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Sunday, June 1

7:30 AM

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

Continental Breakfast - 7:30am–8:30am

12:00 PM

Lunch - 12:00pm–1:00pm

1:00 PM

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

4:00 PM

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

Monday, June 2

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

Practical Agile Metrics for Release Planning, Estimation, and Retrospectives

Michael Mah, QSM Associates, Inc.

Continuous Delivery: Rapid and Reliable Releases with DevOps

Bob Aiello, CM Best Practices Consulting

Creating Android Apps in Java NEW

Mark Meretzky, New York University

Giving Great Presentations: The Art of Stage Presence NEW

James Whittaker, Microsoft

Acceptance Test-Driven Development: Mastering Agile Testing SOLD OUT

Nate Oster, CodeSquads, LLC

What Do Agile Managers Do? NEW

Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc.

Solving Real Problems through Collaborative Innovation Games®

Michael Vizdos, Vizdos Enterprises, LLC

What’s Your Leadership IQ?

Jennifer Bonine, tap|QA, Inc.

Scaling Agile with the Lessons of Lean Product Development Flow

Al Shalloway, Net Objectives

Stop Making Lists, Start Making Products NEW

David Hussman, DevJam

Janet Gregory, DragonFire, Inc.

12:00 PM

Lunch - 12:00pm–1:00pm

1:00 PM

Full-day Tutorials Continue (8:30am–4:30pm)

Risk Management: Project Management for Grown-Ups NEW

Tim Lister, Atlantic Systems Guild, Inc.

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

Payson Hall, Catalysis Group, Inc.

An Introduction to SAFe: The Scaled Agile Framework NEW

Al Shalloway, Net Objectives

Six Free Ideas to Improve Agile Success

Pollyanna Pixton, Accelinnova

Essential Test-Driven Development

Rob Myers, Agile Institute

Agile Test Automation: Do It Early and Often SOLD OUT

Janet Gregory, DragonFire, Inc.

The Role of the Agile Business Analyst

Steve Adolph, BootStrap Agile

Tuesday, June 3

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast - 7:30am–8:30am

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

8:30 AM

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

Full-day Tutorials

Half-day Tutorials

Requirements Engineering: A Hands-On Practicum

Erik van Veenendaal, Improve Quality IT Services BV

Testing Mobile Apps—From All Angles

Randy Rice, Rice Consulting Services, Inc.

Leadership and Career Success—On Purpose NEW

James Whittaker, Microsoft

Measurement and Metrics for Test Managers

Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering

A Test Leader’s Guide to Agile

Bob Galen, Velocity Partners

Software Design for Testability

Keith Stobie, Salesforce.com

Agile Boot Camp for Project Managers NEW

Ken Whitaker, Leading Software Maniacs

Agile Project Failures: Root Causes and Corrective Actions

Jeff Payne, Coveros, Inc.

Eight Steps to Kanban

Al Shalloway, Net Objectives

Coaching and Leading Agility: Tuning Agile Practices

David Hussman, DevJam

12:00 PM

Lunch - 12:00pm–1:00pm

1:00 PM

Full-day Tutorials Continue (8:30am–4:30pm)

Essential Patterns of Mature Agile Leaders NEW

Bob Galen, Velocity Partners

Get the Requirements Right―The First Time

Tim Lister, Atlantic Systems Guild, Inc.

Congruent Coaching: Choosing the Right Approach NEW

Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc.

Innovation Thinking: Evolve and Expand Your Capabilities NEW

Jennifer Bonine, tap|QA, Inc.

Security Testing for Test Professionals

Jeff Payne, Coveros, Inc.

The Essential Product Owner: Championing Successful Products

Ellen Gottesdiener, EBG Consulting

Agile Estimation and Planning: Scrum, Kanban, and Beyond

David Hussman, DevJam

Getting Started with Scrum: An Experiential Workshop

Mitch Lacey, Mitch Lacey & Associates, Inc.

4:30 PM

Welcome Reception - 4:30pm–5:30pm

Wednesday, June 4

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast - 7:30am–8:30am

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

8:30 AM

Beyond the Web and Apps: The Domestication of Knowledge

James Whittaker, Microsoft

10:00 AM

Networking Break - 10:00am–10:15am

10:15 AM

For Maximum Awesome

Joe Justice, Scrum, Inc

11:30 AM

Lunch in the Expo - 11:30am–12:45pm

12:45 PM

ITP1

From Request to Delivery: “Using Agile Methods to Trace Customer Requirements and Improve Quality”

Steven Machernis, Infostretch

ITP2

Enabling Agile Enterprise ALM with unifyALM: Requirements, Build, Test, and Deployment

Vaughn Marshall, pureSCM

Daniel Lazaratos, pureSCM

Projects & Teams

Business Analysis & Requirements

Personal Excellence

Going Mobile

BW1

Seven Deadly Habits of Highly Ineffective Software Managers

Ken Whitaker, Leading Software Maniacs

BW2

Forward Thinking for Tomorrow's Projects: Requirements for Business Analytics

Joy Beatty, Seilevel

BW3

This Is Not Your Father's Career: Advice for the Modern Information Worker

James Whittaker, Microsoft

BW4

Automate Your Mobile Development Ecosystem

Josh Anderson, StepLeader, Inc.

2:00 PM

Networking Break - 2:00pm–2:15pm

2:15 PM

ITP3

Mixing methods in large scale agile - experiences learned from AAA game development

Jon Leslie, Hansoft

ITP4

Git Branching for Agile Teams

Dan Radigan, Atlassian

Projects & Teams

Business Analysis & Requirements

Personal Excellence

Going Mobile

BW5

You’re Not as Smart as You Think: Improve Your Decision-Making Skills

Brandon Carlson, Lean TECHniques, Inc.

BW6

Nonfunctional Requirements: Forgotten, Neglected, and Misunderstood

Ellen Gottesdiener, EBG Consulting

BW7

Collaboration and Communication through Improvisation

Kupe Kupersmith, B2T Training

BW8

The Secrets of Mobile App Testing

Jason Arbon, Applause

3:30 PM

Networking Break - 3:30pm–3:45pm

3:45 PM

ITP5

Mobile Apps: Test Your Way

Chris Regehr, Mobile Labs

ITP6

From Stickies to Software How to Take Your Scrum Team to the Next Level

Hamid Shojaee, Axosoft

Projects & Teams

Business Analysis & Requirements

Personal Excellence

Security

BW9

Want Self-Organizing Teams? Just BEGIN Now!

Shawn Button, Leanintuit

Chris Farrell, Rally Software Development

BW10

Specification by Example: Stop Testing at the End

Nate Oster, CodeSquads, LLC

BW11

Speed-Reading Your Colleagues and Bosses for Understanding

Jennifer Bonine, tap|QA, Inc.

BW12

Web Application Security Testing: Kali Linux Is the Way to Go

Gene Gotimer, Coveros, Inc.

5:00 PM

Expo Reception - 5:00pm–6:00pm

Thursday, June 5

7:30 AM

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

Continental Breakfast - 7:30am–8:30am

8:30 AM

An Agile Throwdown: Munich Takes on the Columbus Agile Benchmark Study

Michael Mah, QSM Associates, Inc.

10:00 AM

Networking Break - 10:00am–10:15am

10:15 AM

ITP7

Testing Ajax, Mobile Apps with Agile Test Management and Tools

Frank Cohen, Appvance

Projects & Teams

Design & Code

Cloud Computing

Testing

BT1

Create Personas to Never Lose Sight of Your Customers

Dan Radigan, Atlassian

BT2

Avoid Over Design and Under Design

Al Shalloway, Net Objectives

BT3

Accelerate Software Delivery with the Cloud

Rohit Jainendra, Electric Cloud

BT4

From Good to Great: Combining Session- and Thread-Based Test Management

Michael Albrecht, AddQ Consulting

11:30 AM

Lunch in the Expo - 11:30am–12:45pm

12:45 PM

Projects & Teams

Design & Code

Waterfall & Agile

Testing

BT5

Play the Lean Startup Game

Ram Srinivasan, Independent Consultant

BT6

Service Virtualization: Speed Up Delivery and Improve Quality

Anne Hungate, Independent Consultant

BT7

She's Scrum, He's Waterfall: Can This Relationship Be Saved?

Heather Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer Partners, LLC

BT8

Spice Up Your Test Plans with Mind Maps

Jeanne Peng, Cisco Video Technologies France

2:00 PM

Networking Break - 2:00pm–2:15pm

2:15 PM

ITP8

Hardening Your Code in a Post-Heartbleed World: What Role Does Static Analysis Play?

Arthur Hicken, Parasoft

Projects & Teams

Design & Code

Big Data

Metrics

BT9

Helping Others Take Ownership of Conflict Resolution

Tricia Broderick, Pearson

BT10

Technical Debt: You Can’t Afford It

David Croley, Agile Velocity

BT11

Demystifying Big Data and NoSQL

Jon Mills, PaigeTechnologies

BT12

The Mismeasure of Software: The Last Metrics Talk You'll Ever Need to Hear

Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering

3:30 PM

Networking Break - 3:30pm–3:45pm

3:45 PM

Producing Product Developers

David Hussman, DevJam

5:30 PM

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

Friday, June 6

7:30 AM

Summit Continental Breakfast - 7:30am–8:30am

Registration Desk Hours - 7:30am–2:30pm

8:30 AM

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

11:45 AM

Summit Lunch - 11:45am–12:15pm