Apr
30
2020
2020 April Meetup
Thu (04:00 PM - 07:00 PM)
Summary
The Agile Yorkshire team are pleased to be able to bring you all the insights from our monthly event to the comfort of your home. We’ve got some incredible speakers confirmed to discuss a topic that’s never been more relevant: keeping your distributed teams agile. Not only will attendees get a surprise delivery the week of the event, but we’re also running a short Kwizzbit quiz after the webinar for the chance to win a £25 voucher for a local independent of your choice. The quiz will test your knowledge of Agile practises, Yorkshire and some other random knowledge subjects thrown in for good measure.
Agenda
- 5.30pm - Welcome
- 5.45pm - First talk
- 6.05pm - Second talk
- 6.25pm - Agile Yorkshire Kwizzbit Quiz & Beers
- 6.45pm - Agile Yorkshire Quiz Winner announced & end
Programme
The Remote Challenge in Agile Software Development
Ten years ago, Jutta published the very first book on Agile Software Development with Distributed Teams. Moreover, Jutta has also published Agile Software Development in the Large, Retrospectives for Organizational Change, and together with Johanna Rothman Diving for Hidden Treasures: Uncovering the Cost of Delay in your Project Portfolio. Just recently Jutta has pair-written with John Buck a book on Company-wide Agility. This book focuses on synthesizing Beyond Budgeting, Open Space, Sociocracy, and Agility.
Jutta Eckstein
Renowned author, Jutta Eckstein, works as an independent coach, consultant, and trainer. She has helped many teams and organizations worldwide to make an Agile transition. She has a unique experience in applying Agile processes within medium-sized to large distributed mission-critical projects. Jutta is a member of the Agile Alliance (having served the board of directors from 2003-2007) and a member of the program committee of many different American, Asian, and European conferences, where she has also presented her work. She holds a M.A. in Business Coaching & Change Management, a Dipl.Eng. in Product-Engineering, and a B.A. in Education.
Team Interactions with Team Topologies
Matthew Skelton is co-author of Team Topologies: organizing business and technology teams for fast flow. Head of Consulting at Conflux (confluxdigital.net), he specialises in Continuous Delivery, operability and organisation dynamics for software in manufacturing, ecommerce, and online services, including cloud, IoT, and embedded software.
Matthew Skelton
Matthew was recognised by TechBeacon in 2018 and 2019 as one of the top 100 people to follow in DevOps, Matthew curates the well-known DevOps topologies patterns at devopstopologies.com and is co-author of the books Continuous Delivery with Windows and .NET (O’Reilly, 2016) and Team Guide to Software Operability (Skelton Thatcher Publications, 2016). He is also founder at Conflux Books which publishes books for technologists by technologists.
Recognised by TechBeacon in 2018 and 2019 as one of the top 100 people to follow in DevOps, Matthew curates the well-known DevOps topologies patterns at devopstopologies.com and is co-author of the books Continuous Delivery with Windows and .NET (O’Reilly, 2016) and Team Guide to Software Operability (Skelton Thatcher Publications, 2016). He is also founder at Conflux Books which publishes books for technologists by technologists.
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