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

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

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   Management Mindsets: What's So Different About Agile Esther Derby, Esther Derby & Associates   Leading Agile Projects: Finding Your Groove David Hussman, DevJam   Building Agile Workspaces Rachel Davies, Agile Experience   Agile Development with Dynamic Languages Paul King, ASERT   Pragmatic Learning: Improve Your Learning Skills (Part 2) Andy Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmers   4:15   Networking Break • Visit the EXPO (4:00 p.m - 6:30 p.m.)      4:30   Overcoming Waterfallacies and AgilePhobias: Tales of Resistance and Woe — Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat Software     5:30   EXPO Reception, 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

8:30   Opening Remarks — Conference Chair - Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering     8:45   Scaling Agile Processes — Jutta Eckstein, IT communication     9:45   Networking Break • Visit the EXPO  (9:30 a.m - 2:45 p.m.)         Agile Teams   Agile Processes and Organization   Measuring and Estimating   Agile Projects   Test First   Agile Design and Programming   OPEN SPACES   10:00   T1   T2   T3   T4   T5   T6   T7       Flow, Pull, Innovate: How Agile Teams Mature and Scale Jean Tabaka, Rally Software Development   Maintaining Sustainable Agility David Hussman, DevJam   Empirical Studies of Agile Practices Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University   Leading Successful Projects in Changing Environments Pollyanna Pixton, Accelinnova   Refactoring: Where Do I Start? J.B. Rainsberger, Diaspar Software Services   Behavior Driven Database Design Scott Ambler, IBM Rational   Want to discuss a topic that is not on the program?  Great!  You need Open Spaces   11:30   Lunch • Visit the EXPO      12:45   T8   T9   T10   T11   T12   T13   Open Spaces continues       Using the Theory of Constraints to Coach Agile Teams Naresh Jain, ThoughtWorks   Making People and Processes Congruent Ken Pugh, Net Objectives   Agile Development and Its Impact on Productivity David Garmus, The David Consulting Group   Scrum: An Introduction (Part 1) Hubert Smits, Rally Software Development   Agile Software Testing Strategies Jared Richardson, Agile Artisans   API Design for Testability Roy Osherove, Sela Group, Israel     2:15   Networking Break • Visit the EXPO     2:45   T14   T15    T16    T17   T18    T19   Open Spaces continues       Climbing the Decision Tree: Reaching High Quality Team Decisions Diana Larsen, FutureWorks Consulting   Organizational Patterns: The Foundations of Agile James Coplien, Nordija A/S   The Impact of Poor Estimating—And How to Fix It Mitch Lacey, Ascentium Corporation   Scrum: Roadmap for Implementation (Part 2) Hubert Smits, Rally Software Development   That's Not Right! Using Fit to Prevent Business Rule Defects James Shore, Titanium IT   Executable Documentation David Hussman, DevJam       4:30   Looking Toward the Future of Agile — Andy Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmers