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 MorePartnership with Drexel University
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…
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 MoreWe Were Social
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…
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 MoreJennifer’s has her CSP
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…
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…
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