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Agile Penny Game — Modified

The Agile Penny Game has been around for about 10 years. I’m not certain who created the game. I’ve modified it to include lessons about value delivery and assessing value. The game results in learning some lean concepts including batch size, value delivery, making improvements, changing team members, and self-management. This document will outline the rules to play the game, supplies needed, and instructions for facilitating the game.

Pitfalls of Planning Poker

Before you start debating story points versus no estimates, let’s examine what can go wrong when a team uses Planning Poker® with Story Points to estimate their work.

Training From the Back Of the Room

The Conference is considered the premier Agile event of the year, and provides a week-long opportunity to engage in wide-open interaction, collaboration and sharing of ideas with peers and colleagues within the global Agile community.

Agile Open Florida

The Conference is considered the premier Agile event of the year, and provides a week-long opportunity to engage in wide-open interaction, collaboration and sharing of ideas with peers and colleagues within the global Agile community.

Adopt an Agile Mindset and achieve new heights!

Signup for our upcoming class on June 6th and 7th at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and get an insane discount! Spaces are limited, and this offer is only good through May 21st!

Agile 2016

The Conference is considered the premier Agile event of the year, and provides a week-long opportunity to engage in wide-open interaction, collaboration and sharing of ideas with peers and colleagues within the global Agile community.

Keep Austin Agile 2016

Agile Austin’s mission to elevate the state of agile practices and educate agile practitioners of all levels. The conference’s multiple subject tracks and interactive workshops will appeal to everyone, from novices to gurus, and technical professionals to company executives.

Agile Alliance – Board Meeting

The Agile Alliance board is comprised of Agile thought leaders from a variety of backgrounds. They share their passion to deliver software better every day with Agile professionals around the world.

THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS ANALYSTS IN AGILE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS

Are you a business analyst or project manager struggling to fit in with an agile development team? Project Managers and Business Analysts have seen significant changes in their roles and they are not alone; many roles have evolved with the transition to Agile methods. It’s time to stop struggling to find where you fit it in software development and map out your personal strategy for career growth.