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Best of Agile 2008

August 1, 2008 by Artem Marchenko

This is the final part of a guide to Agile 2008.  Agile 2008 is the premier conference of the Agile world with about 400 sessions to choose from. In this list of the top sessions I am highlighting the sessions where I will go or would go if it was possible to be present in many places simultaneously and other sessions worth high attention. I tried reducing the list size really hard and it made me remove many really good sessions.

When reading the list bear my profile in mind. I am a product manager working in a distributed environment (and playing a Scrum Product Owner) who still remembers how to code and periodically is invited as an Agile coach or trainer (though not earning his living from the coaching side). The closer you are to this profile, the more useful this top list will be for you. Also bear in mind that I never recommend Live aid and Open jam sessions. You know better if on some time slot you'll want to devote your time to these unusual sessions.

The sessions are sorted by the time frame and every list item is presented together with the corresponding room name. I chose this format, because I am going to print the list and take it with me as a schedule to use on the conference.

 

Tuesday, Aug 5 10:45 - 12:15

I would go to:

  • Scrum in a Multiproject Environment. Room: Wentworth

    • That's where I will really go, because I am the co-author of the paper. Please, come to praise and criticize my and Pekka's work.

 

Other sessions worth high attention:

Tuesday, Aug 5 14:00 - 15:30

I would go to:

  • Ten Terrific Transition Tips. Room: Grand Ballroom (West)
    • Any practicing coach should find it useful. Joshua is an excellent speaker and coach with plenty of experience.
  • Beer Miles! The Product Owner Simulation. Room: Conference C
    • An exercise on what a real Product Owner goes through when starting an Agile project and leading it to the completion. Note that it is a long session and it occupies next time slot as well.
  • Coaching self-organizing teams. Room: Essex
    • Helping the team transform from a group of people into a truly self-organizing team is something I like advancing in. Note that it is a long session and it occupies next time slot as well.

 

Other sessions worth high attention:

Tuesday, Aug 5 16:00 - 17:30

I would go to:

  • Beer Miles! The Product Owner Simulation. Room: Conference C
    • An exercise on what a real Product Owner goes through when starting an Agile project and leading it to the completion. Continues from the previous time slot. 
  • Coaching self-organizing teams. Room: Essex
    • Helping the team transform from a group of people into a truly self-organizing team is something I like advancing in. Continues from the previous time slot.  
  • Trouble with component teams and an alternative. Room: Grand Ballroom (West)
    • Should be of high interest for people working on large projects (50+, 100+ people) in a distributed organization. Bas knows this situation very well and has plenty of experience in making it work.

 

Other sessions worth high attention:

 

Wednesday, Aug 6 8:30 - 10:00

I would go to:

  •  Resistance as a Resource. Room: Osgoode East
    • Practical advise on how to change organization, when it is naturally resistant to change.
  •  Coaching Agile Teams. Room: Conference C
    • Simulation of several coaching styles included.
  • Overcoming Resistance to Change. Room: Churchill
    • Understand why people resist the change and know how to cope with it. Note that it is a long session and it occupies next time slot as well. 

 

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Wednesday, Aug 6 10:30 - 12:00

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Wednesday, Aug 6 14:00 - 15:30

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Wednesday, Aug 6 16:00 - 17:30

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Thursday, Aug 7 8:30 - 10:00

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Thursday, Aug 7 10:30 - 12:00

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Thursday, Aug 7 14:00 - 15:30

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Thursday, Aug 7 16:00 - 17:30

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Friday, Aug 8 8:30 - 10:00 

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About the Author: As the Editor-in-Chief for AgileSoftwareDevelopment.com, Artem is charged with overseeing the direction for content, advertising, and the overall management of the site. Nowadays in his day life, Artem is a product manager in a global telecommunication company where he leads the development of a product developed in extremely distributed environment. Artem has been applying Agile and researching Agile since 2005. Contact Artem

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DSDM Atern

August 6, 2008 by Aternity Solutions (not verified), 2 years 3 weeks ago
Comment id: 1738

It will be very interesting to see the reactions and feedback here to the talk on Thursday about DSDM Atern: An introduction to Europes leading Agile Framework for Agile Programmes and Projects - http://submissions.agile2008.org/node/6927
The DSDM Consortium are pushing forward with a new wave of great products and training in the very popular European agile methodology: DSDM Atern. The Consortium has chosen Aternity Solutions to deliver training in New York, Chicago and in Boston later in the year (October 2008) and it will be interesting to see the expected growth in the end-to-end agile pathway of Atern. Maybe we check back on Friday, yeah?

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