Leading Agile Software Teams
Leading Agile Software Teams When: March 24 and 25, starting at 9:00 AM Where: WeWork, BOSTON, MA So you are a manager and your organization has gone Agile, which includes self-organization and Read More …
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Leveraging Lean Agile Elements in SAFe
Leveraging Lean Agile Elements in SAFe to Solve Immediate Business ChallengesAgile Boston Presentation by John BrennanJoin on us Wednesday March 23, 2016 at 6:30 PM as Principal Program Manager John Brennan Read More …
SAFe – The ART of ART Design
How to map SAFe Agile Release Trains and Value Streams to your organizationThanks to everyone who attended this event! Please find a copy of the slides here.SAFe the ART of Read More …
Agile Boost Camp
Agile Boost CampWhenFebruary 10 & 11, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST)WhereWeWork South Station 745 Atlantic Avenue Boston MA 02111Join a 2-day Agile Boost Camp to Boost Your Read More …
Agile Culture Conference 2016
The Agile CULTURE Conference is your one stop for identifying tools and techniques you can use today to raise levels of engagement, generate innovation, and develop more productivity and freedom at Read More …
SAFe – A dangerous weapon. Techniques to implementing a lasting adoption of the Scaled Agile Framework
Please join us on Wednesday January 27 in Burlington MA starting at 6:30 pm as senior enterprise agility coach Yuval Yeret describes several techniques that can be used to produce a lasting and productive adoption Read More …
Another Amazing Give Thanks For Scrum in 2015!!
Agile Boston wants to THANK everyone who attended and presented at this year’s Give Thanks For Scrum event, we had an absolute blast celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Scrum!!A special thanks of course Read More …
Give Thanks For Scrum 2015
Join us on Tuesday November 24, 2015 at the Microsoft New England Research Center for Agile Boston’s 7th Annual Give Thanks For Scrum event. This year we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Read More …
SAFe 4.0 Training
AgileSparks presents Leading the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe(TM)) training workshop with Yuval YeretWhenTuesday, January 5, 2016 at 9:00 AM – Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 5:00 PM (EST)WhereWeWork 745 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02111DescriptionHeard Read More …
Winning the Knowledge Transfer Game
Join us on Wednesday October 28 in Burlington MA starting at 6:30 pm as Agile Coach Frank Saucier helps us understand why knowledge transfer is so important to the success of any team. Frank Read More …
The Disciplined Agile Enterprise: Harmonizing Agile and Lean
A Special “out-of-cycle” Event!On Wednesday October 7, 2015 Scott Ambler, Senior Consulting Partner at Scott Ambler + Associates, will discuss how an agile enterprise increases value through effective execution and delivery in Read More …
Disciplined Agile Training
Disciplined Agile (DA) is an IT process decision framework for delivering sophisticated agile solutions in the enterprise. It builds on the existing proven practices from agile methods such as Scrum, Extreme Programming Read More …
Self-Organization in a Hierarchical World
On Wednesday September 23, 2015 at 1 Wayside Road in Burlington MA. starting at 6:30 pm, Dan LeFebvre, a Certified Scrum Coach, will discuss ways teams can self-organize within a top-down hierarchical organization.The 11th principle of the Read More …
The 3 Pillars of Agile Testing Strategy
Join us on Thursday, September 24 at 6:30 in Cambridge MA. where experienced Agile coach Bob Galen introduces us to the 3 Pillars Approach to Agile Testing Strategy, a framework for establishing a Read More …
Agile2015 Field Report – Using the word Invitation
This is a field report of various Agile community events during the week of August 3, 2015 as well as an update on what is working well for socializing the idea Read More …
September 2015 Agile Training
New Training courses are being offered in September 2015 by Agile Coach and Teacher BOB GALEN Bob Galen, an Agile Methodologist, Practitioner & Coach based in Cary, North Carolina, is offering Agile Read More …
August Meeting: Lasting Agile Adoption
The Journey Towards Lasting Agile Adoption On Wednesday August 26, 2015 at 1 Wayside Road in Burlington MA. starting at 6:30 pm, Greg Wright, a director of software development at Kepware Technologies in Portland, Maine Read More …
July Meeting: REAL AGILE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS with Stuart Turner
When: Wednesday July 22 2015 Where: CAMBRIDGE (NEAR ALEWIFE “T” STATION) Who: Stuart Turner Description The Agile Boston User Group presents “REAL AGILE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS” with Stuart Turner This session Read More …
June Meeting: Perfect Or Imperfect Scrum
When: June 24, 2015 Where: Burlington MA Who: Beth Macy Description Perfect Or Imperfect Scrum Which is it for your teams? PERFECT or IMPERFECT SCRUM? Through her in-depth knowledge of psychology and human Read More …
Business Agility Boston Conference
WHEN: June 30, 2015 WHERE: BOSTON, MA THEME: “FROM SMALL STEPS TO BIG CHANGES” Description This is the event for every kind of leader in every kind of organization who is responsible for Read More …
May Meeting: The Core Protocols, 11 EASY RECIPES FOR A GREAT TEAM AND GREAT RESULTS
When: Wednesday May 27, 2015 Where: Burlington, MA. Who: RICHARD KASPEROWSKI NOTE: EVERYONE ATTENDING GETS A COPY OF RICHARDS BOOK: DESCRIPTION Your team can be ten times Read More …
Special April Meeting: BUSINESS AGILITY: HOW TO GET IT. HOW TO USE IT
When: Thursday April 30, 2015 Where: Cambridge, MA. Who: RYAN MARTENS, CTO of Rally Software Description BUSINESS AGILITY: HOW TO GET IT. HOW TO USE IT “I just want to Read More …
April Meeting: AGILE, NEUROSCIENCE & LEADERSHIP – based on David Rock’s SCARF Model
When: Wednesday April 22, 2015 Where: Burlington, MA Who: Pat Arcady Description The 2013 Shift Report from the Deloitte Center for the Edge which studies productivity at work, documents the Read More …
March Meeting: SALLY ELATTA talks HEALTHY TEAMS
When: Wednesday March 25, 2015 Where: Burlington, MA Who: SALLY ELATTA Description HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR AGILE TEAM? Everyone wants metrics, but which ones really matter? Which metrics can help you ‘actually’ Read More …
Special February Meeting: Agile Testing
When: Thursday February 26, 2015 Where: Cambridge MA Who: Joe Justice Description AGILE TESTING Testing is critical to release products. Yet the stories of catastrophic project failures due to inadequate testing are legion. Obamacare Read More …
February Meeting: BEING AGILE: GETTING THE MIND-SET THAT DELIVERS
When: Wednesday February 25, 2015 Where: Burlington MA Who: GIL BROZA Description BEING AGILE: GETTING THE MIND-SET THAT DELIVERS Are you excited about adopting Agile? Have you put in place the Read More …
DAN LEFEBVRE IS THE OPERATIONAL LEADER OF AGILE BOSTON FOR 2015
Effective January 1, 2015, the Core (or general) circle of Agile Boston has elected DAN LEFEBVRE as the Operational Leader of the group! Dan LeFebvre of Freestanding Agility Read More …
January Meeting: Agile Boston Community Open Space
When: Thursday January 29, 2015 Where: BURLINGTON MA (at NUANCE Corp) Theme: “Agile Boston: What’s the NEXT Chapter?” Description AN INVITATION TO OPEN SPACE ….. Read More …
December Meeting: THE SECRET LIFE OF GROUPS
When: Tuesday December,02, 2014 Where: Burlington MA (Nuance Communications) Who: DR. DANIELLE KENNEDY from WORKLAB, on: (NOTE: this is an off-schedule meeting!) Description THE SECRET LIFE OF GROUPS Learning Objectives: Read More …
Give Thanks for Scrum 2014: Twenty Years of Scrum!
SCRUM: BORN IN BOSTON!! And we CELEBRATE that…! ….GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM: The SIXTH ANNUAL!! EXAMINE THE EVENT SCHEDULE HERE GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM 2014 tickets are now available, and Read More …
October Meeting: Five Agile Coaching Techniques for Agile Change Agents
When: Wednesday October 22, 2014 Where: Burlington MA (Nuance Communications) Who: Damon Poole Description Five Agile Coaching Techniques for Agile Change Agents If you are one of the people in your organization Read More …
September Meeting: VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES and AGILE TEAM PRINCIPLES
When: Wednesday September 24, 2014 Where: Burlington MA Who: Dabney Hailey Description VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES and AGILE TEAM PRINCIPLES Successful agile environments must foster innovative mindsets, open communication and emergent Read More …
Special August Event: Dr. JEFF SUTHERLAND on SCRUM at SCALE
When: August 28, 2014 Where: Cambridge MA Who: Dr. Jeff Sutherland Description Scrum At Scale Jeff Sutherland presented Scrum at Scale at Agile 2014 with Alex Brown, COO of Scrum Read More …
August Meeting: Chasing Predictability with Scrum, Kanban, and Lean
When: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27, 2015 Where: BURLINGTON MA Who: FRANK SAUCIER Description Chasing Predictability with Scrum, Kanban, and Lean Predictability is a powerful force. It can trump ambiguity. It can Read More …
WE HAD QUITE A TIME AT THE CULTURECON 2014 EVENT JUNE 26 & 27 !!
WE HAD QUITE A TIME AT THE CULTURECON 2014 EVENT JUNE 26 & 27 !! We had over 100 in attendance, most local, and many from far away: Canada. Brazil. Read More …