About us
Welcome to Agile Austin! Keeping Austin Agile, One User Story at a Time.
Agile Austin is the largest group of Agile professionals in the central Texas Area. As a 501c(6) non-profit, we provide and promote gatherings of like-minded individuals in the Austin Area.
Agile Austin’s mission is to connect people and foster professional growth through collaborative events that educate our community on uncovering better ways to deliver value through Agile values, principles, and practices.
Come connect with us, share and collaborate together, and grow through learning from others.
Website -- www.agileaustin.org
YouTube channel -- https://www.youtube.com/@agileaustin1933
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Agile Austin Book Club: Uncertain, session 2
·OnlineOnlineWe're reading Uncertain The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure, by Maggie Jackson. We plan to read and discuss through Chapter 4 at our meeting March 19th, and conclude our discussion April 2nd. But we're agile, we'll take more (or less) time as appropriate.
(The Zoom link is visible right after you register. The link to the Miro discussion board will be posted in the Zoom chat once the meeting is underway.)
And if you want to get a jump on our next read, it's Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture, by Kyle Chayka.
Do you have a book to recommend? Please submit this form, so our program committee can consider it.
if you'd like to be on the program (book selection) committee, please contact david.wight@agileaustin.org .
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Remote Process
Our process is in flux -- we're experimenting with new moderation and recording techniques, so please be on time and please be patient. And expect a call for participation -- we want this to be your book club.
Discussion Notes
for this and all our books may be found here. Notes are open to comment by anyone (please do!) and you'll also find how to get REIMBURSEMENT for books and the READING LIST for possible future books. (Discussion notes may or may not be taken in future -- we're experimenting to see what's valuable.)
About Book Club
We meet most months the 1st and 3rd Thursdays, so you can put that in your calendar. When and if we resume physical meetings we'll feed you, and if you participate in most of the sessions, we'll even reimburse you for the book, so save that receipt.
We have not recorded Book Club sessions in the past, but that could change:
Recording Disclosure
"AgileAustin has the right to record any hosted event which includes, but is not limited to, Special Interest Groups (SIGs), Monthly Meetings, Conferences, and special events. By registering for, or attending an Agile Austin hosted event, you are giving AgileAustin consent to record and post recorded content containing your image, voice and name at a minimum, online. For remote events, you have the option to turn off your camera, mute your microphone and hide your name."
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The 13th Annual Keep Austin Agile Conference
·HybridCommons Conference Center UT Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758, Austin, TX, USThe world keeps changing. Fast. The question is whether your approach is.
KAA 2026 is where Agile practitioners, leaders, and builders come to work through what's actually hard right now: delivering real value, building trust across teams, and figuring out where AI fits without losing the human system underneath it.
This isn't a theory conference. The speakers are doing the work.
Our keynote, Kevin Koym, has helped over 6,500 entrepreneurs across 42 countries build something real. He founded Tech Ranch Austin. He's seen what stalls people and what moves them. If you're building something, leading something, or still figuring out what comes next, his talk is worth your whole morning.The rest of the lineup covers leadership, product, teams, and technology. Talks and workshops. Practitioners and executives. A room full of people who take this seriously.
If that sounds like your kind of day, purchase tickets here: https://www.agileaustin.org/kaa-2026-ticket-info
Want to see who's speaking first? https://www.agileaustin.org/kaa-2026-speakers
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Product and AI SIG: Beyond “Business Value” – Sustainably Profitable Products
·OnlineOnlineJoin us for a great program at the Agile Austin Product and AI SIG! Once you sign up, you'll receive an email with a calendar event and Zoom link.
Session Title:
Beyond “Business Value” – Leading the Development of Sustainably Profitable ProductsAbstract:
While the growth of AI and software-enabled solutions
generates momentum, growth alone is not enough to ensure sustainability. The probability of product success dramatically improves with early planning for profitability. A sustainable business model contains a system of interrelated choices made not once but over time.Join this session for an introduction to Profit Stream® design, an iterative approach to ensuring solution, economic and relationship sustainability. We’ll explore how to shift from ambiguous descriptions of value in user stories and backlog items to economic modeling of customer benefits to identify value exchange choices that enable a profitable pricing model.
In this session, we'll cover:
- From user stories to economic value: Discover how to move from vague value statements in backlogs to economic modeling of customer benefits that supports profitable pricing.
- Growth isn’t enough for sustainability: Successful AI and software products require early planning for profitability, not just momentum and adoption.
- Design business models intentionally: Sustainable models come from a system of interrelated choices that evolve over time.
- Learn an iterative approach for building solution, economic, and relationship sustainability with templates you can use immediately.
Speaker: Jason Tanner, CEO of Applied Frameworks
Jason Tanner is the co-author of Software Profit Streams and CEO of Applied Frameworks. His work focuses on product management, pricing, packaging and licensing as the company develops the Horizon product portfolio. Jason also supports career development for Scrum Masters and Product Owners through advanced Scrum education programs. Jason served as a US Marine Corps officer after graduating from Cornell University. He earned his MBA at Duke and attends every basketball game possible. http://linkedin.com/in/jasontanner
Slack Community for the Agile Austin Product and AI SIG:
Please contact Matt Roberts ([matt.roberts@agileaustin.org](http://matt.roberts@agileaustin.org/)) or Vishal Sheth ([vishal.sheth@agileaustin.org](http://vishal.sheth@agileaustin.org/)) if you'd like to join our slack community!22 attendees
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