Social Media Class
Today we met with Katie from HeadRoom to give us a few pointers for our social media game. Which by the way… we don’t have any game. She set up everything correctly for us and told us what to do from now on. We now have Facebook for Agile Aces and Del Val Agile, LinkedIn…
Read MoreSmall Group in Wayne (Totally Non-Technical)
Ok, so this workshop group needed a little guidance. I think just one or two of them had ever worked with technology before. While this did make aspects harder to explain, this allowed for many examples to be called out that were non-technical, like planning a party, planning a wedding, and fundraising for a silent…
Read MoreMillion Dollar Questions
This was our fourth training with Speed and Function. This time I remembered to take pictures and film. We stayed until 6:30 PM answering all of their questions. Shane just amazes me with his expertise. He is so confident and it truly shines through that he is very passionate about Scrum. The CEO was there…
Read MoreEffective Risk Management with Scrum in 6 Easy Steps
One of the most important responsibilities of the ScrumMaster is to remove impediments or obstacles impacting the Scrum team. If they are already affecting the Scrum team’s productivity, they can be classified as issues. The sprint retrospective is a formal ceremony or meeting where the team inspects how they did during the last sprint, including…
Read MoreThree Two Day Trainings
This week was extremely busy as we held three two day workshops back to back. The only day that we took off was July 4 and even that day, we had to answer a few emails. Even though it was exhausting, we did it. Twenty seven resources from Speed and Function were trained. Too tired…
Read MoreDelaware Valley Agile Summer 2017 Meetup
Yesterday we had a very successful Meetup for our Delaware Valley Agile User Group – our Summer 2017 Social event. I gave a presentation with the topic “Using Agile for Non-Profits – A Case Study”. Earlier this year, we successfully used the agile methodology to support fundraising activities for PALS (Pet Adoption and Lifecare Society),…
Read MoreHeadRoom
Agile Aces is renting a conference space at HeadRoom to facilitate two day ScrumMaster workshops. After looking at multiple spaces all over the Delaware Valley, we decided HeadRoom had the best space. They have two locations with conference rooms in Wayne and Media, PA. We met with their wonderful office manager, Katie, who already gave…
Read MoreJennifer’s CSPO
I know now that when I train others, I want it to be fun! I truly believe that you can learn while having fun and make it a memorable experience for everyone. So I went back to our original CST. This time he held the CSPO in a hotel space. But it was very similar…
Read MoreScrum: 10 Tips On Improving Quality
At the beginning of my career, right out of Drexel University (with a year and a half of co-operative education experience in my field), I saw a chart which resonates with me to this day. That chart is included with this article, and represents how the cost of identifying and fixing a defect increases dramatically…
Read MoreKocktails for Kitties 2017
We just held our annual fundraising dinner and silent auction event for P.A.L.S. – Kocktails for Kitties. With significant contributions from our fundraising efforts delivered via Agile and Scrum, our annual fundraiser was a tremendous success raising over $65,000! Outside of the biggest takeaway (or “lessons learned”), which is to begin fundraising activities closer to…
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