Hi, I'm looking to hire a CSM for a downtown Toronto location.  I'm
about to begin my ScrumMaster Practitioner certification and it would
be a great time to join my team.  If you are interested, please email
me at jlcloughley at yahoo dot com for a complete job description.

Thanks...

Jim

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:56:17 -0500, "Rick Innis" <rick@...> said:
>
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080116.CASMB16/TPStory/TPBusi\
ness/?page=rss
> R.

"daily muddle" ?

Sounds like a place you bring a stick and have
a nice day-time drink. ;)

http://images.google.ca/images?q=muddle+stick+drinks

The best ideas come from executives at "daily muddles" ! ;)
Jokes,
Raj.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080116.CASMB16/
TPStory/TPBusiness/?page=rss

I like this quote (from p2 of the article):

"Every day, the company's 13-member executive team meets for a 10-
minute "daily muddle" to review work done the day before, as well as
look at pending projects and any hurdles that might stand in the way
of completing future work. Ditto for members of employee teams
assigned to various projects, which often come up with ideas for new
products and services."

Gee, that practice sounds familiar...

R.

Hi,

There is a relatively new group called Agile-ANN, where we hope to
draw a large crowd interested in Agile Announcements.

The hope is that real discussion groups will receive...fewer...announcements.

See here: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Agile-ANN/

The announcements can be about almost anything:
* courses
* jobs or gigs that are open
* new or existing groups
* group meetings
* services offered
* etc.

And any discussion of such announcements.

These will be announcements for any flavor of lean or
agile.  Including Lean/Agile that is oriented toward software dev and
toward more business implementations.

Scope is worldwide.

Hope this helps.  Hope everyone joins...I think you'll find some of
these announcements useful.

Regards, Joe

Hello Everyone,

Just a brief announcement to encourage attendance for the Simple
Design and Testing conference (SDTConf) , being held at Penn State
University in York, Pennsylvania from Nov 30th - Dec 2nd 2007.

Our objective is to facilitate intense discussions about Simple design
and testing aspects of any software project. The theme is broad
enough so that the participants can have diverse discussion topics
and still feel they have learnt something at the end of the conference.

* Cost: Free. Open to people from all aspects of software projects

Visit www.sdtconf.com for more details including highlights of the
SDTConf 2006.

Sincerely,
Niraj.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi,

There is a relatively new group called Agile-ANN, where we hope to
draw a large crowd interested in Agile Announcements.

The hope is that real discussion groups will receive...fewer...announcements.

Here: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Agile-ANN/

The announcements can be about almost anything:
* courses
* jobs or gigs that are open
* new or existing groups
* group meetings
* services offered
* etc.

And any discussion of such announcements.

These will be announcements for any flavor of agile.  Including Agile
that is oriented toward software dev and toward more business implementations.

Scope is worldwide.

Hope this helps.  Hope everyone joins...I think you'll some of these
announcements useful.

Regards, Joe

Diaspar Software and Thoughtworks is proud to present another
installment of the XP Day North America series: XP Day Manhattan
taking place on October 13, 2007.

The focus of XP Day is to bring top extreme programming practitioners
to North American XP communities to share their successes, failures
and perspectives on how to release high-value software sooner.

Our program for Manhattan includes:
1) A keynote address by Steve Freeman. Steve is a fixture in the
London software development community, a regular organizer of the
original XP Day, well known for his contributions to test-driven
development practice and co-recipient of the 2006 Gordon Pask Award.
2) A tutorial by JB Rainsberger, a recipient of the 2005 Gordon Pask
award. JB will talk about why XP works using the Theory of
Constraints model developed by Goldratt.
3) A tutorial by George Dinwiddie, a respected member of the XP
community, and author of an insightful blog about coaching XP teams:
http://blog.gdinwiddie.com. George will talk about sustainability at
multiple levels in XP.
4) Open Space. There’s plenty of room, the space is superbly run and
the conversation is lively.  Collaborate intensively with both local
and invited advanced practitioners on issues that interest you most.

Cost of the conference is $249 (US) and includes breakfast and
lunch.  Registration is limited to 100 attendees.  To register visit
http://www.xpday.info.  For group rates, contact me at the address
provided in the header of this message.

Check out the following links for pics of our last conference: http://
tinyurl.com/2ysz6v and http://tinyurl.com/23ktwx

Thanks for reading,
Niraj.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi,

We have started a group called Agile-ANN, where we hope to draw a
large crowd interested in Agile Announcements.

The hope is that real discussion groups will receive...fewer...announcements.

Here: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Agile-ANN/

The announcements can be about almost anything:
* courses
* jobs or gigs that are open
* new or existing groups
* group meetings
* services offered
* etc.

And any discussion of such announcements.

These will be announcements for any flavor of agile.  Including Agile
that is oriented toward software dev and toward more business implementations.

Scope is worldwide.

Hope this helps.  Hope everyone joins...I think you'll some of these
announcements useful.

Regards, Joe

Hi,

This should be an excellent event.  Some good things to learn, some
good people to meet.

It is easy to talk about Agile; it is not so easy to lead it and
accomplish something that will affect the lives of many people.
Everyone leads at one time or another.

...and invite some others.

See details here: http://www.apln.org/summits.html

Regards, Joe

Diaspar Software & Thoughtworks is proud to present another
installment of the XP Day North America series: XP Day Manhattan
taking place on October 13, 2007.

The focus of XP Day is to bring top extreme programming practitioners
to North American XP communities to share their successes, failures
and perspectives on how to release high-value software sooner.

Our program for Manhattan includes:
1)A keynote address by Steve Freeman. Steve is a fixture in the London
software development community, a regular organizer of the original XP
Day, well known for his contributions to test-driven development
practice and co-recipient of the 2006 Gordon Pask Award.
2)A tutorial by JB Rainsberger, a recipient of the 2005 Gordon Pask
award. JB will talk about why XP works using the Theory of Constraints
model developed by Goldratt.
3)A tutorial by George Dinwiddie, a respected member of the XP
community, and author of an insightful blog about coaching XP teams:
http://blog.gdinwiddie.com. George will talk about sustainability at
multiple levels in XP.
4)Open Space. There’s plenty of room, the space is superbly run and
the conversation is lively.  Collaborate intensively with both local
and invited advanced practitioners on issues that interest you most.

Cost of the conference is $249 (US)and includes breakfast and lunch.
Registration is limited to 100 attendees.  To register visit
http://www.xpday.info.  For group rates, contact me at the address
provided in the header of this message.

Check out the following links for pics of our last conference:
http://tinyurl.com/2ysz6v and http://tinyurl.com/23ktwx

Thanks for reading,
Niraj.

Hello

I wanted to let you know about an upcoming Certified ScrumMaster course
coming up in New York on September 20-21.  The course will be taught by
Arlen Bankston and Sanjiv Augustine of Lithespeed.  This two day course
will teach you everything you need to know to get started with Agile
and become a certified ScrumMaster.

For more information, please visit www.agileuniversity.org.

Thank you
Jennifer Beaupre
info@...

Let's try this again.  Passing this along

-----

Subject:
Survey - Modelling in the Agile Environment

Message:
Are you using Agile methods? If so, do you model?
Does modeling work in an agile environment? Are models effective when
dealing with clients in an agile context?
As part of a research effort supported by the Agile Alliance's
Academic Research Program, we are investigating whether (and how well)
software development models work in agile environments. If you have
experience or would like to provide a point of view with respect to
modeling in any agile environment, we would like to hear from you. You
can complete the questions pertinent to you and/or provide your opinion
on this topic at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=607293384759

Thank you in advance for you participation in this study,
Don Duffie
c/o Faculty of Business Administration
Memorial University of Newfoundland
  St. John's, NL A1C 5S7 P.O. Box 4200 CANADA
don.duffie@... <mailto:don.duffie@...>
****

Thanks,
Don

Just passing this along...


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi,

We have just started a group called Agile-ANN, where we hope to draw
a large crowd interested in Agile Announcements.

Here: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Agile-ANN/

The announcements can be about almost anything:
* courses
* jobs or gigs that are open
* new or existing groups
* group meetings
* services offered
* requests for submission of papers
* conferences to be held
* etc., etc.

And any discussion of such announcements.

These will be announcements for any flavor of agile.  Including Agile
oriented toward software dev and toward more business implementations.

Scope is worldwide.

Hope this helps.  Hope everyone joins...I at least think some of
these announcements are actually quite useful.

We have just started.

Regards, Joe


Joseph Little
917-887-1669 (cell)

Diaspar Software is proud to present another installment of the XP Day
North America series: XP Day Manhattan taking place on October 13, 2007.

The focus of XP Day is to bring top extreme programming practitioners
to North American XP communities to share their successes, failures
and perspectives on how to release high-value software sooner.

Our program for Manhattan includes:

1)A keynote address by Steve Freeman. Steve is a fixture in the London
software development community, a regular organizer of the original XP
Day, well known for his contributions to test-driven development
practice and co-recipient of the 2006 Gordon Pask Award.

2)A tutorial by JB Rainsberger, a recipient of the 2005 Gordon Pask
award. JB will talk about why XP works using the Theory of Constraints
model developed by Goldratt.

3)A tutorial by George Dinwiddie, a respected member of the XP
community, and author of an insightful blog about coaching XP teams:
http://blog.gdinwiddie.com. George will talk about sustainability at
multiple levels in XP.

4)Open Space. There's plenty of room, the space is superbly run and
the conversation is lively.  Collaborate intensively with both local
and invited advanced practitioners on issues that interest you most.

Cost of the conference is $249 USD and includes breakfast and lunch.
Registration is limited to 100 attendees.  To register visit
http://www.xpday.info.  For group rates, contact me at the address
provided in the header of this message.

Check out the following links for pics of our last conference:
http://tinyurl.com/2ysz6v and http://tinyurl.com/23ktwx

Thanks for reading,
Niraj.

Good Morning,

My name is Markus Rischar. I live in Dublin, Ireland.. I am an APM accredited
Project Manager (+ Scrum Master course) with over 10 years experience in the IT
industry. I have mainly worked in product development and product roll-out. The
companies I have worked during that period were Corel, Logica, Vodafone and
Overture/Yahoo.

I am currently looking for 1 or 2 case study companies as part of my MSc
Research Project with Open University, UK.

Case study company requirements:
Must employ agile software development practices, e.g. SCRUM, XP, …
Must be available to complete a 15 question (30 min.) questionnaire (August –
September time frame).
Available for a 30 min. phone interview.
Would be great if you employ or have experience with ‘traditional’
methodologies, e.g. waterfall.- Are you part of larger or external teams that
require upfront requirements planning, more formalised communication?

The aim of this research project is to provide a set of management
recommendations for implementing and controlling adaptive product development
models based on the identification of an appropriated combination of organic and
mechanistic practices.

If you’re interested please contact me at: markusrischar@...

Best Regards

Maruks



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Hi!
I am with Agile University and wanted to let you know about an upcoming
course. This Pragmatic Agile Adoption for Managers course will be
taught by Sanjiv Augustine of Lithespeed in Philadelphia August 27th
and 28th. This two-day course is designed to prepare organizational
leaders for adopting Agile methods in pragmatic fashion. For more
information go to www.agileuniversity.org.
Thanks!
Elizabeth Miller
Agile University
info@...

Hi All,

We are a specialist Search and Selection agency catering to all major industry
sectors.

We are currently looking for TECHNICAL ARCHITECT - JMS / J2EE / Firorano /TIBCO
/ IBM MQ or SonicMQ to be based in TRIVANDRUM for one of our clients, a leading
UK based Company.

Kindly go through the job description given below. If the position interests
you, please forward your updated profile to us along with your other details
like Current CTC, Expected CTC, and Notice Period etc.

Responsibilities

• Scale/optimise/tune high performance JMS messaging infrastructure to reach
sustained messaging rates of tens of thousands of transactions per second
• Design, architect, innovate and implement mobile messaging applications on
Neon platform
• Design/Implement new mobile messaging types, such as IM, MMS, email, etc.
• Maintain architecture and coding standards at highest levels
• Communicate closely with fellow architects and product management
• Evangelise and enforce strict design/code reviews as well as test driven
development
• Actively participate in agile development process SCRUM
• Manage, mentor and train a team of software engineers

Requirements

? 6 years+ experience, ideally with agile development experience
? Strong experience with JMS, ideally high performance production environments
? Strong experience in Java/ J2EE development, Hibernate/SQL  and threading
? Experience with Fiorano JMS is ideal, but experience in TIBCO, IBM MQ, SonicMQ
are equally fine
? Ideally experience in SQL optimisation to maximise messaging throughput
? Strong experience in jUnit tests and test driven development
? Self driven, creative and passionate about creating the best and most stable
software
? Experience in any of the following is advantageous:  SMS, MMS, EJB3, SOAP,
SMPP, PostgreSQL

Experience: 6 - 10 years
Job Location: Tiruvananthapuram
Key Skills: J2EE, JMS, Firorano, TIBCO, IBM MQ or SonicMQ, SQL

I look forward to get in touch with you to discuss further about this position
in detail and to answer any queries that you may have.

Wish you a good day ahead,

Best Regards,

Lisa John.

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There is an opening for a ScrumMaster in Scarborough.  For more information,
contact Monica Creanga at mcreanga@...

I don't know anything about this company or the position.


--
Mike Bowler
President, Gargoyle Software Inc.
Cell    : (289) 385-0120
Website : http://www.GargoyleSoftware.com
Weblog  : http://www.SphericalImprovement.com

Helping new businesses at http://EasyBrandingTools.com
Tracking interesting books at http://LiteraryList.com

============================================

The ScrumMaster will have the necessary skills, experience and personality
to ensure the successful execution of the Scrum process for software
development and more. This person will be responsible for ensuring that the
Scrum process is well defined, well understood and consistently followed by
various teams. The ScrumMaster will be required to lead the planning,
implementation and review of Sprint development cycles.

Responsibilities:
Ensure the proper application of Scrum practices, including Sprint
Planning, Daily Scrums, Retrospectives, etc.
Teach Scrum within the organization.
Understand business goals and ensure alignment of development activities.
Provide feedback and guidance to developers regarding their execution of
the Scrum process.

Requirements:
Preference will be given to candidates with a technical background,
preferably an undergraduate degree in a software related field of study.
Preference will be given to candidates with who have completed the
Certified ScrumMaster training.
Candidates should be well read on software development methodologies (Scrum
and other).
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Excellent organizational, and problem resolution skills.
Strong knowledge of different software development methodologies.
Strong understanding of the software development process.
Ability to schedule and manage meetings effectively.

Contact:
Please send your resume to the attention of Monica Creanga:
mcreanga@...

Hi,

Mike Vizdos (see implementingscrum.com with the great cartoons) and
Mark Pushinsky (who is doing enterprise agile at a large firm) will
be teaching a Certified ScrumMaster course in Charlotte on Sept 11-12.

Some of you know Mike and Mark, so I thought I would list here also.

Mike and Mark are excellent teachers and have lots of practical
experience implementing Scrum and Agile.  I can personally vouch for them.

The fee is $1250 (for 2 days).  There is a 10% discount for early
registration by August 10th.

Topics

The topics can vary from workshop to workshop. The main reason for
this is that each audience has different needs and requirements.

Possible topics include:

- Intro Material
- Scrum 101
- ScrumMaster Role
- Product Owner Role
- The Team
- "Done"
- Retrospectives

- New Ideas and Questions
- Backlog and User Stories
- Estimation and Planning
- Experience Reports
- High Performing Teams
- Change Hurts
- Conflict and Feedback
- Agile Management
- Next Steps

Audience

This workshop is geared towards people who are interested in
Agile/Scrum.  It enables one to become a Certified ScrumMaster, but
it is taken by others for other reasons.

Roles within your current organizations might include:

- Architects
- Analysts
- Developers
- Documentation Specialists
- Executives
- Managers
- Project Managers
- Testers
- Team Members.

See here for more information:
http://agile-carolinas.pbwiki.com/Vizdos+Pushinsky+CSM+Class
And here to register: http://www.kittyhawkconsulting.com/id30.html

Or contact me.

Thanks, Joe








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Hi,

Jeff Sutherland will lead a Certified ScrumMaster course in NYC on Sept 5-6.

Jeff Sutherland is the co-creator of Scrum.  This will be an
excellent course.  Jeff includes a lot of XP and Lean in his practice of Agile.

Participants Will Learn:
     * Practical, project-proven practices
     * The essentials of getting a project off on the right foot
     * How to write user stories for the product backlog
     * Why there's more to leading a self-organizing team than buying
pizza and getting out of the way
     * How to help both new and experienced teams be more successful
     * How to successfully scale Scrum to large, multi-continent
projects with team sizes in the hundreds
     * Tips and tricks from the instructor's ten-plus years of using
Scrum in a wide variety of environments
For more information, see:
http://agileconsortium.pbwiki.com/Jeff-Sutherland-Certified-ScrumMaster-training

To register, see: http://www.kittyhawkconsulting.com/id26.html

Or contact me.

Thanks, Joe


Joseph Little
917-887-1669 (cell)


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This is a preliminary post for a ScrumMaster/Project Manager job.  We
are located at Richmond/John, in the entertainment district.  I'm
looking for a full-time Certified Scrum Master.  I'm testing the
waters to see what posting to this group will produce.  The job is
real.  For a full description of the opportunity, email me
(jlcloughley at yahoo.com).

Thanks...

Jim

Hi Everyone,

Only 4 days left to register for XP Day Toronto!  Brian Marick, former
chair of the board for the Agile Alliance, will be our keynote speaker
and will also be participating in our open space, along with Gil Broza
(Industrial Logic) and JB Rainsberger (Diaspar Software).  Visit
http://www.xpday.info/toronto2007 to register or for more information.

I've also appended the original post below.  Hope to see you all there!

What: Diaspar Software is proud to present the fourth installment of
the XP Day North America series: XP Day Toronto taking place on May
12, 2007.

Why Might you Care: We're a small conference that focuses on three
things:
1) Helping people who are XP curious to start practicing XP in their
current work environments.
2) Bringing together current XP Practitioners to exchange ideas and
share their experiences amongst the attendees.
3) Accessibility of field experts. Deep insightful answers typically
only cost 1 beer :-).

5 more reasons why you should attend XP Day Toronto:
1) Presenting at XP Day will be: Brian Marick, Gil Broza & J.B.
Rainsberger.
2) Deborah Hartmann runs our fantastic open space, which has always
been full of interesting topics and lively conversation.
3) We limit our attendance to 125 registrants to ensure reasonable
access to guest speakers and special invitees.
4) It's inexpensive. $265 gets you in the door and that includes
continental breakfast, lunch and snacks.
5) Our first conference in Toronto was a success. Since then, we've
worked on improving the conference and now we're back. Come down and
support us. If you were not in attendance at the first XP Day
Toronto, don't miss out on the second.

Interested? If you prefer a website as opposed to plain text, please
visit http://www.xpday.info for all the details. If you're too tired
to enter the link, keep reading.

If you are looking for an opportunity to learn more about Extreme
Programming without having to spend an entire week at a large
international XP conference, XP Day Toronto fits the bill. XP Day is
a one-day event with activities for anyone interested in Extreme
Programming, whether you're:

* A programmer who has heard about XP and wants to find out more.
* An executive wondering how XP can improve the contribution your
software organization makes to the bottom line.
* A manager looking for ways to increase your team's effectiveness.
* A skeptic, hoping to challenge the most experienced and outspoken XP
practitioners.
* A programmer itching to experience a real XP project room.
* An experienced practitioner, hoping to share ideas with other
experienced practitioners.

We know Agile 2007 is coming up, but XP Day Toronto is an excellent
opportunity to meet, attend tutorial sessions and even work with some
of the XP community's most notable practitioners. Not to mention that
Deb Hartmann's open space has always received rave reviews! All this
for $265 (continental breakfast & lunch included).

XP Day events are interactive!

- Tutorials

We are fortunate to have respected leaders of the XP community
providing world-class instruction in the fundamentals of XP. Check
out our website for bios!

* Brian Marick, keynote: "Six Years Later: What the Agile Manifesto
Left out"
* Gil Broza: "XP: Where do I start?"
* J. B. Rainsberger will provide an introduction to XP.

- Open Space

There's plenty of room, the space is run superbly and the conversation
is typically lively. You can collaborate intensively with both local
and invited advanced practitioners on issues that challenge you most.
If the tutorials don't cover it, you can work through your burning
questions in Open Space.

- Project Room

If you're looking to dive in and immerse yourself in XP, join the XP
Project Room, where you'll have the opportunity to work on project
with respected experts. Not sure what's going on? No problem! Join the
project any time and someone will bring you up to speed quickly, just
like on a real XP project!

If you're looking for more information, visit our website:
http://www.xpday.info

If you have any questions with regards to this event, please don't
hesitate to contact me at the email address listed above.

Hope to see you all there!

Niraj.

Kim:  Please be aware also of this course.  4 people from Vanguard
are coming.  Regards, Joe

*******
On May 9-10, Mary and Tom Poppendieck will give their Lean Software
Development: Practitioner's course in Charlotte, NC. This is a 2-day
course. This is their only planned course in the eastern US this year.

This is an excellent course. It will help you satisfy your customers
with quality work more quickly. It will cover many of the topics in
their recent book: Implementing Lean Software Development; From
Concept to Cash (see:
http://www.amazon.com/Implementing-Lean-Software-Development-Addison-Wesley/dp/0\
321437381/sr=8-2/qid=1172706958/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-2936777-7615600?ie=UTF8&s=bo\
oks
)

Lean Software Development is highly complementary to Scrum.  Indeed,
Jeff Sutherland (co-creator of Scrum) wrote a foreword to their recent book.

More details are available here:
http://agile-carolinas.pbwiki.com/Lean%20Software%20Development That
page also has a link where you may register.

Regards, Joe
704-376-8881

PS. Please pass on to anyone who may be interested.

My apologies if you've already received this as a member of another
Yahoo group.

What: Diaspar Software is proud to present the fourth installment of
the XP Day North America series: XP Day Toronto taking place on May
12, 2007.

Why Might you Care:  We're a small conference that focuses on three
things:
1) Helping people who are XP curious to start practicing XP in their
current work environments.
2) Bringing together current XP Practitioners to exchange ideas and
share their experiences amongst the attendees.
3) Accessibility of field experts.  Deep insightful answers typically
only cost 1 beer :-).

4 more reasons why you should attend XP Day Toronto:
1) Presenting at XP Day will be: Brian Marick, Gil Broza & J.B.
Rainsberger.
2) Deborah Hartmann runs our fantastic open space, which has always
been full of interesting topics and lively conversation.
3) We limit our attendance to 125 registrants to ensure reasonable
access to guest speakers and special invitees.
4) It's inexpensive.  $265 gets you in the door and that includes
continental breakfast, lunch and snacks.

Interested?  If you prefer a website as opposed to plain text, please
visit http://www.xpday.info for all the details.  If you're too tired
to enter the link, keep reading.

If you are looking for an opportunity to learn more about Extreme
Programming without having to spend an entire week at a large
international XP conference, XP Day Toronto fits the bill.  XP Day is
a one-day event with activities for anyone interested in Extreme
Programming, whether you're:

* A programmer who has heard about XP and wants to find out more.
* An executive wondering how XP can improve the contribution your
software organization makes to the bottom line.
* A manager looking for ways to increase your team's effectiveness.
* A skeptic, hoping to challenge the most experienced and outspoken XP
practitioners.
* A programmer itching to experience a real XP project room.
* An experienced practitioner, hoping to share ideas with other
experienced practitioners.

We know Agile 2007 is coming up, but XP Day Toronto is an excellent
opportunity to meet, attend tutorial sessions and even work with some
of the XP community's most notable practitioners.  Not to mention that
Deb Hartmann's open space has always received rave reviews!  All this
for $265 (continental breakfast & lunch included).

XP Day events are interactive!

- Tutorials

We are fortunate to have respected leaders of the XP community
providing world-class instruction in the fundamentals of XP.  Check
out our website for bios!

* Brian Marick, keynote: "Six Years Later: What the Agile Manifesto
Left out"
* Gil Broza: "XP: Where do I start?"
* J. B. Rainsberger will provide an introduction to XP.

- Open Space

There's plenty of room, the space is run superbly and the conversation
is typically lively.  You can collaborate intensively with both local
and invited advanced practitioners on issues that challenge you most.
If the tutorials don't cover it, you can work through your burning
questions in Open Space.

- Project Room

If you're looking to dive in and immerse yourself in XP, join the XP
Project Room, where you'll have the opportunity to work on project
with respected experts. Not sure what's going on? No problem! Join the
project any time and someone will bring you up to speed quickly, just
like on a real XP project!

If you're looking for more information, visit our website:
http://www.xpday.info

If you have any questions with regards to this event, please don't
hesitate to contact me at the email address listed above.

Hope to see you all there!

Niraj.

REMINDER:  This is an excellent course.

The Poppendiecks like Scrum (eg, Jeff Sutherland is mentioned many
times in their book), but have some things they would change about
what hey see commonly happens with Scrum.

Regards, Joe

--- In scrumtoronto@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Little <jhlittle@...> wrote:
>
>
> On May 9-10, Mary and Tom Poppendieck will give their Lean Software
> Development: Practitioner's course in Charlotte, NC. This is a 2-day
> course. This is their only planned course in the eastern US this year.
>
> This is an excellent course. It will help you satisfy your customers
> with quality work more quickly. It will cover many of the topics in
> their recent book: Implementing Lean Software Development; From
> Concept to Cash (see:
>
http://www.amazon.com/Implementing-Lean-Software-Development-Addison-Wesley/dp/0\
321437381/sr=8-2/qid=1172706958/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-2936777-7615600?ie=UTF8&s=bo\
oks

> )
>
> More details are available here:
> http://agile-carolinas.pbwiki.com/Lean%20Software%20Development That
> page also has a link where you may register.
>
> There is an early registration discount until March 16th.
>
> Regards, Joe
> 704-376-8881
>
> PS. Please pass on to anyone who may be interested.
>

REMINDER: Early registration discount expires today.

Course is highly recommended.

Regards, Joe


--- In scrumtoronto@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Little <jhlittle@...> wrote:
>
>
> On May 9-10, Mary and Tom Poppendieck will give their Lean Software
> Development: Practitioner's course in Charlotte, NC. This is a 2-day
> course. This is their only planned course in the eastern US this year.
>
> This is an excellent course. It will help you satisfy your customers
> with quality work more quickly. It will cover many of the topics in
> their recent book: Implementing Lean Software Development; From
> Concept to Cash (see:
>
http://www.amazon.com/Implementing-Lean-Software-Development-Addison-Wesley/dp/0\
321437381/sr=8-2/qid=1172706958/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-2936777-7615600?ie=UTF8&s=bo\
oks

> )
>
> More details are available here:
> http://agile-carolinas.pbwiki.com/Lean%20Software%20Development That
> page also has a link where you may register.
>
> There is an early registration discount until March 16th.
>
> Regards, Joe
> 704-376-8881
>
> PS. Please pass on to anyone who may be interested.
>

On May 9-10, Mary and Tom Poppendieck will give their Lean Software
Development: Practitioner's course in Charlotte, NC. This is a 2-day
course. This is their only planned course in the eastern US this year.

This is an excellent course. It will help you satisfy your customers
with quality work more quickly. It will cover many of the topics in
their recent book: Implementing Lean Software Development; From
Concept to Cash (see:
http://www.amazon.com/Implementing-Lean-Software-Development-Addison-Wesley/dp/0\
321437381/sr=8-2/qid=1172706958/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-2936777-7615600?ie=UTF8&s=bo\
oks
)

More details are available here:
http://agile-carolinas.pbwiki.com/Lean%20Software%20Development That
page also has a link where you may register.

There is an early registration discount until March 16th.

Regards, Joe
704-376-8881

PS. Please pass on to anyone who may be interested.

I'm not sure I'd have time to eat, since I'm facilitating this XP Toronto.
I would still like to show up for the early part of the dinner, though  I
also have a friend and coworker from out west who has recently relocated and
may be interested in the joining us.

Jessamyn


On 2/19/07, Rick Innis <rick@...> wrote:
>
>
> On 18-Feb-07, at 6:11 PM, Jessamyn Smith wrote:
>
> > Is there going to be a dinner before next week's XP Toronto?
>
> As in tomorrow's? You're the first to mention it, but I'm in. Anyone
> else? I'll make a booking @ Linda for 5:30 tomorrow based on
> responses I get by noon Tuesday.
>
> R.
>
>  _
>


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I'll be in a meeting in Whitby till at least 6:00 so, no I can't make
dinner.  I'm not even sure if I'll be able to make the XP Toronto
meeting at this point.

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