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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

Abstract:Agility is so much more than iterations and potentially shippable product increments. When building software for a complex business domain, many agile teams find design falling by the wayside in their quest to deliver product increments early and often. Learn how Domain-Driven Design (DDD) can give you the edge in this battle against complexity by putting rigorous, pragmatic domain modeling at the center of your agile process. Learning Outcomes:Learn about the fundamentals of…See More

Presentation AbstractThe switch to continuous flow can be exciting and invigorating to the teams that are making the change, but the business-side is usually painfully pulled along into this transition without knowing how or when work will be completed (especially when they have become used to estimates or commitments).  In this interactive talk we’ll discover how we can be predictable in a continuous flow environment by bringing together proven agile/lean concepts around teams, sizing, and…See More

Presentation Deck:  Available for download athttps://rallydev.box.net/shared/0fe5vcm5jl7jx7p0zd66 Video of Presentation: This is currently being worked on and will be available later.  General Agenda:6:00 pm -6:30 pm Food and Networking (Rally Software sponsoring) 6:30 pm -8:00 pm Presentation  Location: Tivoli Baerresen Ballroom (Room 320 A & B)900 Auraria Parkway Denver 80202 Presentation Abstract:  It simply isn't enough…See More

A day in the life series has been developed to further Agile Denver’s mission to promote the use of Agile practices and principles. This event will feature Product Owners from Oppenheimer Funds. Product owners at Oppenheimer Funds use several techniques for delivering artifacts to the organization in their agile delivery which includes onshore and offshore teams. They will cover thematic progress reports, story mapping, user story writing, personas, big visible release plans and several other…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 event will feature a local business that is using a Scrum Delivery model. Colleen Voelschow and Jason Collins from ReadyTalk will present an extensive list of agile practices to the audience.Schedule is:8:00-8:30 Breakfast and Intro8:30-9:00 Company overview9:00-9:20 Tour of scrum…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

No one Wants your Stupid Process or how I´ve learned to use agile thinking to help organizations get what they really wantOver the last 10 years, in organizations mired in heavy process andparalyzing analysis and design phases, we´ve seen agile approaches getdelivery of working software moving again. But, it turns out thatsuccessful delivery doesn´t result in successful products. And, formost organizations building software, it was the successful productthey´d wanted all along.In this short…See More

Measure for Measure: Lean Principles for Effective Metrics and MotivationThis presentation explores the nature of motivation and the place of metrics and measurement in software development, and how lean software development principles and practices shed light on motivation and metrics and how they can be used to support deep organizational improvement. We will examine the nature of motivation in terms of the four intrinsic rewards that drive positive engagement, and also how certain approaches…See More