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March 2nd Agile Leaders SIG – Large Scale Enterprise Agility
Posted on February 15th, 2012 No commentsRSVP for session on Eventbrite
This month’s Topic: Large Scale Enterprise Agility
Scott’s been thinking recently about how to organize large enterprises to support agile development teams. There are a number of dimensions to the problem, but three seem particularly interesting:
1) Selection and management of strategic initiatives
2) Organizational structures to support initiative development
3) Initiative funding
Some thoughts will be offered for discussion. With participation, a deeper understanding of factors that contribute to or constrain enterprise agility should be achieved.
Speaker Bio:
Scott Killen is a founder of Agile Austin and the Agile Practice Leader for PayPal. He is a Certified ScrumMaster and Certified Scrum Practitioner through the Scrum Alliance and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute. He is co-instructor for an IT Project Management class as well as an Agile Project Leadership class at Austin Community College. He is a past President of the Austin Software Process Improvement Network, past Chair of the Austin PMI Technical Local Interest Group, and and in 1997 he was awarded a CSQE from the American Society for Quality.
When not thinking about how to build better software, faster, he tells stories to children and adults of all ages. Recognized by the Texas Commission for the Arts, you may have listened to one of his tales at the Texas History Museum, O.Henry Museum, French Legation, Zilker Hillside Theater or another public venue. He’s even taken second place in two Liar’s contests!
About the Agile Leaders Special Interest Group Meeting: The purpose of the Agile Leaders SIG is to provide a forum in which those responsible for leading agile adoption and improving agile practices can learn from each other. Attendees are expected to share their knowledge with the group and contribute their unique perspective.
Meeting Format: A member will bring a topic for discussion, provide a short introduction to that topic, and then facilitate a dialog for the remainder of the meeting.
- 15-20 minutes presentation on topic
- 40-45 minutes for group discussion and sharing of experiences
Meeting Logistics:
- Max Ekesi, Sr. Program Manager with Dell, and Chis Buoy, Director of Software Engineering at Drillinginfo will address meeting logistics and facilitation
- Lunch will be provided courtesy of Agile Austin
- When: 12:00-1:00 first Friday of the month - please be punctual
- Where: CA/Hyperformix office – 5001 Plaza on the Lake, Suite 102, Austin, TX (first floor)
Informal Directions and Parking Info:
Hyperformix is on the south side of Lake Austin at the 360 Pennybacker bridge.
- Coming down 360 from the north, turn right into the first driveway (immediately) after the bridge.
- Coming up 360 from the south, exit right before the bridge, take the turnaround under the bridge and then turn right into first driveway.
You can park in the open lots or any of the garages that aren’t indicated as reserved. The meeting will be held on the first floor.
Seating is limited!
Please make sure you are able to attend this session. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. We want to give everyone the opportunity to attend, so please only sign-up if you are committed to attending and have an interest in the topic. Meetings are held on a monthly basis, and topics vary, so don’t worry if the topic for this month does not interest you–there will be plenty of chances to attend future events. If you have an idea for a future discussion, please tell us!
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February 3 Agile Leaders SIG – How To Compensate Agile Teams?
Posted on January 27th, 2012 No commentsRSVP for session on Eventbrite
This month’s Topic: How To Compensate Agile Teams? - how do you reward the “team” instead of the “individual”.
Session will be facilitated by Matt Roberts – Agile Austin President and Director of Research and Development for CA.
About the Agile Leaders Special Interest Group MeetingThe purpose of the Agile Leaders SIG is to provide a forum in which those responsible for leading agile adoption and improving agile practices can learn from each other. Attendees are expected to share their knowledge with the group and contribute their unique perspective.
Meeting Format: A member will bring a topic for discussion, provide a short introduction to that topic, and then facilitate a dialog for the remainder of the meeting.
- 15-20 minutes presentation on topic
- 40-45 minutes for group discussion and sharing of experiences
Meeting Logistics:
- Max EKesi, Sr. Program Manager with Dell, and Chis Buoy, Director of Software Engineering at Drillinginfo will address meeting logistics and facilitation
- Lunch will be provided courtesy of Agile Austin
- When: 12:00-1:00 first Friday of the month - please be punctual
- Where: CA/Hyperformix office – 5001 Plaza on the Lake, Suite 102, Austin, TX (first floor)
Informal Directions and Parking Info:
Hyperformix is on the south side of Lake Austin at the 360 Pennybacker bridge.
- Coming down 360 from the north, turn right into the first driveway (immediately) after the bridge.
- Coming up 360 from the south, exit right before the bridge, take the turnaround under the bridge and then turn right into first driveway.
You can park in the open lots or any of the garages that aren’t indicated as reserved. The meeting will be held on the first floor.
Seating is limited!
Please make sure you are able to attend this session. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. We want to give everyone the opportunity to attend, so please only sign-up if you are committed to attending and have an interest in the topic. Meetings are held on a monthly basis, and topics vary, so don’t worry if the topic for this month does not interest you–there will be plenty of chances to attend future events. If you have an idea for a future discussion, please tell us!
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December 2nd Agile Leaders SIG – Scrum Release Planning Across Multiple Teams
Posted on November 22nd, 2011 No commentsRSVP for this event via Eventbrite
About the Agile Leaders Special Interest Group MeetingThe purpose of the Agile Leaders SIG is to provide a forum in which those responsible for leading agile adoption and improving agile practices can learn from each other. Attendees are expected to share their knowledge with the group and contribute their unique perspective.
Meeting Format:
A member will bring a topic for discussion, provide a short introduction to that topic, and then facilitate a dialog for the remainder of the meeting.
- 15-20 minutes presentation on topic
- 40-45 minutes for group discussion and sharing of experiences
Meeting Logistics:
- Max Eseki, Sr. Program Manager with Dell, and Chis Buoy, Director of Software Engineering at Drillinginfo will address meeting logistics and facilitation
- Lunch will be provided courtesy of Agile Austin
- When: 12:00-1:00 first Friday of the month - please be punctual
- Where: CA/Hyperformix office – 5001 Plaza on the Lake, Suite 102, Austin, TX (first floor)
Informal Directions and Parking Info:
Hyperformix is on the south side of Lake Austin at the 360 Pennybacker bridge.
- Coming down 360 from the north, turn right into the first driveway (immediately) after the bridge.
- Coming up 360 from the south, exit right before the bridge, take the turnaround under the bridge and then turn right into first driveway.
You can park in the open lots or any of the garages that aren’t indicated as reserved. The meeting will be held on the first floor.
Seating is limited!
Please make sure you are able to attend this session. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. We want to give everyone the opportunity to attend, so please only sign-up if you are committed to attending and have an interest in the topic. Meetings are held on a monthly basis, and topics vary, so don’t worry if the topic for this month does not interest you–there will be plenty of chances to attend future events. If you have an idea for a future discussion, please tell us!
About this Month’s Program:
Scrum Release Planning across multiple teams
Description:
The discussion will be focused around best practices of what “To Do” / “Not To Do” during Release Planning. Attendees will be encouraged to share experiences they encounter at the enterprise level. The main topics of the discussion will be:
- Pre-requisites to Scrum Release Planning
- Step-By-Step Release Planning
- Executing the Release
Topic Facilitator Bio:
Max Ekesi is a Senior Program Manager at Dell. In one role or another he has worked in the Dell.com/eCommerce space at Dell since August 2001. Max has been consistently involved with assisting IT teams with grass roots Agile adoption since early 2006.
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November 4th Agile Leaders SIG – Are You My Product Owner?
Posted on October 25th, 2011 No commentsRSVP for this event via Eventbrite
About the Agile Leaders Special Interest Group Meeting The purpose of the Agile Leaders SIG is to provide a forum in which those responsible for leading agile adoption and improving agile practices can learn from each other. Attendees are expected to share their knowledge with the group and contribute their unique perspective.
Meeting Format:
A member will bring a topic for discussion, provide a short introduction to that topic, and then facilitate a dialog for the remainder of the meeting.
- 15-20 minutes presentation on topic
- 40-45 minutes for group discussion and sharing of experiences
Meeting Logistics:
- Max Eseki, Sr. Program Manager with Dell, and Chis Buoy, Director of Software Engineering at Drillinginfo will address meeting logistics and facilitation
- Lunch will be provided courtesy of Agile Austin
- When: 12:00-1:00 first Friday of the month - please be punctual
- Where: CA/Hyperformix office – 5001 Plaza on the Lake, Suite 102, Austin, TX (first floor)
Informal Directions and Parking Info:
Hyperformix is on the south side of Lake Austin at the 360 Pennybacker bridge.
- Coming down 360 from the north, turn right into the first driveway (immediately) after the bridge.
- Coming up 360 from the south, exit right before the bridge, take the turnaround under the bridge and then turn right into first driveway.
You can park in the open lots or any of the garages that aren’t indicated as reserved. The meeting will be held on the first floor.
Seating is limited!
Please make sure you are able to attend this session. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. We want to give everyone the opportunity to attend, so please only sign-up if you are committed to attending and have an interest in the topic. Meetings are held on a monthly basis, and topics vary, so don’t worry if the topic for this month does not interest you–there will be plenty of chances to attend future events. If you have an idea for a future discussion, please tell us!
About this Month’s Program:
“Are you my Product Owner? Symptoms of a weak or missing Product Ownership Role”
If you were to ask 100 companies to point out their product owner for a given product, my guess is you would find lots of fingers and nobody really at the end of them. It’s not that we don’t have product managers and marketing specialists and it’s not the case generally that teams are struggling to build backlog. Let’s see if we can help our organizations by defining three things:
- How do I know that we are missing the role?
- What really do we want our Product Owners to do?
- How do we measure that the job is getting done?
The job of our leaders group today will be discover how we are all handling these questions.
Topic Facilitator Bio:
Gary Brown is VP of Engineering at Troux Technologies. Troux is an innovative leader in strategic IT planning and enterprise architecture.
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October 7th Agile Leaders SIG – Better Metrics for Development Organizations
Posted on September 22nd, 2011 No commentsRSVP for this event via Eventbrite
About the Agile Leaders Special Interest Group MeetingThe purpose of the Agile Leaders SIG is to provide a forum in which those responsible for leading agile adoption and improving agile practices can learn from each other. Attendees are expected to share their knowledge with the group and contribute their unique perspective.
Meeting Format:
A member will bring a topic for discussion, provide a short introduction to that topic, and then facilitate a dialog for the remainder of the meeting.
- 15-20 minutes presentation on topic
- 40-45 minutes for group discussion and sharing of experiences
Meeting Logistics:
- Max Eseki, Sr. Program Manager with Dell, and Chis Buoy, Director of Software Engineering at Drillinginfo will address meeting logistics and facilitation
- Lunch will be provided courtesy of Agile Austin
- When: 12:00-1:00 first Friday of the month - please be punctual
- Where: CA/Hyperformix office – 5001 Plaza on the Lake, Suite 102, Austin, TX (first floor)
Informal Directions and Parking Info:
Hyperformix is on the south side of Lake Austin at the 360 Pennybacker bridge.
- Coming down 360 from the north, turn right into the first driveway (immediately) after the bridge.
- Coming up 360 from the south, exit right before the bridge, take the turnaround under the bridge and then turn right into first driveway.
You can park in the open lots or any of the garages that aren’t indicated as reserved. The meeting will be held on the first floor.
Seating is limited!
Please make sure you are able to attend this session. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. We want to give everyone the opportunity to attend, so please only sign-up if you are committed to attending and have an interest in the topic. Meetings are held on a monthly basis, and topics vary, so don’t worry if the topic for this month does not interest you–there will be plenty of chances to attend future events. If you have an idea for a future discussion, please tell us!
About this Month’s Program:
Better Metrics for Development Organizations
Description:
One challenge many Agile organizations face is measuring the success of development teams. Everyone knows that measuring actuals is bad, but we still do it. What are some alternatives? We’ll talk about a proposal being set forth at HomeAway and work as a group to refine and add to the list of metrics that would be truly useful to measure productivity and success as a development organization.
Topic Facilitator Bio:
Jack Yang – is a Senior Director of Engineering at HomeAway. HomeAway, Inc., based in Austin, Texas, is the world’s leading online marketplace of vacation rentals.
