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Happy Holidays from COHAA

Hello COHAA members,

Activity within the Central Ohio Agile Association has slowed over the past few days as we prepare to enjoy time with our loved ones over the holidays. We all need some time to relax and reflect, and the COHAA Board of Directors is doing that as we wind down the year. We have an incredibly exciting and busy 2011 planned, so now is the perfect time to recharge in anticipation of the new year.

On behalf of the COHAA Leadership Team, I want to wish each and every one of our members the happiest of holidays. Thank you for being a member of the Central Ohio Agile Association, and for your continued contributions to this organization’s success.

See you in 2011!

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Agile in Action: Extending Agile Approaches in Testing, Development and Application Lifecycle Management – Free Webinar!

DATE: Tuesday, December 14, 2010

TIME: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm (EST)

COST: FREE

REGISTER: Click here to register in less than 60 seconds!
http://searchSoftwareQuality.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1288035151_545.html?asrc=PP_PTP_AUG

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND “AGILE IN ACTION”

You gain expert insight in order to ensure your organization has the latest best practices and strategies for implementing your agile projects (psst: it’d cost thousands of dollars to have analyst firms or consulting groups deliver this exact same advice that you can discover for free during our event next week).

Learn how to address common challenges and get proven solutions when it comes to scaling agile development for complex projects, as well as which methodologies are best for large-scale projects. Key topics and discussion points to be addressed in an exciting interactive format include:

— Keynote: Beyond Adoption: Trends in Agile Expansion and Agile ALM with Dave West, Forrester Research
— The Challenges of Distributed Agile: 5 Hidden Hurdles and How to Get Over Them with Lisa Crispin, Independent Agile Expert
— Beyond Small Agile Projects: Scaling Agile Development – Challenges and Solutions with Nari Kannan, Chief Delivery Officer, V-Soft Consulting
— Agile Choices: Approaches and Tools for Large-Scale Projects Panel Discussion

— And more

Take a moment to register in advance

and share with your fellow Central Ohio Agile Association members so you’re sure not to miss out on this unique opportunity. You’ll even have the chance to win an Amazon Kindle or other great prizes!

We look forward to seeing you on December 14!

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Code PaLOUsa 2011, Louisville, KY

Code PaLOUsa is a two-day, eight-track software development conference in Louisville, KY on March 4-5, 2011 designed to cover all aspects of software development regardless of technology stack. There will be sessions revolving around Microsoft, Java, Ruby, PHP, and Clojure; along with sessions on higher, platform-agnostic levels. There will be 60 technical presentations and panel discussions from well-known professionals in the software development community and a keynote talk from Douglas Crockford of Yahoo! and JavaScript/JSON fame.

For more details and to register, visit www.codepalousa.com

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Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Training in Columbus, OH on January 26 & 27, 2011

Lithespeed (www.lithespeed.com) will be holding a 2-day Certified ScrumMaster class in Columbus on January 26-27. They are offering a 15% discount to COHAA, PMI, and APLN members. Please open the attached flyer for more information and to obtain your discount code.

This training is being conducted by Sanjiv Augustine. Participants will receive 16 PDUs and a two year membership to the Scrum Alliance.

Note: you must be a registered user of this website to access the flyer.

Additional information and registration available at http://www.lithespeed.com/CSM_Detail.htm.