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Management Day

Be Open, Be Agile

At Management Day, Janet Swisher will teach you how to collaborate with others on documentation in Lessons in Community from Open-Source Projects.

Gil Broza will cover The Human Side of Agile, helping you understand everyone's roles in an agile project. Our exercise will give you hands-on experience collaborating with others in two agile iterations.

Details
  • Date & Time: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 9am to 5pm
  • Location: Gold Room A at the North York Memorial Hall, 5100 Yonge Street (near the North York Centre subway)


Speakers & Topics

Gil Broza - The Human Side of Agile
Gil Broza helps software organizations adopt or improve on the Agile development process. He guides them in implementing a reliable, sustainable methodology so they truly delight their customers and make a positive impact. He is an “all-rounder”, working at all organizational levels and coaching people in technical, managerial and leadership behaviours.

Gil’s forthcoming book, "The Human Side of Agile Management: How to Help Your Team Deliver", will guide Agile managers in growing and leading their teams to outstanding performance. Gil has been a regular contributor and coaching stage producer for the Agile series of conferences, a sought-after speaker for other industry events and groups, and host of numerous public webinars about Agility. He lives in Toronto. Get a taste of Gil’s approach.

Janet Swisher - Lessons in Community from Open-Source Projects
Janet Swisher is a technical writer in Austin, Texas who has worked in technical communication since 1999. She is currently working on developer documentation for Mozilla. Janet has presented at the STC conference and in STC webinars. She says that “she can read code well enough to avoid asking obvious questions, and write code well enough to be dangerous”.

Event includes a hands-on session and panel discussion.

Schedule

 Time Event
 8:30 - 9:00 Registration
 9:00 - 9:30 Welcome and Introduction
 9:30 - 10:15 Janet Swisher Presentation
 10:15 - 11:15 Gil Broza Presentation
 11:15 - 11:30 Break & Sign Up for Roles in Hands-On Component
 11:30 - 12:00 Orientation to Organizations
 12:00 - 12:45 Iteration 1
 12:45 - 1:30 Lunch
 1:30 - 2:15  Debrief of Iteration 1
 2:15 - 3:00 Iteration 2
 3:00 - 3:30 Debrief of Iteration 2
 3:30 - 3:45 Break
 3:45 - 5:00 Panel Q&A

Cost
Includes lunch.