5th Meeting - October 13th. 
*** Thank you to our meeting sponsor IBM and Mutual of Omaha!!
Meeting topic: Agile Architecture Panel Discussion
Have you ever wondered how you could adopt a more 'Agile Architecture' approach on your projects instead of Big Architecture Upfront? If this topic interests you please RSVP to attend this session and come join a lively discussion with our panel of experts who will share their experience and answer your questions.
Panelist: Mike Douglas, Jeff Bramwell, Robert Stamps, John Kunz
Meeting time: 5:30 - 7:30
Meeting location: Mutual of Omaha34th & Dodge (Dome Entrance)
Directions HereParking: Attendees should park in the surface lot immediately to the West of the Dome and enter at the Dome entrance
4th Meeting - August 19th
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Thanks to Sogeti for sponsoring this event!
For this meeting we are very fortunate to have Ron Jeffries with us. For those of you who are not familiar with Ron Jeffries, he is one of the signors of the Agile Manifesto, author of many agile and extreme programming books and articles, and agile trainer. Ron claims that he has been coding longer than most people have been alive, and his first computer program was written right here in Nebraska at SAC!
Ron will be joined by Chet Hendrickson who is also an industry thought leader, CST and author of 'Extreme Programming Installed'. They will speak on the recent resurgence of interest in technical excellence and developer certification. With a lot of time for Q and A.
Meeting Time: 5:30 - 7:30pm.
Location Instructions:
Meeting at: Union Pacific Building Downtown 14th and Douglas
Parking:
You may park on the Street on the East, South side of the Building. There is also street parking just south of the building all around the library. The ParkOne parking lot is accessible (but will charge), on the
west side of the building. There is additional flat lot parking between 12th and 11th on Davenport
Access to Building:
Please access the building from the South Entrance (Douglas Street). Proceed to the 2nd floor, via the stairs or escalators. Check-in at the guards desk.
* Another event will be taking place during the meeting, and we have been requested to minimize any interruptions.
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3rd Meeting - June 29th
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Meeting Topic: Taking Agile to the Next Level
Meeting Speaker: Angela Druckman from Danube
Angela Druckman, Certified Scrum Trainer, discussed what companies across North America and Europe are doing
to excel in their practice of Scrum. Angela covered:
- How companies are getting started with agile/ Scrum
- Changes and adjustments organization need to make as Scrum teams mature
- Common problems and pitfalls
- How Scrum changes the way individuals and companies do their work
- How to link iteration and sprint goals to the overarching goals of the company
Angela shared a number of case studies from her experience.
Meeting Time: 5:30 - 7:30pm
Location: Prokarma
Central Park Towers - North Tower
222 S. 15th Street
Suite 280 (on 2nd floor right off the elevators) Parking is available on the streets or in Omaha Park One. |
Meeting Location: Northern Natural Gas MAP
Meeting Format: Open Spaces/Conversation Cafe
We will have 4 breakout groups discussing topics related to our theme. The topics will be:
- Scrum of Scrums - Facilitated by Greg Martin (UP) & Beth Schmidt (Mutual of Omaha)
- Agile Adoption Across the Organization - Facilitated by Patty Reilly (Mutual of Omaha)
- Agile Architecture and Large Projects - Facilitated by Gary Overgard and Doug Steward (NNG), Dennis Kirlin (FCSA)
- Planning and Estimating for Large Agile Projects - Facilitated by Sally Elatta (ASCIT) & Brian Wohlers (FCSA)
We selected these topics as a result of our groups feedback during our last meeting! You can join any of the discussions and contribute your ideas or questions, and you can move from topic to topic as you wish.
1st Meeting - Feb 17th 2009
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Ken Carter
PMP, CSM
Mutual of Omaha
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"Agile vs. PMBOK, Adversaries or Allies?"
Presentation Summary
Does Agile really contradict the practices learned from PMI & the PMBOK or can they live in harmony? This presentation will highlight the relationship between legacy and Agile project management methodologies. In addition, the differences between ScrumMaster and Project Manager roles will be addressed to aid in the understanding of differences in core competencies between the two.
Speaker BIO:
Mr. Kenneth Carter is responsible for Mutual of Omaha's Enterprise Project Office (EPO). In that capacity, he has overall responsibility for the project management methodologies, tools and processes as well as overall maturity and capabilities of Mutual's project management community. Included in this community are approximately 175 project managers and three PMOs.
Mr. Carter has more than 30 years of IT experience in application development, and infrastructure technology. He has 25 years of management experience including 15 years in project management. Mr. Carter has also served in several roles on the PMI Heartland Chapter Board of Directors. |
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6th Meeting - Nov 18th, 2008:
What: Test Driven Development (TDD) & Fitnesse
Who: Joen Moreno & Anthony Carlson
When: November 18, 2008 5:30 pm Food and Networking, 6:00 pm Start
Where: Union Pacific Railroad Co
1400 Douglas St, Omaha, NE 68179
Networking: 5:30 pm
Meeting : 6:00 – 7:30 pm
5th Meeting - Sept 23rd, 2008:
Product Owner role discussion panelCome find out what real world Product Owners are saying about their experience with Agile! We have 5 guests on the panel representing different companies of all sizes. Bring your business partners so they can learn about this unique Product Owner role and get some of their questions answered!
Sample topics we'll cover
- Overview of the Product Owner Role
- Level of commitment and collaboration needed
- Identifying and writing stories
- Story estimation
- Determining a release
- Scope and timelines
- Success stories and lessons learned
Networking: 5:30 pm
Meeting : 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Host: Mutual of Omaha
34th & Dodge (Dome Entrance)
Omaha, NE
Directions Here
Parking: Attendees should park in the surface lot immediately to the West of the Dome and enter at the Dome entrance.
If you have questions email info@omahaagiledevelopment.org and we will respond to you promptly
4th Meeting - July 29th 2008
Meeting Topic
- Interactive Story Brainstorming Demo
- Interactive Story Estimating Demo
- Interactive Planning Meeting Demo
- Interactive TDD Demo
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Format
- 20 Minutes each
- Facilitator and audience volunteers as demo participants
- Activity overview
- Conduct activity
- Close with learning points and Q&A
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Networking: 5:30 pm
Meeting : 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Host: OPPD
Directions
HerePlease enter on the west side of Energy Plaza. (17th street between Harney and Jackson streets).
You will be required to sign in if you did not preregister and will be issued a visitor’s badge. The elevators are located up the steps and to your left. Alternate access is available.
The meeting is located on the 9th floor.
3rd Meeting - June 10th - 2008
Open Spaces
- Overview of Agile
- Values and Principles
- Agile Terms
- Roles and Responsibilities
- The Scrum Process
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Break Out Sessions
- TDD & Continuous integration
- Identifying and Estimating User Stories
- Agile Roles and Responsibilities
- Agile Advanced Topics
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Host: Union Pacific Railroad Co
1400 Douglas St, Omaha, NE 68179
Networking: 5:30 pm
Meeting : 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Directions
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Parking:
You may park on the Street on the East, South side of the Building.
There is also street parking just south of the building all around the
library. The ParkOne? parking lot is accessible (but will charge), on the
west side of the building. There is additional flat lot parking between
12th and 11th on Davenport (if there is an event this evening, they will
also be charging).
Access to Building:Please access the building from the South Entrance (Douglas Street).
Proceed to the 2nd floor, via the stairs or escalators. Check-in at the
guards desk. The User Group Meeting (and social time) will be held in
the Training Facility on the 2nd floor directly east of the Guards Desk
in Classroom E. If you need to leave the building for any reason and
want to return, please let a board member know so that they can meet you
at the guards desk.
2nd Meeting - April 30th - 2008
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Scott Ambler
Practice Leader- Agile Development
IBM Rational |
Thank You to Omaha Rational User Group for allowing us to partner with them for this presentation! A voice recording of Scott Ambler presentation can be found on their site.
Presentation Summary:
"The majority of organizations have gotten their feet wet with Agile software development techniques and are now hoping to take it to the next stage. However, they’re discovering that the simple methodologies they initially adopted aren’t sophisticated enough to address the complex situations the find themselves in. This presentation describes strategies for taking an Agile approach to distributed development teams, for addressing regulatory compliance requirements, for large teams, and for leveraging legacy assets. Techniques from the Rational Unified Process (RUP), Agile Modeling (AM), and Agile Data methodologies that are required to scale Agile will be described in detail in this presentation. Once you go beyond the Agile rhetoric you will find that you can in fact scale it to meet the complexities of the real-world situations you find yourself in." |
1st Meeting - Feb 26th - 2008
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Jean Tabaka
Agile Coach with Rally Software Development |
Omaha Agile User Group 1st Meeting
Our first guest speaker is Jean Tabaka! Author, coach and thought leader from Rally Software. Her topic is "Lean Thinking and Quality on Agile Teams"
One of the seven principles of Lean Thinking is "Eliminate Waste". This principle focuses on adding value in all that we do in building software. To explicitly attack waste in our work, we should first consider lessons from the "Take-Make-Waste" model of 20th century industry.
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