• When: June 8, 11:30-12:40
• Where: Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative (see Meeting location)
• Speaker: Kenyatta Clark
• Topic: Spring Roo: An Introduction

Agenda

• 11:30 am – Welcome Announcements
• 11:40 am – Main Presentation
• 12:40 pm – Wrap Up

Presentation Information

Spring Roo is an exciting new rapid application development framework. It slices and dices and packs all the punches of frameworks like Rails and Grails but the end result is pure Java. In this presentation, we will be discussing what Spring Roo is and demonstrate it’s how it can be used to trim your development time and make your code more readable.

• When: May 11, 11:30-12:40
• Where: Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative (see Meeting location)
• Speaker: Adam Farlee
• Topic: Maven 3

Agenda

• 11:30 am – Welcome Announcements
• 11:40 am – Main Presentation
• 12:40 pm – Wrap Up

Presentation Information

The Apache Maven Project is a software project management and comprehension tool. It has introduced a greatly simplified the build process and stresses Convention versus Configuration. Maven defines projects via a Project Object Module and uses that information for automated builds and deployments. It is highly extensible via plugins, but performs most common build tasks straight out of the box. This presentation will perform a high level demo of Maven, then will discuss the new Maven 3.0 beta release.

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Business Analyst

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree
• 2+ years experience as a Business Analyst using object-oriented analysis and design principles

Preferred

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science (CS) or Management of Information Systems (MIS)
• Certifications in UML, Rational Unified Process (RUP), and/or ITIL
• Experience using IBM Rational Principles and Tools
• Experience with Model-Driven Systems Development using UML
• Experience using RUP for SDLC

Skills and Experience to Support the Following Job Description

• Requirements and Analysis
  • Quickly understand the business issues and data challenges of client’s organization and industry.
  • Develop functional specifications and system design specifications for client engagements.
  • Review and edit requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution.
  • Identify critical issues with ease.
  • Train and mentor in the areas of requirements and design through both formal and informal training.
  • Ensure compliance to guidelines, controls, policies, and procedures.
  • Understand object-oriented analysis and design principles.
• Technical
  • Possesses understanding in the areas of application programming, database and system design.
  • Understand Internet, Intranet, Extranet and client/server architectures.
  • Understand how legacy and web-based systems interface with each other.
  • Exhibit confidence and an extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems.
• Communication and Collaboration
  • Communicate with key stakeholders to identify required changes and communicates needed changes to development team.
  • Take input from key stakeholders and appropriately and accurately applies comments/feedback.
  • Facilitate Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions, team and client meetings.
  • Deliver informative, well-organized presentations.
  • Understand how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
  • Facilitate effective team interaction.
  • Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.
  • Consistently deliver high-quality services to clients.
  • Develop relationships with client personnel that foster client ties.

Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.

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• When: December 8, 11:30-12:40
• Where: Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative (see Meeting location)
• Topic: Cloud Computing
• Speaker: Grant Schofield

Agenda

• 11:30 am – Welcome Announcements
• 11:40 am – Main Presentation
• 12:40 pm – Wrap Up

Presentation Information

Cloud computing has become a ubiquitous term in the last 6 months and it is changing how the world interacts with the internet in a myriad of ways. This presentation will cover the many ways you can utilize cloud computing to write less code, deploy easier, and scale faster.

Intro: Java is Everywhere!

1. Chad Gorshing – How to write untestable code
2. Brent Vaughn – JSF 2
3. Ryan Hoegg – Biography of Duke
4. Mitch Blevins – Automatic test data generation
5. Grzegorz Bugaj – JSFConsole
6. Ash Lux – Google App Engine
7. Scott Centille – JavaFX
8. Les Martin – Wicket
9. Forrest Humphrey – Mule ESB

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