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Ok, folks, you didn't really believe that headline did you?  We're not professional wrestlers, we're software professionals, right?  We all know that Kanban and Scrum are just tools to help us make things better, faster, cheaper, and more enjoyable, right?  At the January Agile Denver meeting, rather than take a "Kanban vs. Scrum" approach, we're going to have a very cordial, but vibrant and exciting, panel discussion about Kanban and Scrum.  We have assembled an all star panel, all people who…See More

This is not an Agile Denver hosted event.  But FREE to our members Michele Sliger is bringing John Miller in to Denver to speak at the September 12 EdTech Meetup. The EdTech meetup is primarily for teachers and focuses on how to incorporate technology and new teaching methods into their classrooms. John Miller presented at the Scrum Gathering in Atlanta earlier this year on how he's had success in bringing Scrum into the…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 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

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

Updated Post Event:Presentation Deck (by Pete Behrens/Trail Ridge Consulting): http://trailridgeconsulting.com/culture-of-agility.html?view=slide Sponsor (by Streamstep):…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