Implementing Agile

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12 November 2008, LONDON

IMPLEMENTING AGILE Agile provides “an environment which is rich in communication, focussed on the business need and focussed on protecting the quality of the final deliverable”. Many organisations now want to take the next step and find out what “implementing Agile” really involves. This highly-focused interactive one-day event gives a practical guide to real-world Agile implementations that will provide invaluable insight to any organisation that is considering the decision to “go Agile”. It features presentations and case studies based on real and extensive experience. By attending this mini-conference you will gain genuine, pragmatic guidance from specialists who have extensive experience of implementing Agile. Topics covered include:

Who should attend?

• Recap / Overview of leading Agile Approaches – similarities and differences, strengths and weaknesses; • Selecting an Agile Approach: Selecting and integrating Agile approaches that work for your organisation and integrating them with existing frameworks; • Initiating an Agile Transformation: Where and how to start, and how to achieve and sustain organisational business buy-in; • The Challenges of Managing an Agile Transformation: Agile Transformation, barriers and enablers, issues and solutions; • Case Study: Reflections from an o rg an i s at i o n wh i ch h a s o r i s transforming to Agile; • Panel / Q & A / Clinic: Question the Panel’s approach to real-world issues and solutions.

Those wishing to successfully implement Agile software development, or to explore its potential, will benefit from this interactive workshop which demonstrates the right way to go about implementing Agile. Participants will have ample opportunity to ask questions and interact with the presenters in order to relate Agile to their own organisations. They will also be provided with onward knowledge and learning resource sources. As Agile projects impact the whole organisation, attendance by a wide range of staff and by teams is strongly recommended.

(team discounts available) • CEOs / CIOs / IT Directors • Programme & Project Managers • Software Development Managers • Software Managers • Software Quality Managers • Project managers and team leaders

responsible for Agile projects. • Business users involved in specifying, agreeing and procuring software.

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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 9.00-9.30 Registration and Coffee 9.30 Chairperson’s Introduction to the speakers. Recap / Overview of leading Agile Approaches – similarities and differences, strengths and weaknesses

Panel of all speakers

7 Milestones on the Road to Agility

Duncan Pierce, Amarinda

• You're interested in Agile, but are you ready to do it? What happens if not everyone agrees? • Where do you start? How do you manage the transition? • What risks do you face? How do you overcome them?

Challenges of Managing an Agile Transformation

Keith Braithwaite, Centre for Agile Practice, Zuhlke • What needs to be in place for Agile to succeed? • Where to begin? • What happens along the way? • When are you done? Case study: Yahoo!’s Experiences with Implementing Agile

Manav Mehan, Yahoo! Europe

Introducing Distributed Agile – A Case Study

Luke Barrett, ThoughtWorks

These are questions a lot of organisations have faced. In this talk we look at the major milestones you need to pass on the road to agility. We'll talk about activities you need to undertake at each stage to prepare yourself and your organisation to move forwards, and the checkpoints you should use at each milestone to determine whether you're ready. We'll also look at the different problems faced by large and small organisations.

• Specific case study following the introduction of a Distributed Agile delivery approach to an established IT shop • Challenges encountered in terms of culture, process and technology and how those were addressed • Particular focus on how the team chose to adapt core Agile practices to address geographical and time difference • Exploration of collaboration tools and techniques that were used to manage the communication gap • Lessons learned

Initiating an Agile Transformation

Panel/Q& A/ Clinic

Peter Measey, RADTAC

• Introduction to ‘Pragmatic Agile’ – Integrating agile and traditional frameworks • The 5 drivers of agile transformation • Transformation Project • Training • Coaching and mentoring (and the difference) • Capability Building • Agile standards and integration • The difference between ‘doing agile’ and ‘being agile’

17.00 Close of Day Price: Delegate places are at the ‘Early bird’ price of £440+VAT if booked before 17 Oct.; £550+VAT thereafter. For further information on sponsoring or exhibiting, contact: Alec McCutcheon UNICOM Seminars Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1895 819 475 Swbd: +44 (0) 1895 256 484 www.unicom.co.uk

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