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NEXT MEETING: APRIL 02 2013 (Tuesday) Meeting: 630PM to 830PM:
DAMON POOLE on: “PANNING FOR USER STORY GOLD”
Putting User Stories into business value order is a key tenet of Agile, but that’s just the first step. There’s much more value to be extracted from your user stories using specific story splitting techniques combined with reducing cycle time. By splitting user stories you can separate the gold from the dirt as well as reduce the cost of implementation.
This session will cover a variety of methods for splitting user stories including the split by “create/read/update/delete” method, the split by acceptance test method, and the split by value method. These techniques can produce even more value when combined with frequent grooming and Kanban flow which will also be covered.
Meeting Details for the APRIL 02 Meeting
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OUR LAST MEETING:
MARCH 05 2013 (Tuesday) Meeting: 630PM to 830PM:
AGILE COACH RICHARD KASPEROWSKI on: “COACHING IN AN OPEN SPACE”
Richard set a record when he facilitated a six-week-long Open Space with his software development team. This is unique: they are the only people in the world to have held Open Space for such a long time. They pushed the limits of Open Space Technology, discovering both what it’s great at and its limitations. Richard will share the highlights of what they learned: what worked, what didn’t work, and the surprising results.
At this session you will learn:
- Open Space Technology: what it is, how to facilitate it
- The importance of a real problem for a great Open Space, and how Open Space is exactly the right tool for organizing a group of people to solve it
- How to prepare for Open Space
- A radical use of Open Space: use it to manage your team for extended periods of time
- How to facilitate Open Space well
- As a facilitator, which seductive shortcuts should you avoid?
- Unexpected positive and negative outcomes
LEARN MORE HERE:
REGISTER NOW FOR THIS MEETING:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/345339
THE MEETING BEFORE THAT LAST MEETING:
02/05/2013 Meeting: Agile Coach FRANK SAUCIER on: EFFECTIVE PRODUCT OWNERSHIP
The Product Owner role is essential in Scrum. Get this right, and your product delights end-users and customers. Play this role ineffectively and you have a failed Scrum implementation.
This month’s meeting is about work with Product Owners and how to be effective in the role of Product Owner. Agile Coach Frank Saucier from FreeStandingAgility brings a tutorial presentation and a set of group activities that convey an understanding of the Product Owner role.
Learn more here and scoop the presentation slides from this meeting
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