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Steve Kuo

Steve Kuo

Seattle Area Code Crafter

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Since embracing XP in 2007, Steve has dedicated himself to elevating individuals and organizations by championing high-quality technical practices and code craftsmanship. Recognizing the potential of XP to accelerate value delivery to customers, he has been an influential advocate ever since. A driven and passionate individual, Steve not only raises awareness of the importance of code craftsmanship but also inadvertently saves companies money through his efforts. Whether he's collaborating directly with teams, typing away at the keyboard to craft code, or inspiring deliberate practice techniques to enhance technical proficiency, Steve thrives on unleashing people's potential and igniting their motivation to continuously improve.

Steve is a very active member of the Seattle area Code Crafter community. He facilitates the Eastside and Crafter Meetups monthly as well as CodeRetreats in the area. It's not uncommon to meet him at other local meetups, slack channels, and conferences.

Monte Carlo Forecasting Awesomeness!

Tired of wasting hours and days tasking, grooming, and estimating work only to miss dates, do the wrong things, and discover a bunch of unknown unknowns? Let me introduce you to Monte Carlo Forecasting and how I've coupled it to Discovery Trees to help harness the chaos. These two processes, when leveraged to do what they do best, yield surprisingly accurate information and actionable intelligence!

Working with Discovery Trees

Are you struggling with tracking work through your system? Finding it difficult to get the “big picture” view of how complete a feature is? Wrestling with thin vertical slicing and evolving it? Are you lost in a sea of ticket numbers not sure how Story #NJ-348 fits into the November Release? Maybe you are longing for the simpler days of sticky notes on a wall but are constrained by needing to track work while remote. Fear not, friends let's talk about a simple technique called Discovery Trees to help make work visible with a lot less overhead!

Steve Kuo

Seattle Area Code Crafter

Seattle, Washington, United States

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