On March 6th, Dynamics Research Corporation, in collaboration with Microsoft, held a seminar on Scrum and Team Foundation Server. See videos of five of the presentations.
Location: Microsoft Offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Rd).
Time: 8:30am to 5pm
For further information contact Michael de la Maza at 978-289-1761 or mdelamaza@drc.com
Schedule
8:30am- 9:00am Registration
9:00am- 9:15am Opening Remarks (Michael de la Maza)
9:15am-10:15am Scrum 3 Roles, 3 Ceremonies, 3 Best Practices (Dan Mezick)
10:15am-10:30am Break
10:30am-11:25am Agile Games (Michael de la Maza)
11:25am-11:30am Break
11:30am-12:30pm The ROI of Scrum (Giora Morein)
12:30pm- 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm- 2:25pm Managing Agile Projects with Team Foundation Server (Phil Denoncourt)
2:25pm- 2:30pm Break
2:30pm- 3:25pm A Whirlwind Tour of Agile Features in VSTS/TFS 2010 (Benjamin Day)
3:25pm- 3:30pm Break
3:30pm- 4:30pm Leading Change (Joe Maressa)
4:30pm- 5:00pm Application Lifecycle Assessment and Team Foundation Server Quick Start (Michael de la Maza)
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Scrum: 3 Roles, 3 Ceremonies, 3 Best Practices
Scrum has emerged as the absolute best practice for Agile project management.
Scrum has 3 Roles, 3 Ceremonies, and 3 Best Practices. Attend this session to
get clear on Agile, Scrum, and the general idea behind iterative, empirical project
management
Dan Mezick is a Certified Scrum Master and Scrum coach based in Connecticut. He is
a presenter on Agile topics at Agile2007 and Agile2008. Dan runs the AgileCT usergroup
and Agile Boston user-group and is the Learning and Education Stage Track
Director for Agile2009.
Agile Games
In this fast-paced, experiential session, we will break up into teams and work
through three Scrum sprints. Each team will prioritize and estimate a product
backlog, keep track of important Scrum statistics, and perform the items in the
backlog. This session will provide you with a hands-on understanding of how
Scrum teams operate.
Michael de la Maza is a Technical Fellow at Dynamics Research Corporation.
Previously, he was VP of Corporate Strategy at Softricity (acquired by
Microsoft in 2006) and a co-founder of Inquira. He holds a PhD in Computer
Science from MIT and is a Certified ScrumMaster, Certified Scrum Practitioner, and
an IEEE Senior Member.
The ROI of Scrum
As Scrum adoption at mid to large-scale companies continues to expand, it becomes
increasingly main-stream. Experience is showing that Scrum has much to offer
companies ranging in sizes and industries. This session focuses on the Agile value
proposition and explores both the quantitative and qualitative improvements
realized by organizations capitalizing on Scrum techniques.
Giora Morein is a Certified Scrum Trainer and co-founder of BigVisible Solutions.
As an Agile Coach, he specializes in rapidly ramping up new Agile and Scrum teams
through practical training, coupled with hands-on mentoring and consulting. Over
the past three years Giora has focused exclusively on helping large organizations
with their enterprise Agile adoption efforts.
Managing Agile Projects With Team Foundation Server
Team Foundation Server (TFS) has deep support for Scrum and Agile
methodologies. We'll walk through the setup of an agile project, and what a typical
day looks like when the information is stored in TFS. We'll also touch on some of
the reporting capacities of Team Foundation, and how it enables visibility into your
project.
Phil Denoncourt is a .NET consultant, who over the past 7 years has developed a
wide range of .NET applications and has over 20 years experience writing software.
He is the leader of the New England C# User Group and speaks at many venues in
the New England Area on a variety of development topics. Phil is certified in a host
of .NET Technologies including Team Foundation Server, Windows Communication
Framework, SQL 2008, and ASP.NET.
A Whirlwind Tour of Agile Features in VSTS/TFS 2010
Visual Studio Team System 2010 is a major new release with mountains of new
functionality to help you and your team. In this session, Ben will demonstrate
and discuss some of the new Agile project management features coming in Team
Foundation Server 2010.
Benjamin Day (http://blog.benday.com/) is a consultant specializing in the design and development of
applications with Visual Studio Team System. He is a Microsoft MVP for Visual
Studio Team System, conference speaker, and leads the Beantown.NET User Group.
Ben also provides consulting and training on Visual Studio Team System and Team
Foundation Server and is a member of the Visual Studio Team System Customer
Advisory Council and Cloud Services Advisory Group at Microsoft.
Leading Change
This session will focus on the 6 key elements of change: 1) Selling Change 2)
Understanding, Preparing for and Managing the Resistance and Emotions of Change
3) Assessing Personal, Stakeholder and Team Readiness 4) Building a Change Plan
5) Managing Team and Organizational Conflict and 6) Building a Communication
Process. Individuals will have an opportunity to discuss and obtain valuable
feedback on their concerns and communication scripts to introduce SCRUM to their
own particular organization.
Joe is Vice President at Fitzgerald, Stevens & Ford, Inc., a global talent management
firm. He has been a leadership and organizational development coach to senior
leaders in high stakes situations and was instrumental in the formation of one
of the first self directed work teams in the country. He has worked with and
studied methodologies for improving individual effectiveness and organizational
performance with faculty from both Harvard University's Graduate Schools of
Business and Education.