A reminder that our next evening meeting is THIS WEDNESDAY,
July 15th at 6:00 PM. We have a great hands-on workshop
covering the practices of agile project management.

Please RSVP to agilesocal@... !!!

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Are We There Yet?
An Agile Planning, Estimating and Tracking Workshop


Every project needs to deal with dates, scope, cost -- the traditional
elements of project management. Agile projects are no different, but
agile project management differs from traditional project management
in several key ways.

This month we tackle a few of the more common "myths and legends" of
agile development. Some folks believe agile projects simply "deliver
whatever they deliver" and there is no real planning involved. Some
say agile doesn't consider deadlines and allows scope to change
uncontrollably. As we'll see, these and other misconceptions about
project management in agile simply aren't true.

This is a hands-on session. Sure, there will be a bit of information
presented, but the focus on this workshop is to give you hands-on
experience in agile project management. We'll be engaging in a series
of exercises and targeted situation-solving discussions that will
illustrate some of the key techniques of agile estimating, planning
and tracking.

In this session, we'll cover:

- The principles behind iterative/incremental planning.
- How strategic (long-term "release") planning works in agile.
- Demystifying story-point estimating.
- Concrete techniques such as planning poker and burn-down charts.
- How tactical (short-term iteration/sprint) planning works in agile.
- Using feedback for tracking agile projects and improving our plans.

In agile processes, project management is a collaborative team
activity. Everyone on the team benefits from knowing how to create
agile plans and guide projects to successful delivery.


Your Speaker:

Paul Hodgetts has been involved in lean and agile development as a
coach, mentor and team member since 1998. He is the founder and CEO
of Agile Logic, a local Southern California agile consultancy, is a
Certified Scrum Trainer, and has helped companies like Microsoft,
SAP, Cisco, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sage Software and Kelley Blue
Book achieve success with challenging, real-world agile projects.


When: THIS Wednesday, July 15th
Networking and food, 6:00 PM.
Presentation and Q&A 6:30-8:30 PM.


YOU MUST RSVP to agilesocal@... !!!


Where: The Capital Group Companies
6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618
Exit the 5 or 405 at Sand Canyon.
From the 5, go south to Irvine Center and turn right.
From the 405, go north to Irvine Center and turn left.
Take the first right into the main parking lot at Capital Group.
Park (no permit needed), go to the main entrance, look for the signs.


Thanks to Capital Group for providing the meeting facilities.
Thanks to VersionOne (www.versionone.com) for providing the food.
Thanks to JetBrains (www.jetbrains.com) for free tool licenses.

To be eligible for the drawing for free JetBrains tool
licenses and agile books YOU MUST RSVP to agilesocal@...
and be present to win.


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