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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

Mile High Agile 2012 will be April 3rd, 2012!We looking forward to another great one-day conference to build on the success we had in 2011. Check the conference web site for details.http://milehighagile2012.agiledenver.org/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

Agile Denver is excited to announce our first annual conference, Mile High Agile 2011: Elevating Agility. Our 1-day conference will be packed with valuable learning for all roles and experience levels in lean & agile development.  For details see the conference web site:http://milehighagile2011.agiledenver.org/See More

It is fairly hard to imagine IT industry apart from software outsourcing these days. At the same time with agile development becoming industry mainstream methodology many argue that moving core values like self-dedication, feedback and communication to outsourcing paradigm can be very painful if at all possible. But what if there is a way of addressing the challenge and succeeding with agile while stillbenefiting from off-shore economy model?What is software development outsourcing today and…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

Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs and the Enterprise.Agenda6:00-7:00 networking, food, and open space discussion7:00 – 8:30 Dean Leffingwell presentationAbstractAgile development introduced the “user story” as the primary currency for expressing application requirements within the agile enterprise. The just-in-time application of the user story simplifies software development and helps eliminate the prior waterfall-like practices of overly burdensome…See More

Please join us for this special presentation by Mike Cohn. As always our monthly meetings are free to attend and open to the general public and students. Doors open at 5:30 PM and Mike's talk will run from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Refreshments will be served.Agile software has had more of an influence and has become more widespread than any early practitioner could have imagined. But some have called agile a failure. Few teams, after all, have achieved the 10x productivity or quality gains that the…See More