Building successful in-house innovation teams - 3/11 Talk by Jeff Gothelf

RSVP to attend a presentation where Jeff Gothelf  will present Building Successful In-House Innovation Teams on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 6:30 PM.  The event is hosted by Agile / Lean Practitioner's Meetup at: Kaplan Test Prep. 395 Hudson Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY.

Event Description:
You’ve read The Innovator’s Dilemma. You’ve bought into The Lean Startup. You’re ready to kickstart your company’s product innovation efforts. There’s just one problem: you’re not sure where to begin:

- What can design teach us about building a collaborative culture?
- How do you structure a successful product design team? - How should that team work?

- How will that team measure success?

Jeff will offer practical, step-by-step, guidance on how to build and support successful product design innovation in your business. Using insights gained from leading and working with dozens of product and design teams, Jeff will step through team makeup, process steps, management structure and the corporate infrastructure needed for these teams to flourish.




About the Presenter: 

Jeff Gothelf is a designer & Agile practitioner. He is a leading voice on the topics of Agile UX & Lean UX and a highly sought-after international speaker. In addition, Jeff is the author of the O'Reilly book, Lean UX: Applying lean principles to improve user experience. Jeff has led teams at TheLadders, Publicis Modem, WebTrends, Fidelity, & AOL.

Injecting Agile into Outsourcing: Anecdotes and Horror Stories

On February 4, 2014, Peter Vaihansky, presented Injecting Agile into outsourcing: Anecdotes and horror stories at the Agile / Lean Practitioner Meetup group.

You can also read more of Peter Vaihansky's perspective in the ZDNet article: Outsourcing exec urges: 'Stop outsourcing your software development

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Event Description:A decade ago, what is commonplace today – the use of Agile in outsourced development – was controversial and rare. Peter Vaihansky will share anecdotes, horror stories and insights from the trenches – in other words, the good, the bad and the ugly of his company’s 12 years’ journey with offshore and distributed Agile development. Come learn about how one strategically placed book can change the course of your company’s entire history; whether Extreme Programming can cause x-ray vision; how when all else fails, demoting your CEO and EVP can save the day; why two Russian engineers went looking for Phillips screwdrivers in the middle of a customer’s office; and more.

About the presenter:

Peter Vaihansky is the general manager for First Line Software’s North American operations. In this capacity, he oversees strategic client relationships, plays a key role in the sales and pre-sales process, and directs the company’s global marketing activities. Peter has been working with distributed Agile development teams since 2003.

Managing Non-Colocated Teams in an Agile Framework

On January 28, 2014, Kareen Walsh, presented Managing Non-Collocated teams in an Agile Framework at the Agile / Lean Practitioners Group.

During the presentation, Kareen shared examples of a Team Member Pledge as a way to help non-collocated team members work together more effectively..

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As a seasoned Agilist playing several different roles in technology organizations, Kareen Walsh has always had a common theme of remote team members or employees that demanded a different approach on how to maintain agile practices in a virtual space. Kareen shared her lessons learned and facilitated a great dialogue with about 50 members from our meetup group



Kareen is an Agile Coach with 14 plus years’ experience managing complex, multi-level technical and internal operational projects for leading companies in a variety of industries. Proven track record in Program Management, Project Management, Enterprise Platform Management, Resource Management, Business Process Management, Product Life Cycle Release Management and Strategic Planning.

Move, Breathe and Laugh Your Way Through Meeting Day - Agile / Lean Practitioner MeetUp on Nov 13

Please join Wendy Friendlander as she leads the upcoming Agile / Lean Pracitioner's Meet up on the following topic: Move, Breathe and Laugh Your Way Through Meeting Day

Meeting day serves as the team’s opportunity to align with business, celebrate success and expose risk. It’s also a day to reflect on progress, express ideas and move forward. As important as it is, the long, intense day can leave a team drained and despondent. Before labeling meeting day as a necessary evil, come learn how to invigorate it. We will go through fast and simple techniques that will not only have you laughing, but can serve to increase focus, enhance creativity and ease tension at your next meeting day.

WHEN: Wednesday, November, 13 6:30 PM
WHERE: Kaplan, 395 Hudson Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
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About Wendy:

Wendy Friedlander is an expert in software development with over a decade of experience immersed in development and championing agile practices. She put her blogging and speaking on hold to become a mother and shortly after, spent a year in treatment for a rare and highly aggressive cancer. When she was done, she turned her interests inward and spent well over 500 hours studying human behavior and communication. Fusing together her understanding of human dynamics and technology, she created Just Add Wendy. By considering business and cultural perspectives, her clients are able to quickly improve their process, their code and ultimately, their product. Candid and upfront with a mix of humor, optimism and vigor, Wendy yields greater collaboration, creativity and accountability on every team.

MasterCard Marries Enterprise Arch & Agile: A Case Study & Guidelines

On October 9, 2013 John Baker presented the following case study showing how MasterCard marries Enterprise Architecture and Agile.



Event Description
MasterCard has adopted several Enterprise Architectures that include business architectures, solution architectures, integration architectures, information architectures, and application architectures. Independently, MasterCard has been developing and deploying a next generation system development lifecycle based on Agile/Lean principles. This presentation discusses how enterprise architectures link with the Agile/Lean SDLC and also provide case studies of projects that have adopted this linkage that discuss problems encountered and benefits obtained.

Bio

• John Baker is a Business Architect at MasterCard. Mr. Baker has spent most of his career in software development, software engineering, emerging technologies and running a professional services organization. He previously held management positions in a number of organizations, including IBM.
  
  
  WHEN: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 6:30 PM

  WHERE: Kaplan Test Prep Kapateria, 395 Hudson Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY

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Enterprise CADENCE

Enterprise-wide Agile transformations start with enthusiasm and dedication, and yet most transformations fail* within one year from the start of the Agile rollout.  Change management initiatives, especially those on a large scale, are notoriously difficult to pull off.  On Monday, 6/17, Mariya Breyter and I will be presenting Enterprise CADENCE, our views on the elements that help sustain agile transformations at AgileNYC.

We introduce a framework for sustaining and enhancing success of your Agile rollout, which we define in an acronym, CADENCE, which stands for C – coaching, A – assistance, D – development, E –  engagement, N – networking, C – collaborative culture, E – evaluate and adapt.

In our presentation, we will provide practical advice on how we made Agile CADENCE work for us in enhancing our Agile transformation, and suggest specific ways of making your Agile rollout successful on enterprise level.

RSVP to attend this event.

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* Some References:

• "75% of those organizations using Scrum will not succeed in getting the benefits that they hope for from it." from Ken Schwaber on Scrum, http://mattcallanan.blogspot.com/2010/02/ken-schwaber-on-scrum.html, February 21, 2010
• Is All This Success Actually Failure,  http://xprogramming.com/blog/scrum-benefits/
• Quoting Agile Realities: "Sixty-four percent (64%) of survey participants found the transition to Agile confusing, hard, or slow. Twenty-eight percent (28%) report success with Agile." referenced in in New Analyst Report Rips Agile: Says It's 'Designed To Sell Services,' a 'Developer Rebellion Against Unwanted Tasks', http://adtmag.com/Articles/2012/07/13/Report-Says-Agile-a-Scam.aspx?Page=1, July 13, 2012

Tech Practices Amplify Uses to Enhance their Agility in the EdTech/Mobile Space

On June 11, 2013, Alberto Silveria, Leslie Borrell, David Cameron, and Rick Carragher, presented Tech Practices Amplify Uses to Enhance their Agility in the EdTech/Mobile Space at the Agile / Lean Practitioners Meetup.

View their presentation

See Photos from Meetup

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Alberto Silveria, Tech Lead for the class experience team at Amplify, will share the agile and technical practices Amplify uses building apps in the Tech Ed / Mobile space. The presentation will provide an overview of the seven development tenets followed at Amplify, how UX is incorporated into Agile Development, and specific practices their teams use across 4 geographic locations.

Alberto will be joined by Leslie Borrell, VP of Engineering (Amplify) and Rick Carragher, Technical Principal (ThoughtWorks).


Learn more about Amplify's tablet.

About Amplify: 
Amplify is reimagining the way teachers teach and students learn. We enable teachers to manage whole classrooms and, at the same time, empower them to offer more personalized instruction, so that students become more active, engaged learners.

An independent subsidiary of News Corporation, Amplify is built on the foundation of Wireless Generation, the pioneer that brought mobile assessments and instructional analytics to schools across America. To date, Amplify has supported more than 200,000 educators and 3 million students in all 50 states as they begin their digital transition. And we’re just getting started.