Software applications, from complex to simple ones, have to fulfill the real need of the customers and end-users. It's our duty as software professionals to help the customers to rapidly respond to change in the market and to constantly deliver working software at the requested quality even when changes appear.

Agile is about learning how to adapt, learning how to perform better while continuously obtaining results, no matter if we work in a team located in the same office, virtual team or as a single individual. As long as we keep thinking agile and respecting agile principles, we can have better and better results while increasing our knowledge.

What we propose to do in this meetup is: discuss and obtain a better understanding of Agile principles, what benefits derive from following "the agile way", what costs and impediments may appear in the agile transition and how we succeed in becoming agile. The focus will be from the perspective of small teams & individuals working as freelancers. If we have time, we'll do a workshop and/or discuss one or two case studies.

If you have questions or if you want to propose more specific topics, please use http://groups.google.com/group/agileworks-romania .

Cheers, Maria Diaconu