Getting to DONE! by Jeff Sutherland

One of the key principles in the Agile Manifesto is to have working software at the end of every sprint. Yet, only 20% of teams that call themselves ’agile’ actually do this. That is a lot of bad agile. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Scrum co-creator Jeff Sutherland will share proven and often quite simple ways to move teams from mediocre to great. You’ll learn how to quickly identify the reasons why teams aren’t getting to done, so you can eliminate them one by one.

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Jeff is the inventor and co-creator of Scrum. He is a West Point graduate, former fighter pilot and cancer researcher, as well as CTO or head of engineering of eleven different software companies from small startups to enterprises with thousands of developers. He launched the first Scrum team in 1993 and has shepherded its explosive growth across the planet and into almost every industry: finance, healthcare, higher education and telecom. His most recent book is Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time.

As the CEO of Scrum Inc. and the Senior Advisor and Agile Coach to OpenView Venture Partners, Jeff sets the vision for success with Scrum. He continues to share best practices with organizations around the globe and has written extensively on Scrum rules and methods. With a deep understanding of business process — gleaned from years as CTO/CEO of eleven different software companies — Jeff is able to describe the high level organizational benefits of Scrum and what it takes to create hyperproductive teams.

Book Giveaway: 3 copies of "Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. (http://amzn.com/038534645X)"

Books: "Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time," will also be on sale.

When: May 21st, 2015 at 6:45pm (See Agenda Below). RSVP option will be available starting 20 days before the event.

Where: NRECA Conference Center, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203, Arlington, VA

Public Transit: By Metro, take the Orange/Silver line to Ballston Metro.

Cost: Free thanks to our sponsors

Sponsors:

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Thank you to our main sponsor Excella Consulting for hosting our meetings and providing pizza and refreshments.

Excella is hiring! Check out the open job opportunities (https://www.meetup.com/DC-Scrum-User-Group/pages/Open_Job_Opportunity/) page. Excella is offering DCSUG members a discount for upcoming Agile training classes (http://excella.eventbrite.com/).

Agenda:

6:45 – 7:15 Arrive, mingle, pizza, network and setup

7:15 – 8:15 Discussion/Game/Workshop

8:15 – 8:45 Q&A and wrap-up

Can't make it this month?

We meet monthly. So if you can't make it this month, hopefully we'll see you at the next meetup. Also, if you have an idea, game, workshop, or story to share with the group, then please contact the organizer to setup a presentation for a future meeting.