ABOUT ME
Scrum guru Gerard Beckerleg has been a Solution Architect at SSW in Sydney since 2011. He also lists Scrum and agile practices as a passion. Using these skills and frameworks, Gerard has brought to life a raft of successful projects, such as Toll, Sydney Airports, McDonalds, Event Cinemas, and National Australia Day Council. An established and confident speaker and trainer, Gerard has delivered numerous courses including SharePoint 2010 and .NET MVC at the University of Technology in Sydney, and is also a regular speaker at the Sydney and Canberra .NET User Groups.
MY VIDEOS ON SSW TV
Hacking Agile – Best Parts of Agile | Gerard Beckerleg at Xamarin Hack Day
In this short presentation, Gerard Beckerleg – SSW Solution Architect – shows us how we can use Agile to more effectively develop our mobile applications. This presentation was part of the Sydney Xamarin Hack Day line-up. Head over to the Xamarin Hack Day website to apply to attend (or even run your own hack day!) Let…
How to Estimate in Software Development with Gerard Beckerleg | #NoEstimates
After his successful session last year on Agile Scrum, our resident Scrum White Robe Gerard Beckerleg is at it again, except this time he’s taking on one of the most divisive topics in software development: Estimation. In this video recorded at the Sydney SSW offices, Gerard Beckerleg takes a dive into the depths of how…
Agile in the Enterprise – Lessons Learned in the Real World
Happy New Year from the SSW TV team! We’re kickstarting the year by releasing a video special. It’s an in-depth interview featuring a real life product owner who talks to us about his perspectives using Agile on a large scale Enterprise project. SSW has just finished 28 weeks building the first release of a transport…
Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Never Use Web Forms Again
Find out in less than 4 minutes the Top 5 Reasons to ditch Web Forms and move over to MVC already! #1: Testability– MVC provides true separation of concerns, and makes it easy to test the whole application from Unit Tests to Coded UI Tests. #2: Instant Pages – Get your admin pages up and…
Best new features of SharePoint 2013 + top tips from 4 SharePoint experts
In this fast paced video, Gerard Beckerleg – Solution Architect at SSW – took an opportunity to interview 4 SharePoint experts at this years’ SharePoint Saturday event in Sydney. They offer some fantastic tips and describe the new features in SharePoint 2013 that excite them the most. They discuss, in order of appearance: Brian Farnhill…
Mastering Scrum – The Common Pitfalls and How to Overcome Them
Gerard Beckerleg, Solution Architect at SSW, sat down with Marlon Marescia, Sales Manager at SSW to talk about the common pitfalls faced by teams working with Scrum and how you can overcome them. At SSW, Gerard is a seasoned ‘White Robe’ who is able to give great insight into the Scrum framework. This video is…
