Posts by Shane Finkel
DelValAgile Joint Meetup with North Highland on August 27, 2020
Delaware Valley Agile had a fantastic joint virtual meetup with North Highland on August 27, 2020! At least 60 people attended the meetup on Zoom. Here is the agenda from the meetup: Thursday, August 27, 2020 from 7:00 PM EDT – 8:30 PM EDT Agenda: 7:00 PM Welcome and Introduction by Shane Finkel and Jennifer…
Read MoreGiving Yourself A Competitive Edge To Land That Perfect Job Presentation
This morning, I gave a presentation titled “Giving Yourself A Competitive Edge To Land That Perfect Job” to the Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group Meetup that provided help to attendees who are looking for career advice, a new job or are who in transition on the following: How to improve skills while in transition or looking for…
Read MoreThe Why and the How of Cross-Functional Teams in Scrum
No methodology, let alone a framework of that methodology, or any of the processes defined by that methodology, can be followed without having an effective team to follow that methodology and implement those processes. One of the four core values of agile software development as stated by the Agile Manifesto states the importance of individuals…
Read MoreAgile Is NOT Just For IT Projects!
Today, I participated in the 8th Global Peter Drucker Forum (https://www.druckerforum.org/2017/the-event/program/). The CEO of the Scrum Alliance, Lisa Hershman, gave an inspiring presentation about how Agile was used to transform a struggling high school in Phoenix, AZ. Hope High School in Phoenix, AZ serves “at-risk” students who have been thrown out of their public school…
Read MoreDon’t Be a Turkey
We, as Delaware Valley Agile (“DelValAgile”) are holding our next Meetup tomorrow evening in Wayne, PA. The name of the event is “Don’t Be a Turkey”. It brings back memories to when I was studying piano at a younger age. My music teacher would fondly call me a “turkey”. We wanted to give back even…
Read MoreNovember Non-CSM Workshop
We had another great 2 day Non-CSM workshop in Media over the past two days. Most of the attendees were in a career transition. A majority did not have an IT background or a background in project management, but all wanted to learn more about Agile and Scrum, which was really encouraging to see. Our…
Read MoreDel Val Agile’s End of Summer Social
Our Delaware Valley Agile Meetup had our End of Summer social yesterday evening. It immediately followed the first day of one of our free two-day Non-Certified ScrumMaster workshops. We had a solid turnout – over twenty people showed up. I gave a presentation with the topic “Empower Your Agile Journey.” My presentation explained how inspecting…
Read MoreOur Last Free Workshop and Del Val Agile’s End of Summer Social
Well we had over twenty enthusiastic Meet up members attend the Social last night. I won the raffle for the photography shoot and Wanda the photographer from MadCris Images won the CSM. She said she wanted to start another career. I told her I need to get the dog’s photos done for our Christmas card.…
Read MoreSpeaker at Philly Application Lifecycle Management User Group
On the evening of the second day of one of our free two-day Non-Certified ScrumMaster workshops, I gave a presentation for the Philly Application Lifecycle Management User Group. My presentation topic was “Overcoming Challenges of the Transition to the Agile Methodology.” A question that I have been asked often during our workshops is “how do…
Read MoreHow To Write Good Requirements / User Stories In Scrum
Consider that 70% of software projects fail due to poor requirements. The estimated rework associated with these failures exceeds 45 billion USD annually. The question is – why is this happening? The answer is twofold. First, business requirements tend to lose focus on the customer; and second, the requirements lack a holistic frame of reference…
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