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This is the first reminder for the next SUGSA Gauteng event on the 21st of May 2009 and we have some interesting updates for you on the evening’s content:
As promised, we have an organisation who will present a case study on the benefits realised with the adoption of Scrum and Agile…
Case Study:
Harry King of Rosami Products & Services, who are contracted to 2Dialog – a company based in Richardson, Texas, will be presenting a case study on how Scrum is assisting them in realising the expected benefits of Agile off-shore development in South Africa…
Book review:
Lionel Bisschoff will again entertain us with a book review
Agile and Scrum Committee Reading List:
The SUGSA Gauteng committee will for the first time reveal what we are reading and a list of subjects and books/articles on those subjects will be handed out.
So far we had overwhelming response and we are looking forward to see everyone… however, please don’t hesitate to bring friends/colleagues and whoever you think might benefit or add to the discussions planned!
Event registration: http://www.scrum.org.za/resources/event-registration/event-registration-gauteng
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The previous events were so well attended and using your feedback from this, we have decided to use this event for an open discussion around Agile and Scrum with help from a panel of experts.
Case studies will be presented for discussion, Scrum practitioners and organisations using Scrum will be present to share their ‘war-stories’ with us and to answer your questions.
Join us for an evening of open discussion – bring your questions, bring your concerns, bring your own ‘war-stories’ and share with all of us… we are all keen to learn!
When: 21 May 2009
Time: 18:00 for 18:30
Where: Momentum Auditorium 1, Centurion, Pretoria (click for map)
Event registration: http://www.scrum.org.za/resources/event-registration/event-registration-gauteng
Sponsors: Kaizania and Momentum
Refreshments will be served before and after the event.
For any additional information, please contact agile@kaizania.co.za.
A day of Scrum, Agile, good food, networking and some dodgy weather in Cape Town on Spring day 2009!
September 2, 2009 in Agile Commentary, Events | Tags: agile events, scrum, SUGSA, what is scrum? | by thinkingagile | Leave a comment
thinkingagile had the opportunity to attend the first ever Scrum-day in South Africa on Spring day… well, typically Cape Town, Spring day turned-out to be more to be a stormy, windy, rainy, cold day!
Weather aside, it was a great day, well organised and overall a Scrum success… well done to the SUGSA committee who organised this great day!
The day was split into two tracks, Business and Technical, therefore catering for all the preferences. Personally, I was split between the two and ended up attending sessions across…
Later the afternoon, the delegates was treated to a live video feed with Jeff Sutherland. His topic for the talk was ‘Take no prisoners’ which was very suited to Scrum overall… Scrum is not for sissies at all!
Adopting Scrum and reaching your expected goals with Scrum is relatively easy, however, not for the faint hearted, especially at the beginning…
A more detailed post on the day will be done later this week, I have invited a guest blogger to join me in wrapping up this event on thinkingagile… first, it’s the trek back to Gauteng and better weather to see if I can’t at least get the feeling of Spring this year!