Almost everyone has to deal with bad legacy code at some point. Not just legacy code that you inherited and obviously would have been better if you had written it, but legacy code so ugly and ill-conceived that it makes you want to hunt down the person responsible just so you can scream at them (or worse). And then replace it with a one-line library function that does the same thing.

We'll show some examples of the worst code I've seen, and we'll have a chuckle or a groan. The names, projects, and check-in comments have been changed to protect the guilty, but, unfortunately, these examples are all too real.

The military has a crucial place in the origins of the IT industry, but is there more we could learn from the world’s most effective fighting force? The military is focused on delivering results, and has been doing so for hundreds of years. That being said, it is not without its pitfalls, and not every practice will translate over well into an Agile environment. During this talk, I will use both my military and Agile experience to show you how you can improve your Agile process, or even start the transition to Agile. I’ll cover topics such as valuing role over rank, driving success from quantitative results, improved retrospective formats, and more.