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Past Events
- What is an agile coach, really? More and more frequently, ScrumMasters and project managers are being asked to coach agile teams. But it's a challenging role. It requires new skills - as well as a subtle understanding of when to step in and when to step back. Migrating from "command and control" to agile coaching requires a whole new mind-set. This leaves many wondering, "What is my role in a self-organized team? How do I help the team yet stay hands-off?" Many respond by going too far to either extreme. This session turns these questions into answers, and answers into action by offering provocative views into coaching done well and practical ways to get there by adapting skills from professional coaching, conflict management, teaching, collaboration and more. In this session, we will explore these topics:
- Key mindset shifts successful agile coaches achieve
- What skills from allied disciplines do agile coaches bring to their teams?
- Ways to measure your success and improvement as a coach
As an agile coach, you can help project teams become outstanding at agile, creating products that make them proud and helping organizations reap the powerful benefits of teams that deliver both innovation and excellence. Come see how. Lyssa Adkins has taught Scrum to hundreds of students, coached dozens of agile teams and served as master coach to many apprentice coaches since 2004. Coaching coaches one-on-one and in small groups, she enjoys a front-row seat as remarkable agile coaches emerge and go on to entice the very best from the teams they coach. Prior to agile, Adkins had more than fifteen years of expertise leading project teams and groups of project managers in large and small consulting firms, commercial software companies, and the Fortune 500, yet nothing prepared her for the power of Agile done simply and well. She teaches the "Coaching Agile Teams" training course which allows agile coaches to learn, practice and deepen the skills and mind-sets offered in the book of the same title.
Tuesday, July 13th. 6 - 8 pm. FREE!
- Great Opportunity! Certified Scrum Training led by Agile Richmond board member and author Lyssa Adkins: If you're not yet certified, here's your chance to learn from one of the very best. Don't miss this opportunity. Lyssa is presenting a 2 day certification training workshop, in conjuction with the Central Virginia PMI organization, on Saturday and Sunday, June 26th & 27th. These are full day workshops and, upon completion, you will be a Certified Scum Master! Scrum Master Certification Workshop Sheraton Park South Hotel, 9901 Midlothian Turnpike Richmond, VA 23235. For more information, go here.
- Don Gray and decision making in the Agile world. We all make decisions every day. Thousands of them. What shoes am I going to wear? What work should I do first? Is it a right or left turn? But do you think about HOW decisions are made? Particularly in your teams and your work environment? Are they voted on, or decreed, or made by consensus? Don Gray thinks about this quite a lot. How we make decisions, or allow them to be made, have at least as much effect on outcomes as the decisions themselves. Decide to join Don and your Agile Richmond colleagues on June 15th for a session examining how decisions are really made, and how to do it better in the Agile environment. It will be your best decision of the day! Learn more about Don, an expert in Integrating People, Projects and Processes here: http://donaldegray.com/ Tuesday, June 15th. 6 pm. FREE! At Staff Focus Consulting.
- Dan Mezick of Agile Boston on Team Intimacy : Dan Mezick joined us on May 11th for a very interesting discussion on team intimacy. We learned more about the power of the team, and how that power can be circumvented by simply not thinking about the team the change agent it really is; rather than the manager ot the scum leader. We also learned about "Ba", and how this reflects and enhances team, and the tremendous importance of emotional safety in team performance. Dan's presentation materials are here. You can learn more about Dan here: http://www.newtechusa.com/agileboston/DanMezick.htm.
- Syed Rayhan and Nimat Haque: Join Agile Richmond for a look at using better tools to manage Scrum. Are you one of the many Agilists managing scrums using spreadsheets and notes? Ever think "there must be a better way"? Well, there is! As Agile has itself grown and evolved, tools to support the Agilke process have also grown and evolved. Join Syed Rayhan & Nimat Haque from Code71 to learn more about using tools to manage scrum and, particularly, about Code71's product "ScrumPad". Date and Time: April 13th, 6 - 8 pm. Cost: FREE! Location: Twin Hickory Library
- What do Managers have to do with Work? - Learn from one of the real stars in Agile thinking - Ester Derby is well known as a consultant who uniquely blends expertise on technical issues, managerial issues and people issues. Ester is also one of the foremost leaders and practitioners of the art of the retrospective, having written the definitive book on the subject. Agile Richmond is excited to be able offer our members the chance to hear and meet Esther in person. Esther will present on the topic "13 Essential Questions for Managers". Through this, we will learn about the real role of managers as designers of the experience of work and the systems that support work. At the Twin Hickory Library. March 30th at 6PM. FREE. Learn more about Ester at http://www.estherderby.com
- Certified Scrum Training lead by Agile Richmond board member Lyssa Adkins: If you're not yet certified, here's you chance to learn from one of the best. Don't miss this opportunity. Lyssa is presenting the 2 day certification training, though the Central Virginia PMI organization, and it will be great. (Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 8:30am - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 5:00pm). Scrum Master Certification Workshop Sheraton Park South Hotel, 9901 Midlothian Turnpike Richmond, VA 23235. For more information, go here: http://www.pmicvc.org/Prodev/upcoming_seminars
- Delivering Real Value with Scrum Special Opportunity for Training with Tom & Kai Gilb : Agile Richmond is pleased to host agile pioneers Tom Gilb & Kai Gilb for a one day seminar on Delivering Real Value with Scrum. Join them, along with Agile Richmond board member Ryan Shriver, and learn how to: Create clear channels of communication that work; Identify and quantify the highest priority product objectives; Carry prioritization from the business idea through to the backlog; Develop a value-based approach to decision making; Deliver measurable business value by harnessing the power of Scrum. Scrum creator Jeff Sutherland calls Kai and Tom's work "some of the most innovative things I have seen in the Scrum community". If you are serious about Scrum, and want to help your business understand it's value, you need this knowledge. To find out more about Tom and Kai's work, visit their website at http://www.result-planning.com Saturday March 6, 2010
- Special Event: Special Agile Richmond and PMI joint event - Intro to Agile. Join members of PMI of Central Virginia at 9AM on Saturday, February 13th for a 6-hour workshop presented by Agile Richmond to explore the reality of project execution as seen through Agile and PMI. We start with an Introduction to Agile and Scrum. Then, move into an "Oil and Water" exploration where we will examine Agile/Scrum principles and their alignment to the basic principles of PMI/PMBOK. Together, we will learn how Agile and PMBOK do - and don't - compliment each other. This session is accredited for PMI professional development.
- Road Trip! Join our Agile partners in Charlottesville to hear Agile Richmond board member and rising Agile star Lyssa Adkins speak on our favorite topic: What is an Agile Coach?
Please visit Agile Charlottesville at http://www.agilecville.org/ and check the "Special February Event" link for full information.
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- Special Joint Event! January 12th!: Agile Richmond is joining forces with The Richmond User Experience organization to present a session on using Agile to manage and execute the user experience design principals in real-world applications. Note this is not just interface design; it's about looking holistically at the experience of a customer in the web world. Join Tom Illmensee of Ironworks, and Joe Sokohl of Regular Joe consulting as they reprise their very successful Agile 2009 discussion. We will focus on how user research, usability, information architecture and interaction architecture practices are adapted and thrive in agile projects. For more about The Richmond User Experience organization, check them out here: http://richmondux.com/
We had a great session on the 10th on bringing Agile & Scrum principals into everyday family life. Joe Meade, of Dominion Digital, and Peace Bode (and their kids via video) shared with us how they applied Scrum to improve the family's communication and ability to get life done. They spoke with passion about how their lives have been changed and family happiness improved by bringing Scrum into the home. The audience, which included spouses and kids, educators, agile coaches and coders, all were eager to learn specific techniques that worked for Joe and Peace. After the presentation the audience spent quite a bit of time discussing with Joe and Peace about how chores, homework, music lessons, sporting events and more could be managed, by the kids themselves, with the Scrum process Everyone came away impressed and no doubt at least a few went home and setup a Scrum board!
- Agile Coaching Practices: Navigate conflict - On agile teams, we constantly seek excellence. Part of the energy that creates excellence comes from healthy conflict. Using the conflict that naturally occurs with committed, motivated people as a catapult to higher performance is a key part of Agile leadership. As part of our series on "Being a Better Coach" we offer this session on Navigating Conflict. We'll share a commonsense, human-centered conflict framework to dispassionately see what is truly happening when an Agile team is in conflict and use that conflict for growth.
- Scrum Training - Agile Richmond Board member and certified Scrum trainer Lyssa Adkins is partnering with the Richmond Chapter of PMI to offer a repeat of the very sucessful two day Scrum Master Certification class.
- Date: Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13, 2009
- Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
- Credits: 16 PDUs
- Dress Code: Casual
- Contact: Bethany Bryans, vp.prodevelopment@pmicvc.org
This class is offered at a significantly reduced cost in respect for our current difficult economic downturn. You can find out more and register here: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=2e897bec-c27a-45e6-9a04-1e60be130efa
- WOW - Jeff Sutherland: Agile Richmond, in partnership with CCPace and Staff Focus, are please to offer an opportunity to meet with Jeff Sutherland, one of the founders of Agile & Scrum. This event will be held at the Dominion Innsbrook Technical Center, 5001 Dominion Blvd, Richmond, VA 23060 on July 23rd at 6pm. Dr. Sutherland will speak on the topic of "Agile Software Development in the Enterprise". We will explore how companies large, small and enormous have used the hyper productivity of Agile to generate extraordinary financial returns. We will also discuss how Scrum scales up as companies grow, and the usage of Scrum for outsourced, distributed teams. And, perhaps most appropriate to these times, hear how venture capitalists are using Scrum to improve returns in their investment portfolios. Thanks to our sponsors, this remarkable event is FREE, but you must register and seating will be limited.
Here's a link to the materials Jeff used for our presentation: Jeff's Richmond Presentation
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- Wonderful Training Opportunity!: Take Certified Scrum Master (CSM) training from none other than Jeff Sutherland, the founder of Scrum Agile. This class will be offered on July 23 and July 24 at the Courtyard by Marriott ,10077 Brook Road, Richmond. In addition to Jeff, Joe Little, a CST and MBA very familiar to many of us in the Richmond Agile Community, will be co-training. It just doesn't get better than this, folks. Oh Wait, it does! There is a significant discount for Agile Richmond members. Just sign up on the "don't miss a thing" link on our home page. For full details and to register for the class, go here: leanagiletraining.com/Sutherland%20RIC%20CSM/Sutherland%20RIC%20CSM.html See you there!.
- Put Me In Coach: Our next Agile Richmond Event will feature You! One of our top vote getters for topics in our recent survey was "what makes a good Agile coach?". For our next event, on June 30th at 6pm at Apex Systems Inc, we will explore that topic with your help. Intrigued? Come to our event and find out what you (and your colleagues) know about coaching. June 30, 6pm
- The Agile PMO: From Process Police to Adaptive Leadership
Presented by Sanjiv Augustine: On Tuesday, May 5th, Agile Richmond members were privileged to host Sanjiv Augustine, of LitheSpeed, for a presentation on the Agile PMO. Mr. Augustine is an excellent and entertaining presenter, and the topic was of great interest to the attendees. Among the major topics were:
- How and why PMOs tend to fail.
- How Agile principals can be applied to make a more effective, Agile enabling PMO
- What are the steps and approach to a successful, scalable PMO.
- How the PMO can help sustain and strengthen agile adoption.
You can download the presentation materials here, but, really, you should have been there!
Sanjive's organization provides many Agile reloated services. Check out LitheSpeed at www.lithespeed.com
Scrum Training - Agile Richmond Board member and certified Scrum trainer Lyssa Adkins is partnering with the Richmond Chapter of PMI to offer a two day Scrum Master Certification class on Saturday, June 27th and Sunday June 28th. This class is offered at a significantly reduced cost in respect for our current difficult economic downturn. You can find out more and register here: pmicvc.org See also http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=319d2e8d-bb75-4ad1-b949-80089f665a20. Saturday, June 27th and Sunday June 28th
- Agile Methods and ROI. The economy is horrible and money is tight. Yet, the need to get work done is always there, and success can actually mean survival in the current climate. It is more critical than ever to be able to articulate the ROI of a project. Dr. David Rico will present "Agile Methods and ROI". Dr. Rico is a highly regarded expert in this field, and you don't want to miss this special event. For this special event, to continue to encourage the use of Agile in a difficult climate, and to kick of Agile Richmond's new year right, attendance for this event is FREE for those that register in advance before February 23nd. Here a link to Dr. Rico's website and bio: http://davidfrico.com. Date: Tuesday, Feburary 24th at 6pm. Review the Session Presentation.
- SPECIAL EVENT!! Special Agile Richmond and PMI joint event - 2009 Intro to Agile Agile Richmond joined with PMI Richmond to present a seminar on Agile on Saturday, February 28th.. It was a GREAT success, with almost 70 attendees. The Agile Richmond team of Kelly Snavely, Roney Pate, Lyssa Atkins, Tania Broome and Thirumala Areti presented a 3 part session to a very responsive group of Project Managers and other professionals. The session started with a overview of Agile, lead by Roney, which generated a lot of conversation and energy. Then, Lyssa lead the group in a "59 minute Scrum" to give people a taste of how Agile really feels. Tania and Kelly followed with a discussion and group workout on how PMBOK and Agile thinking align. Finally, there was a very active Q&A session in which the entire group fielded questions from the audience. It truly was a great session - for the attendees, for PMI and for Agile Richmond. The Presentation materials can be downloaded here.
Here are some outcomes from this excellent and very energetic session.
- Certified Scrum Master course: Mike Vizdos and Lyssa Adkins have just scheduled a Certified Scrum Master course right here in Richmond at the end of January. These two highly experienced coaches and trainers will team teach - you get two for one! The course is being held for a private client, but there are a few seats available for the public (you!).
26-27 Jan 2009
$1,495.00 per person
For details about the course and registration, CLICK HERE
- Connecting the Dots of Lean - An Overview
November 18, 2008
Richmond, VA
As leaders and managers, we are bombarded with a plethora of 'programs' the gurus promise will transform our businesses. Lean; Six Sigma; Theory of Constraints; Design Methods; Innovation; - All clamoring with many others to 'be the one' that will fix all your problems. After a brief review of problems each addresses, a deeper understanding of Lean will be examined in a services related environment.
Topics: How do the various methods fit together? - What is Lean? - Why is it used? How does it work? Brief History of lean, Definitions of lean, Definition of Value Added and Non-Value Added; Definition of 8 wastes; audience participation.
Dan is a managing consultant at Dominion Digital. He joined Dominion Digital with 13 years as a Performance Excellence deployment strategist helping companies as a trusted advisor improve the performance of their companies across many service industries. Dan has implemented programs that use the methodologies of Lean, Six Sigma, Design for Six Sigma, and TRIZ with great success inside of some of the world's top corporations. He was among the first General Electric Master Black Belts to be certified and began teaching the integration of Lean and Six Sigma in 2000.
- Certified Scrum Master Class
October 29, 30, 2008
Richmond, VA
This course is taught by Robin Dymond, an experienced practitioner in Scrum, Agile and Lean techniques and member of the Agile Richmond board. This class is engaging, interactive, and will challenge preconceived notions on how to be effective at delivering valuable software projects and programs.
To learn more: www.scrumtraining.com/scrum-master-training
To Register: www.scrumtraining.com/upcoming-events
10% DISCOUNT FOR AGILE RICHMOND MEMBERS
(please ask when registering)
- September 23rd, 2008. Ryan Shriver of Dominion Digital presented an excelling talk on articulating The Business Value of Agile. His presentation materials can be found here: theagileengineer.com/public/Presentations/Presentations.html.
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