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MEETING
VENUE: MICROSOFT offices in WALTHAM. REGISTER
NOW for this meeting
DIRECTIONS
TO MICROSOFT WALTHAM.
WEDNESDAY May 27 2009, 630PM
to 830PM
MICHAEL DE LA MAZA ON: LEARNING AGILE
VIA AGILE GAMES
Michael de
la Maza is a Technical Fellow at Dynamics Research Corporation
(http://www.drc.com).
Previously, he was VP of Corporate Strategy at Softricity (acquired
by Microsoft in 2006) and a co-founder of Inquira. He holds a
PhD in Computer Science from MIT and is a Certified ScrumMaster,
Certified Scrum Practitioner, and an IEEE Senior Member.
Presentation: MICHAEL DE LA MAZA ON:
LEARNING AGILE VIA AGILE GAMES
Learning
Agile is about doing and experiencing. Books and lectures only
take
you
so far--
you
have
to experience
some Agile activities
to really get it.
In this meeting we play games in teams, to
learn specific Agile principles like inspect-and-adapt, fail-fast,
determining highest-value activities, iterations, continuous
improvement and so on.
During this meeting we form groups that
work on tasks in a game setting. We'll discover what we want
to learn, and play some well-known Agile games that help
us get experience as we learn the concepts we want to understand.
Attend
this meeting to directly experience Agile concepts while
you enjoy some very Agile games. Show up, sync up with your peers,
have a good time, and learn a ton.
Agile games are a great way
to directly learn Agile concepts and Scrum's roles-- via direct
empirical experience. You can also get a rare opportunity
to wear pointy hats!
You exit this session with these take-aways:
o Understand the value of
learning by experience
o Gain insight into essential Agile concepts
and Scrum roles, via direct experience
o Gain an appreciation for all the roles in
Scrum, not just the one you are currently occupying
o Gain an understanding of different learning
styles and get plugged into the group via games
What the heck are these
people doing? They are actually burning down work in a Agile
game, that's what. This
is your chance to jump in, put on a pointy hat, and figure out
this Agile stuff once and for all.
MEETING AGENDA:
6:30 PM: AGILE ORIENTATION: Scrum as described
by Dan
Mezick of New Technology Solutions
7:00 PM: Food and networking time.
(NOTE: We hear the feedback on water, diet drinks, and more food
choices.)
7:15 PM: MAIN EVENT: LEARNING
AGILE VIA AGILE GAMES, with MICHAEL
DE LA MAZA
8:25 PM: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION OF MEETING
MEETING
VENUE: MICROSOFT WALTHAM. REGISTER HERE for this meeting
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