Advancing the Principles and Practices of Agile We're the leading community of Agile enthusiasts, practitioners and learners in New England. We meet on the first Thursday of each month at 5:30 PM. Agile 101, Lean Coffee, Brainstorm & Network at 5:45, Agile Dojo at 6:00, Main Presentation 7:00.
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Agile Games and Mob Programming Agile New England's next Mob Programming Conference is scheduled for May 30-31, 2020 and the Agile Games Conference for June 1-3, 2020.
The 2020 conferences will be held at a new venue, the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences. Information will be able soon at the above links.
This year we have SUPER Early Bird tickets available at an even lower price than the Early Bird tickets. We are still working on the programming, but you can register now on Eventbrite.
Are you interested in volunteering to organize the conference or run it day of show? Volunteers get free or reduced admission to the conferences. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. We need help with outreach and sponsors, but there are other roles too.
Dec 05, 2019, 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Constant Contact - How to Find Us , Waltham, MA: REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Note: Please do not come up to Constant Contact before 5:30 pm. If you arrive earlier, wait in the first floor cafeteria.
Topic: Value Stream Mapping and DevOps: Modernize Your Legacy Systems by Marty BakalDevOps and legacy systems: what are they? And why has it been tough to bring legacy systems into the modern age of development? Through an exercise, we will explore how value stream mapping can help untangle the value in legacy systems, and the best way to map those services to modern development paradigms. This zero-PowerPoint session will conclude with an example of how Ayalon Insurance succeeded in this challenge and what lessons it learned.
Marty Bakal is the Product Marketing Director at OpenLegacy. Over the last 25 years he has been everything from an application engineer to a product manager. His focus is on shortening the development cycle. To achieve this goal he has supported Agile development, OOAD, Modeling, V&V; testing, and other methodologies. You can hear him speak here about concrete steps for mapping legacy systems to the modern world.
Note: The best way to experience this event is in-person, but if you cannot attend, it will be live streamed on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/234463139
Topic: Agile for Medical Device work – The Documentation ParadoxFor December, our topic will be how to manage regulatory documentation so that it helps speed up the value flow, not drag it down! This doesn’t mean you have to work faster or harder: by taking full advantage of modern Agile tooling and understanding the real needs of the FDA/ EU regulators, you can flip the documentation monster into a helper rather than a hindrance.
Who should attend: Engineers and their managers in medical device companies, where their product has a substantial high tech and software component.
Nancy's experience spans embedded software and hardware development for applications in aerospace, factory automation, medical devices, defense systems, and financial services. Her coaching practice spans delivery teams to middle and upper managers. She is a regular presenter at Agile-related conferences worldwide. She is a founder and past president of Greater Boston’s premier Agile user group, Agile New England. Nancy is co-author of the book Agile Methods for Safety-Critical Systems: A Primer Using Medical Device Examples.
Topic: Story Point EstimationStory Point Estimation can be a confusing concept to those new to it. Even experienced teams can develop patterns that negate its intent. In this session we will focus on the process of doing estimation and dispelling some myths along the way.
Garry is a software delivery consultant with 11 years of experience in project execution, agile software development, and transformative investment management. Garry values working with clients who are embarking upon pivotal initiatives, seeking to reestablish their competitive advantage. He is an Enterprise Coach at Eliassen Group, where he conducts training classes, launching and certifying more than a dozen scrum teams annually at State Street's Agile Office.
Sign-up sheet is posted at 5:30 near the check-in table. Capacity limited to 10 per session. Sign-up is first come, first served.
The group meets from 5:45 to 6:45 in the main room to exchange ideas and advice on any Agile related topics. Up to 15 people, first come first served. At the start, we will choose from topics proposed by those attending. Every attendee is invited to share his or her perspective. Questions or advice? Contact the facilitator, Tim Brook, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The "Agile Dojo" gives Agile practitioners an opportunity to improve Agile techniques. Participants practice an Agile skill such as facilitation, requirements elicitation, or estimation, then receive feedback. The group meets from 6:00 to 6:50 and is facilitated by Richard Kasperowski, Bruce Conner, and Wendy Wong. For more information contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Jan 09, 2020, 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Constant Contact - How to Find Us, Waltham, MA: REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Keep in mind that this Jan 09 meeting is on the SECOND Thursday of the month, not the first.
Note: Please do not come up to Constant Contact before 5:30 pm. If you arrive earlier, wait in the first floor cafeteria.
Topic: Evidence-Based Management - Measurement forScrum helps organizations more effectively deliver value under conditions of uncertainty. However, when organizations forget that Scrum and agility are a means to an end and not the end itself, they often lose sight of their real goal of improving the value they deliver.
Evidence-Based Management (EBM) systemically uses the best available evidence to lead an organization to ever improving customer outcomes and business impacts. The practices of EBM enable organizations to help them manage and relentlessly improve the value they derive from their product delivery. It is developed and sustained by Ken Schwaber and Scrum.org.
Patricia Kong is the Product Owner of the Scrum.org enterprise solutions program, which includes the Nexus Framework, Evidence-Based Management, Scrum Studio, and Scrum Development Kit. She is co-author of The Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum published by Pearson. She is also a public speaker and mentor. She also created and launched the Scrum.org Partners in Principle Program. Patricia emerged through the financial services industry, and has led product development, product management and marketing for several early stage companies in the US and Europe. At Forrester Research, Patricia worked with their largest clients focusing on business development and delivery engagements.
