Feb-4-10 Keynote: ‘Agile Comes to…’ SFO

Rich Mironov keynoted a one-day seminar on Agile adoption presented by leading Agile solution providers. HIs talk was titled “Agile Fundamentals, ROI and Engineering Best Practices” and included a quick review of agile, how executives think about agile (and software development in general), plus thoughts on organizational challenges in roll out agile. An energetic Q&A session followed.

What: “Agile Comes to You,” a mini-conference with experts from AccuRev, Coverity, AnthillPro, and Rally Software..
Where: Westin San Francisco Airport, 1 Old Bayshore Highway, Millbrae CA
When: Thursday, Feb 4th

All attendees received a copy of Rich’s book “The Art of Product Management”.

Shrinking budgets. Competing priorities. Schedule risk. It’s easy in a turbulent time to keep your head down, focus on putting out one fire at a time, and hope things get better. But this is actually a great time to look at how Agile software development techniques and the tools that support them can help you reduce risk, boost the productivity of your existing organization, and cut development costs. Not enough time or budget to travel to industry events this year? This unique conference will bring Agile thought leaders and solutions to you.

Rich Mironov delivered the keynote for this day of agile success stories and development-focused tools. As a long-time software product strategist and Agile product manager, he focused on executive-level benefits, agile transformations, and organizational planning, and the opportunity to improve how we define / create software.

Rally

Following Rich Mironov’s keynote, attendees heard expert presentations on Agile topics:

An agile approach to requirements management
Proving the ROI impact of Agile methods and tools
Keys to effective, reliable continuous integration
Emerging SCM best practices for Agile development
How to ensure software quality/security throughout Agile development cycles

A product showcase demonstrated Agile project management, build and release, change management and test solutions that help improve the effectiveness of development projects and teams.

SEMINAR AGENDA

8:30 AM	Registration and Breakfast
8:45 AM	Welcome: Cliff Utstein, AccuRev
9:00 AM	Keynote Speaker: Rich Mironov, agile expert:‘Agile Fundamentals, ROI and Engineering Best Practices.’
9:45 AM	Presentation: Coverity, ‘Managing Software Quality in Agile Environments’
10:15 AM	Break
10:45 AM	Presentation: AccuRev, ‘Automating Agile software development processes’
11:15 AM	Presentation: Rally, ‘Case Study: Customizing Agile Tools for Project Success’
11:45 AM	Presentation: AnthillPro, ‘Optimizing Your Development, Build and Release’
12:15 AM	Break
12:30 PM	Lunch and Vendor Demonstrations
1:30 - 2:00 PM	Raffle

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