MINI-CONFERENCE:

IMPLEMENTING AGILE
Agile provides “an environment which is
rich in communication, focussed on the
12 November 2008, LONDON

business need and focussed on

protecting the quality of the final
deliverable”. Many organisations now
want to take the next step and find out
what “implementing Agile” really
involves.
This highly-focused interactive one-day event gives a practical guide to real-world
Agile implementations that will provide invaluable insight to any organisation that is
considering the decision to “go Agile”. It features presentations and case studies
based on real and extensive experience.

By attending this mini-conference you will gain genuine, pragmatic guidance from
specialists who have extensive experience of implementing Agile.

Topics covered include: Who should attend?

Organised by:

• Recap / Overview of leading Agile Those wishing to successfully

Approaches – similarities and implement Agile software development,
differences, strengths and weaknesses; or to explore its potential, will benefit
• Selecting an Agile Approach: Selecting from this interactive workshop which
and integrating Agile approaches that demonstrates the right way to go about
work for your organisation and implementing Agile. Participants will
integrating them with existing have ample opportunity to ask
frameworks; questions and interact with the
• Initiating an Agile Transformation: presenters in order to relate Agile to
Where and how to start, and how to their own organisations. They will also
achieve and sustain organisational be provided with onward knowledge
business buy-in; and learning resource sources.
Sponsored by:

• The Challenges of Managing an Agile

Transformation: Agile Transformation, As Agile projects impact the whole
barriers and enablers, issues and organisation, attendance by a wide
solutions; range of staff and by teams is
• Case Study: Reflections from an strongly recommended.
o rg an i s at i o n wh i ch h a s o r i s (team discounts available)
transforming to Agile; • CEOs / CIOs / IT Directors
• Panel / Q & A / Clinic: Question the • Programme & Project Managers
Panel’s approach to real-world issues • Software Development Managers
and solutions. • Software Managers
• Software Quality Managers
• Project managers and team leaders
responsible for Agile projects.
• Business users involved in specifying,
agreeing and procuring software.
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SCHEDULE
9.00-9.30 Registration and Coffee Challenges of Managing an Agile
Transformation
9.30 Keith Braithwaite, Centre for Agile Practice,
Chairperson’s Introduction to the Zuhlke
speakers.
• What needs to be in place for Agile to
Recap / Overview of leading Agile Ap- succeed?
proaches – similarities and differences, • Where to begin?
strengths and weaknesses • What happens along the way?
Panel of all speakers • When are you done?

7 Milestones on the Road to Agility Case study: Yahoo!’s Experiences with

Duncan Pierce, Amarinda Implementing Agile
Manav Mehan, Yahoo! Europe
• You're interested in Agile, but are you ready
to do it? What happens if not everyone Introducing Distributed Agile – A Case
agrees? Study
• Where do you start? How do you manage Luke Barrett, ThoughtWorks
the transition?
• What risks do you face? How do you over- • Specific case study following the introduc-
come them? tion of a Distributed Agile delivery
approach to an established IT shop
These are questions a lot of organisations • Challenges encountered in terms of
have faced. In this talk we look at the major culture, process and technology and how
milestones you need to pass on the road to those were addressed
agility. We'll talk about activities you need to • Particular focus on how the team chose to
undertake at each stage to prepare yourself adapt core Agile practices to address
and your organisation to move forwards, and geographical and time difference
the checkpoints you should use at each mile- • Exploration of collaboration tools and
stone to determine whether you're ready. techniques that were used to manage the
We'll also look at the different problems communication gap
faced by large and small organisations. • Lessons learned

Initiating an Agile Transformation Panel/Q& A/ Clinic

Peter Measey, RADTAC
17.00
• Introduction to ‘Pragmatic Agile’ – Integrat- Close of Day
ing agile and traditional frameworks
• The 5 drivers of agile transformation Price:
• Transformation Project Delegate places are at the ‘Early bird’ price of
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• Capability Building exhibiting, contact:
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UNICOM Seminars Ltd
• The difference between ‘doing agile’ and
Tel: +44 (0) 1895 819 475
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