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MEETING
VENUE: MICROSOFT offices in WALTHAM. REGISTER
NOW for this meeting
DIRECTIONS
TO MICROSOFT WALTHAM.
WEDNESDAY February 24 2009, 630PM
to 830PM
JOCHEN "JOE" KREBS on: AGILE TRANSFORMATION
AT AOL, the Experience Report
Jochen (Joe) Krebs (http://www.jochenkrebs.com)
is an Agile Coach and the founder of Incrementor (http://
www.incrementor.com),
a boutique consulting firm specialized in agile project and product
management founded in 2005.
Joe focuses on enterprise transformation
programs and has experience with initiatives either planned
top-down or bottom-up. In 2008/2009 he transformed AOL from waterfall
to agile project management with Scrum. This impacted the daily
life of
3,000 employees around the globe.
Joe is the author of "Agile
Portfolio Management". He
founded and organized the APLN chapter in New York City.
AGILE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT by Jochen Krebs
Experience Report: JOCHEN KREBS ON
THE AGILE TRANSFORMATION AT AOL
May 2008 to October 2009......eighteen
months that have changed how people work at AOL forever.
The introduction
of Agile to AOL
is one of the largest agile transformations ever in the
agile industry. This adoption of agile and Scrum at AOL resulted
in a huge success for the AOL enterprise and
its employees.
The presenter personally coached the teams
at AOL from May 2008 to October 2009.
In this session, he will:
Share his
experiences from this large-scale agile (Scrum) transformation;
Cover the time-line, strategy and motivations
for the approach;
Explain how Scrum and other agile
practices influenced quality, productivity and the morale of
the
teams.
In addition, he
will share
detailed
lessons learned from this agile journey and what
opportunities and challenges lie ahead for AOL.
MEETING AGENDA:
6:30 PM: AGILE ORIENTATION: Some good stuff
from Dan Mezick on Scrum
7:00 PM: Food and networking time
7:15 PM: MAIN EVENT: Experience Report from:
Agile Coach Joe Krebs on Agile at AOL
8:25 PM: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION OF MEETING
MEETING
VENUE: MICROSOFT WALTHAM. REGISTER HERE for this meeting
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