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BOSTON EVENT NEWS FLASH: Alistair Cockburn speaking in Boston 5/29. Subject: “REGARDING THE AGILE MANIFESTO”. This one promises to be interesting in many dimensions. LIMITED SEATING. Registering for this event is an explicit commitment to attend. Learn more & REGISTER HERE.
The 5/29 event with Alistair Cockburn is brought to you by:
The Agile Boston & Agile New England User Groups
KEN SCHWABER holding court at the 4/25 downtown Boston meeting. Almost 110 people registered for this meeting and we had 140 registered for the Waltham event on 4/24.
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Agile Boston Monthly Meetings:
WALTHAM, Wednesday 6/26, 6:30-8:30
Johanna Rothman: Agile Hiring: It’s a Team Sport
Join Johanna Rothman, author of “Hiring Geeks Who Fit”, in this talk where she will explain how to have the team review resumes, interview, create auditions, and make the hiring decisions to ensure you have people who fit with the team.
BOSTON, Thursday 6/27, 6:00-8:00
Johanna Rothman: Agile Hiring: It’s a Team Sport
Join Johanna Rothman, author of “Hiring Geeks Who Fit”, in this talk where she will explain how to have the team review resumes, interview, create auditions, and make the hiring decisions to ensure you have people who fit with the team.
NOTE: The downtown event is being held at PayPal in Boston. To accommodate security, registration will be closed at 9PM PM EST on Mon evening 6/25. No one will be allowed to register late and walk-ins will not be allowed to attend. Please be sure to register in advance for this event and bring a photo ID.
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Upcoming Agile Training Classes
Managing Conflict on Agile Teams (1-day $329)
Waltham, Wednesday 6/19, 9:00-5:00
Great for anyone that wants to learn how to approach difficult topics with challenging people, understand what’s at the core of disagreement, and shift an argument into a meaningful discussion. Taught by the coaches and trainers at FreeStanding Agility. PMI credential holders, can earn 7.5 PDUs by attending this class.
Agile and Scrum Fundamentals Training (1-day $249)
Waltham, Tuesday 6/25, 9:00-5:00
Great for individuals and teams that want to get up to speed quickly. Taught by the coaches and trainers at FreeStanding Agility. PMI credential holders, can earn 7.5 PDUs by attending this class.
Product Owner Skills Training (1-day $399; the 1st 6 pay $349)
Waltham, Wednesday 6/26, 9:00-5:00
Designed for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the skills needed to be an effective Product Owner. If you’re one of the first 6 people to register for the class, you can save $50 and pay only $349. Taught by the coaches and trainers at FreeStanding Agility. PMI credential holders, can earn 7.5 PDUs by attending this class.
Scrum Master Skills Training (1-day $399; the 1st 6 pay $349)
Waltham, Wednesday 7/24, 9:00-5:00
Designed for current and future Scrum Masters that want to equip themselves with the real skills they need to succeed. If you’re one of the first 6 people to register for the class, you can save $50 and pay only $349. Taught by the coaches and trainers at FreeStanding Agility. PMI credential holders, can earn 7.5 PDUs by attending this class.
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The Agile CULTURE Conference: Managing in the 21st Century
Thanks to all the attendees, speakers, sponsors, and volunteers that made our 9/14 event great. Here are the links to pictures, blog posts and other artifacts from the event, including proceedings from the Open Space.
If you weren’t able to attend, here’s a quick run down of what the conference was about. CULTURE is the gating factor in your Agile implementation. Agile practices implement Agile principles. The Agile principles strong encourage A LOT OF LEARNING. Self-organizing teams. Self-management. Scrum as a culture design for teams. The conference kicked off a wider conversation about culture analysis, design, implementation, and hacking. For more info, view the Culture Conference program info.
Picture: Open Space in the afternoon, at the CULTUREcon event convened 09/14/2012. Over 200 in attendance. Keynote: DAVE LOGAN author of NYT bestseller TRIBAL LEADERSHIP
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Learn more: MOVING BEYOND ICEBREAKERS
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AGILE BOSTON: PICTURES OF A CURIOUS, FUN-LOVING PEOPLE:
First Agile Boston Open Space, Spring 2009
Agile Boston Open Space, September 2010
Agile Boston Open Space, Sept 2010, Even MORE Agile afterwards
Agile Boston Open Space, Sept 201, even MORE pictures
Utterly Awesome Pictures of Agile Day 2011, Sept 2011, held in Norwood MA. PARTY BUS PIX !!
Party Bus from Agile Day NYC to Agile Day Boston, Sept 2010. Andre Dhongt (left), Jim McCarthy (foreground right), Rich Sheridan and friends
THE STORY OF THE PARTY BUS: Sept 2010
We co-produced an event called AGILE DAY in NYC and BOSTON. On September 25 2011 we attended the AgileNYC event and the next day we shipped out for Boston with the speakers, sponsors and organizers on a big honking PARTY BUS. The bus had a huge TV, a bathroom, coolers for beer and wine, and the alll-important BATHROOM ON BOARD. We stopped for lunch in New Haven CT on the waterfront. Everyone who was “on the bus” had an incredible time of dialogue and bonding.
Linda Rising and Michele McCarthy, Boston to NYC Party Bus, September 2010
Dan LeFebvre on the PARTY BUS, September 2010, en route to Boston from the AgileNYC Agile Day
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Artifacts from the 4th Annual GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Event, (Nov. 20, 2012) Honoring Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber
Jeff Sutherland’s presentation “Scrum: The Future of Work”
Mario Moreira’s presentation: “Getting the Most from the Sprint Review”
Learn more about GIVE THANK FOR SCRUM 2012.
Picture: GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM convened 11/20/2012. Over 100 in total attendance. Keynotes: Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber.
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AGILE DAY IN BOSTON
We had quite a time on September 29: Over 248++ of us, learning and teaching Agile all day…then the Happy Hour Party!
AGILE DAY IN BOSTON on 09/29/2011 is depicted below.
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Learn more about Agile Day 2011, see pictures and grab the proceedings by clicking here.
The Opening of the Open Space segment of Agile Day 2011 in Boston on Thursday, 9/29
Thanks to everyone who makes this happen:
All those attending, the Sponsors, Speakers and Volunteers !
Special thanks to: Karen Spencer, Don Blair, Dan LeFebvre, Jim Lindenthal, Bernadette St. John, Jason Tanner, Luke Hohmann, Larry Coates, Frank Saucier, Gloria Shepardson, Kriss Aho, Richard Kasperowski, Ralph Fink. You are the best !
Learn more about Agile Day 2011, see pictures and grab the proceedings by clicking here.
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The first annual GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM event, held in 2009, honoring our tribal elders: Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber
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