This is a panel with two long-time Agile practitioners. They will share their reflections on Agile currently not delivering the level of success its creators and early adopters experienced, nor the level of success they… More →
Agile narrows what "Dependencies" means, often saying "just don't have any." This session explains why that isn't possible or wise by making a broader examination of what dependencies are in software development. We… More →
This session is going to look at some techniques for managing user stories for tracking development work. We will look at the use of story points for sizing work, planning poker for creating quick consensus, alternative… More →
People have been programming computers for more than 80 years, but there is little agreement on how to design software or even what a good design looks like. As a community, we talk a lot about tools and processes, but… More →
> To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time. – Leonard Bernstein In this short 30 minute session, we are going to discuss ways to create a sense of urgency that will help create a… More →
Five people working together at one computer?! How can that possibly be productive? While this is a reasonable question, it's not easily answered - until we begin to understand the power of flow. Mob Programming grew… More →
What does your software project have in common with the Sphex Wasp and Sumo Robots? They both exhibit complex behavior that can be defined using simple examples. In this session, we will look at how behavior driven… More →
Are you tired of spending more time estimating and forecasting when work will be done than you spend actually doing the work? Exaggeration or not, if you calculate the value of the time used by your experts to go deep… More →
Burr Sutter from Redhat has graciously agreed to spend an hour demonstrating Kubernetes & talking about microservices. If you and your team want to know what these are and why they matter, you won't want to miss this… More →
For many teams, the Sprint is the core iterative unit that delivers working software to the customer. In this session we are going to look at practices and approaches that will help your team get the most value out of… More →