Local Governments often carry the “bureaucracy” moniker and are generally considered slow and unresponsive. Yet, people expect and should experience prompt outcomes from their local governments. Transforming to Agile offers the foundation for governments to be more responsive to citizens and deliver higher quality services more often. Working with each other, collaborating with customers, responding to change and accountability are common to both Agile and government alike. One can easily connect Agile with Local Government based on these principles, however, putting Agile into practice at a Local Government is a different story altogether.
Design product by developing empathy for your users and understanding the tasks they are trying to accomplish. How do I know what to design? When do I test it? When is a design complete?
This talk will present iterative design and testing method that is light weight and can significantly improve your product design.
Spiking Your Way to Improved Agile Development - Anatoli KazatchkovAtlassian
New feature development in agile should almost always start with a spike. Spikes help to define feature scope, uncover technical unknowns, and provide accurate estimates. In this session we will cover how to introduce spikes into your development cycles and show how Atlassian defines spike goals, focuses spike efforts, and makes feature development more effective.
A New Business Model of Custom Software Development For Agile Software Develo...Tsuyoshi Ushio
Successful business model of custom software for agile development.
22nd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering
November 16-21, 2014, Hong Kong
Designing Teams - How Building a Great Workspace is Like Building Great SoftwareAtlassian
Great software is built with a manifesto, an iterative process, and places customers at the highest priority. Why should the design and build of a workspace be any different?
At Atlassian, we've been focussing heavily on the design of our workspaces to create flexible, engaging, delightful, and yes productive places for our teams to work in. After all, you can't take creative people, stick them in a sterile, uninspiring environment, and expect them to achieve the best work of their lives.
It's about a lot more than foosball tables, beanbag chairs, and whiteboards. We think what we've learned can be applied anywhere from a freelancer's home office to entire office buildings. As our organisation has evolved from its engineering roots to incorporate a large design team, so have the needs of our workspace to help us work together as teams.
Hear Alastair Simpson and Robyn Dunn talk about how the Workplace Experience team at Atlassian partnered with their own internal customers to build workspaces in an agile way that is reflective of our modern workforce. Applying design thinking and user experience principles, they have successfully shaped creative workspaces that have scaled with the changing needs of their teams. Come and hear what they've learned (and some hilarious mistakes they've made along the way) about the benefits of creating better workplace environments through thoughtful design to help teams become more productive.
Whether your business is a small, fast-growing agile shop, or a larger company that is trying to adopt agile methodologies, success hinges on a proper foundation of roles, responsibilities, and processes. In this talk, we’ll cover how Trulia tackles these areas, and discuss how JIRA Agile helped us expand our agile cycles.
Agile for the Masses: How to Make Any Team More Effective - John WetenhallAtlassian
In this talk, we will demonstrate how Atlassian's Collaboration Product Marketing Team has adopted the agile methodology. We'll cover how we think about "shipping products," how we plan our work with quarterly goals and biweekly sprints, and how we reflect with retrospectives.
How Atlassian's User Research Went Agile (and So Can Yours)Atlassian
In late 2015, we set up Atlassian Atlab: a low-budget customer research space that tightly integrates into the Agile sprint process. What began as an experiment quickly became an indispensable part of our company’s design process. Atlab is now international, run in all of our offices, gathering input from about 200 customers every month.
In this talk, we will teach you why agile research is a crucial part of building great customer experiences, how to create stakeholder buy-in for your efforts, best practices for conducting research, and what to do with your findings. We will also teach you how to set up your very own Atlab. Warning: it’s very cheap, and easier than you may expect!
Products covered:
JIRA Software, JIRA Core, JIRA Service Desk, Confluence, HipChat, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Fisheye / Crucible, Portfolio for JIRA
Design product by developing empathy for your users and understanding the tasks they are trying to accomplish. How do I know what to design? When do I test it? When is a design complete?
This talk will present iterative design and testing method that is light weight and can significantly improve your product design.
Spiking Your Way to Improved Agile Development - Anatoli KazatchkovAtlassian
New feature development in agile should almost always start with a spike. Spikes help to define feature scope, uncover technical unknowns, and provide accurate estimates. In this session we will cover how to introduce spikes into your development cycles and show how Atlassian defines spike goals, focuses spike efforts, and makes feature development more effective.
A New Business Model of Custom Software Development For Agile Software Develo...Tsuyoshi Ushio
Successful business model of custom software for agile development.
22nd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering
November 16-21, 2014, Hong Kong
Designing Teams - How Building a Great Workspace is Like Building Great SoftwareAtlassian
Great software is built with a manifesto, an iterative process, and places customers at the highest priority. Why should the design and build of a workspace be any different?
At Atlassian, we've been focussing heavily on the design of our workspaces to create flexible, engaging, delightful, and yes productive places for our teams to work in. After all, you can't take creative people, stick them in a sterile, uninspiring environment, and expect them to achieve the best work of their lives.
It's about a lot more than foosball tables, beanbag chairs, and whiteboards. We think what we've learned can be applied anywhere from a freelancer's home office to entire office buildings. As our organisation has evolved from its engineering roots to incorporate a large design team, so have the needs of our workspace to help us work together as teams.
Hear Alastair Simpson and Robyn Dunn talk about how the Workplace Experience team at Atlassian partnered with their own internal customers to build workspaces in an agile way that is reflective of our modern workforce. Applying design thinking and user experience principles, they have successfully shaped creative workspaces that have scaled with the changing needs of their teams. Come and hear what they've learned (and some hilarious mistakes they've made along the way) about the benefits of creating better workplace environments through thoughtful design to help teams become more productive.
Whether your business is a small, fast-growing agile shop, or a larger company that is trying to adopt agile methodologies, success hinges on a proper foundation of roles, responsibilities, and processes. In this talk, we’ll cover how Trulia tackles these areas, and discuss how JIRA Agile helped us expand our agile cycles.
Agile for the Masses: How to Make Any Team More Effective - John WetenhallAtlassian
In this talk, we will demonstrate how Atlassian's Collaboration Product Marketing Team has adopted the agile methodology. We'll cover how we think about "shipping products," how we plan our work with quarterly goals and biweekly sprints, and how we reflect with retrospectives.
How Atlassian's User Research Went Agile (and So Can Yours)Atlassian
In late 2015, we set up Atlassian Atlab: a low-budget customer research space that tightly integrates into the Agile sprint process. What began as an experiment quickly became an indispensable part of our company’s design process. Atlab is now international, run in all of our offices, gathering input from about 200 customers every month.
In this talk, we will teach you why agile research is a crucial part of building great customer experiences, how to create stakeholder buy-in for your efforts, best practices for conducting research, and what to do with your findings. We will also teach you how to set up your very own Atlab. Warning: it’s very cheap, and easier than you may expect!
Products covered:
JIRA Software, JIRA Core, JIRA Service Desk, Confluence, HipChat, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Fisheye / Crucible, Portfolio for JIRA
Practiced Curiosity: Building Collaboration Between Development and DesignAtlassian
Particularly within tech, design and development are notorious for collaboration gaps. While there are plenty of resources available that advocate for catalyzing collaboration between the teams, what we see far less are stories of that process in application. We'll cover how Atlassian’s HipChat team worked to adjust its culture to one fine-tuned for collaboration between design and development, and will provide actionable takeaways to adapt to your team's needs.
Products covered:
HipChat, Confluence, JIRA Software
Easy to add, hard to remove. It is the case in many situations including software development, process improvements etc. How we can stay lean eliminating unnecessaries and be agile? We’ll explore the solutions with pattern mining workshop sessions. Stay Lean, Be Agile!
AgileRoots 2014
7 Secrets of Successful HipChat IntegrationsAtlassian
One of the great things about HipChat is its ability to support add-ons that pull useful information from other systems into team chat rooms. Many teams use add-ons to do things like notify them about incidents, track marketing metrics, or organize team projects.
But, getting teams to use the right add-ons in the right way can be a challenge. While many provide a lot of value to the team, others don't get much adoption.
Learn what makes for a successful HipChat add-on from HipChat Ecosystem team manager, Anatoli Kazatchkov, who has studied the essential traits of popular add-ons. You will learn how to avoid making your add-ons too noisy, how to make the functionality discoverable, and how to provide the right information in the right context.
Products covered:
HipChat
Browser’s Castle: Defend Your Code Like a DesignerFITC
Presented at Web Unleashed 2017
More info at www.fitc.ca/webu
presented by Liam Oscar Thurston, TWG
and Ksenija Gogic, TWG
Overview
When your designer’s not available, or – better yet – you’re the designer, you need to defend your code… and your designs. In this talk, Liam will cover Design Principles 101, Sketch 101 for Front-End, How to Defend Your Work, and lots more. Over a decade of leading design and engineering teams to achieve collaborative glory, Liam has learned how to help both succeed. Ksenija Gogic, front-end superhero of TWG fame will join Liam to regale you with tips from both sides of the struggle.
Objective
To empower all front-end developers to succeed as designers and defenders while creating pure beauty in the browser.
Target Audience
Front-end developers, designers, product managers
Assumed Audience Knowledge
Junior understanding of design tools, intermediate + understanding of front-end frameworks.
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
Design Principles 101
Sketch 101 for Front-end
How to Defend Your Work
Lessons From the Front-End
How to Get Along With Your Team
Scaling Product Thinking with SAFe - The Secret Sauce for Meaningful Product ...Cprime
The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is the agile methodology of choice for many large enterprises. It promises predictable and frequent delivery in complex environments.
Our experience with organizations that adopt SAFe shows that an organization’s willingness to blend product-thinking, technical agility and a culture of learning is the secret sauce for catapulting the organization from “process excellence” into meaningful product impacts.
In this webinar, we’ll share tried and tested ways of introducing product thinking and engineering practices into SAFe organizations, covering organizational, product, and technical ground.
You'll learn:
- How to establish products as value streams and gently reorganize ARTs over time without sacrificing product community or continuity.
- How to use product stories to engage your teams before and during PI planning in a way that invites collaboration on a healthy blend of continuous discovery and delivery.
- How customer, architectural, and operational learning pave the way for scaling to teams of teams from a DevOps perspective, including patterns and anti-patterns.
Embracing the Consumerization of IT in Your CompanyAtlassian
Here are two truths: Employees expect consumer experiences. IT teams need to follow processes and measure success. Can both be done at the same time?
Atlassian's IT team recently answered this question and found that it's not only possible, but necessary. Nikki Nguyen from Atlassian will walk through how Atlassian's IT team transformed the IT experience to make it both more employee friendly and efficient. He will talk through how the team changed their team structure, their tools, their metrics for success...and some unexpected tips and tricks that they found out along the way.
Products covered:
JIRA Service Desk
Building and Supporting Billion Dollar Ships with JIRA - Greg WarnerAtlassian
Learn how JIRA is being used outside of the traditional software development domain. See how BAE builds, delivers, and supports billion dollar ships for the Australian Defense Force, all while saving millions in operational costs in the first year alone. Greg will also discuss the migration of more that 475,000 pieces of metadata using the REST API.
Driving JIRA Adoption Through Simple ConfigurationAtlassian
Intuit has evolved! We have deployed a world class Agile program that supports teams moving from 'doing' Agile to 'being' Agile.
We'll share how Intuit drives adoption of JIRA and Agile to thousands of people with simple, flexible, and scalable configuration.
Products covered:
JIRA Software, JIRA Core
In every successful technology businesses Jeff has worked in, the key challenge has been understanding how to scale technology and when to tackle the technical debt that inevitably accrues as a company runs ever faster and faster in pursuit of its business objectives. Jeff draws on his experience to help you understand what challenges emerge as a company moves from a Developer Centric environment to become more business focused. How can you get the business people to have influence on a developer centric environment? How can you manage the challenges that marketing will present?! What principles can you apply to be aware of problems early? How do you trade Agile Practioners vs Architectural Astronauts in a fast growing business? What are the technical debt trade-offs, what problems can you buy yourself out of? What problems will kill you if you don’t move now?
Large companies often struggle to align development with sales and marketing - how do you ensure the delivery of features and fixes lines up with the efforts to promote them? Luisa will talk about how a big organization implemented a lightweight version of SAFe, but adapted the methodology to fit their needs. Learn how you can tailor agile principles to address the unique challenges your teams face and why configuring your agile tools properly is critical to increasing agility throughout the company.
(Re)Discover JIRA Core: Tricks that Make a BIG DifferenceAtlassian
What do nontechnical teams, such as marketing, operations, HR, finance and legal have in common? Even though their processes might be different they can all use JIRA Core to track contracts, candidates, campaigns, approvals, and much more. But there are so many things you can tweak when setting up your team process: workflows, permissions, projects, issue types, etc.
Whether you’re new to JIRA Core, or a power user, we’ll share the best practices for business teams, and give examples of how teams use JIRA Core effectively. You'll learn how to:
Set up JIRA Core to match your business team's process
Set up user permissions for approval processes
Manage issues across different projects
Handle multiple milestone due dates
Expect tons of examples and aha moments when diving deep into the core of JIRA.
Products covered:
JIRA Core
The process of defining a roadmap is arguably one of the most difficult but important things a product manager has to do. Far too often roadmaps are built without the complete picture in mind, without the right timing, in silos, or are misdirected. How then can we ensure we’re doing it right? Is there really such a thing as an agile roadmap?
This talk will draw from lessons learnt building product to provide practical tips and techniques enabling you to understand roadmap inputs, plan with different perspectives in mind, optimise for learning, communicate and set roadmap goals as well as find agility when the landscape around you changes.
Products covered:
Confluence
This presentation will include tips and techniques I have developed for working effectively as a remote software developer and manager.
I have worked full-time remote for a most of my career, and I have experienced many challenges. Communication is more difficult, motivation is hard to find, and distractions are everywhere. I'll highlight these challenges and provide actionable techniques to avoid them.
This presentation will involve audience participation, so come prepared to share you recent successes and failures about working from home.
Celebrating Portfolio for JIRA's First Year with Five LearningsAtlassian
Portfolio for JIRA's 1st year, in short, has been one hell of a ride. Join product manager Martin Suntinger as he talks about data-driven planning no-one will secretly shake their heads at, how to maintain your innovation mojo at scale, and how to report beyond just facts and figures. Plus, see what's in store for the next generation of Portfolio for JIRA. No "terrible twos" here!
Every software team writes code, but some teams produce fewer bugs than others. Every software team creates new features, but some teams develop features users love and others don't. What do high performance teams do differently, and why are team members more focused, satisfied and relaxed? They truly work together. No 10x programmer can achieve what a well rounded, enthusiastic team can.
Sven Peters, Technical Evangelist, will examine how the best software teams
set and follow goals
integrate new members fast
ensure diversity
monitor and continually improve team health
embrace transparency
use a playbook to guide them through every phase of development
and much more
He shares techniques including: bugfix rotations, OKRs, feature buddies, open demos, focus days, sanity checks and many more that help teams and team members to work more effectively together, and produce awesome results.
Products covered:
Confluence
Building Software Fast with Freelancers & JIRAAtlassian
In the modern workforce your team needs to scale up and down just as fast as your servers and technology demands do. Learn from Upwork how to add people with specific skill sets to your team on demand. The new Upwork Job Post for JIRA add-on lets you easily hire the skilled freelancers you need to get those JIRA tickets resolved faster than ever.
Products covered:
JIRA Software
Plans changing fast nowadays. How do modern teams plan and track projects and product development? How do they focus on the big picture while adapting changes on the fly? Learn how Atlassian helps teams get more done faster.
The Elusive Quest To Measure Developer ProductivityAbi Noda
A lot of people try to measure developer productivity. But is it actually possible? I have spent the past four years figuring out which metrics work and how they can be implemented in teams. In this talk, I’ll share lessons from my journey and a few metrics that can help your team today.
Agile software development has formally been around since 2001. However, the spirit of Agile has been with us since we started doing stuff together. Working with each other, collaborating with customers and responding to change (see Agile Manifesto) are all core to Agile, but are also the mantra of a polite society.
We will discuss how Agile principles can be used for GIS projects and requests. We will exhibit how Scrum can be used to manage project requirements and tasks. We will even cover how to estimate or size work to be done.
The presentation will examine Agile/Scrum in progress. We’ll demonstrate how we manage effort and each other. What has improved since going Agile? What still needs work? And finally, why this works for GIS and government agencies.
Practiced Curiosity: Building Collaboration Between Development and DesignAtlassian
Particularly within tech, design and development are notorious for collaboration gaps. While there are plenty of resources available that advocate for catalyzing collaboration between the teams, what we see far less are stories of that process in application. We'll cover how Atlassian’s HipChat team worked to adjust its culture to one fine-tuned for collaboration between design and development, and will provide actionable takeaways to adapt to your team's needs.
Products covered:
HipChat, Confluence, JIRA Software
Easy to add, hard to remove. It is the case in many situations including software development, process improvements etc. How we can stay lean eliminating unnecessaries and be agile? We’ll explore the solutions with pattern mining workshop sessions. Stay Lean, Be Agile!
AgileRoots 2014
7 Secrets of Successful HipChat IntegrationsAtlassian
One of the great things about HipChat is its ability to support add-ons that pull useful information from other systems into team chat rooms. Many teams use add-ons to do things like notify them about incidents, track marketing metrics, or organize team projects.
But, getting teams to use the right add-ons in the right way can be a challenge. While many provide a lot of value to the team, others don't get much adoption.
Learn what makes for a successful HipChat add-on from HipChat Ecosystem team manager, Anatoli Kazatchkov, who has studied the essential traits of popular add-ons. You will learn how to avoid making your add-ons too noisy, how to make the functionality discoverable, and how to provide the right information in the right context.
Products covered:
HipChat
Browser’s Castle: Defend Your Code Like a DesignerFITC
Presented at Web Unleashed 2017
More info at www.fitc.ca/webu
presented by Liam Oscar Thurston, TWG
and Ksenija Gogic, TWG
Overview
When your designer’s not available, or – better yet – you’re the designer, you need to defend your code… and your designs. In this talk, Liam will cover Design Principles 101, Sketch 101 for Front-End, How to Defend Your Work, and lots more. Over a decade of leading design and engineering teams to achieve collaborative glory, Liam has learned how to help both succeed. Ksenija Gogic, front-end superhero of TWG fame will join Liam to regale you with tips from both sides of the struggle.
Objective
To empower all front-end developers to succeed as designers and defenders while creating pure beauty in the browser.
Target Audience
Front-end developers, designers, product managers
Assumed Audience Knowledge
Junior understanding of design tools, intermediate + understanding of front-end frameworks.
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
Design Principles 101
Sketch 101 for Front-end
How to Defend Your Work
Lessons From the Front-End
How to Get Along With Your Team
Scaling Product Thinking with SAFe - The Secret Sauce for Meaningful Product ...Cprime
The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is the agile methodology of choice for many large enterprises. It promises predictable and frequent delivery in complex environments.
Our experience with organizations that adopt SAFe shows that an organization’s willingness to blend product-thinking, technical agility and a culture of learning is the secret sauce for catapulting the organization from “process excellence” into meaningful product impacts.
In this webinar, we’ll share tried and tested ways of introducing product thinking and engineering practices into SAFe organizations, covering organizational, product, and technical ground.
You'll learn:
- How to establish products as value streams and gently reorganize ARTs over time without sacrificing product community or continuity.
- How to use product stories to engage your teams before and during PI planning in a way that invites collaboration on a healthy blend of continuous discovery and delivery.
- How customer, architectural, and operational learning pave the way for scaling to teams of teams from a DevOps perspective, including patterns and anti-patterns.
Embracing the Consumerization of IT in Your CompanyAtlassian
Here are two truths: Employees expect consumer experiences. IT teams need to follow processes and measure success. Can both be done at the same time?
Atlassian's IT team recently answered this question and found that it's not only possible, but necessary. Nikki Nguyen from Atlassian will walk through how Atlassian's IT team transformed the IT experience to make it both more employee friendly and efficient. He will talk through how the team changed their team structure, their tools, their metrics for success...and some unexpected tips and tricks that they found out along the way.
Products covered:
JIRA Service Desk
Building and Supporting Billion Dollar Ships with JIRA - Greg WarnerAtlassian
Learn how JIRA is being used outside of the traditional software development domain. See how BAE builds, delivers, and supports billion dollar ships for the Australian Defense Force, all while saving millions in operational costs in the first year alone. Greg will also discuss the migration of more that 475,000 pieces of metadata using the REST API.
Driving JIRA Adoption Through Simple ConfigurationAtlassian
Intuit has evolved! We have deployed a world class Agile program that supports teams moving from 'doing' Agile to 'being' Agile.
We'll share how Intuit drives adoption of JIRA and Agile to thousands of people with simple, flexible, and scalable configuration.
Products covered:
JIRA Software, JIRA Core
In every successful technology businesses Jeff has worked in, the key challenge has been understanding how to scale technology and when to tackle the technical debt that inevitably accrues as a company runs ever faster and faster in pursuit of its business objectives. Jeff draws on his experience to help you understand what challenges emerge as a company moves from a Developer Centric environment to become more business focused. How can you get the business people to have influence on a developer centric environment? How can you manage the challenges that marketing will present?! What principles can you apply to be aware of problems early? How do you trade Agile Practioners vs Architectural Astronauts in a fast growing business? What are the technical debt trade-offs, what problems can you buy yourself out of? What problems will kill you if you don’t move now?
Large companies often struggle to align development with sales and marketing - how do you ensure the delivery of features and fixes lines up with the efforts to promote them? Luisa will talk about how a big organization implemented a lightweight version of SAFe, but adapted the methodology to fit their needs. Learn how you can tailor agile principles to address the unique challenges your teams face and why configuring your agile tools properly is critical to increasing agility throughout the company.
(Re)Discover JIRA Core: Tricks that Make a BIG DifferenceAtlassian
What do nontechnical teams, such as marketing, operations, HR, finance and legal have in common? Even though their processes might be different they can all use JIRA Core to track contracts, candidates, campaigns, approvals, and much more. But there are so many things you can tweak when setting up your team process: workflows, permissions, projects, issue types, etc.
Whether you’re new to JIRA Core, or a power user, we’ll share the best practices for business teams, and give examples of how teams use JIRA Core effectively. You'll learn how to:
Set up JIRA Core to match your business team's process
Set up user permissions for approval processes
Manage issues across different projects
Handle multiple milestone due dates
Expect tons of examples and aha moments when diving deep into the core of JIRA.
Products covered:
JIRA Core
The process of defining a roadmap is arguably one of the most difficult but important things a product manager has to do. Far too often roadmaps are built without the complete picture in mind, without the right timing, in silos, or are misdirected. How then can we ensure we’re doing it right? Is there really such a thing as an agile roadmap?
This talk will draw from lessons learnt building product to provide practical tips and techniques enabling you to understand roadmap inputs, plan with different perspectives in mind, optimise for learning, communicate and set roadmap goals as well as find agility when the landscape around you changes.
Products covered:
Confluence
This presentation will include tips and techniques I have developed for working effectively as a remote software developer and manager.
I have worked full-time remote for a most of my career, and I have experienced many challenges. Communication is more difficult, motivation is hard to find, and distractions are everywhere. I'll highlight these challenges and provide actionable techniques to avoid them.
This presentation will involve audience participation, so come prepared to share you recent successes and failures about working from home.
Celebrating Portfolio for JIRA's First Year with Five LearningsAtlassian
Portfolio for JIRA's 1st year, in short, has been one hell of a ride. Join product manager Martin Suntinger as he talks about data-driven planning no-one will secretly shake their heads at, how to maintain your innovation mojo at scale, and how to report beyond just facts and figures. Plus, see what's in store for the next generation of Portfolio for JIRA. No "terrible twos" here!
Every software team writes code, but some teams produce fewer bugs than others. Every software team creates new features, but some teams develop features users love and others don't. What do high performance teams do differently, and why are team members more focused, satisfied and relaxed? They truly work together. No 10x programmer can achieve what a well rounded, enthusiastic team can.
Sven Peters, Technical Evangelist, will examine how the best software teams
set and follow goals
integrate new members fast
ensure diversity
monitor and continually improve team health
embrace transparency
use a playbook to guide them through every phase of development
and much more
He shares techniques including: bugfix rotations, OKRs, feature buddies, open demos, focus days, sanity checks and many more that help teams and team members to work more effectively together, and produce awesome results.
Products covered:
Confluence
Building Software Fast with Freelancers & JIRAAtlassian
In the modern workforce your team needs to scale up and down just as fast as your servers and technology demands do. Learn from Upwork how to add people with specific skill sets to your team on demand. The new Upwork Job Post for JIRA add-on lets you easily hire the skilled freelancers you need to get those JIRA tickets resolved faster than ever.
Products covered:
JIRA Software
Plans changing fast nowadays. How do modern teams plan and track projects and product development? How do they focus on the big picture while adapting changes on the fly? Learn how Atlassian helps teams get more done faster.
The Elusive Quest To Measure Developer ProductivityAbi Noda
A lot of people try to measure developer productivity. But is it actually possible? I have spent the past four years figuring out which metrics work and how they can be implemented in teams. In this talk, I’ll share lessons from my journey and a few metrics that can help your team today.
Agile software development has formally been around since 2001. However, the spirit of Agile has been with us since we started doing stuff together. Working with each other, collaborating with customers and responding to change (see Agile Manifesto) are all core to Agile, but are also the mantra of a polite society.
We will discuss how Agile principles can be used for GIS projects and requests. We will exhibit how Scrum can be used to manage project requirements and tasks. We will even cover how to estimate or size work to be done.
The presentation will examine Agile/Scrum in progress. We’ll demonstrate how we manage effort and each other. What has improved since going Agile? What still needs work? And finally, why this works for GIS and government agencies.
From four to forty in four years - lessons from growing a teamRich Allen
Between 2016 and 2020, the PureGym IT Team grew from 4 to 40 people. During that time Rich worked closely with them to navigate the tricky process of scaling. This talk is a journey through that growth period and discusses the variety of processes and practices that were applied in order to stay "Agile".
We'll touch on the various approaches taken including topics such as Scrum, Lean, Kanban, GIST planning, Lean Startup, DevOps, IaC, Azure, Story Mapping, BDD, TDD, Project vs Product and we'll be looking at the successes, failures and lessons learned.
We'll also look at how concepts from Team Topologies were applied, what team structures and interaction models were chosen and how that shifted the team dynamic. We will discuss what, in Rich's opinion, has worked well and what hasn't worked well during that time.
At very least you will walk away from this session with a long list of books to read and hopefully some insights into whether you might want to try some of the approaches discussed during the talk.
Climbing out of a Crisis Loop at the BBCRafiq Gemmail
A talk I gave with my friend and mentor Katherine Kirk, on our journey to Scrumban and a leaner workflow at the BBC. See https://www.infoq.com/presentations/bbc-agile-case-study for the full presentation.
Transitioning to Kanban: From Theory to PracticeTechWell
You're familiar with agile and, perhaps, practicing Scrum. Now you're curious about Kanban. Is it right for your project? How does Kanban differ from Scrum and other agile methodologies? From theory to practice, Gil Irizarry introduces Kanban principles and explains how Kanban's emphasis on modifying existing processes rather than upending them results in a smooth adoption. Instead of using time-boxed units of work, Kanban focuses on continuous workflow, allowing teams to incrementally improve and streamline product delivery. Explore how to move from Scrum to Kanban with new, practical techniques that can help your team quickly get better. Discover the use of cumulative flow diagrams, WIP (work-in-progress) limits, and classes of services. In a hands-on classroom exercise, you'll help create a value stream map, determine process efficiency, and experience techniques from the Kanban toolset. Come and grow your agile repertoire in the Kanban way.
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
Canadian Immigration Tracker March 2024 - Key SlidesAndrew Griffith
Highlights
Permanent Residents decrease along with percentage of TR2PR decline to 52 percent of all Permanent Residents.
March asylum claim data not issued as of May 27 (unusually late). Irregular arrivals remain very small.
Study permit applications experiencing sharp decrease as a result of announced caps over 50 percent compared to February.
Citizenship numbers remain stable.
Slide 3 has the overall numbers and change.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Up the Ratios Bylaws - a Comprehensive Process of Our Organizationuptheratios
Up the Ratios is a non-profit organization dedicated to bridging the gap in STEM education for underprivileged students by providing free, high-quality learning opportunities in robotics and other STEM fields. Our mission is to empower the next generation of innovators, thinkers, and problem-solvers by offering a range of educational programs that foster curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking.
At Up the Ratios, we believe that every student, regardless of their socio-economic background, should have access to the tools and knowledge needed to succeed in today's technology-driven world. To achieve this, we host a variety of free classes, workshops, summer camps, and live lectures tailored to students from underserved communities. Our programs are designed to be engaging and hands-on, allowing students to explore the exciting world of robotics and STEM through practical, real-world applications.
Our free classes cover fundamental concepts in robotics, coding, and engineering, providing students with a strong foundation in these critical areas. Through our interactive workshops, students can dive deeper into specific topics, working on projects that challenge them to apply what they've learned and think creatively. Our summer camps offer an immersive experience where students can collaborate on larger projects, develop their teamwork skills, and gain confidence in their abilities.
In addition to our local programs, Up the Ratios is committed to making a global impact. We take donations of new and gently used robotics parts, which we then distribute to students and educational institutions in other countries. These donations help ensure that young learners worldwide have the resources they need to explore and excel in STEM fields. By supporting education in this way, we aim to nurture a global community of future leaders and innovators.
Our live lectures feature guest speakers from various STEM disciplines, including engineers, scientists, and industry professionals who share their knowledge and experiences with our students. These lectures provide valuable insights into potential career paths and inspire students to pursue their passions in STEM.
Up the Ratios relies on the generosity of donors and volunteers to continue our work. Contributions of time, expertise, and financial support are crucial to sustaining our programs and expanding our reach. Whether you're an individual passionate about education, a professional in the STEM field, or a company looking to give back to the community, there are many ways to get involved and make a difference.
We are proud of the positive impact we've had on the lives of countless students, many of whom have gone on to pursue higher education and careers in STEM. By providing these young minds with the tools and opportunities they need to succeed, we are not only changing their futures but also contributing to the advancement of technology and innovation on a broader scale.
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
Given the small scale of housing associations and their relative high cost per home what is the point of them and how do we justify their continued existance
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
A process server is a authorized person for delivering legal documents, such as summons, complaints, subpoenas, and other court papers, to peoples involved in legal proceedings.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
2. Agile was coined in
2001 by software
development leaders
• Agile Manifesto
Iterative
Time-Boxed
Deliver Working
Software
People-based not plan-
based
Popular Methodologies:
• Scrum, Kanban, XP
2
3. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
3Source: AgileManifesto.org
4. 1. Rapid delivery
2. Welcome changes
3. Working software is
delivered frequently
4. Working software is the
principal measure of
progress
5. Sustainable development
6. Daily co-operation
between business and
developers
7. Face-to-face conversation
(Co-location)
8. Projects are built around
motivated individuals,
who should be trusted
9. Continuous attention to
technical excellence and
good design
10. Simplicity
11. Self-organizing teams
12. Regular adaptation
4Source: AgileManifesto.org
8. Requirements
Design
Implementation
Testing
Deployment
Maintenance
Agile = rapid delivery
Loopy, not linear
Often at the same time
8
14. As a <role> I want <goal/desire> so that
<value>
As a PIO I want an updated image rotator for
each sub-site that is also displays responsive
design so that I can click an image for the
related feature story.
Acceptance: Must be responsively designed
and to the delight of PIO
14
21. Discuss Story Status
Acceptance Criteria
Met
Close/Split/Bounce
Stories and Tasks
Demos
Quick Meeting
21
22. Good, Bad, Ugly
Sprint Starfish
• Keep doing
• Stop doing
• Start doing
• More of
• Less of
Be Better than the Last
Sprint
Continuous Improvement
No Management or
Customers!!!
22
26. More work than expected – Management
Visualize Progress – Customers
Focus - Team
26
27. Don’t let perfection
be the enemy of
good
“Next Sprint”
Clear & Concise
direction
Daily praise &
gratification
Completing work
daily
Daily progress
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