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Conference at-a-Glance

8:30
  Tutorial Sessions (8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)  
 
 
  Monday Full Day Tutorials     Monday Morning Tutorials
  MA   Fearless Change: Introducing New Ideas
Linda Rising, Independent Consultant
    MG   Open Source Testing Tools for Agile Development and Testing
Paul King, ASERT

 
 
  MB   Lean Software Development: Mapping the Value Stream
Mary & Tom Poppendieck, Poppendieck LLC
    MH   From User Story to User Interface
Jeff Patton, ThoughtWorks
 
 
  MC   Agile Requirements Interactive
Ken Pugh, Net Objectives
    MI   All-Out Scrum: Experiencing a Product Release
Hubert Smits, Rally Software Development
Tamara Sulaiman, SolutionsIQ
 
 
  MD   Feature Driven, Test Driven, or Behavior Driven: It’s Your Choice
Gertrud Bjørnvig, Gertrud & Company
    MJ   Test-Driven Enterprise Code
J.B. Rainsberger, Diaspar Software Services
 
 
  ME   Test Driven Development
Rob Myers, Net Objectives
    MK   Database Unit Testing in .NET
Roy Osherove, Sela Group, Israel
 
 
  MF   Agile Leadership Clinic: When the Shop Goes Agile, What Does the Manager Do?
Diana Larsen, FutureWorks Consulting
         
 
 
12:00
  Lunch  
 
1:00
  Tutorial Sessions Continue (1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)  
 
 
  Monday Full Day Tutorials (Continued from AM)     Monday Afternoon Tutorials
  MA   Fearless Change: Introducing New Ideas
Linda Rising, Independent Consultant
    ML   Hiring for the Agile Team
Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group

 
 
  MB   Lean Software Development: Mapping the Value Stream
Mary & Tom Poppendieck, Poppendieck LLC 
    MN   Planning with Distributed Teams
Hubert Smits, Rally Software Development
Tamara Sulaiman, SolutionsIQ

 
 
  MC   Agile Requirements Interactive
Ken Pugh, Net Objectives
    MO   Acceptance Test Driven Development 
Naresh Jain, Independent
 
 
  MD   Feature Driven, Test Driven, or Behavior Driven: It’s Your Choice
Gertrud Bjørnvig, Gertrud & Company
    MP   Evolutionary Design in Practice with Java
J.B. Rainsberger, Diaspar Software Services

 
 
  ME   Test Driven Development
Rob Myers, Net Objectives
       
 
  MF   Agile Leadership Clinic: When the Shop Goes Agile, What Does the Manager Do? 
Diana Larsen, FutureWorks Consulting
         

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8:30
  Tutorial Sessions (8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)  
 
 
  Tuesday Full Day Tutorials     Tuesday Morning Tutorials
  TA   Principles and Practices of Lean Agile Development
Alan Shalloway, Net Objectives
    TF   Agile Estimating and Planning 
Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat Software
 
 
  TB   Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Project Leaders 
Jean Tabaka, Rally Software Development
    TG   Personas, Profiles, Actors, and Roles: Modeling Users for Successful Product Design
Jeff Patton, ThoughtWorks
 
 
  TC   Requirements-Driven Workshops: Product, Release, and Iteration Planning
Ellen Gottesdiener, EBG Consulting
    TH   Java Refactoring Fest
Naresh Jain, ThoughtWorks
 
 
  TD   Agile Architecture
James Coplien, Nordija A/S
    TI   Change Artistry
Esther Derby, Esther Derby & Associates
 
 
  TE   Agile Software Development in the Large
Jutta Eckstein, IT communication

    TJ   Discovering the Agile Project Manager Inside You
Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group
 
 
  TR   Agile Requirements Interactive
Ken Pugh, Net Objectives

    TK   Introduction to RUP/Agile: Strategies for Scaling Agile Software Development
Scott Ambler, IBM Rational
 
 
 
12:00
  Lunch  
 
1:00
  Tutorial Sessions Continue (1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)  
 
 
  Tuesday Full Day Tutorials (Continued from AM)     Tuesday Afternoon Tutorials
  TA   Principles and Practices of Lean Agile Development
Alan Shalloway, Net Objectives
    TL   Succeeding with Agile: A Guide to Transitioning
Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat Software
 
 
  TB   Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Project Leaders
Jean Tabaka, Rally Software Development
    TM   XP eXPlained
Rachel Davies, Agile Experience
 
 
  TC   Requirements-Driven Workshops: Product, Release, and Iteration Planning
Ellen Gottesdiener, EBG Consulting
    TN   Testing Using Mock Objects
Wendy Friedlander & Oksana Udovitska, Oxygen Media
 
 
  TD   Agile Architecture
James Coplien, Nordija A/S
    TO   Agile Retrospectives
Esther Derby, Esther Derby & Associates
 
 
  TE   Agile Software Development in the Large
Jutta Eckstein, IT communication

    TP   Leading Change Through Collaboration
Pollyanna Pixton, Accelinnova
 
 
  TR   Agile Requirements Interactive
Ken Pugh, Net Objectives

    TQ   Agile Model Driven Development
Scott Ambler, IBM Rational
 
 
4:30
  Welcome Reception in the Butler & Butler Balcony; 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm  

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8:30
  Opening Remarks — Conference Chair - Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering  
 
8:45
  Welcome to the Mainstream Mary Poppendieck, Poppendieck, LLC  
 
9:45
  Morning Break  
 
    Transitioning to Agile   Agile Processes and Organization   Leadership   Agile Projects   Working Together   Agile Design and Programming   Learning
10:00
  W1   W2   W3   W4   W5   W6   W7
   
Toward a More Agile Culture
Esther Derby,
Esther Derby & Associates
 
Five Practical Solutions to Agile Myths
James Coplien,
Nordija A/S
 
Decision Making in Agile Teams
Jean Tabaka,
Rally Software Development
 
Guerilla Agile: Stop Playing Schedule Games
Johanna Rothman,
Rothman Consulting Group
 
Do the Right Things: Adapting Requirements Practices to Agile Project
Ellen Gottesdiener,
EBG Consulting
 
Balancing Emergent Design with Big Design Up Front
James Waletzky,
Microsoft
 
Artful Making for Agile Teams
Stacia Broderick,
AgileEvolution, and Lee Devin, Swarthmore College
 
11:30
  Lunch • Visit the EXPO (11:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m.)   
 
12:45
  W8   W9   W10   W11   W12   W13   W14
   
The First Thing to Build: Trust on Agile Teams
Diana Larsen,
FutureWorks Consulting
 
Automating Builds: Bringing Quality and Testing Forward
Zach Nies,
Rally Software Development
 
Influence Strategies for Agile Developers
Linda Rising,
Independent Consultant
 
Introduction to Agile for Traditional PMI Project Managers
Stacia Broderick,
AgileEvolution
 
Introduction to User Stories
Alan Shalloway,
Net Objectives
 
The Gentle Art of Pair Programming
Wendy Friedlander & Oksana Udovitska,
Oxygen Media
 
Refactoring Your Wetware: Thinking Differently About Thinking (Part 1)
Andy Hunt,
The Pragmatic Programmers
 
2:15
  Networking Break • Visit the EXPO (11:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m.)   
 
2:45
  W15   W16   W17   W18   W19   W20   W21
   
Gradual Agile: From Here to There Gently
Jared Richardson,
Agile Artisans
 
Maximizing ROI with Agile Release Planning
James Shore,
Titanium IT