Jennifer Bleen and Joe Astolfi will be presenting for PMI September 18th 11:30 am to 1 pm at Improving Enterprises.
Register at PMI COC website:
http://www.pmicoc.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=387&Itemid=206&year=2013&month=09&day=18&uid=81b2743fdf961edb387209b288791b93
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED!!!
AgilePalooza is all about fun, collaboration and learning about Agile in a great atmosphere. Join us on Friday, September 27th at the beautiful Crowne Plaza Downtown Columbus as nationally-recognized expert Damon Poole, Chief Agilist at Eliassen Group delivers the keynote: Unlock the Power of Agile in Your Organization
You’ll also learn:
· Story Maps and other Design Tools
· Scrum Simulation
· Producing Product Developers
from thought leaders Dave Hussman (the Dude), Chuck Suscheck, Samar Elatta, Brian Watson, and Mark Kilby; it’s a full day of Agile learning and collaboration.
The event concludes with an insightful, interactive Q and A panel with the experts. Get your questions answered from those in the know.
A limited supply of Early Bird tickets is available now @ $99.
Register: http://agilepalooza-columbus2013.eventbrite.com/
Agenda: http://agilepalooza.com/columbus2013
In our July-August meting, Joseph Ours will be speaking on the topic of Redefining the Purpose of Software Testing.
Throughout the history of software testing, the profession has evolved from expectations of just meeting requirements to ensuring fitness of use. Along the way, testers have been saddled with the burdensome expectations of ensuring overall quality in each of these ways. They get stuck in situations where there is not enough time or resources to fully evaluate a product. In addition, with the increased use of agile methodologies, testers are finding their turnaround time is shrinking. In this presentation we will talk about the common challenges our stakeholders have in understanding our craft, as well as some of the common negative perceptions of value. We will see how this is driven by our typical approach to testing, in a methodology agnostic way, and work to identify common challenges that impact our daily lives. We will discuss how our history has driven what most believe is our purpose. We will redefine our purpose with advice on how to implement a new mindset. We will discuss embracing our newly defined purpose of software testing, where the emphasis is placed on providing information, not just raw data, to stakeholders. This will enable us to provide information instead of data and will transform testing into a service minded group whose value is transparent and ultimately empowered by their stakeholders instead of just tolerated by them.
During this session, participants will learn:
• Common challenges facing software testers today
• A better defined testing role that aligns with business value
• Things to stop doing and things to start doing to deliver value to stakeholders
Joseph is responsible for the development and delivery of Cohesion’s Quality Assurance and Testing Services. As Director of Quality Assurance and Testing Service, Joseph draws on more than 15 years’ experience providing executive-level leadership while managing high profile initiatives with a demonstrated ability to drive people towards successful delivery. Throughout his diverse career, Joseph has built a solid reputation as a thought leader who demonstrates a results-driven business approach and exceptional ability to create innovative solutions to today’s challenges. Joseph is a strong leader in business processes with a proven history of providing project and portfolio management of large technology initiatives. He brings both a strategic and tactical thought process to solving IT related issues.
Joseph earned a Bachelor’s in Electronic Engineering Technology from World College, a Bachelor’s in Technical Management from DeVry University, and his MBA from Keller Business School of Management with a concentration in Information Systems. Joseph is also PMP certified.
Thanks to Quick Solutions for hosting us and providing lunch!
RSVP:
http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/events/115939772/?a=ea2_grp&rv=ea2&_af_eid=115939772&_af=event
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
11:30 AM
Quick Solutions
440 Polaris Parkway
Suite 500
Westerville, OH 43082
An unusual mini-conference / training is taking place in May — completely virtually. It’s for you if:
– You find yourself falling further behind on your critical projects
– Team members don’t speak up in planning sessions or retrospectives
– You’d like to see your team step up and take ownership, but you are having trouble letting go
– You’re looking for more ways to increase performance/velocity/productivity, but you’re stumped
– The results from Scrum/XP/Agile/Lean/Kanban practices leave a lot to be desired
Hosted by Gil Broza (who wrote “The Human Side of Agile”),
this event is a series of how-to interviews. His guests include authors/consultants such as Christopher Avery, Johanna Rothman, and Ellen Gottesdiener, as well as experienced managers/practitioners. The theme is “Individuals and Interactions: How to Put People Before Process for Outstanding Results.”
Recordings and transcripts will be available. Early bird registration is available right now and COHAA members get another 15% off with the code JBLPBP13. (Which means that in April, the highest-value ticket is less than $60).
The URL: http://individualsandinteractions.com/
Registration for COHAA’s annual conferences: The Path to Agility and The Path to Craftsmanship is now open.
Keynotes include Neal Ford, David Anderson and Andy Hunt.
More information may be found at www.thepathtoagility.org
Get your seat while they last.
Planning to send your entire IT organization? For bulk seat purchase information please send email to info@cohaa.org
