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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…

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Wow, what a wild ride this year has been. We would like to thank all the players, fans, and coaches this year that led the Philadelphia Eagles to winning Superbowl LII. We are so proud and yes this city does bleed green. We are passionate. Everyone said we couldn’t do it and we just weren’t…

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We had a successful Meet-up with Drexel University on Wednesday, January 17th from 5:30-8 pm titled, Achieving Your Professional Best: Insights and Trends for 2018. It was a great evening filled with food, fun and valuable insights of the hot degrees and certifications that Drexel with be offering this year. Along with their Degree Completion…

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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…

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On Thursday night we held the “Don’t Be a Turkey” Social and even though I stress out every time about who will be there and will we have enough food, it turned out great. Shane was on point with his presentation and really impressed everyone. I got some great footage for once and I am…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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I finally “officially” received the notice that I am a CSP!!  It took a summer filled with effort, but I did it. We are also trying to work with a few Universities to see if they would allow us to do our workshops on their campuses.  And we are working with the Pennsylvania Unemployment Office…

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