Eclipse SP, a member of Sigma Group, has initiated an agile conference in its native city, Kharkiv – the so-called silicon valley of Ukraine. This event will gather agile specialists to share their knowledge on agile methodologies in software development.

Being an initiator and general sponsor of Agile Base Camp Kharkiv 2010, Eclipse SP together with the conference organizer ScrumGuides created the most major event on agile methodologies in Kharkiv ever. The content of the conference is formed in accordance to the expectations of wide audience – from beginners to professionals in agile from the whole Eastern region of Ukraine.

The conference presentations will include such hot topics:

• Practical advices on implementation of agile from recognized Ukrainian agile trainers
• Requirements collection and management
• Details of planning and managing capacity of the project
• Agile engineering practices
• Tools for team coaching
• Development of important non-technical skills

“Kharkiv is a well-known talent pool in IT industry. We hope that our initiative will have beneficial effect, helping junior and senior specialists to enhance their knowledge of different software development methodologies in accordance to new market trends,” says Valery Krasovsky, Eclipse SP COO. “We actively use agile methodologies in different projects, so we are very glad make a step forward and trigger further development in this field.”