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 …

Certified Innovation Game® for Customer Understanding: 2-Day Course When:   January 21 & 22, 2014 from 9 to 5PM Where: Hilton Garden Inn, Waltham, MA. (Directions) Registration: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/510087 Join us on January Read More …

GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM tickets are now available, and are SUPER CHEAP compared to just about any Agile ticket you can buy in Boston! Prices ranged from $49 to $109.  Read More …

Certified Innovation Game® for Customer Understanding: 2-Day Course When:   January 21 & 22, 2014 from 9 to 5PM Where: Hilton Garden Inn, Waltham, MA. (Directions) Registration: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/510087 Join us Read More …

USING NVC FOR MANAGING CONFLICT If you work with people, conflict is inevitable. Even the most dynamic, productive teams experience conflict; disagreements arise, ideas collide, and passions about principles can Read More …

OPEN AGILE ADOPTION Note: This was the KEYNOTE session of the Global Scrum Gathering in Paris, France on 9/24/2013. Most Agile adoptions are struggles, and often miss the opportunity to Read More …

SKETCH YOU CAN: DEMYSTIFYING A GREAT COLLABORATION TECHNIQUE Note: This was a session accepted and delivered at the Agile2013 conference and got great reviews! “This meeting is a waste of Read More …

JOE TINDAL and BRIAN SUMMERS on: IMPLEMENTING AGILE COMPANY-WIDE AT MASTERCAM MASTERCAM is the leading provider of software and tools to the toolmaking industry. Customers include HARLEY DAVIDSON, UNITED TECHNOLOGIES Read More …

About the Speaker: JEAN TABAKA I’m an Agile Fellow with Rally Software in Boulder, CO. I love coaching others about Agile software development. My passion in this realm has led Read More …

About the Speaker: I’m an Agile Fellow with Rally Software in Boulder, CO. I love coaching others about Agile software development. My passion in this realm has led me to Read More …

Scrum is used in all kinds of environments! One of the most exciting examples is Team WikiSpeed, which designed and built a 100 mile per gallon car in just three Read More …

We’re all aware of the many challenges to learning on agile teams: the length of the release cycle, the clarity of the goal, the ability to learn from failures, and Read More …

Slides from this talk are available: Agile Hiring: It’s a Team Sport When you think of hiring for your team, do you think of paperwork, and endless interviews, wondering if Read More …