AgileEE 2011 Lightening Talk – Definition of Ready available

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Last week we have been at the AgileEE 2011 conference in Kiev. There we met a lot of interesting people and had a great time learning new concepts, having a lot of interesting discussions.

 

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On Saturday I gave a short lightening talk about "Definition of READY". I didn't like my performance on the stage but I got some positive feedback from Oleksiy Rezchykov in his blog post where he recommends my lightening  talk. Another article with positive feedback to the Lightening Talk can be found at ConfRadar:

Felix Russel did a good job reminding about the "definition of ready" and the time each product owner should spend on preparing stories before the team can actually swarm around them. It was one of the lighting talks during the second day, that I attended. 

The slides are available via Slideshare:

AgileEE 2011: My Lightening Talk about "Definiton of READY"

AgileEE 2011: Giving a Lightening Talk about READY

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My proposal for a lightening talk @ Agile Eastern Europe in Kiev has been accepted!

 

I will give a short version of my presentation about "Definition of READY". For more information see the list of lightening talks.

 

See you in Kiev @ Agile Easter Europe 2011!

Meet us at: Agile Eastern Europe 2011 in Kiev

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As written before we are attending several very interesting events in September. I already stated that September is for training and networking only. That is one reason why we are not engaged in huge projects during September. We are simply traveling around all the time.

One event I am looking forward since last year is clearly the conference "Agile Easter Europe 2011" in Kiev. We have been there last year and I enjoyed this conference like no other before. So my expectations are set high. Just have a look at the conference web site and check out for yourself if the AgileEE2011 is worth a journey to Kiev.

 

This year Alistair Cockburn will give one of the key notes and there is a long list of other very interesting sessions.

 

 

Meet us at: Agile By Example 2011 in Warsaw

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In September we will attend several very interesting conferences.

The first conference we will attend is "Agile by Example 2011” which is a completely new conference help September 15-16th in Warsaw / Poland.

The conference has a lot of interesting speakers and aims to become one of the large international Agile events in Eastern Europe.

I am happy to meet you there in Warsaw!

 

 

Presentation: “Definition of Ready–when are we able to start?”

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At the moment I am working as Scrum Coach / Interim Scrum Master in a company located at the Lake of Constance. Three weeks ago I attended the Agile Breakfast in Constance the first time.

At the next Agile Breakfast I will give a presentation on “Definition of Ready – wann kann’s endlich losgehen?” (“.. – when are we able to start?”). Most people using Scrum do know the “Definition of Done” (DoD) very well while they are unfamiliar with the “Definition of Ready” (DoR). This is due to a lot of reasons and in complex organizational environments the DoR has a huge potential for conflict.

In my presentation I will explain the motivation behind the DoR and discuss the positive effects and the potential problems you may encounter when you try to establish a DoR in your organization.

The next  Agile Breakfast in Constance will be at 5th of July in the Water Tower Stromeyersdorf/Constance . The Agile Breakfast is organized by the Scrum User Group Lake Constance (SUGLC). The company Sybit is sponsoring this event.

Registration

You need to register (space is limited). The event is free of charge.

AgileDays Moscow, Agile Riga Day

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The Agile Eastern Europe 2010 conference was a huge success and we enjoyed the days in Kiev / Ukraine.

The agile community in eastern Europe is very active and there are two interesting events taking place in March: Agile Riga Day and Agile Days (Moscow).

Agile Riga Day

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There are several interesting talks (see program for the details):

  • Joakim Sundén - Flow where you can, pull where you must - a practitioners guide to Kanban.
  • Vasco Duarte - Patterns of Agility. How to recognize an Agile project when you see one.
  • Ola Ellnestam -  Fast feedback teams
  • Girt Ivans - The Core of Scrum - Creating healthy, thriving work environment.
  • Elina Jakubaneca & Armands Baranovskis - How to succeed with Agile.
  • Anton Keks - Being a professional agile developer.

 

Agile Days (Moscow)

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Attention! It looks like that this conference is all Russian. So it might be difficult for you to attend without speaking Russian Zwinkerndes Smiley

AgileDays - a place of exchange of experiences for those who have long and successfully uses Agile. In addition, a series of reports will focus on the most recent and most interesting trends , such as Lean Development, DDD, BDD, TDD, FDD and other xDD. The conference will be attended by Western guru.

Guess they are referring to Henrik Kniberg as this “western guru” Zwinkerndes Smiley

Fixed-Price Projects and Scrum

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Time and time again people discuss whether or how Scrum fits into projects with fixed-price contracts. Within those discussions, fixed- price models are considered to be very difficult. However, in many areas fixed-price projects are standard and this will likely not change in the near future, despite the many disadvantages of this type of contract. Getier unterwegs Since my field is also dominated by fixed-price projects, here are some thoughts on the subject. More »

Agile Offshore – Can you hear me now?

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“Can you hear me now"?” ist ein sehr gutes Webinar von Mark Rickmeier/ThoughtWorks, in dem die Herausforderungen diskutiert werden, die auftreten, wenn in Projekten die Projektmitarbeiter weltweit verteilt sind und bei denen agile Methoden der Softwareentwicklung eingesetzt werden:

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Introduction to VersionOne

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One of the best known tools for agile project management is probably “VersionOne”  (http://www.versionone.com/ ). This tool in the Enterprise edition is the first one that we review in our agile tools review series.

Versions and Licensing

VersionOne is available in several different versions. The Team version of VersionOne (http://www.versionone.com/Product/Compare_Editions/Team/ ) offers a simple solution that can be used for smaller projects with only one team and simple planning structure. Best of all: It's free for teams up to 10 members! For more complex work environments the Enterprise Edition and the Ultimate Editions (both can be installed in your own environment) are available.  We decided to test drive the Enterprise Edition. If you need even more flexibility then you should check out the Ultimate Edition. More »

Agileee 2010 – A Summary

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image Early this year we decided to attend the Agileee 2010 in Kiev, Ukraine after reading the positive reviews of Agileee 2009. Now – after several days in Kiev – we can tell you that this was probably one of the best conference we have attended for years. Not only good sessions but a lot of very interesting discussions with the participants during the icebreaker party and during the conference days. Here our short summary of this fantastic conference: More »
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