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August 28 September Agile Tampa Group MeetingHi Folks!
Our next Agile Tampa group meeting will be Thursday, September 18. Mike Russell from ARC http://www.arccorp.com/index.html will be graciously giving a presentation that his company presented at the Agile 2008 conference in Toronto. The presentation is entitled “A Better Culture Change Approach for Busy Practitioners”.
Here is a brief synopsis: At Agile 2008 and in discussions everywhere about implementing or improving agile-related approaches, there is almost always one common element: culture. Even if not directly mentioned, many of the elements – and potential roadblocks – of the agile manifesto are cultural in nature. Therefore, you must tackle culture changes to successfully transition to agile methods and/or to scale them.
To tackle these changes, you don’t have to abdicate “culture” to the HR or OD types. You can lead or assist culture change, but you need organizational and cultural change tools that reflect agility: accessible by most everyone without in-depth learning, adaptable to your particular situation, and applicable, providing tangible results without months of fuzzy “prep” work. There is a culture framework that we think fills this need, and this session will familiarize you with it and also enable you to try your hand at applying it to a common issue. The goal is to give you enough information so you can decide if the framework is of interest to you and your situation.
So clear your calendars for Thursday, September 18. Pizza will be available at 6pm and the talk will start at 6:30. We will be meeting at the new Microsoft location again: (Yes, the address is correct this time!)
Microsoft 5426 Bay Center Drive Suite 700 (7th Floor) Tampa, FL 33609 Phone: (813) 281-3900 Fax: (813) 289-0034
Drop me an e-mail at AgileTampa@live.com if you plan on attending so I can get an accurate count for pizza!
See you there! - Michael Russo
August 14 XP and Scrum MeetingOther than a slight typo on the address, things went off without a hitch last night for our second meeting. Cory Foy did an excellent job speaking about XP and Scrum. It was an incredible and well-rounded talk on how to introduce and implement XP or Scrum into your organization. I took away a lot of info (not to mention a few straws) I could use to dazzle my co-workers. The power point presentation for Cory’s talk is available here: XPAndScrum.ppt A “Huge Thank You” goes out to Joe Healy for providing us access to the awesome new Microsoft office. AgileThought was our sponsor and provided the pizza for the evening. I can’t say enough great things about them. Thanks guys! Stay tuned for our next meeting’s date already in the planning. |
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