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COHAA would like to invite you to continue this strong partnership with COHAA by participating in three exciting events in February..

COHAA/IIBA Feb LIG- Your Project’s Legacy
People in the Application Development world tend to forget what every CIO knows; It costs more to maintain an application than build it. At some point your project will end (by definition a project must have an end), and the maintenance team will take over. In an Agile world where working software is valued more than comprehensive documentation, how does a BA make sure to leave the maintenance team enough information to maintain and enhance the application they just built?

Date: 2/17/12
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 AM
Cost: (Free) Including Breakfast
Location: Cardinal Solutions, 401 N. Front St Ste 210, Columbus, Ohio 43215

Building Agile Skills
With adoption of agile increasing every day the movement has a big obstacle in front of it: How do we best transform thousands of people. Let’s discuss what works best:
•Training
•Self-Learning
•Boot Camps
•On the Job Training
•etc.
This session will be an interactive discussion with several facilitator-led activities to ensure we have a productive discussion.

Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Date: 2/22/12
Cost: Free (Including Dinner)
Location: Platform Lab 1275 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212

Measuring Productivity Across Agile Teams
The most important IT project in your company’s history is coming up, and you need to assign it to your best Agile team, how do you figure out which team it is? Or maybe your just deciding how to pass out year-end bonuses, how do you tell which teams performed the best? For one reason or another, any company with multiple Agile teams will at some point want to compare those teams to see which teams are being more productive. How do you measure a team’s productivity? Can you measure a team’s productivity? We will explore these questions and more at this upcoming Agile Lunchbox in a “Fishbowl Panel”.

Date: 2/29
Time: 11:30m – 1:00pm
Cost: Free (Including Lunch)
Location: OCLC, 6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH 43017

For more details and to RSVP, please visit www.COHAA.org

COHAA would like to invite you to start off 2012 by participating in two exciting events in January..

Inspire: 10 Keys to Unlock Your Team
Start your new year off right by gaining 10 pragmatic techniques to inspire your team. Whether you are a stakeholder, a team lead or a team member, join us for an interactive session as we discover ways to unlock the power concealed within your team.
Date and Time: 01/26/2012 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Improving Enterprises
4449 Easton Way, Suite 100 Columbus, OH

Agile PM LIG: Leaner, Better, Faster: Agile or Traditional
Agile PM Local Interest Group is hosted by COHAA and the Central Ohio Chapter of PMI.
At this month’s facilitated discussion, participants will have a chance to discuss Agile vs. Traditional Frameworks with David Milo. Are they really that different? When do you decide to implement one vs. another?
Date and Time: 1-20-2012 7.00 am to 8:30 am
Location: Careworks Technology
5555 Glendon Ct. Dublin, OH 43016

For more details and to RSVP, please visit www.COHAA.org

COHAA is excited to present two unique events to its members in the upcoming months….

Agile vs. Waterfall, The Great Debate

Join PMI and COHAA for this exciting debate about the merits of Waterfall and Agile. Johanna Compton will represent Waterfall and Elaine McCormick will represent Agile. In this debate, you will learn about the strengths and weaknesses of both methodologies, and which methodology is best suited to a situation.
To submit a question for the debate please e-mail
daniel.greenleaf@improvingenterprises.com
Date and Time: 9/29 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Ohio Dept. of Transportation.
1980 W. Broad St. Columbus OH, 43223

The Promise & Reality of Agile after 10 Years

This February we saw the 10 year anniversary of the Agile manifesto. National Speaker, Dave West, Principal Analyst at Forrester research will discusses the promise of Agile, and the reality of its use. This presentation draws on over 300 interviews and surveys undertaken by Forrester in the area of enterprise Agile adoption and provides attendees with a clear set of recommendations for how organizations should approach Agility.
Date and Time: 10/6 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Grange Insurance
671 S. High St. Columbus OH, 43206

For more detals and to RSVP please visit www.COHAA.org