I’ve been an intermittent attendee for Agile meet-ups for quite some time. I attended two versions in Michigan and I can’t even count the variations in the Denver area. Recently, I’ve been observing the interactions and asking myself questions regarding…
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The value of conferences
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Recently, a good percentage of my former team attended a local one day conference. Here’s my viewpoint on why this can be such a great thing for your team. Learning for individuals: I don’t care what your mastery level is, there is…
Agile, Career Paths
What’s Next
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I didn’t mean to leave a cliff-hanger from the last post. I honestly just thought it was best to separate the announcements to properly give focus to both. However, with the time spent responding to emails, I should have just combined…
Agile, Leadership
Upcoming conference session
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On June 11th, I was honored to be asked to share at the Agile Leadership Summit that follows the Agile Development, Better Software & DevOps Conference in Las Vegas. My topic is about what it takes to foster sustained agility outside of…
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Agile 2015 Submission Process Personal Retro
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As promised, I will continue to share my experience and thoughts as a program chair for Agile 2015. This post is my personal retrospective on the Agile 2015 submission process. Note: there is a program/track wide retro that will be…
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The Agile Community
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I’ll start this post acknowledging that maybe I’m just naive and optimistic, but I seem to have a different perspective regarding the agile community. I will also recognize that there are many aspects that I’m just not privy too: conflicts,…
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Agile 2015 Call for Submissions
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Agile 2015 is now open for submissions! This year, we are experimenting with the submission process based on previous years’ feedback. Essentially, you now have an: Opportunity to iterate on a submission in the system before submitting for evaluation Opt-in opportunity…
Agile, Coaching
SAFe SPC Training
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So attending the SAFe SPC training was a long time coming. I almost attended when I was with Santeon Group but schedules didn’t align. When I started at Pearson, they were implementing a framework based on SAFe. In addition, if…
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Agile 2015 Program Team Meet-up
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The Agile 2015 program team met this week in DC. Phil Brock, Paul Hammond, Bob Sarni, Brian Button and myself met with the awesome crew from Elastic Communications & Events. This was a two day event to target the following items…
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Agile 2015 Track Chairs
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I’ve been asked to be part of the Agile Alliance Program team for Agile 2015 Conference. Since I’ve been transparent as a track chair in previous years, I want to provide a glimpse into this role as a program chair.…