Go Agile with us May 25th!

Posted in Uncategorized and tagged with , , , on 05/16/2010 12:40 pm by melgallant

Join us Tuesday, May 25 as our guest speaker Ellen Grove, an experienced Agile coach and software tester, discusses how to apply Agile principles and practices to all kinds of endeavours, from software development to social change.

Ellen will present OpenAgile, a non-software-focused approach to Agile work that emphasizes truthfulness, consultative decision-making and constant learning. OpenAgile enhances the ability of individuals, teams, and organizations to deliver value to their stakeholders by developing human capacity, improving processes, and, most importantly, encouraging rapid and deep learning.

Event Details

  • When: Tuesday, May 25 at 6 p.m.
  • Where: Johnny Farina – 216 Elgin Street, between Lisgar and Cooper

To join us, please register here.

Hey students!

Thanks again to generous sponsorship from Joe Thornley of Thornley Fallis, we can offer six student spots to this event. If you are a student wishing to attend, please leave a comment below indicating why or what you want to learn about Agile. The first six students to respond will receive complimentary registration and dinner (up to $25).

A little bit about Ellen

Ellen Grove helps teams make better software through coaching them to create the circumstances in which they can work most productively and effectively. Her Agile coaching practice is founded in over 10 years experience leading software testing, development and implementation teams in global enterprises, a passion for exploratory software testing and user-centered design, and a background in community organization.

She uses team-building and facilitation approaches to support the transition to collaborative Agile work practices at the team, managerial and corporate level, and has conquered the challenges of extending Scrum roll-outs to off-shore development partners and multi-site project teams.

Outside the office, Ellen applies her coaching talents and creativity to keeping her household menagerie of husband, children, dogs, cats, goats, snakes, spiders and birds happy and healthy. Ellen blogs at Mastering the Obvious.

6 Comments

  1. Cate Huston Says:
    May 16th, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    I’m a student and I would love to go! I’m really interested in agile development and it will be great to learn about agile from a person rather than a book! :-)

  2. Laura Says:
    May 17th, 2010 at 11:11 am

    Hello all,

    I am Laura, a student from Carleton in Communications Engineering, and I plan to attend the next Girl Geek Dinners Ottawa event since I would like to learn about Agile to understand how it improves a business’s development what is its impact on the people involved. I have heard about it from my fellow Software Engineering students and got curious.
    Looking forward to the talk!

    Thanks,
    Laura

  3. Nikolina Beg Says:
    May 17th, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    Hi, I’m a math and computer science student at Carleton University and I am interested in agile development and how it improves product development. I would love to go and I am looking forward to the talk.

    Thanks,
    Nikolina

  4. Laura Says:
    May 17th, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    Looks like a great one ladies! See you there.

  5. caitlin Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 10:23 am

    I’m an MA student at U of O and I would love to have the chance to attend. I’m interested in learning how to apply the Agile lessons to a not-quite-so technical world.

  6. Cassandra Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 11:13 am

    Hi! I’m a MA student at Ottawa U in Org. Commnunications! I would love to go! AND I promise I won’t spread any germs cause I’m feeling better now!

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