The Agile 2010 Conference, being held in Orlando, Fla., August 9-13, promises to provide plenty of learning opportunities, regardless of experience or skill level of agile enthusiasts. SSQ will be in attendance, bringing you the latest trends, techniques and advice from agile thought-leaders. Expert Mike Cohn will open up with a keynote, previewed at the Denver Agile User Group meeting and reported on by SSQ. Follow SSQ on Twitter and the Software Quality Insights blog for up-to-date reporting on the conference events and news.
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Innovation games: Who says work can't be fun?
At Agile 2010, session attendees played professional learning games that promoted better
collaborative efforts in work environments. Innovation games are facilitated workshops meant to
teach managers and team members more efficient ways to brainstorm and implement project ideas.
Agile in 3D worlds brings teams closer to face-to-face
At Agile 2010, Bill Krebs showed Yvette Francino how to use avatars and virtual worlds to
collaborate better with distributed agile teams. This is a great practice when face-to-face
communication is simply not an option.
Agile 2010 Keynote: The world's most powerful tool is a card
Agile 2010 Conference keynoter Dave Thomas highlights the most important aspects of the methodology
and what the future holds for agile teams.
Diversity in Agile series: Women in Agile
Traditionally, women have had a lower professional population in software development careers but
agile guru Lisa Crispin is hoping to change that. Crispin is producing and promoting a series of
videos intended to encourage women to get involved in agile projects.
Agile 2010 Conference in full swing
The agile methodology is one that encourages team building, relationships and collaboration. At
this year's Agile 2010 Conference, participants were invited to dine with other attendees outside
of the venue to promote even more teamwork.
Mingling with Agile book authors at Agile 2010
At the Agile 2010 Conference in Orlando, SearchSoftwareQuality.com has met some recognizable
authors. Mike Cohn and Lyssa Adkins are among the many who have written about how to use and
perfect agile in development organizations.
ALM vendors show Agile tools go way beyond cards
Even though the index card has become the most often used tool agile teams utilize to build and
finish projects, ALM vendors insist that effective, well-thought out tooling will always prevail,
especially in remote teams.
Lunching with the Agile Manifesto signatories at Agile 2010
At Agile 2010, Yvette Francino lunched with agile manifesto originators and signers Brian Marick
and Alistair Cockburn. The two described for their small audience how the manifesto was designed,
written and then signed.
Elizabeth Woodward: Face-to-face communication is biggest challenge with
distributed Scrum
From Agile 2010, Elizabeth Woodard of IBM describes the form and function of distributed agile
teams. Woodard recently authored a self-help manual titled "A Practical Guide to Distributed Scrum"
which is designed to tech how to manage remote agile teams.
Agile Alliance interview with Phil Brock at Agile 2010
Phil Brock is the managing director of the Agile Alliance, the very group that organizes the Agile
conference series. This year's conference "had few glitches" in the planning process, explains
Brock.
Pre-conference Coverage:
Mike
Cohn previews his ADAPTing to Agile keynote
Agile-user group participant and frequent speaker Mike Cohn explains what is meant when talks about
ADAPTing to agile and the underlying principles behind agile.
Lyssa
Adkins talks about her new book: Coaching Agile Teams
Lyssa Adkins, an agile coach, author and project manager, discusses agile coaching, scrum and
software leadership techniques.
Healthy
Agile teams: How to separate project management from Agile coaching
This is a chapter excerpt from Lyssa Adkin's new book, Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for Scrum
Masters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition. We interviewed Adkins and picked her
brain for some insider tricks to coaching in agile and scrum and for general best practices project
managers can implement.
This was first published in August 2010
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