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KEyNOTE SESSIONS MONDAY, MAY 16, 8:30-5:00 AgIlE EXPERTS SHARE INSIgHT THuRSDAy, NOvEMBER 13, 8:45 a.m. Collaborative Leadership: A Secret to Agile Success Pollyanna Pixton, Accelinnova When members of a development project are asked to become a self-directed agile team, some claim that leadership and leaders are obsolete. Or is a different type of leadership exactly what agile teams need to truly flourish? Pollyanna Pixton describes a new, collaborative leadership style that does not attempt to control or micro-manage. It’s one that asks the right questions at the right time to generate new ideas and develop creative products that customers need and want. Pollyanna explains the four areas of collaborative leadership-creating an open environment where the best people can work, learning from stakeholders throughout the enterprise, prioritizing innovative solutions based on business value, and standing back to allow the team to succeed. She shares her battle-tested tips for leading collaboratively-fix processes, not people; take the fun out of being dysfunctional; eliminate constructive criticism, because it never is; and more. Whether you are a senior manager, product owner, customer, ScrumMaster, or an individual contributor, Pollyanna’s collaborative principles will empower you and everyone on your team to become better leaders and deliver the business value that stakeholders deserve. An international collaborative leadership expert, Pollyanna Pixton developed the models for collaboration and collaborative leadership through her thirty-five years of working in and consulting with corporations and organizations. She helps companies create workplaces where talent and innovation are unleashed—making them more productive, efficient, and profitable. Pollyanna is a founding partner of Accelinnova, president of Evolutionary Systems, director of the Institute for Collaborative Leadership, and co-author of the forthcoming book, Stand Back and Deliver: Tools For leading Agility due out in early 2009. She co-founded the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) and chaired APLN Leadership Summits in London, Minneapolis, and Orlando. Contact her at ppixton@accelinnova.com. THuRSDAy, NOvEMBER 13, 4:30 p.m. Scaling Agile: Kanban and Beyond… David Anderson, Valtech, Inc. and Modus Cooperandi, Inc. Agile software development has been around for almost ten years. Some believe lean is the next step in our evolution. How do agile and lean play together, and what does the lean influence mean for the future of agile? Kanban is a signaling system, devised by Toyota and used in their just-in-time manufacturing process. Often, it is implemented as cards on a board that shows the status of work. David Anderson describes how you can use the kanban approach to build a high maturity enterprise that can scale agile practices to support large, enterprise software development projects. He describes how kanban facilitates a quantitatively managed, predictable, and continuously improving organization. David also examines future trends in scaling agile, including the real option theory, CMMI’s role in high maturity organizations, agile portfolio management, agile governance, and the emergence of lean software supply chains. Join David for a thoughtful look into the future of agile development—and your future, too. David Anderson is chief process scientist with Valtech and president of Modus Cooperandi, a management consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington. He has many years of management experience leading teams on agile development projects, most recently as senior director for Software Engineering at Corbis in Seattle. David was a founder of the agile movement through his involvement in the creation of feature-driven development in Singapore in the late 1990s. He can be contacted at david. anderson@valtech.com. CAll 888.268.8770 OR 904.278.0524 TO REgISTER • W W W. S Q E . C O M /A D P R E g 15 http://WWW.SQE.COM/ADPREg

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Agile Conference Brochure Contents Conference-at-a-Glance The EXPO Special Events Conference Speaker Index 36 In-Depth Pre-conference Tutorials 4 Keynote Presentations 42 Concurrent Classes Agile Leadership Summit by APLN Conference Venue and Things to Do in Orlando, FL Conference Sponsors & Exhibitors Registration Information Event Location Ways to Save

Better Software - September 2008

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