Agile Denver hosts guest speaker Jeff Patton

No one Wants your Stupid Process
or how I´ve learned to use agile thinking to help organizations get what they really want

Over the last 10 years, in organizations mired in heavy process and
paralyzing analysis and design phases, we´ve seen agile approaches get
delivery of working software moving again. But, it turns out that
successful delivery doesn´t result in successful products. And, for
most organizations building software, it was the successful product
they´d wanted all along.

In this short talk Jeff Patton explores process where the primary goal
is a successful product. He´ll discuss the values and principles
common in healthy product organizations that aren´t the primary focus
of agile development. You´ll hear examples of innovative practice
emerging from companies that subscribe to agile approaches while
remaining true to their organization´s values and driving towards the
primary goal of delivering products people want.

Speaker

Jeff Patton has designed and built software for the past 15 years on a
wide variety of products from on-line aircraft parts ordering to
electronic medical records. Jeff has focused on Agile approaches since
working on an early Extreme Programming team in 2000. In particular
Jeff has specialized in the application of user experience design
practice to improve Agile requirements, planning, and ultimately the
products delivered.

Jeff currently works as an independent consultant, agile process
coach, product design process coach, and instructor. Current articles,
essays, and presentations on variety of topics in Agile product
development can be found at www.AgileProductDesign.com and in Alistair
Cockburn´s Crystal Clear. Jeff is founder and list moderator of the
agile-usability Yahoo discussion group, a columnist with
StickyMinds.com and IEEE Software, a Certified Scrum Trainer, and
winner of the Agile Alliance´s 2007 Gordon Pask Award for
contributions to Agile Development.