Archive for July, 2007

Proposed Seattle Scrum calendar for 2007.

July 30, 2007

(Updated: I’ve changed the date of the September meetup from the 27th September to 26th September)

Here is a proposed Seattle Scrum calendar for the remainder of 2007.
I’ve put this together following the a request from Troy Frever of the
Seattle XP users group that we coordinate events. I’ve also tried to
be mindful of public holidays such as Thanks Giving (22nd November)
and Christmas.

9 August: Qpass Headquarters
26 September: Cobalt Group Headquarters
26 October: Qpass Headquarters
29 November: Cobalt Group Headquarters
27 December: No meeting

Any feedback on these dates would be much appreciated.

Announcing the Seattle Scrum Users Group

July 22, 2007

I’m pleased to announce the formation of the Seattle Scrum Users Group. Although then intent is to focus primarily on Scrum, all flavors of Agile (XP, FDD, Industrial XP etc) and Lean are welcome. We’re friendly … honest!

Our very first meeting is currently scheduled for August 9th, 2007 at the Seattle location of Qpass, Amdocs’ Digital Commerce Division. I’m excited to announce that our first speaker will be Damian Evans, VP for Product Development at Qpass, who will be talking about “Scrum challenges from a departmental/organizational perspective“. It’s not often that someone in Damian’s position talks about their organizations Scrum adoption and this is a unique opportunity to hear about his experiences.

Finally, I’d like to thank our sponsors: Qpass ( http://www.qpass.com ) and Danube Technologies ( http://www.Danube.com )

Topic: “Scrum challenges from a departmental/organizational perspective

About the Speaker: Damian Evans is the VP Product Development at Amdocs / Qpass. Over the last two years Damian is managing and overseeing his organizations transition from RUP to Scrum. Damian has 20 years experience in the software industry and a BSE in Computer Science Engineering from University of Pennsylvania.

Meeting Date and Agenda
Thursday, 9th August, 2007.

6:00pm Food & Drink
6:30pm Some words of Thanks (me)
6:45pm “Scrum challenges from a departmental/organizational perspective“, Damian Evans, VP Product Development QPass
7:30-ish End of talk, general questions etc.

Location
Qpass Corporate Headquarters
2211 Elliott Avenue
Suite 400
Seattle, Washington 98121
United States

Further inquiries can be emailed to SeattleScrum at Gmail dot com. This announcement may also be found at http://SeattleScrum.org and at http://groups.google.com/group/seattlescrum