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COHAA November event – Agile Risk Management:

Agile Risk Management:
The PMBOK tells you that, to manage risk, make a list and have meetings. How effective is that? Is there a way to build risk management right into the software development process? The Agile lifecycle has some very interesting ways to reduce risk and make problems big and visible quickly. Join Daryl for a lively discussion about how to manage risks in an Agile way, far beyond the standard risk list.

Date: 11/18/10
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Location: Kilgour Bld
6565 Kilgour Place
Dublin OH 43017

Please RSVP at www.COHAA.org

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agileLUNCHBOX – The Spirit of Agile by John Weilbacher – KForce

The AEP IT PMO is pleased to be hosting the November Agile Lunch Box. The Agile Lunch Box is a Central Ohio agile user group. We are hosting the November meeting as a special engagement so that, in addition to our Central Ohio guests, we may make it that much easier for all of us who are interested in learning more about the Agile approach to attend.

Lunch is sponsored by KForce from Gahanna Grill. Please RSVP for food count (please let me know if you will be calling into the meeting).
Live meeting information to follow for those who can not join in the meeting.

TOPIC: The Spirit of Agile

There is no doubt that agile software development has certainly made a name for itself. Agile is all-the-buzz in organizations that are trying to find new, leaner ways of delivering projects. But was agile created to make software development lean? Can a traditional project really be done in an agile fashion? We invite you to join John as he explores some thought-provoking questions as well as misconceptions regarding agile.

SPEAK

ER: John Weilbacher

John is a certified Scrum Master and a Project Management Professional with over 25 years experience in the IT industry. As a consultant with Kforce, John is currently working as a Project Manager with American Electric Power, managing projects in the Generation space and assisting the organization with defining and rolling out agile.

..When: November 17th at 11:30 am to 1 pm

RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/calendar/14228418/?success=event_edit_short&eventAction=editing

Where: American Electric Power
1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, OH 43215

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agileLUNCHBOX – Agile Management Tools Review

Take your agile knowledge to the next level by seeing the best tools to use for agile!

This is a showcase of the best tools in the agile marketplace!

Each demo will be approximately 10-15 minutes for you to see all the flashy awesome capability to perform agile development.

Quick Solutions is sponsoring facilities and food so RSVP by Monday October 25th!

RSVP at TechLife Columbus: http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/calendar/14228379/

The lineup so far:

IBM Rational Tools – Jazz
iRise
VersionOne
Rally
Cucumber

Others that may come are Microsoft TFS, Visual Studio, private tools,etc.

If you would like to demo a tool please let us know! There are several open source solutions that we have available for review!

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Agile PM LIG: How to stand up an Agile Team and Pick an Agile Method

The PMI Central Ohio Chapter (PMICOC) and the Central Ohio Agile Association (COHAA) are pleased to host our second Agile Project Manager Local Interest Group (LIG) meeting, which will be held on Friday, November 19th, from 7:00am – 8:30am.

Your facilitators Daryl Kulak and Cecelia McFadden are going to discuss how to stand up an Agile team and choose the Agile methods that are right for you.

Space is limited to 15 participants. Maximum Reached. Signs Up Now Closed

Special thanks to Borders Bookstore for providing food and facilities.

Event Location: Borders Bookstore

6670 Sawmill Road

Columbus, OH 43235

Event Cost: FREE for members and non-chapter members

While at Borders use your COHAA Benefit Day coupons and support your Agile community.

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COHAA to participate in “Benefit Days” with Borders and Waldenbooks – Nov 19-21

The Central Ohio Agile Association (COHAA) is pleased to partner with Borders and Waldenbooks for “Benefit Days” on November 19th-21st. For each person who makes a purchase with the required coupon, a donation will be made to COHAA. 100% of the donations will be used by COHAA to fund free events for the professional Agile community.

Coupons may be downloaded from the COHAA website at www.cohaa.org under the “Benefit’ Days” article. The file is named “COHAA Benefit Coupon nov 2010.doc”. ***Please note that you must be signed in to the COHAA website to retrieve the document.***

Please feel free to pass this on to your family and friends, and let’s work together to continue to offer free events to our Agile community!