Agilopolis Community Day 6

Posted Fri, 01/08/2010 - 13:51 by admin

Agilopolis Community is proud to invite you for the w Agilopolis Community Day 6, that will be held on 19.01 in Wrocław. The details of location and exact schedule you will find in invitation that is availabel after registering through this website.

Meeting agenda:
Why scrum works while implemented properly? by Katarzyna Terlecka (NSN) & Marcin Galkowski

Presentation will treat of the aspects of the scrum that are important but keep being forgotten during the corporate implementation. The agile approach is a masterpiece of psychology based on NLP and coaching mechanisms, usually not taken into consideration. A look from a different angle. Working projects examples will be presented (pros and cons).

Keywords: Introduction to Scrum roles, NLP& Coaching, Customer interaction, Work environment factors, Change Management, Lean management approach.

Second part of the meeting will be focused on open discussion, to make a comparison of the experiences. This will be a chance to share about practises and ask some question.

Presenter: Katarzyna Terlecka

Katarzyna Terlecka is a Scrum Master in three independent projects in NSN. She is primarily focused on individually adjusting scrum methodologies to different projects' cultural/environmental factors for optimal effectiveness. Having developed skills in a multinational environment she is paying attention to psychological aspects of teamwork in general. Currently she is also providing support for teams interested in agile approach in the organization.

Presenter: Marcin Galkowski

Marcin Galkowski is a Product Owner for laboratory and IT support team in NSN, where theoretically Scrum should not work. He is an experienced IT environment administrator (primarily *NIX systems) with strong focus on customer project needs and challenges. Having gained adequate skills in various projects in current role he successfully utilizes user stories paradigm to maintain balance in team's workload and morale while generating functional products/services. He is supporting a team working in a highly quick-response environment on a daily basis.

Interested? We are looking forward to see you on 19.01.2010. To participate & see more details please register. Coffee and cookies granted.

Important Information:
For drivers: Garage (in Bema Plaza) is available for You in back of the building from Prusa street. In garage please use Lift B to 3rd floor.
For public transport users: please use main entrance (Google, Entrance B) and then go to the lift. It is really useful to use tram 6 and 11, which stops just in front of the building.

Travel guidelines available at Google Maps:
http://mapy.google.pl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=pl&geocode=&q=Wroclaw,+Bema...

Best regards,
Your Agilopolis Team

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Comments

Thank You Kasia & Marcin

by admin - 01/26/2010 - 18:12

On behalf of whole Agilopolis Community we would like to thank you for excellent preparation of the event and your presentation. From organizational point of view we can only compliment your way of working. The even got quite a lot fans and positive feedback is very important for us.

As far as the presentation is concerned it was a piece of good work as well. Well prepared arguments, good practical knowledge encourage people to very open discussion. We just hope it wasn't too tough for you, but please understand that open discussion is for us very important and all the questions raised just may help all of us to improve our skills.

Overall feedback was very positive and this wouldn't be possible without you.

Finally we would be more than happy if you join us with your efforts of building communities

Agilopolis Team
(Jurek, Marcin, Tomek)

organizacyjnie

by KrzyczaK - 01/19/2010 - 22:57

Od razu chciałbym wnieść mały komentarz do formy dzisiejszego spotkania. Otóż na Agilopolis byłem po raz drugi. Za pierwszym razem, spotkanie wyglądało w ten sposób, że najpierw była prezentacja, a następnie pytania i dyskusja.

Forma spotkania dzisiejszego, która w sumie zaistniała samoistnie, a nie była narzucona z góry, była o wiele bardziej przyjemna w odbiorze. Co prawda uczestnicy "atakowali" prowadzących pytaniami i dygresjami właściwie na każdym slajdzie, ale dzięki temu wszystkie najważniejsze sprawy zostały natychmiast omówione, było bardzo dynamicznie i ciekawie oraz doświadczenia różnych osób były przedstawiane na bieżąco.
Taka forma spotkania była bardzo żywa i o wiele ciekawsza niż forma standardowa. Co prawda przeciągnęło to całe spotkanie o spory kawałek czasu, ale generalnie aż tak bardzo dokuczliwe to nie było, a poza tym można by tego uniknąć stosują (notabene omawiany dzisiaj) timeboxing i uciąć prezentację. W końcu i tak o wiele więcej wyniesie się z żywej dyskusji w stylu brainstorm i wzajemnej wymiany doświadczeń niż z biernego wysłuchania prezentacji (i jak to zazwyczaj bywa niemożliwości zadania pytań z powodu braku czasu).
To tyle ode mnie.. Ciekawe czy inni uważają podobnie...

Generalnie było dziś bardzo ciekawie! Oby każde spotkanie tak wyglądało!!!

Pozdrawiam wszystkich serdecznie,
Krzysiek K.