Real Agile: Agile from the Trenches

There’s been a lot of talk recently about Agile software development. As people try to make the transition, they generally find themselves stumbling and maybe even giving up on Agile altogether. In this session I will help you understand discuss what Agile is, and what it isn’t. I will tell you about the differences between […]

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True stories; comedy, horror and storybook endings

Experiences of organization as it changed and continues to evolve it thinking about how to develop software, told as stories.  The names have been changed to protect the innocent; but the experiences are real.   You’ll relate to some stories, get a laugh from others and maybe think twice before attempting to replicate one or two. […]

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Why I adopted Scrum and how my baby has matured into young adulthood

From a technologist’s point of view, the CTO and CDO of Pinsight Media + discusses why he initially adopted Scrum as the preferred development methodology for his mobile dev team. He talks about how he has now implemented it across multiple projects/teams (each with unique requirements), the learnings he has amassed over the past 5 […]

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Running the DevOps Marathon

Running a marathon is not an easy task. Participants can spend months preparing for it and need the right motivation and goals to succeed. Transitioning to a DevOps culture and related process can also feel like running a marathon. It will require long term plans, iterating on those plans and the commitment to keep trying, […]

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