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Agile Coffee Break |
Date |
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 |
Description |
Do you want to connect with other like minded leaders but don’t have the time to network? Do you have an interesting challenge and not sure what to do? Join us for an Agile Coffee Break at Sunterra. Take a break and drop by for a coffee and some stimulating conversation. Eagle Professional Resources is sponsoring the event by providing coffee and other beverages. |
Past Calgary APLN Events
Agile Coffee Break
An Agile PMO?
Guest Speaker |
Mike Griffiths |
Date |
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 |
Description |
An Agile PMO? A Project Management Office (PMO) can act as an obstacle to agile projects. This can take the form of asking for inappropriate planning detail by not recognizing the likelihood of changes; or asking for conformance to templates that are not even used on an agile project. For these reasons PMOs often get a bad reputation on agile teams, but it need not be that way, they can also add tremendous support and be a great help. |
About the Speaker |
Mike Griffiths is a project manager and trainer for the PMI in agile project management. He is helping write the new PMBOK v5 Guide, the Software extension to the PMBOK guide and the PMI-ACP certification. Mike was a co-creator of DSDM in 1994 and has been using agile methods for the last 17 years. He maintains the blog www.LeadingAnswers.com. |
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Season Opener – Networking Social
Guest Speaker |
Networking Event |
Date |
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 |
Description |
To help build a vibrant Agile Leadership community in Calgary, we would like to invite you to a networking event. Come out and meet other leaders, swap stories and share some laughs. Agile Recruiting has graciously sponsored the event by providing appetizers. Cash bar will be available. |
APLN Planning Session
Guest Speaker |
Facilitated planning session using Innovation Games® |
Date |
Monday, June 27th, 2011 |
Description |
Help shape the Calgary APLN to better serve you. Let’s create a shared understanding of the role that the CAPLN plays in the leadership community and how best to fulfill that role. In doing so you will participate in a creative and fun agile planning session using Innovation Games®. If you have never been exposed to “serious” games you are in for a surprise. Come see how these techniques might be utilized within your organization to drive innovation. |
About the Speaker |
Janice Aston, an Innovation Games® trained facilitator, will be facilitating the planning session. Janice is an Agile Project Leader and Coach who is passionate about building high performing teams focused on delivering business value. She has successfully embraced a combination of traditional and agile methods to deliver on project commitments. She has a heart for leadership; creating a shared vision, building a collaborative work environment, and mentoring and coaching team members. |
“Keystone Commercial Systems Project: We broke all the rules*, because we had to. What would you do?”
Guest Speaker |
Interactive Discussion |
Date |
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 |
Description |
“Keystone Commercial Systems Project: We broke all the rules*, because we had to. What would you do?” We had a challenge ahead of us; TransCanada was entering the oil pipeline business with the Keystone Pipeline, and IS needed to implement a customer commercial application suite in just over a year. In recent times, it had taken us at least 3 years just to replace existing pipeline commercial applications. It was a daunting task, but we ended up successful. |
About the Speaker |
Raj Chander Frank Letniowski |
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When "Agile Doesn't Work"
Guest Speaker |
Raymond Ho |
Date |
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 |
Description |
Many companies have adopted Agile in software development. Although some companies have great success using Agile, some companies have no luck using Agile and are faced with various difficulties and challenges. When their Agile projects fail, they claim "Agile doesn't work!". In the presentation, I will discuss the common pitfalls of these companies using Agile, exploring the reasons why they say "Agile doesn't work!". Do they really understand Agile? Do they have adequate training and support from management? |
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Agile Mythbusters (without blowing things up)
Guest Speaker |
Interactive Discussion |
Date |
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 |
Description |
Do you want to help blow (or not) some popular Agile Myths out of the water? Come prepared to join this explosive discussion. Myths to be busted or find plausible might include:
Come join in this event it should be a blast! |
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The surprising science behind agile leadership - why we do what we do
Guest Speaker |
Jonathan Rasmusson |
Date |
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010 |
Description |
Not everyone is a fan of the self directed self organizing team. It flies in the face of traditional project management, and often conflicts with the traditional organization model. The benefits of self directed teams however are too big to ignore and now we have scientific proof as to why. In this new talk on agile leadership, Jonathan explains how and why agile leadership works, the science behind why so many choose to work this way, and the impact it’s going to have on you and your organization. |
About the Speaker |
Jonathan Rasmusson is the author of The Agile Samurai. As an experienced entrepreneur and former agile coach for ThoughtWorks, Jonathan has consulted internationally, helping others find better ways to work and play together. When not coaching his sons’ hockey teams or cycling to work in the throes of a Canadian winter, Jonathan can be found sharing his experiences with agile delivery methods at his blog, The Agile Warrior. |
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Season Opener - Networking Social
Guest Speaker |
Networking Event |
Date |
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 |
Description |
To help build a vibrant Agile community in Calgary, we would like to invite you to a networking event. Come out and meet other Agile Leaders within Calgary, swap stories and share some laughs. Agile Recruiting has graciously sponsored the event by providing appetizers. Cash bar will be available. |
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Leadership Think-tank
Guest Speaker |
Facilitated Discussion |
Date |
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 |
Description |
For the season windup, join us for this special meeting when we try something new! – An interactive discussion in which we explore a number of project leadership challenges and difficulties. Possible topics include the following, amongst a long list: "I have challenges completing agile projects with dependencies on non-agile (i.e. waterfall) projects." |
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