Archive for the 'Events' Category

Partnership & Possibilities: Season 2, Episode 2

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Partnership & Possibilities: A Podcast on Leadership in Organizations EPISODE 2: WELCOMING WOMEN “The need to have more women involved in software development, since women are at least half of the consumers of software development … does give us some differences in perspectives, although there are some conversations about how we might characterize those differences.” [...]

The Art of Managing in an Agile World 2-Day Workshop

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

December 12 & 13 8:30 am – 5:30 pm Hotel Vintage Plaza 422 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205 Price:  $1750 per participant* Group Rate:  Register 3 or more participants at $1550 per person REGISTER The workshop is limited to 18 participants, so make sure to reserve your spot soon! Course Overview  Managers have a unique role to [...]

Agile 2010 – Be There

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

I’m attending Agile 2010. Are you? If you’re serious about adopting, grounding, or extending Agile mental models, values, principles, methods, and practices where you work, you’ll find answers to your current concerns, and stimulate new questions to consider, at Agile 2010. With 214 sessions ranging across 5 days and 16 thematic stages, you’re sure to [...]

XPDX & APLN-PDX

Monday, August 11th, 2008

We’re getting together again this Friday, Aug. 15. Jim Shore says it better than I. C’mon over.

Oregon Training Network

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Sean and Scott from the Software Association of Oregon’s (SAO) Oregon Training Network asked Jim Shore and me hard questions about Agile methods. You can read the interview here. For more about June 17-18 workshops about introducing Agile into your organization, look here.

Introductions to Agile Development June 17 & 18

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

The Software Association of Oregon has invited Jim Shore and I to present two workshops introducing Agile methods and mindsets to companies in Oregon as part of the Oregon Training Network. Register for “The Business of Agile” and “Agile Software Development: No Silver Bullets, Just Good Sense” at these links. BTW, if you haven’t already [...]

Secrets of Agile Teamwork

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Secrets of Agile Teamwork: Beyond Technical Skills Dec 11-13, 2007 Register here. Are you ready to take your Agile team to the next level? Beyond technical skills, Agile success depends on productive self-organizing teams. How do you develop, grow, and maintain a functioning self-organizing team? It’s not magic, but it doesn’t just happen either. Effective [...]

Agile Development Practices

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Who doesn’t love Orlando in December? I’m speaking at the brand new SQE Agile Development Practices conference, December 3-6. Who knows maybe we’ll find time to sneak off to go hang out with the Big Mouse too? Sing together, “M-I-C….K-E-Y, Why? Because we like you!…”

AYE

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

See you at the Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, Nov. 4-7, in Phoenix, AZ. I’m presenting three sessions there and looking forward to meeting other folks interested in living and working in effective human systems.

Agile Open CA

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

A third Agile Open has sprouted! To follow the success of Agile Open Northwest last January, which built on the work of Willem van den Ende, Marc Evers, and Nynke Fokma who gave us Agile Open in Europe, now we have Agile Open California! Attendees will explore the theme of “Sustainable Agility: Thriving in the [...]