Author: jenbleen

Your invited to join OSU’s Center of Excellence- ITLN presentation with Jon Stahl, founder/CEO of Cleveland-based LeanDog

ITLN Forum – Sept. 21, 2012
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Pfahl Hall 140, Fisher College of Business

Register at http://fisher.osu.edu/centers/coe/it-leadership-network

Stahl launched his software engineering firm in Cleveland after nearly two decades experience providing IT leadership in Fortune 500 and startup organizations. As he works with companies on Agile transformation and Lean management, Stahl’s passion is eliminating waste, optimizing team performance and helping organizations adopt process improvement values. An active leadership coach, instructor and speaker, Stahl also has co-founded a number of events in the Cleveland area, including Ignite Cleveland, Cleveland Startup Weekend and the Cleveland GiveCamp for IT Philanthropy. He is a Pittsburgh native and graduate of Ohio State University.

Is it possible to manage complex developments across multiple distributed groups? Yes!

Product portfolio management is not simply about identifying the most important things to create and then focusing on them. Portfolio and Program Managers need to also understand how this work must be managed across the responsible teams as well as how multiple projects or components come together prior to deployment.

Attend this Agile Portfolio Management Series webinar and hear industry expert, Alan Shalloway and Rally’s Ann Konkler discuss the:

•Real-life challenges of multiple, distributed projects and teams

•Use of shared backlogs to improve completion of work

•Effective collaboration across multiple teams

To attend visit:
http://forms.rallydev.com/2012-rpm-webinarseries?

Who should attend?
If you lead and manage Agile development teams, or feel that you need to transform to support these teams by integrating Agile practices and Lean principles, this is a must-attend webinar for you.

June 6, 7, & 8, 2012

Gartner predicts that 80% of all Software projects will be using Agile in the next couple of years.

This three day intensive review session is designed to assist the candidate in preparing for the PMI-ACP certification exam as well as understanding the scope and practices of Agile.

There will be link for preparation efforts to pass the PMI-ACP Exam and all areas will be covered in the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner Workshop.

For a full exam content outline, go to http://bit.ly/hzRRIL. All Participants will receive access to AgileExam.com and should take the full practice exam prior to the course then again after course completion.

REGISTER at:
http://pmi-acp-columbus-june2012.eventbrite.com/

Class will be held June 6, 7 & 8, 2012 at Franklin University’s Dublin Campus at 495 Metro Place South in Dublin, Ohio from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm daily.

Cincinnati Day of Agile
May 19 2012
8 AM – 6 PM

Miami University Voice of America Learning Center
7847 VOA Park Drive
West Chester, Ohio 45069

Deadline for submissions: 4/15/2012

You are invited to participate as a speaker at the Day of Agile conferences in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 19, 2012. The conference is a regional, multitrack, practitioner conference focusing on educating those new to agile while bringing together intermediate and advanced practitioners. In previous years this conferences has attracted over 300 people. This year the conference will be held at Miami University’s Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester, Ohio.

This is your chance to showcase your ideas and deepen relationships with other agile enthusiasts. A variety of presentation levels from beginner to advanced will be selected on topics related to practicing agile software development. The formats are open and can include workshops, exercises, open spaces, or lectures. Presentations are limited to 1 hour. Sales presentations will not be considered. All speakers will have conference fees waived.

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Location Link:
http://www.regionals.muohio.edu/voalc/

Call for Speakers Link:
http://dayofagile.org/cincinnati/call-for-speakers

Conference Information Link:
http://dayofagile.org/cincinnati

For more information, contact:
Jonathan Mills
Jonathanfmills@gmail.com
816-447-7405

This presentation is about personal branding and community awareness. In this talk, Ben will share with you his philosophy about taking control of your career and share with you the wide array of resources available to you to build your career. Those attending will come away with practical and actionable insights to help you build your professional skills and networks.

Event Info:

April 11th, 2012 at 10:30 am

The Conference Center at OCLC
6600 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH

About out speaker:

Ben is an unabashed Columbus technology advocate and has been recognized as a Computerworld Premier 100 leader. As the founder of TechLifeOhio and the curator of Columbus Startup Digest he has unique insights as to the resources, networks, and talents in our backyard. To learn more check out his LinkedIn profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/benblanquera

They will be awarding a $500 Apple gift card to a lucky attendee. Ben Blanquera, education, networking, lunch and possibly an iPad3 – it looks to be a great event! Please register at http://www.atp-ohio.org/docs/meetings/April%202012%20Mtg.pdf

This event will be $10.00 for ATP members; $20.00 for non-members. For more information about ATP, please see our website at http://www.atp-ohio.org/