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| April Agile Manager's Support Group - Presentation Info - The presentation for the April 18 meeting is no longer a surprise. Steve Bockman will present a new, hands-on exercise called The Process Improvement Challenge . For more details: | Steve Bockman | Apr 11, 2012 |
| Re: Re: [softwaredev-77] Agile/scrum certification advice please. - Appreciate everyone's thoughts and input .. Thanks Simon | Simon Clay Michael | Mar 2, 2012 |
| Re: [softwaredev-77] Agile/scrum certification advice please. - For Scrum Alliance certfications visit their site http://www.scrumalliance.org . For other certifications, I know less. Jeff On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Simon Clay Mic | Jeff McKenna | Mar 1, 2012 |
| Re: [softwaredev-77] Agile/scrum certification advice please. - That depends on your values and the reason why you're getting a certification. If you're getting it to learn more about Scrum, Agile, Lean, etc., then simply look for the best training and ignore the certification aspect. If you need a certificati | Ted Young | Mar 1, 2012 |
| Agile/scrum certification advice please. - Would love to have advice / suggestions / avoid! from the members. I've been doing agile PM and Scrum Master role for a few years and see more and more companies are asking for Certifications. What | Simon Clay Michael | Mar 1, 2012 |
| Going? Agile Open Northern California - Oct 3 & 4 - Dear Agile Community Members, THIS IS AN URGENT REQUEST! Agile Open Northern California conference registrations have come in particularly slowly this year. At this time we do not have sufficient registrations to hold the conference. We hav | Laura Powers | Sep 19, 2011 |
| Agile Open California Registration Deadline is Wednesday (9/21) - Dear Agile Community Members, THIS IS AN URGENT REQUEST! Agile Open Northern California conference registrations have come in particularly slowly this year. At this time we do not have sufficient registrations to hold the conference. We | Steve Bockman | Sep 19, 2011 |
| Waiting List for Wednesday's Agile Managers' Support Group Meeting - Greetings all, We've reached the capacity of 30 for Wednesday's (tomorrow) Agile Managers' Support Group meeting, plus we have a few people on the waiting list. If you RSVPed YES, but change your mind about attending, could you please c | Steve Bockman | Jul 19, 2011 |
| Agile Managers' Support Group July Meeting - Scott Killen, Agile Practice Leader at PayPal, will lead a discussion titled "How Do You Measure Success?" For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/Ag | Steve Bockman | Jul 7, 2011 |
| Limited Bay Area Engagement - Artful Making with Lee Devin - Saturday, July 23, 2011 Sunday, July 24, 2011 Seaport Center 459 Seaport Ct. Redwood City, CA 94063 If you work in a high-tech environment, chances are you've spent a lot of time honing and polishing your technical sk | Steve Bockman | Jun 29, 2011 |
Meetup details changed: Agile Managers' Support Group - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/AgileMan agers/events/17062762/
When : Wednesday, June 15, 2011 6:30
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Chris Sims | May 31, 2011 |
| Agile Managers Support Group Discount on Agile Training - Because you are a member of the Agile Managers Support Group, you can save $350 on these upcoming workshops by Agile Learning Labs: Certified ScrumMaster | Chris Sims | Apr 29, 2011 |
| Support Group discount for Certified ScrumMaster Workshop April 13-14 in Redwood City - April 13-14, 2011 Seaport Center 459 Seaport Ct. Redwood City, CA 94063 Certified ScrumMaster Worksho | David Parker | Apr 5, 2011 |
| Certified ScrumMaster Workshop - March 22-23, 2011 Seaport Center 459 Seaport Ct. Redwood City, CA 94063 Certified ScrumMaster Workshop This workshop leads to ScrumMaster certification through the Scrum Alliance, and is worth 14 PDUs through the | Steve Bockman | Mar 10, 2011 |
| Certified ScrumMaster Workshop - March 16-17, 2011 Autodesk 1 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Certified ScrumMaster Workshop This workshop leads to ScrumMaster certification through the Scrum Alliance, and is worth 14 PDUs through th | Steve Bockman | Mar 3, 2011 |
| Agile Tools and Practices Workshop - March 14-15, 2011 Autodesk 1 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Agile Tools and Practices Workshop One of the key benefits of agility is the way it keeps members of a development team connected with each | Steve Bockman | Mar 1, 2011 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What : Agile Managers Support Group When : Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:30 PM | Steve Bockman | Jan 11, 2011 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What : Agile Managers Support Group When : Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:30 PM | Steve Bockman | Dec 22, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Alan Shalloway: Lean-Agile For Managers - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What : Alan Shalloway: Lean-Agile For Managers When : Wednesday, December 1, 20 | Chris Sims | Nov 23, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group - Coaching Dojo Take 2 - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What : Agile Managers Support Group - Coaching Dojo Take 2 When : Wednesday, No | Chris Sims | Nov 10, 2010 |
| Early Bird Discount for Weekend CSM - $850 Early Bird ends November 20! Certified ScrumMaster Weekend Workshop with Jeff McKenna & Chris Sims Saturday & Sunday, December 4-5, 2010 Redwood City, CA 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Steve Bockman | Nov 8, 2010 |
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Meetup details changed: Agile Managers Support Group - Coaching Dojo - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/AgileManagers/calendar/14938750/ When : Wednesday, October 27, 2010 6:30 PM
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Chris Sims | Oct 14, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What : Agile Managers Support Group When : Wednesday, October 27, 2010 6:30 PM | Betty Gonzalez | Sep 29, 2010 |
| Dependency Game results. - Agile Manager's meeter-uppers, I promised the group to run many iterations of the dependency game and report the results; here they are. * DependencyGameTest This is the game as we played it by the "standard" rules. There was a bug in my origina | Olie | Sep 27, 2010 |
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Meetup details changed: Agile Managers Support Group - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/AgileManagers/calendar/14767643/ When : Wednesday, September 22, 2010 6:30 P
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Steve Bockman | Sep 21, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group for September - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What : Agile Managers Support Group When : Wednesday, September 22, 2010 6:30 P | Betty Gonzalez | Sep 14, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Theory of Constraints - Lean Agile Kanban Oh My! - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What : Theory of Constraints - Lean Agile Kanban Oh My! When : Wednesday, Septe | Chris Sims | Aug 11, 2010 |
| ANN: Certified ScrumMaster Workshop - Greetings all, Just letting you know that Chris Sims and Jeff McKenna are hosting a 2-day Certified ScrumMaster workshop on the weekend of June 26. Like all Agile Learning Labs workshops, this one teaches through hands-on, experien | Steve Bockman | Jun 17, 2010 |
| June Meetup: Help! My user stories are too big! - Join us in San Mateo, for the June 30th Agile Managers Support Group as we take on the topic of big user stories. RSVP Now A common struggle for Scrum teams is how | Betty Gonzalez | Jun 8, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group - Announcing a new Meet up for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What: Agile Managers Support Group When: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:00 PM Where: Round Table Pizza 61 W. 43rd Avenue San Mateo, CA 9 | Betty Gonzalez | May 7, 2010 |
| Hillary created a new draft for the The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! - Hi The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group Organizers, I've created a draft for a new Meetup event. The draft is hidden from group members, but as Organizers, we can collaborate on it together. Check it out here: | Hillary | Apr 30, 2010 |
| Certified ScrumMaster Training April 10-11 - Greetings all, Just letting you know that Chris Sims and Jeff McKenna are hosting a 2-day Certified ScrumMaster workshop on the weekend of April 10. Like all Agile Learning Labs workshops, this one features experiential learning | Steve Bockman | Mar 25, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Team Estimation - Agile Managers - March - San Mateo - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What: Team Estimation - Agile Managers - March - San Mateo When: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:30 PM Where: Round Table Pizza 61 W. 43rd Aven | Chris Sims | Mar 10, 2010 |
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Meetup details changed: Agile Managers Support Group - April East Bay Meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/AgileManagers/calendar/12840221/ When: Thursday, April 8, 2010 6:30 PM
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David Chilcott | Mar 10, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group - April East Bay Meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What: Agile Managers Support Group - March East Bay Meetup When: Thursday, April 8, 2010 6:30 PM Where: Outformations, Inc. 939 61st Street | David Chilcott | Mar 10, 2010 |
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Story Mapping Article - Greetings, At our recent meetup I promised you all this link to an article I wrote for InfoQ on Story Mapping. http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/03/story-map
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Chris Sims | Mar 2, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group - March East Bay Meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What: Agile Managers Support Group - March East Bay Meetup When: Thursday, March 4, 2010 6:30 PM Where: Outformations, Inc. 939 61st Street # | David Chilcott | Feb 23, 2010 |
| Agile Learning Labs Breakfast Workshop This Monday - Just in case you can't wait another month for the next Support Group, here's an Agile Learning Labs workshop you might be interested in attending. We're trying out a new format: a two hour breakfast session (hearty breakfast included), and have created a | Hillary | Jan 22, 2010 |
| Venue & Program Change for January 20th Meeting - We've had a change of venue and program: This month's Agile Manger's Support Group will meet at the Round Table Pizza Parlor at 1225 El Camino Real in Menlo Park, and will include an exercise facilitated by Chris Sims. The new agenda is as foll | Hillary | Jan 17, 2010 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group - January Menlo Park Meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What: Agile Managers Support Group - January Menlo Park Meetup When: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:30 PM Where: British Bankers Club 1090 | Steve Bockman | Jan 14, 2010 |
| Job posting - Tech lead / Sr. Ruby on Rails Developer - Preview not available | Marcia Davis-Cannon | Dec 15, 2009 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group - January East Bay Meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What: Agile Managers Support Group - January East Bay Meetup When: January 14, 2010 6:30 PM Where: Outformations, Inc. 939 61st Street #13 | David Chilcott | Dec 15, 2009 |
| New Host for Tomorrow's Meeting - Greetings all, Just wanted to let everyone know that Chris is out of town giving a Certified ScrumMaster workshop, and that in his absence I'll be hosting tomorrow night's meeting. Nothing else has changed. I'll facilitate a round- | Steve Bockman | Dec 15, 2009 |
| CSM Sneak Preview tonight - Greetings all, We hope to see all of you at next month's meeting of the Agile Managers' Support Group, but in the meantime we'd like to invite those of you who may be considering ScrumMaster Certification to join us tonight from 6-7pm for a CSM | Hillary | Dec 1, 2009 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group - December Menlo Park Meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What: Agile Managers Support Group - December Menlo Park Meetup When: December 16, 2009 6:30 PM Where: British Bankers Club 1090 El Camino | Chris Sims | Nov 30, 2009 |
| Continuous Deployment Link and Agile Training Discount - Greetings, My Action Item from Last Night At last night's meetup I promised to send out a link to the continuous deployment post that I wrote back in March. Here it is: | Chris Sims | Sep 4, 2009 |
| New Meetup: Agile Managers Support Group - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What: Agile Managers Support Group When: October 21, 2009 6:30 PM Where: British Bankers Club 1090 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 9402 | Chris Sims | Sep 4, 2009 |
| New Meetup: Return of the Managers Support Group - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group! What: Return of the Managers Support Group When: September 3, 2009 6:30 PM Where: British Bankers Club 1090 El Camino Real Menlo Park | Chris Sims | Aug 13, 2009 |
| New Name, New Focus, and an Agile Project Management Learning Lab - Greetings, I've changed the name of our meetup from 'The Bay Area Engineering Managers Support Group' to 'The Bay Area Agile Managers Support Group.' The focus will be more tightly on the challenges of being a manager in an agile environment, | Chris Sims | Jun 3, 2009 |
| ANN: Agile Project Management Workshop in San Jose - Preview not available | Chris Sims | Apr 14, 2009 |
| ANN: Agile Project Management Workshop in San Jose - Agile Project Management Workshop Presented By: Chris Sims, Technical Management Institute Location: San Jose, CA Date: March 23, 2009 Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Registration: | Chris Sims | Mar 9, 2009 |
| Engineering Managers Support Group Reminder - Need additional motivation to come out to tomorrow night's meeting of the Engineering Mangers Support Group besides the fine company and the Guiness on tap? Here it is: we now have two | Hillary | Jan 20, 2009 |
| New Date Jan 21 - The monkey we hired to type in our meeting details clearly needs more training... The date should be Wednesday Jan 21, not Jan 15, as the previous announcement sent yesterday inadvertently stated. Bad monkey! Corrected details below: I've updat | Hillary | Jan 14, 2009 |
| Engineering Managers Support Group January Meetup - The first Engineering Managers Support Group meeting of the new year will be held at the British Banker's Club, where you can enjoy a pint and/or some excellent onion rings while trading insights with your f | Hillary | Jan 13, 2009 |
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Come Share a Pint at an Open Meeting - This Month's Engineering Mangers Support Group http://softwaredev.meetup.com/77/calendar/8930425/ When: October 15, 2008 6:00 PM Where: British Bankers Club 1
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Hillary | Oct 10, 2008 |
| New Meetup: The Great Spec Showdown! - Announcing a new Meetup for The Bay Area Engineering Managers Support Group! What: The Great Spec Showdown! When: August 20, 2008 6:30 PM Where: ILOG, in Sunnyvale Meetup Description: Agile evangelists c | Chris Sims | Aug 14, 2008 |
| Coaching Questions - June Engineering Managers Support Group Meetup - Greetings, Coaching is the process of providing feedback, insight, encouragement and guidance in order to enhance performance. Leaders who use coaching techniques: - Need to give explicit direction less often - Better tap the talent | Chris Sims | Jun 10, 2008 |
| Agile Project Management Workshop - Greetings, On June 17th, the Technical Management Institute, Effective Training Associates, and the IEEE are teaming up to put on an agile project management workshop. The workshop will be held in Palo Alto and is open to the public, but admis | Chris Sims | Jun 3, 2008 |
| Engineering Managers Support Group - May Meetup - Greetings, The Bay Area Engineering Managers Support Group will be meeting on Wednesday, May 21st. Come out and learn how to create agendas that lead to successful meetings. A great engineering manager knows how to run effective mee | Chris Sims | May 9, 2008 |
| Meetup Tonight! - Greetings! Tonight the Engineering Managers Support Group meets. I'll be giving a presentation on giving presentations. Come back next time, when I'll give a presentation on giving presentations about giving presentations. Well, maybe not. | Chris Sims | Apr 30, 2008 |
| Engineering Managers Support Group - April Meetup - Greetings, One of the skills in a great manager's toolbox is the ability to give clear, concise, and convincing presentations. A great presentation can inform, motivate, and even entertain the audience. Ideas that are presented well have a much | Chris Sims | Apr 17, 2008 |
| Change the Date? Cast Your Vote! - Greetings, Several of our members have a standing conflict with the 4th Wednesday of the month, so I'm considering moving the regular meeting date for the Engineering Managers Support Group. If you plan to join us in Foster City for | Chris Sims | Mar 27, 2008 |
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Manager-tools - I wanted to thank Ted for turning me on to Manager-tools.com at February's
meet-up and I wanted to direct folks to Manager-tools' "Basics" feed at
http://www.manager-tools.com/manager-tools-basics/. It's a great starting
point for coming into a great
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user 5471127 | Mar 26, 2008 |
| Engineering Managers Support Group - March Meetup - Greetings! A manager who listens well... - will be told more - will be confided in - will understand their people better - will resolve conflicts easier - will be listened to When your people are talki | Chris Sims | Mar 12, 2008 |
| Engineering Managers Support Group - February - Greetings, Nothing influences motivation, satisfaction, and retention more than the relationship an engineer has with their manager. Give your direct reports your time and attention, show them that you value them for who they are, as well as f | Chris Sims | Feb 19, 2008 |
| Retaining Key Contributors - Results - Greetings, I have posted the results from last night's workshop on retaining ke | Chris Sims | Jan 24, 2008 |
| Retaining Key Contributors - 6:30 Tonight! - Greetings, The Engineering Managers Support Group meets tonight at 6:30! Topic: Retaining Key Contributors Time: 6:30 PM Where: Rearden Commerce World Headquarters 1051 E Hillsdale Blvd Sixth Floor | Chris Sims | Jan 23, 2008 |
| New Event: Retaining Key Contributors - Engineering Managers Support Group - January Meetup - Announcing a new event for The Bay Area Engineering Managers Support Group! What: Retaining Key Contributors - Engineering Managers Support Group - January Meetup When: Wednesday, January 23, 6:30 PM Where: Rearden Comme | Chris Sims | Jan 8, 2008 |
| Engineering Managers Support Group - Tonight! - Greetings, The Bay Area Engineering Managers Support Group is meeting tonight, at our new location, Rearden Commerce World Headquarters. 1051 E. Hillsdale Blvd, Sixth Floor Foster City, CA 94404. It's a modern offi | Chris Sims | Nov 28, 2007 |
| Engineering Managers Support Group - New and Improved! - This month the group celebrates our six month anniversary. Things have been good, and they are about to get even better... New Sponsor! I am proud to announce that Rearden Comme | Chris Sims | Nov 20, 2007 |
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Event details changed: October - Engineering Managers Support Group - I've updated this event. For more details, see the full listing: http://softwaredev.meetup.com/77/calendar/6438184/ When: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 7:00 PM Where:
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Chris Sims | Oct 10, 2007 |
| Engineering Managers Support Group News - Greetings, Last night we had an excellent exploration of the question: "What are the most important qualities for an engineering manager to posses?" I've posted the results | Chris Sims | Sep 27, 2007 |
| Engineering Managers Meeting Wednesday - Greetings, The Engineering Managers Support Group is meeting this Wednesday evening. During the first part of the meeting we will be examining the question "What are the most valuable attributes and skills for a technical manager to posse | Chris Sims | Sep 24, 2007 |
| Topic Announcement for September Engineering Managers Support Group - September - Greetings, This month's Engineering Managers Support Group meeting will start with a short presentation on NGT and DOTS. Nominal Group Technique (NGT) allows a group to quickly build a comprehensive list of ideas, issues, options or solutions. | Chris Sims | Sep 10, 2007 |
| Vote! - Greetings, We have two questions open, waiting for your votes. Please take a moment and voice your opinion on these ways to improve and expand the Engineering Managers Support Group. http: | Chris Sims | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Aug Photos and SWOT Links - Greetings, Thanks to all who came out to the August Engineering Managers Support Group. The conversation was spirited, insightful, and flowed until the nice folks at Roundtable threw us out. :-) I've posted some photos from the eve | Chris Sims | Aug 27, 2007 |
| Engineering Managers Support Group August Meetup - Greetings, This month's session will start with a short workshop on SWOT analysis, a tool commonly taught in business school to examine internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats. It was originally conceive | Chris Sims | Aug 14, 2007 |
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July Pics Posted - Greetings All, I just posted pics from the July Technical Managers Support Group meetup. Thanks to Jennifer for taking them! http://softwaredev.meetup.com/77/photos/
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Chris Sims | Aug 3, 2007 |
| Engineering Managers Support Group – Report - Greetings, Last night, 8 folks gathered in the event room at a Round Table Pizza in San Mateo to learn about giving feedback and discuss the issues they face managing engineers. I was especially gratified that two of my past coworkers dropped | Chris Sims | Jul 19, 2007 |
| Next Bay Area Engineering Managers Support Group - Greetings! Our first Bay Area Engineering Managers Support Group meetup was a success! The discussion was lively and time ran out long before we had covered all the topics that had come up. I posted a summary of the event on the TMI | Chris Sims | Jun 27, 2007 |
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