November 9, 2009

DANUBE TECHNOLOGIES’ SCRUM EXPERT RAWSTHORNE TO SHARE SCRUM INSIGHT AT AGILE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES 2009

Rawsthorne to provide practical approaches to successful release planning and backlog management

Who:     Dan Rawsthorne
Certified Scrum Trainer and Senior Consultant
Danube Technologies, Inc. (www.danube.com)

Rawsthorne has been developing software for more than 25 years and is an accomplished manager, mentor, coach, trainer, consultant, and architect. The projects he has worked on range from e-commerce, to databases, military avionics and Air Traffic Control. He is a Certified Scrum Trainer for Danube Technologies, the leader in software and training for the Scrum method of agile software development. Rawsthorne holds a PhD in mathematics from the University of Illinois.

What:     Release Planning: A Strategy for Success
    One of the primary responsibilities of the Product Owner and project teams is release planning. Stakeholders want, need, and deserve to know what they will be getting—and when. How do you do this in an agile environment? Although many find it tempting to create a release plan as a series of sprint plans, this is a mistake. It violates the lean principle of “minimal inventory” and will be wrong—the same is true with traditional project planning. In this half-day tutorial, Dan Rawsthorne presents “rules of thumb” for developing a release strategy and spending game plan. Participants will practice using these rules during a guided exercise, walk through an example release, and learn how to monitor and measure the release plan.

        Storyotypes: The Patterns within the Stories
In this informative presentation, Rawsthorne will explore why and how similar stories appear over and over again as organizations develop systems. According to Rawsthorne, stories—small chunks of work that make up a backlog and provide demonstrable value to the project—can be categorized by purpose including: production, analysis, cleanup, infrastructure/environment, business support, or other. Within each of these categories are different “storyotypes” – patterns that define the commonalities among the stories themselves. Rawsthorne will define and describe some of the most prevalent storyotypes, explaining why they are useful, and demonstrates the concept with examples. Rawsthorne will discuss how by employing storyotypes in developing stories, teams will produce more consistent, higher quality requirements that are easier to work with.

When:         Release Planning: A Strategy for Success
Mon., November 9
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EST

Storyotypes: The Patterns within the Stories
Thurs., November 12
12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. EST

Where:     Rosen Shingle Creek
        9939 Universal Boulevard
        Orlando, FL 32819

To register, visit: (https://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices/Register/SelectConference.aspx)
 
Contact:     For more information on this presentation or to set up an interview with Dr. Rawsthorne, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 13 or cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com