Join our special guest speaker James Shore with PNSQC. We'll have an informal interview where we discuss topics in Agile that you've always wondered about... Listen in for: 1. In one sentence, what is Agile? Would you have said the same thing 20 years ago? 2. What are the basics of an agile culture as is exists in 2019? How is that different than 1999? 3. Since the signing of the Agile manifesto (in 2001), what do you think the signers got right? What could be improved? 4. What does "agile at scale” mean? 5. The manifesto says "Individuals and interactions over processes and tools," yet today there are many more Agile tools available than there were in 1999. How has that changed how Agile is practiced? 6. What are the remaining frontiers for Agile?

1. Agile – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
An Exclusive Interview with James Shore
Moderated by Philip Lew
@PNSQC
#PNSQC19

2. PNSQC
Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference
• The oldest software quality conference in North America
now in its 37th year.
• Annual conference held in Portland, Oregon. This year
from October 14-16.
• Non-profit organization run by volunteers.
• PNSQC is a hybrid professional conference that focuses
on the software quality practitioner.
• Conference speakers and participants are people sharing
their own experiences in both success and failure (not by
consultants nor vendors).
• A range of topics and speakers - everything from
management methods and distributed teams to agile,
automation, Devops and security.
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3. Our Speaker Today
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James Shore
• James Shore teaches, writes, and consults
on Agile development processes with an
emphasis on technical excellence. He is:
• A recipient of the Agile Alliance's Gordon
Pask Award for Contributions to Agile
Practice
• Co-author of /The Art of Agile
Development/, host of "Let's Code: Test-
Driven JavaScript," and co-creator of the
Agile Fluency™ Model.
• InfoQ has named him one of the "most
influential people in Agile."
• His screencasts can be found at:
• letscodejavascript.com
• essays at jamesshore.com

4. Moderating Today
Philip Lew
PNSQC Board Member, Program
Chair, and Speaker
• CEO, XBOSoft
• Relevant specialties and passions
o Software quality process,
evaluation, measurement and
improvement
o Software quality in use / UX design
o Mobile User Experience and
usability
o Cycling and travel
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5. House Rules
§ Participants other than the speakers are muted
§ Questions via the Zoom control panel or through
Twitter @PNSQC
§ Questions may be asked throughout the webinar -
we’ll try to answer them at the end
§ You will receive info on recording and slides after
the webinar
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Now the featured interview with James Shore...
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6. IN ONE SENTENCE, WHAT IS AGILE?
WOULD YOU HAVE SAID THE SAME
THING 20 YEARS AGO?
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7. WHAT ARE THE BASICS OF AN AGILE
CULTURE AS IT EXISTS IN 2019? HOW
IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN 1999?
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8. SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE AGILE
MANIFESTO (IN 2001), WHAT DO YOU
THINK THE SIGNERS GOT RIGHT?
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED?
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9. WHAT YOU THINK OF THE PHRASE
"AGILE AT SCALE”?
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10. THE MANIFESTO SAYS "INDIVIDUALS
AND INTERACTIONS OVER PROCESSES
AND TOOLS," YET TODAY THERE ARE
MANY MORE AGILE TOOLS AVAILABLE
THAN THERE WERE IN 1999. HOW HAS
THAT CHANGED HOW AGILE IS
PRACTICED?
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11. IMAGINE AN ALTERNATE WORLD
WHERE THE PHRASE XP HAD TAKEN
HOLD INSTEAD OF AGILE. WHAT
WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE?
(CONSIDERING TECHNICAL SKILLS VS
PROCESS SKILLS?)
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12. IF YOU COULD CHANGE ANYTHING
ABOUT THE WAY ORGANIZATIONS
PRACTICE AGILE, WHAT WOULD YOU
CHANGE?
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13. WHAT ARE THE REMAINING
FRONTIERS FOR AGILE?
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14. Join Us This Fall #PNSQC19
Register today at pnsqc.org
www.pnsqc.org
Today’s webinar has been recorded and will be available via the
PNSQC Youtube Channel.
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#PNSQC19
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