlices
'From Chaos to Predictable Outcomes’
With so many companies (both startups and established companies) going down, faster than ever, answering this question might be the difference between failure and Forbes 100.
Is the organization intelligence or the organizational health that might need your attention? Do you have the right team members in your company?However, do you have a team?
Join Ovidiu's journey and you have all the chances to leave the workshop with some more questions that eventually will get you into Forbes 100.
Rafal Maliszewski, Visuality
Rookie or an expert? How to work with development teams around Your MVP?
Being a founder can be overwhelming for some - work hard, grow, widen your knowledge about everything in tech and talk the language your tech team talks. The best founders with tech products are those that are former programmers, project managers, business owners, C-level managers from corporations and SMEs - they don’t have to waste time on learning new stuff and they keep QA on controlable level.
Should you be an expert or feel free to be a rookie? How software development and project management works? How to talk with tech teams to know that they fit your requirements?
3.45pm quick break after the presentations
4pm - 2 workshops simultaneously (duration 45 minutes)
Mooncascade
‘How to Write the Cleanest Code ever’
We are introducing two case studies that influenced us to experiment with different development practices. We analyse the obstacles when practicing loosely organised development processes and the effect of it on code quality before going on to discuss ways to incorporate better practices to achieve cleaner code and how to work more effectively as a team.
comOn
“How we've matched creativity and technology”, presenters Nuno Peixoto and Rui Sobral
A presentation about how comOn has brought technology into the creative process and how we have realised the role of developers in creating the best experiences for our users.
4.45pm quick break after the presentations
5pm Panel discussion. Topic - Being a Better Client: How Not to Drive Your Digital Vendor Mad
Moderator - Rui Sobral (comOn).
Participants - Anu Einberg (Mooncascade), Rafal Maliszewski (Visuality), Ovidiu Diaconu (ThinSlices), Sissel Hansen (Startup Everywhere).
5.45pm closing note by Ricardo Pereira (CEO comOn)
6pm NewCo event and afterparty
NB: The event is free but since the number of seats is limited we kindly ask you to register only if you are sure you can make it!