July Meeting: Open Space with Diana Williams

NEW LOCATION AND TIME: In July we are joining forces with IIBA to bring you another open space event. Please note the location and time change below.  

Fifth Third Bank - MOC, 5050 Kingsley Drive, Madisonville, Ohio 45227

When: July 14, 2016  (Second Thursday) Networking: 6:15 pm Program: 6:30 - 8:30 pm.

Diana Williams will lead us through our first joint Open Space session. Open Space is a means to self-organize meetings and conferences. This ‘open’ concept allows for those attending to discuss what matters most to them, what they are most passionate about. There is no set agenda, no predetermined topics. There is however, a theme. The theme for this Open Space is of course Agile. 

 

Before the meeting, think about what you want to learn or share. Come prepared to discuss a topic but don’t plan to have an agenda or to lecture others on the subject. Be open to new ideas, new approaches to an existing process. Be open to having a dialog with one another. Be open to sharing your ideas or concerns. Be open to listening. Open Space has one requirement – your participation. This is expressed in the One Law of Open Space.  It is called the Law of Two Feet. Briefly stated, this law says that every individual has two feet, and must be prepared to use them. Responsibility for a successful Open Space resides with each participant. You can make a difference and must make a difference. If that is not true in a given session, you, and you alone, must take responsibility to use your two feet, and move to a new session where you can make a difference. “If you are not learning or contributing, feel free to move to a place where you can learn or contribute.” This is the law of two feet.

Open Space embraces the following principles:

• “Whoever comes are the right people.”
• “Whatever happens is the only thing that could have.”
• “When it starts is the right time.”
• “It’s over when it’s over.”

At the end of the Open Space, we will come together to share some of the big ah-ha’s we have learned, we will roast marshmallows over a bonfire comprised entirely of copies of the PMBOK and sing Kumbaya. Bring your children. Be prepared to be surprised!

Diana Williams is Manager of Agile Delivery at Digital Management Inc.

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June Meeting: Visualizing the Backlog with User Story Mapping

When: June 9, 2016  (Second Thursday) Networking: 5:30 - 6:00 pm Program: 6:00 - 7:30 pm.

User Story Mapping is a process to visualize your project, enhance transparency, and help resolve scope contention. In this hands on exercise, we will jointly create a user map, clearly defining order, minimal marketable features, and release plans.  

Phil Japikse is an international speaker, Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, CSM, and CSP, and a passionate member of the developer community.  He has been working with .NET since the first betas, developing software for over 30 years, and heavily involved in the agile community since 2005. Phil is co-author of best selling C# and the .NET 4.6 Frameworks (http://bit.ly/pro_csharp), the Lead Director for the Cincinnati .NET User’s Group (http://www.cinnug.org) and the Cincinnati Software Architect Group, co-hosts the Hallway Conversations podcast (http://www.hallwayconversations.com), founded the Cincinnati Day of Agile (http://www.dayofagile.org), and volunteers for the National Ski Patrol. During the day, Phil works as a Principal Consultant and the Agile Practice Director with Strategic Data Systems (http://www.sds-consulting.com). Phil enjoys to continuously learn new tech and is always striving to improving his craft. You can follow Phil on twitter via http://www.twitter.com/skimedic and read his blog at http://www.skimedic.com/blog.

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May Meeting: Agile Eats Culture for Breakfast

When: May 12, 2016  (Second Thursday) Networking: 5:30 - 6:00 pm Program: 6:00 - 7:30 pm

VersionOne's 9th Annual State of Agile Survey found that the number one barrier to further agile adoption is lack of ability to change organizational culture. Workplace culture is often an afterthought in agile transformations but is critical to making it work and making it stick. Presenters walk the audience through experiences and lessons learned while transforming the culture in one for-profit and one non-profit organization to an agile, highly engaged (and fun!) workplace. Audience members will learn how to approach managing the complexities of cultural transformations by employing agile methodologies (specifically the Scrum framework) and Lean Startup principles. Lessons learned can be employed immediately in any work environment.

Tana Linback has a background directing human resource and operational functions while developing company-wide people strategies provided a strong foundation in workplace cultural development before shifting her focus to software and product development. Tana has experience leading successful cultural transformations in agile environments and implementing Scrum in non-software development business functions. Tana has a BA in Corporate Communications from Purdue University and is a Professional Scrum Product Owner

Chris Daily has over 30 years experience in software development in start-ups to Fortune 500 companies in executive level positions. The last several years of his career have been focused on coaching organizations and teams through agile transformations in a variety of industries. Chris has a BS in Computer Science from Ball State University, an MBA from the University of Indianapolis and is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and a Professional Scrum Master (PSM).

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How to Drive Agile Data Analytics for the Enterprise

Many IT veterans would hesitate to consider "agile" and "data warehousing" in the same sentence, given the track record of the latter to follow a long-worn process of requirements gathering, large data models, complex data integrations, and even more data sanitizing and tweaking before a polished report or visualization is ready. Tired of the rigmarole, some business groups are bypassing their IT organizations entirely and jumping to products like Tableau and Qlik to generate insights faster with ad-hoc data sets. However, these often lack guardrails to ensure the data's accuracy and consistency. Could there be a third way? Providing insights and examples from proven approaches, this talk presents a model for managing data analytics projects that produces high-value results rapidly using agile practices yet plays well with the demands of enterprise data management stewards, systems and standards.

We will discuss:

• What types of data analytics projects work best with agile? 
• How do you set appropriate expectations with project sponsors and end-users?
• Who should be on your team?
• What skills and tools can help you get started?
• What rhythms or practices are invaluable along the way?
• How to Drive Agile Data Analytics for the Enterprise

Eric Spaulding, MA, CBIP, is an information technology professional specializing in business intelligence and data management (quality, integration, analytics, and performance). His in-depth experience in BI practices and tools spans the entire project life cycle, including project leadership, business/systems analysis, solution architecture, data modeling, ETL/ELT development, reporting, and data visualization. 

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