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One-Hour Experiential Introduction to Agile Thu, Apr 8 6:00pm Oracle |
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Presentation Overview:
You've heard about agile: it's the best thing since sliced bread -- it's hacking. It will save your project -- it will drown you in minutiae. You can't control the process--you can see exactly what's work and what's not working. You've heard agile described as all of the above.
Agile is a real way to see your projects make progress. And while it works, it's not for everyone. In this experiential session, Johanna will guide you through a 30-minute agile project. You'll have a chance to work on a cross-functional team, in timeboxes, have the conversation about what "done" means, and explore some facets of agile.
If you've never experienced Agile, you can't tell fact from fiction. This is your chance to experience Agile and see what it might take for you to get from where you are to Agile. Bring your questions, and plan on having a little fun with your learning.
Presenter Bio:
Johanna Rothman helps leaders define and solve problems. She assists managers, teams, and organizations to become more effective by applying her pragmatic approaches to the issues of project management, risk management, and people management. She’s helped engineering organizations, IT organizations, and startups hire technical people, manage projects, and release successful products faster.
Johanna is the author of Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects, Manage It! Your Guide to Modern Pragmatic Project Management and Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People, and coauthor (with Esther Derby) of Behind Closed Doors, Secrets of Great Management. Johanna is a host and session leader at the Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) conference.