Agile on Tap - Mob programming, Hacking & Making Workshops Work

Solutioneers!,

Agile Peterborough is back this September where we will be welcoming Dr Penny Pullan, Sam Fare & David Boyne.

We have two lightning talks on Mob programming and Hacking followed by our Making Workshops talk. (More details below)

Come along for some great talks, a drink and a chance to meet some local talent.

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Lightning Talk 1: Sam Fare

Talk title: How 5 Months Mob Programming Made Me A Better JavaScript Developer

Talk description: Developers you face many challenges: how to handle those who don’t wan’t to learn; how to keep your code consistent and how to meet the learning challenge of a fast paced industry. During this Lightning Talk Sam will explore mob programming, his experience and how it helped him take his the next level.

Speaker Bio: Sam Fare is a Software Engineer at Compare The Market. Sam is passionate about advocating for Object Oriented best practices, Mob programming and creating great environments and careers for Software Engineers.

Sam has a Computer Science background achieving a First in his bachelors from Nottingham Trent. If you want to know more about Sam check him out of Twitter (@SamuelFare) or medium. (@Samuel.fare)

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Lightning Talk 2: David Boyne

Talk title: The Good, Bad & Mind blowing world of Hacking

Talk Description: I have recently been learning some basic things around (ethical) hacking (I'm no expert!) in my spare time, and it's truly mind-blowing! I thought I would share with you some storys, learnings and materials for you to follow up on and hopefully some education on how you can protect yourself and educate others around you to avoid being compromised.

Speaker Boi: Application Architect @ Comparethemarket. Been working with tech and web tech over 10 years, enjoy playing around with code and building things.

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About the Talk: Making Workshops (and Meetings) Work

How can we connect authentically with others? How can we show up wholeheartedly for meetings and workshops so that our stakeholders leave them with a smile? When so many of us work far away from others in our teams, how do we form strong connections and communicate deeply when we only meet on conference calls or virtual sessions? In our fast paced world of work, where multi-tasking is the norm, how do we engage people when they are likely to be distracted and pulled away by everything else that is happening around them? While this session will be lots of fun, Penny is deadly serious. Without leadership and engagement, we might as well go home. Tricky products need far more than processes, and workshops and meetings are a great place to focus your energy. Penny will touch on: leadership, mind-set, identity, facilitation, risk, change, culture, creativity and lots more. She’s likely to draw live graphics and invite you to join in a simulation of virtual problem solving. Her hope is that you’ll leave reinvigorated to tackle your tricky pieces of work and engage your stakeholders and team, wherever they are based.

About Penny

Dr Penny Pullan works with people in multinational organisations who are grappling with tricky projects: uncertain, with ambiguous requirements, stakeholders who need to be engaged and teams dispersed around the world. When they work with Penny, clients notice that communication, collaboration, and confidence grow and change doesn't seem quite as tricky as before.

Penny's latest book is 'Virtual Leadership: Practical strategies for getting the most out of virtual teams and virtual work'. Writing it involved immersing herself in the work of virtual projects, listening to countless stories of success or, all too often, just muddling through. Her next book is entitled: ‘Making Workshops Work’ and will be published in late 2018. Penny tweets at @pennypullan.