Agile Edmonton

[ December 7, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, December 7th February 1st at noon.

Fishbowl conversation

We are trying something a bit different for this meeting, a fishbowl conversation.

Here is what Wikipedia has to say about Fishbowl conversations.

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Following on his Distributed Agile presentation at the November 2011 Agile Edmonton meeting, Mark Rajpal has made his presentation available for download.
November 2011 – Distributed agile
Thanks for the great presentation Mark!

[ November 2, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ]

The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, November 2nd at noon.

Distributed Agile

While collocation is the preferred choice, it is not always possible. We are seeing a trend where teams are dispersed for a variety of reasons.

Can distributed teams become Agile? If so, how? What challenges will they [...]

[ October 5, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ]

The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, October 5th at noon.
Agile 2011 Conference

Some folks from Alberta Pensions attended the Agile 2011 Conference. They have agreed to share what they learned.

About the folks from Alberta Pensions

Sean Feehan has been in the Software Development industry for over 7 years and he is currently [...]

[ September 7, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ]

The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, September 7th at noon.

Kanban versus Scrum: What is the One True Agile Way?
Many associate Scrum as an Agile methodology – but Scrum is not the only Agile methodology available. There is also Kanban – a methodology that focuses on just-in-time delivery and pull work [...]

[ June 1, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, June 1st at noon.

Agile Planning
Every software project considers one of his main goals to provide early and continuous delivery of valuable software to the customer. In order to do so is important to accept three principles:

1. It is impossible to gather all the requirements [...]

[ May 4, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, May 4th at noon.

How Not To Do Agile
As a consultant I get to work with a lot of different companies who are trying to implement agile techniques into their organizations. Sometimes things don’t go so well. I would like to share some of the [...]

[ April 6, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday, April 6th at noon.

Mass Effect 2 for PS3: A case study of mixed development methodologies

Many large projects require the use of more than a single development methodology, whether by organizational or subject matter requirement (sometimes both). Nowhere is this more true than in game [...]

In June 2009, Adam Geras described the intricate role of coaching and being coached on agile projects, positioning it as one of the core skills that a team has to acquire to be successful with agile.  Adam has kindly has made his updated presentation available for your viewing pleasure.
Making Your Team, Your Tribe
Thank-you Adam!

Following on his Scaling Agile presentation at the November 2009 Agile Edmonton meeting, Larry Shumlich has made his presentation available for download.
2009-11-04 Scaling Agile a real Life Experience.
Thanks for the great presentation Larry!