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12/11 Webinar: Are you Looking to Become more Agile? Have you Been Wondering if it is Worth the Trouble?

Are you Looking to Become more Agile? Have you Been Wondering if it is Worth the Trouble?

Organizations are looking to reduce their time from idea to delivery more than ever before. Some organizations are able to go from idea to delivery in days and can deliver a hundred changes in a single day! Continuous Delivery (CD) is an emerging discipline for realizing these kinds of benefits.

It isn’t easy to get to CD, but the significant business benefits make it worth the effort. This webinar will provide an overview of what Continuous Delivery is, the tools needed to implement it, and justification for making the investment.

Hosted by Carrie Driscoll, Agile Delivery Lead
2:00pm December 11, 2013

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/882734775

Title:
Eliassen Group Agile Webinar: Continuous Delivery
Date:
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Time:
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM EST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

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Special Agile Events for the Central Ohio Community!

There are a number of great agile events in Central Ohio to take us well into Autumn!  Check out these opportunities to expand your agile knowledge and network with some really cool people!  Best of all, most of these events are FREE and there is FOOD!  You can get more information about the event and registration details at www.cohaa.org.  

 
Agile BA LIG – Transferring Waterfall Requirements to an Agile Team
During Agile transformations, Waterfall projects are sometimes transitioned to an Agile team – after the detailed requirements have already been documented. When this happens, many team members and managers have questions and make assumptions about what should or could happen with the requirements from there:
  • Do the requirements need to be rewritten in the form of User Stories?
  • How should the change control process work?
  • Is there loss of detail in the transition?
  • Does the agile approach add as much value since detailed requirements have already been created?
This exciting LIG event will be a collaborative discussion focused on helping each other answer these questions and improve future outcomes when facing this situation in the future.
Coffee and breakfast food will be provided.
Date:  October 18, 7:00am to 8:30am Location: Cardinal Solutions 401 N Front St  Ste 210 Columbus, OH
Register at www.cohaa.org.
 
Agile Budgeting & Portfolio Management
If your enterprise is going agile, you are going to bump up against the current processes for funding and portfolio management. While these practices aren’t working very well in most organizations, they are “the way we’ve always done things here” and companies are resistant to changing them. In this presentation, we will look at Agile Portfolio Management techniques for making smaller, more frequent investments and managing our portfolio of investments in real-time.
Date: October 24, 5:30PM to 7:30PM (food and networking 5:30-6:30) Location: The Forge 580 N. Fourth Street Columbus, Ohio 43215  
Register at www.cohaa.org.
 
The Human Side of Agile Management: What It Takes to Grow Great Teams – with Gil Broza
Do you manage, lead, or facilitate an Agile team? For best results, your team can’t be just a cross-functional group of 7 +/- 2 “resources” working iteratively. Come to this interactive presentation by the author of “The Human Side of Agile” to learn what teams need in order to thrive. Get a view, free of hype and cynicism, of how Agile managers and leads contribute to their teams’ success (or not…) And receive practical tips and insights into the key skills you need for supporting your team’s journey to greatness.
Date: November 6, 6:30pm to 8pm Food, networking and registration 5:30 to 6:30 pm Location: CareWorks 5555 Glendon Court Dublin, Ohio 43016  
Register at www.cohaa.org.
 
Workshop – Grow A Solid Agile Team with Gil Broza, Nov. 7 & 8, 2013 – Discount for COHAA members!
Grow A Solid Agile Team is for technology managers and leads. This experiential workshop will build your communication, coaching, and facilitation skills, which are critical for cultivating great teams. A two-day version of his popular book, The Human Side of Agile, this workshop will help you meet the demands of Agile management, which are markedly different from traditional management.
COHAA members receive $150 off with coupon code COHAA_3PV_2013
Date: November 7 & 8, 9:00am to 5:00pm  Location: Northwoods  5815 Wall Street   Dublin, OH 43017

More info and register at http://www.GrowASolidAgileTeam.info
 
 

 

 

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Listen to the Replay – The 7 Elements of Technical Agility: How to Avoid the Most Common Risk to Long-Term Value Delivery

Listen to the replay of Gil Broza's webinar – The 7 Elements of Technical Agility: How to Avoid the Most Common Risk to Long-Term Value Delivery

Access the replay here:
Your team is agile. They develop features in decreasing order of value and risk, and demo them regularly. They absorb requirement changes. Team members feel free to work all around the codebase. This seems okay, but you have doubts…
  • Does the team forgo design or use mini-Waterfalls to meet the demo deadline?
  • Do developers say they rarely have time to go back and clean the code or its design?
  • Are some estimates for easy-looking features surprisingly high?
If so, your team — however bright and dedicated — is producing legacy code (in quick iterations); their *technical Agility* doesn't align with their business and process Agility. And if the product has any significant lifespan, progress will slow down predictably over time, jeopardizing schedule commitments and future development.
Do you manage or lead a team like this? This is a risk and a liability you must manage. In this webinar, you will:
  • Discover what specifically is involved in technical Agility (hint: it's not just TDD and CI).
  • Be able to gauge your team's level of technical Agility — and its consequences
  • Envision technical Agility applied in your environment, and how to make that happen
Access the replay here:
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Arena Tech Night

Arena Tech Night is happening October 15th, 2013, 6-8pm

$5 proceeds go directly to Tech Corp*

Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/event/7561130545

Location:
Cardinal Solutions
401 N. Front Street
Suite 210
Columbus, Oh 43215

Want to submit a presentation topic? Email technight@cardinalsolutions.com

*$5 donation goes directly to TechCorp Columbus. TechCorp Columbus is a non-profit organization that seeks to bring Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) to under-represented groups of children. TechCorp seeks to influence and inspire the next generation of STEM professionals!