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Presentation summary: Do you work in an organization where development is expected to be done in an Agile way, but upper management operates in a way that makes being Agile downstream difficult? Do you feel like your organization is working on way too many products/projects at the same time? Are people so busy multitasking that they do the best job that they can on one project before hoping to the next--never really doing the high-quality work that is desired? If so, your organization needs to…See More

David is in town and has agreed to come visit our office in southeast Denver.No real agenda, but I hope to have him discuss Collaborative Chartering (from 'cutting an agile groove').  Maybe we can also take a look at DevJam's new story mapping tool "Cardboard"Please RSVP so I can arrange entry through our building security.See More

Presentation Deck and Survey It’s common to see an organization (the people in them) focus on building products with as many features as possible and targeting delivery by a specific due date. Yet, often the result…See More

Presentation AbstractHow will companies thrive in the 21st century? That is a question asked by Stephen Denning in his book The Leaders Guide to Radical Management. Employees are becoming less engaged in their work, consumers are becoming less loyal to brands, and executive/management turnover is increasing. Most disturbingly, many companies hold onto 20th century paradigms around management. Paradigms built to run assembly lines and railroad systems – things which can be done with a less…See More

Presentation Abstract:With the long overdue major changes in the 2011 Scrum Guide, there is a new sheriff in town.  User Stories are out(sort of), and Backlog Grooming is in.  Come find out why Release Planning is out, and Servant Leadership is in.  There are also significant changes to the Product Owner role. We'll cover the major changes, as well as some of the more subtle changes that could have a big impact. Learn how to make the most of the changes and how to transition your team to Scrum…See More

UPDATED ON 12/29/2011PLEASE SEE COMMENT BELOWTentative Agenda: 5:30 pm - 5:55 pm Food and Networking  5:55 pm - 6:05 pm Presenter Introductions6:05 pm - 8:00 pm getKanban Game v3.08:00 pm - 8:15 pm Wrap-up  Presentation Abstract & Learning Outcomes:  How does the simple practice of limiting work-in-progress drive change?  What is a "pull system" and can it be applied to software development?  How do you measure and manage flow of work in your development environment?  We'll explore these…See More

General Agenda: 6:00 pm -6:20 pm Food and Networking  6:20 pm -6:30 pm A word from our sponsors and announcements6:30pm -8:00 pm Presentation Presentation abstract:Please join Ray Moles (Senior Director of Development), Brad Churchill (Business Analyst) and John Pacheco (VP of PMO) from National CineMedia based here in Denver, Colorado. The National CineMedia team will lead a discussion on Agile Transformation. This interactive "Case Study" will represent the challenges faced by NCM and the…See More

Presentation Deck: AgileDenver-FelipeKnorrKuhn.pdf General Agenda: 6:00 pm -6:20 pm Food and Networking  6:20 pm -6:30 pm A word from our sponsors and announcements6:30pm -8:00 pm Presentation Presentation abstract:Cultural changes usually take some time to happen and can be driven by the needs of an individual,…See More

This month, Agile Denver invites you to participate in an interactive session that will help you transform your existing shop into an Agile Engine. In Part One of the session, participants will be given a problem, then brainstorm to identify five techniques for transforming their shop.  (Please come prepared with ideas!)  All the groups will join to compile their techniques, then vote on the top five. In Part Two, we will compare the techniques discovered in Part One to techniques that have…See More

Brad Swanson has agreed to facilitate a coaching dojo. This session will give coaches an opportunity to practice and be exposed to different styles.Prerequiste: It's open to folks who have been practicing coaches or scrum masters for at least a year and have experience with multiple teams.The dojo is November 2, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 pm at OppenheimerFunds Auditorium near Arapahoe Rd and Potomac.Address: 6803 S. Tucson WayCentennial, COThe entrance is the West side of the north bldg (6803). We…See More

Collaboration doesn't mean working on a shared document. It means interacting with each other in meaningful ways. This highly interactive, workshop-style presentation will present some collaboration techniques focusing on those which can be used before and during agile release planning to dig out details which might otherwise be missed.If your organization struggles with understanding true customer needs, or you struggle with estimating the size of a release, or you simply can't manage to…See More

On Monday, May 24th special guest speaker Jean Tabaka will present “Servant Leadership (A Leadership Paradigm for our Times)". Jean Tabaka is an Agile Fellow at Rally Software Development.In the April 5th 2009 New York Times “Sunday Business” section, an interview of CEO John Donahoe began with the question: “ What is the most important less you’ve learned about leadership.”His answer? “ You can’t change people. As a leader, there’s a real temptation to try to help people get to where you want…See More

“A day in the life” series is being developed to further Agile Denver’s mission to promote the use of Agile practices and principles which supports delivering working software to the business as soon as possible. This local event will feature a business that decided to move to a Agile Delivery model. Lisa Owens from ePLan Services will present the business reasons why they decided to embrace an agile delivery model, In addition the bumps, bruises and black eyes that occurred during agile…See More