Online Webinar – Recorded October 22nd 2013
ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU #WS102213

A common question asked when organizations seek to make the move to an Agile approach is who is affected by this change and who will be required to be on the Agile team.

This type of approach is not just focused on the developers, but the larger organization, and in order for it to be successful, understanding how to form an Agile team is critically important.

This web seminar will cover how to determine the appropriate team size, which roles should be included, how to involve the business as a member of the team, and what role leadership plays in ensuring the team’s success.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire Project Team
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for Forming the Agile Team

Online Webinar – August 1st , 2013
Duration: 1.5 Hour Credits: 1.5 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Note: NetObjectives is an REP ( 3045) but this opportunity is a Category B PDU.

When teams decide to “go Agile” they invariably decide between Scrum or the Kanban Method.

This is often because both Scrum and the Kanban Method provide a straightforward approach to get started. However, our experience has shown us that this leaves several options off the table.

The reality is, one shouldn’t pick between two options.

One should look at the principles and foundations that underlie both and select what is correct for you.

While this might at first appear to be a daunting task, one that can’t be accomplished by someone new to Agile, it actually isn’t.

This webinar discusses these issues and provides a checklist for creating a hybrid process. Answers to a few questions can easily guide you to a custom-fit starting team approach.

Some of these questions are:

• Can cross-functional teams be created?
• Is there agreement to start with Acceptance Test-Driven Development
• How is management involved?
• Should we use iterations or a pure flow model?

In addition to making decisions, the webinar discusses why the following should be done regardless of whether you are doing Kanban or Scrum:

• Why you should use minimal business increments
• Why you need explicit policies
• Why the product/iteration backlog should be sequenced
• Why stories should be small
• Why you need demos and retrospections on a regular cadence
• How to timebox a la Scrum or at a story level
• Why you should have as few stories open as possible while maintaining productivity

By considering a few issues, one can start with a team software management method that is avoids much of the learning curve (read mistakes) that most teams new to Agile will have to overcome.

Presenter: Alan Shalloway (Linkedin Profile & @alshalloway) is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. With 40 years experience, Alan is a thought leader in Lean, Kanban, PPM, Scrum and agile design. He is the author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams, Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility, and Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design. Alan is a co-founder and board member for the Lean Software and Systems Consortium.

Click to register for Why Hybrid Methods are More Powerful than the Kanban Method or Scrum

Online Webinar – Recorded November 7th, 2013
Duration:1 hour Webcast – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Typemock

• Is your company embracing TDD?
• Want to improve your skills?

Test Driven Development (TDD) ensures good design and better code with fewer bugs.

In this interactive webinar Typemock will:

1. Difference between unit testing and Test Driven Development (TDD)
2. Benefits of TDD
3. Problems and pitfalls and how to overcome them
4. Principles of TDD
5. How to test both new and complicated legacy code with TDD

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C, ‘Self Directed Learning’, activity remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder.’

Presenter: Gil Zilberfeld, (LinkedIn profile, @gil_zilberfeld) Product Manager, Typemock- Gil has been writing software since childhood (Logo Turtles) and hasn’t stopped since. As the product manager at Typemock, working as part of an agile team in an agile company, creating tools for agile developers. He promotes unit testing and other design practices, down-to-earth agile methods, and some incredibly cool tools. Gil blogs at http:⁄⁄www.gilzilberfeld.com on different agile topics, including processes, communication and unit testing. He also writes at the Typemock blog and presents locally and abroad on these topics.

Click to register for Intro to Test Driven Development (TDD)