DANUBE™ TECHNOLOGIES’ JIM SCHIEL AND MICHAEL JAMES TO PRESENT AT STOCKHOLM SCRUM FALL GATHERING

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:21:28 +0000

Schiel and James to share insights into how the Scrum methodology
can support ISO-9001 certification efforts and team building

Who: Jim Schiel
Certified Scrum Trainer
Danube Technologies, Inc. (www.danube.com)

Schiel is one of the foremost experts on Scrum and one of five Certified Scrum Trainers at Danube. He joined the company after 22 years with Siemens, where he played an instrumental role in creating one of the largest Scrum installations in the world.

Michael James
Certified Scrum Trainer
Danube Technologies, Inc. (www.danube.com)
James is one of Danube's software process mentors and a Certified Scrum Trainer, focusing on the engineering practices that enable agility. Having worked in the software industry for more than 25 years as a developer he has experience in automated testing that predates the Extreme Programming movement.

What: Implementing ISO (9001 in Scrum Environment)

ISO-9001 is widely seen as a product differentiator for businesses operating within highly competitive markets. Many businesses have, over the years, put a considerable amount of time and money into acquiring ISO-9001 certification. Unfortunately, agile development is often seen as an obstacle to maintaining the ISO certification. Contrary to this belief, however, the Scrum method of agile development offers up a set of unique operating characteristics that do not interfere with the implementation standards routinely seen within the software engineering industry. In this session, Schiel will describe some of the challenges of these ISO-9001-related implementations, along with practical approaches to dealing with them. Topics discussed during the session include: how to define a quality policy, how to define required processes and how to leverage Scrum sprint reviews to support organizational audit-ability.

Exploring Team Ingenuity Outside the Software Industry

Aviators, surgical teams, elite military squads, and jazz musicians have discovered teamwork is the main factor in their effectiveness. The visibility of success or failure in these fields lends itself to analysis of teamwork in general. Scrum has helped the software industry realize teamwork is crucial to business success. James will explore what ScrumMasters learn from the study of teamwork in other fields and the techniques other disciplines have tried for improving teamwork. In this highly interactive session, James will lead attendees through discussions on how Scrum teams can take their performance and ingenuity to the next level.

When: Implementing ISO (9001 in Scrum Environment)
Wed., Oct. 22
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Exploring Team Ingenuity Outside the Software Industry
Wed., Oct. 22
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Where: City Conference Centre Stockholm
Drottninggatan 71 B
Stockholm107 26
Sweden
To register visit: (http://www.scrumalliance.org)

Contact: For more information on this presentation or to set up an interview with Mr. Schiel or Mr. James, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 13 or cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

Catapult Public Relations

DANUBE™ TECHNOLOGIES’ JIM SCHIEL AND MICHAEL JAMES TO PRESENT AT STOCKHOLM SCRUM FALL GATHERING