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 …

  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 Read More …

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 Read More …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

            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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 over 100 in attendance, most local, and many from far away: Canada. Brazil. Read More …

When: Thursday July 24, 2014 Where: Cambridge MA Who: VALERIE SANTILLO Description AGILE LEARNING FOR ORG LEADERS What is the role of a leader in an Agile Organization? Agile requires a Read More …

When: Wednesday July 23, 2014 Where: Waltham MA Who: AJAY REDDY  Description SCRUMBAN: SCRUM + KANBAN Scrum is a highly effective framework for managing complex software development.  Though simple to understand, it’s Read More …

When: Wednesday May 28, 2014 Where: Waltham MA Who: Jeff Sutherland Description SCRUM AND DISRUPTIVE LEADERSHIP Jeff Sutherland, one of the fathers of Scrum, presents how Scrum is changing everything. Told Read More …

When: THURSDAY MAY 29, 2014 Where: CAMBRIDGE MA Who: DANIEL MEZICK Description OPENING SPACE FOR INNOVATION Organizations often get stuck in rut. Open Space Technology is a meeting format for Read More …

When: WEDNESDAY APRIL 23, 2014 Where: WALTHAM MA Who: KEN SCHWABER Description EVIDENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT Starting in healthcare, evidence is being used more and more to guide decision making, replacing opinons, Read More …

When: THURSDAY APRIL 24, 2014 Where: BOSTON MA Who: RICHARD KASPEROWSKI Description POWER IN ORGANIZATIONS   Power: it’s everywhere. What are your organization’s power structures? How does it feel to Read More …

When: Thursday MARCH 27, 2014 Where: BOSTON MA Who: FRANK SAUCIER Description TAKE IT TO THE TEAM! – The Mindset For Successful Agile Transitions  It’s a phrase that’s often tossed about Read More …

When: Wednesday MARCH 26, 2014 Where: Waltham MA Who: JOHANNA ROTHMAN Description PERSONAL KANBAN for your JOB HUNT: An interactive workshop Job search is a task best addressed by Personal Read More …

WHEN: MARCH 25, 2014 WHERE: CAMBRIDGE MA Who: HEANG LE CERTIFIED PRACTITIONER COURSE: MOVING BEYOND ICEBREAKERS (“MBI”)  Each student receives a certification as a CERTIFIED MBI PRACTITIONER (Level 1 certification) COST: From Read More …

When: Thursday February 27, 2014 Where: Cambridge MA (Paypal) Who: ALEX BROWN of SCRUM INC Description: WHY VALUE STREAM MAPPING IS ESSENTIAL: Concepts and Facilities Value stream mapping (VSM) is Read More …

When: Wednesday February 26, 2014 Where: Burlington MA (Nuance) Who: DANIEL MEZICK Description AGILE COACHING VALUES The Agile revolution: what’s changed? It’s obvious that the Agile movement is not producing Read More …