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Want to start using Agile but dont know where to start? You are not alone. This session will cover the basics, ways to get started, and how to continue getting better. We will discuss what Agile isand what it isnt. There are many books, trainings or conferences available for learning or implementing Agile practices they focus on technical skills an... d practices. But how do you help people to better work together? How do you create or enable high-performing teams that utilize Agile practices and principles to deliver value to the business and customers? On Scrum teams, how can you help foster the values of focus, courage, openness, commitment and respect? We will concentrate on the stages of team development - forming, storming, norming and performing and provide activities to help improve teamwork or mature a team at each stage. This full-day session will be full of discussions and hands-on activities to allow you to experience scenarios focused on highlighting and improving soft skills. As a former developer and eternal optimist, I was a terrible estimator, so created and evolved a planning and estimating process that is still used today. Estimating is hard. Customers and managers want to know how long a project will take and how much it will cost. Agile estimating and planning is difficult and challenging because it's an on-going, continuous process. So, how do you get an estimate together...before a project is approved...that is accurate when you don't yet know all of the details? How, and when, do you keep refining that plan and estimate? This session is for developers, business analysts, project managers, customers and managers who want insight in how to make the planning and estimating process easier. In this session you will see an organic estimating and planning process that an organization has evolved over the past years that has been tried and tested, and proven to be reliable and fairly accurate. Do you deal with internal auditors, external auditors, external examiners, and government agency ...Read More