Conference Schedule

Job Function:

Show as List

Show on Grid

Sunday, November 10

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast - 7:30am–8:30am

Registration Desk Hours - 7:30am–10:00am

12:00 PM

Lunch - 12:00pm–1:00pm

12:30 PM

(Bonus Session) From Practitioner to Published Author: A Workshop About Writing About Software - 12:30pm–4:30pm

1:00 PM

Multi-day Training Classes Continue - 1:00pm–5:00pm

4:00 PM

Registration Desk Hours - 4:00pm–6:00pm

Monday, November 11

7:00 AM

Registration Desk Hours - 7:00am–4:30pm

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast - 7:30am–8:30am

8:30 AM

Multi-day Training Classes Continue - 8:30am–5:00pm

Full-day Tutorials

Half-day Tutorials

Agile Release Planning, Metrics, and Retrospectives

Michael Mah, QSM Associates, Inc.

Requirements Engineering: A Practicum

Erik van Veenendaal, Improve IT Services BV

Agile Program Management: Networks, Not Hierarchies NEW

Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc.

Dealing with Estimation, Uncertainty, Risk, and Commitment

Todd Little, Landmark Graphics Corporation

Twelve Heuristics for Solving Tough Problems—Faster and Better

Payson Hall, Catalysis Group, Inc.

Acceptance Test-Driven Development: Mastering Agile Testing

Nate Oster, CodeSquads, LLC

What’s Your Leadership IQ?

Jennifer Bonine, tap|QA, Inc.

Usability Testing in a Nutshell

Julie Gardiner, The Test People

Design Patterns Explained: From Analysis through Implementation

Ken Pugh, Net Objectives

Problem Solving and Decision Making in Software Development NEW

Linda Rising, Independent Consultant

12:00 PM

Lunch - 12:00pm–1:00pm

1:00 PM

Full-Day Tutorials Continue...

Disciplined Agile Delivery: Extending Scrum to the Enterprise

Scott Ambler, Scott W. Ambler + Associates

The Developer’s Guide to Test Automation

Dale Emery, DHE

George Dinwiddie, iDIA Computing, LLC

Configuration Management Best Practices

Bob Aiello, CM Best Practices Consulting

An Introduction to SAFe: The Scaled Agile Framework NEW

Ken Pugh, Net Objectives

Understanding and Managing Change

Jennifer Bonine, tap|QA, Inc.

Solving Real Problems through Collaborative Innovation Games®

Bob Hartman, Agile For All

Michael Vizdos, Vizdos Enterprises, LLC

Six Free Ideas to Improve Agile Success

Pollyanna Pixton, Accelinnova

Congruent Coaching: An Exploration NEW

Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc.

Tuesday, November 12

7:30 AM

Registration Desk Hours - 7:30am–5:00pm

Continental Breakfast - 7:30am–8:30am

8:30 AM

Multi-day Training Classes Continue - 8:30am–5:00pm

Full-day Tutorials

Half-day Tutorials

Deliver Projects On Time, Every Time

Ken Whitaker, Leading Software Maniacs

Accelerated Agile: From Months to Minutes NEW

Dan North, Dan North & Associates, Ltd.

Continuous Delivery: Rapid and Reliable Releases with DevOps Practices

Bob Aiello, CM Best Practices Consulting

Essential Patterns of Mature Agile Teams

Bob Galen, Velocity Partners

Measurement and Metrics for Test Managers

Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering

Design for Testability: A Tutorial for Devs and Testers

Peter Zimmerer, Siemens AG

Agile Project Failures: Root Causes and Corrective Actions

Jeff Payne, Coveros, Inc.

The Role of the Agile Business Analyst

Steve Adolph, WSA Consulting

Eight Steps to Kanban

Ken Pugh, Net Objectives

Coaching and Leading Agility: A Discussion of Agile Tuning NEW

David Hussman, DevJam

12:00 PM

Lunch - 12:00pm–1:00pm

1:00 PM

Full-Day Tutorials Continue...

Essential Test-Driven Development

Rob Myers, Agile Institute

Getting Started with Agile: An Experiential Workshop NEW

Brian Button, Asynchrony

Security Testing for Test Professionals

Jeff Payne, Coveros, Inc.

Twelve Risks to Enterprise Software Projects—And What to Do about Them

Payson Hall, Catalysis Group, Inc.

Keystone Habits of Organizational Agility NEW

Ahmed Sidky, SCG Inc.

Planning to Learn and Learning from Delivery: Scrum, Kanban, and Beyond NEW

David Hussman, DevJam

Patterns for Collaboration: Toward Whole-Team Quality SOLD OUT

Janet Gregory, DragonFire, Inc.

Matt Barcomb, odbox

4:30 PM

Welcome Reception - 4:30pm–5:30pm

Wednesday, November 13

7:00 AM

Registration Desk Hours - 7:00am–5:00pm

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast - 7:30am–8:30am

8:30 AM

Connecting with Customers

Pollyanna Pixton, Accelinnova

10:00 AM

Networking Break - 10:00am–10:15am

10:15 AM

ITP1

Enterprise Agile Requirements

Steph Hubert, BluePrint

ITP2

An Agile Solution to Fit Your World of Work

Jesse Dowdle, AtTask

Agile Leadership

Agile Implementation

Agile Readiness

Agile Test & QA

AW1

The Mindset of Managing Uncertainty: The Key to Agile Success

Ahmed Sidky, SCG Inc.

AW2

Shut Up ‘n Play Yer Guitar Some More

David Hussman, DevJam

AW3

Getting Ready for Your Agile Adventure

Mario Moreira, Agile Consultant

AW4

An Automation Culture: The Key to Agile Success

Geoff Meyer, Dell, Inc.

11:30 AM

Lunch in the Expo- 11:30am–12:45pm

12:45 PM

Reading the Tea Leaves: Predicting a Project’s Future

Payson Hall, Catalysis Group, Inc.

2:00 PM

Networking Break - 2:00pm–2:15pm

2:15 PM

ITP3

You Can’t Do Agile without Service Virtualization

Wayne Ariola, Parasoft

ITP4

Need 4 speed: Data Driven Practices to Boost Velocity Without Compromising Quality

Paolo Lacchè, HP

Agile Leadership

Agile Implementation

Improving the Process

Agile Test & QA

AW5

Agile Success with Scrum: It’s All about the People

Bob Hartman, Agile For All

Michael Vizdos, Vizdos Enterprises, LLC

AW6

Six Impossible Things before Breakfast

Dan North, Dan North & Associates, Ltd.

Kyle Thomson, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

AW7

Adopt Before You Adapt: Learning Principles through Practice

Steve Berczuk, Fitbit, Inc.

AW8

Pivoting Your Testers to Become Agile

Howard Deiner, BigVisible Solutions

3:30 PM

Networking Break - 3:30pm–3:45pm

3:45 PM

ITP5

Easy Agile Development in the Cloud with IBM’s JazzHub

Kate Hauser , IBM

Sreenivasan Rajagopal, IBM

ITP6

Secure Mobile App Testing with a Private Device Cloud

Dan McFall , Mobile Labs

Agile Leadership

Agile Implementation

Improving the Team

Agile Test & QA

AW9

Transforming the Large Organization

Sara McClintock, Nationwide

AW10

I Thought YOU Were Flying the Plane: Preventing Projects from Falling Out of the Sky

Steve Adolph, WSA Consulting

AW11

Organizing a Self-Organizing Team

John Lynch, Clashmore Software Solutions

AW12

Test (and More) Patterns for Continuous Software Delivery

Andy Singleton, Assembla

5:00 PM

Expo Reception - 5:00pm–6:00pm

Thursday, November 14

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast - 7:30am–8:30am

8:00 AM

Registration Desk Hours - 8:00am–5:30pm

8:30 AM

Worse Is Better—For Better or for Worse

Kevlin Henney, Independent Consultant

10:00 AM

Networking Break - 10:00am–10:15am

10:15 AM

Agile Leadership

DevOps

Improving the Team

Lean

AT1

Large Agile Transformations: A Roadmap for Lasting Change

Ole Jepsen, goAgile

Jenni Jepsen, goAgile

AT2

Implementing DevOps and Making It Stick

Alex Papadimoulis , Inedo

AT3

Using Non-Violent Communication Skills for Managing Team Conflict

Pat Arcady, FreeStanding Agility

AT4

Lean Startup Tools for Scrum Product Owners

Arlen Bankston, LitheSpeed

11:30 AM

Lunch in the Expo- 11:30am–12:45pm

12:45 PM

Learning to Be a Developer—From Day One

Iris Classon, Evry

2:00 PM

Networking Break - 2:00pm–2:15pm

2:15 PM

ITP7

Become a Big Data Quality Hero

Jason Rauen, LexisNexis

The Agile Enterprise

Agile Requirements

Agile Design

Kanban

AT5

Transforming to Enterprise Agility: A Leadership Practicum

Phillip Cave , SolutionsIQ

AT6

Speed Grooming Requirements with SAFe

André Dhondt, Rally Software Development

AT7

Test-Driven Development for Developers: Plain and Simple

Rob Myers, Agile Institute

AT8

The Kanban Pizza Game: Maximize Profit by Managing Flow

Brad Swanson, agile42

3:30 PM

Networking Break - 3:30pm–3:45pm

3:45 PM

The Agile Enterprise

Agile Requirements

Agile & COTS

Scrum

AT9

Lessons from Busting Organizational Silos

Tricia Broderick, Santeon Group

AT10

ATDD: Stop Testing at the End

Nate Oster, CodeSquads, LLC

AT11

Step Away from the Waterfall: Using Agile for COTS Implementations

Jason Fair, Genesis Consulting

AT12

Demystifying the Role of Product Owner

Bob Galen, Velocity Partners

6:00 PM

Agile Leadership Summit Kick-Off Reception - 5:30pm–7:30pm

Friday, November 15

7:30 AM

Summit Registration Hours - 7:30am–3:30pm

8:30 AM

Agile Leadership Summit - 8:30am–3:30pm