Acts As Conference 2010 October 28-30 Orlando, FL The purpose of Acts as Conference 2010 is to continue the momentum of the software craftsmanship movement.  read more » Team Agility Technical Agility Øredev 2010 Øredev 2010 Conference November 8-12  read more » Team Agility Technical Agility Scrum Master Certification Scrum Master Certification  read more » Scrum Team Agility Practices All Scrum Teams Should Follow This page specifies basic practices we think virtually every Scrum team should do and a few that are recommended for most others. While wanting to avoid dogma or prescriptive practices, we've found these practices to be virtually universally useful for teams doing Scrum.  They have come from years of experience of assisting companies of all sizes in Lean-Agile adoptions. The importance of following these practices may be less the smaller or more experienced your teams are - but we strongly suggest considering them as ways of improving your Scrum implementations.  read more » Team Agility Resources Free/Low-cost Events Schedule Net Objectives free seminars, webinars, and related events deliver current practices for effective software development without suffering. Net Objectives assists companies in maximizing the business value returned from their efforts in software development and maintenance.  read more » Team Agility Technical Agility Public Course Schedule Net Objectives delivers Public Courses in all best practices of effective software development. Delivered in convenient, central locations, our courses are designed to help you and your team maximize the business value returned from your engineering efforts in software development and maintenance. Net Objectives Public Courses are delivered throughout the country. Use the below schedule to sort Courses by Course Name, Date, City or State.  read more » Team Agility Technical Agility Agile 2010 Conference Net Objectives is sponsoring the 2010 Agile 2010 Conference August 9-13. Orlando, FL * Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort Come by and see us.  read more » Team Agility Technical Agility -PMI- Lean-Agile Project Management Certification by Net Objectives Payment page -PMI Member- Thank you for Registering for the Lean-Agile Project Management Certification by Net Objectives course October 6-8, Seattle, WA. A confirmation email has been sent to the email address you entered into the form. Payment Process  read more » Business - Management Team Agility Agile Analysis, Estimation and Planning Summary Agile Analysis, Estimation and Planning blends several technologies together in a breakthrough two-day course that gives the tools the entire development team needs to uncover and manage the story discover/definition process. Software development is most like product development where most of the work is in discovering what the customer needs and how to build it. This course focuses on how to most efficiently discover those features that will return the highest benefit to the customers of a company. This is a very hands on course where participants go through the entire process of creating a product backlog. Students learn to drive story writing from business value. Course Objectives To give managers of agile projects an understanding of the Agile process To prepare analysts, developers and testers for doing Agile projects To emphasize the need for driving agile projects from business needs To create a focus in the development team towards delivering high value, high quality software in a sustainable manner Description This course is designed within the context of Lean Software Development. This solves many problems in other Agile Analysis methods because it enables Agile practitioners to keep the big picture in mind (which focusing on business value requires) while working on the small pieces (which Agility requires). This course deals with the following questions:  read more » Course Level Intermediate Course Outline Lessons from Lean Software Development The Scientific Method Respect People Respect Knowledge Improving Process Wastes in Software Development Building what you don’t need Complexity Non-Maintainability Market Risk Vs Technical Risk Overview of Agile Methods The Business Case for Agility Add Business Value Quickly Get Clarity on Customer Needs Project Management Help the Team Technical Perspective The Risks of Software Development Starting Analysis Selecting Stories for the Iteration Prioritization Risk Mitigation Increasing Feedback Stories and Testing The Role of QA in Analysis Refining our Test Cases Agile Project Estimation Agile Story Estimation Kano Analysis The Changing Role of the Analyst Wastes in Analysis and How To Avoid Them Products Vs Projects You learn how to build a product backlog to enable a team to develop the most important features scope requirements with Minimum Marketable Features so only the most important features are built how to improve the conversation between the customer and the development team while simultaneously improving the quality of the software developed unfold requirements in a just-in-time manner that both eliminates waste and minimizes risk estimate stories Target Audience - Primary: Managers,team leaders, architects, business analysts, product managers,  project managers - Secondary: Any member of the development team Room Setup and Equipment Needed Classrooms require students at tables (round or long) as well as several white boards or flip-charts.  A projector with screen is also needed. Prerequisites - Required: None - Highly Recommended: none - Recommended: Experience in any aspect of software development, including management.   Course Length: 2 days PDUs: 14 PDUs Category 4 Maximum Number in Class: 24 Team Agility 123456789…next ›last » Don't have an account? Register here, it's Free. Already have one? Welcome back! Privacy Policy | Refund Policy © 2010 Net Objectives. All Rights Reserved. Contact Us Inquiry Form | Contact Webmaster Phone: 404-593-8375 Toll-Free: 888-LEAN-244               (888-532-6244) 13619 Mukilteo Speedway Suite 1205 Lynnwood, WA 98087-1626 ^ top