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Rally's Agile Roadshow - A Free Seminar On How To Transition to Agile Development

Learn How To Transition to Agile Development

Register and Attend the Rally Agile Roadshow and be entered in a drawing to win a day of Agile Coaching ($2,995 value) for your team or a pass to the Agile 2005 Conference ($1,500 value).

This free 3 hour seminar shares real-world approaches for transitioning your team's project management, development and testing practices to Agile. Delivered in a collaborative format by expert coaches, the Agile Roadshow seminar is an excellent way to introduce your team to the key patterns software organizations use to reliably produce software in rapid iterations.

LOCATIONS AGENDA
Waltham, MA :: Wednesday May 11, 2005
The Westin Waltham-Boston
70 Third Avenue, Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-290-5600 : Get Directions

Salt Lake City, UT :: Friday May 20, 2005
Salt Lake City Marriott City Center
220 South State Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Phone: 801-961-8700 : Get Directions

Chicago, IL :: Friday June 17, 2005
The Westin Michigan Ave.
909 North Michigan Avenue • Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-943-7200 : Get Directions

09:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
09:30 AM Welcome and Introductions
09:40 AM Overview of Agile Development
10:15 AM Transitioning to Agile
11:00 AM Workshop on Time-Boxed Development
11:30 AM Question and Answer/Optional Advanced Topics
12:00 PM Adjourn


Who Should Attend

Software Development Managers, Team Leads, Testers, Project Managers, Product Managers, Business Analysts.

This Free Seminar Introduces Key Agile Patterns So Your Team Can:
  • Effectively plan software releases and iterations
  • Shift to time-boxed development and run a two-week iteration
  • Elaborate and estimate requirements "just-in-time"
  • Pull testing forward in your development lifecycle

Delivered by Experts

Rally's Agile Roadshow seminar is delivered by sought-after Agile coaches who help companies successfully adopt Agile practices that improve team responsiveness and productivity. These Agile experts include:

Jean Tabaka

Jean has an extensive background as an Agile methodologist for internal IT departments, ISVs and consulting organizations. She has implemented both rigorous and Agile methodologies for Qwest Communications, Siebel Systems, Sybase Inc. and numerous smaller firms. She is currently Rally's lead Customer Advisor where she guides client adoption of Agile principles and practices. Jean is a Certified ScrumMaster; a Certified Professional Facilitator; a member of the Project Management Institute, and co-author of a book on physical database design.

Photo: Ryan Martens

Ryan Martens

Ryan is an expert in assisting organizations transition from traditional development processes to more Agile techniques. Before founding Rally Software Development, Ryan directed adoption of Internet technologies within Qwest Communications. He then co-founded Avitek, a custom Java software development firm acquired by BEA Systems in 1999. At BEA, Ryan served as Director of Product Management for the eCommerce applications division.

Michele Sliger

Michele Sliger has extensive experience in Agile methodologies, having served as an Agile coach at Qwest Communications. She also was a founding member of the engineering teams at biotech start-ups UroCor and Genomica. At Genomica, Michele honed her Scrum and XP skills while working under Mike Cohn, a recognized founder of the Agile movement. She carried that experience forward into Qwest, where she served as an XP Coach on a team tasked with developing high-profile financial applications. She has an undergraduate degree in MIS and an MBA. She is a registered Project Management Professional (PMP), a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and an active member of the board of the Agile Denver chapter.


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