Impact Mapping and Specification by Example with Gojko Adzic

Gojko Adzic - one of the world’s foremost agile thought leaders - is back in NZ in February and you are invited to come along and hear him speak for FREE. If you are an IT professional looking to obtain insights into one of the most game-changing minds in the industry, then this is a must-attend event.

Topic: Taking the business on a journey: how industry-leading teams engage their business users, built trust and share the responsibility for quality.

Abstract: Many teams implement a new delivery process while the company around them stays the same, stuck in big projects and big phases and screaming for long-term commitment, causing conflict and damaging the end result. Teams that fail to get the most out of agile and lean often did not take the business users on the journey with them, limiting the impact and reach of process transformations. Teams that succeed engage their business in a way that provides significant value to everyone. Gojko will present on how industry-leading teams engaged their business users in process transformations, how they solved communication issues and how they built trust between delivery and business sides. Topics covered range from seeing and managing the big picture, engaging business users in defining the right scope, managing requirements and communication and ensuring that there is a shared understanding of quality among business and delivery teams.

Key speaker: Gojko Adzic is a strategic software delivery consultant who works with ambitious teams to improve the quality of their software products and processes. He is the creator of two immensely powerful techniques: Specification by Example and Impact Mapping. His book Specification By Example was awarded the #2 spot in the top 100 Agile books for 2012 and won the Jolt Award for the Best Book of 2012. In 2011, Gojko was voted by peers as the most influential Agile testing professional and his blog won the UK Agile award for the best online publication in 2010. Gojko also keynoted the AgileNZ 2014 Conference.

When: Thursday, 12th February - Gather at 17:30 / 5:30 pm for a 18:00 / 6 pm start.

Where: Auckland University of Technology (AUT) - City Campus, Lecture Theatre WA220.

Refreshments: Light refreshments are being generously sponsored by the Software Engineering Research Lab (SERL) at AUT for this event.

Registration: Seats are limited, a waiting list is available. This is an oversubscribed event PLEASE update your RSVP if you can no longer make it.

Agile Auckland Events

For those of you who haven't seen the pattern yet typically it is:

• 2nd Wednesday of each month is the Main Event typically a "formal" presentation.

• Last Wednesday of each month is Talking Agile - typically an informal deeper dive into the topic area of the Main Event.

The standard pattern may vary due to public holidays or working with international speakers.

About Gojko

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Gojko Adzic is a strategic software delivery consultant who works with ambitious teams to improve the quality of their software products and processes. He specialises in agile and lean quality improvement, in particular agile testing, specification by example and behaviour driven development.

Gojko’s book Specification by Example was awarded the #2 spot on the top 100 agile books for 2012 and won the Jolt Award for the best book of 2012. In 2011, he was voted by peers as the most influential agile testing professional, and his blog won the UK agile award for the best online publication in 2010.

Gojko is the author of Impact Mapping, Specification by Example, Bridging the Communication Gap, Test Driven .NET Development with FitNesse and 50 Quick Ideas to Improve your User Stories.

Over the last thirteen years, he has worked as a developer, architect, technical director and consultant on projects delivering financial and energy trading platforms, mobile positioning and e-commerce applications, online gaming and complex configuration management systems.