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What we’re about
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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See all- Agile Austin Book Club: Move Fast and FIX Things — session 3Link visible for attendees
NOTE: we've shifted our meetings by a week July and August so as not to conflict with Independence Day. Enjoy the cookouts and fireworks!
We're reading Move Fast and Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems, by Frances Frei and Anne Morriss. We'll discuss through Chapter 3 ("Wednesday") on July 11th, and plan to conclude our discussion July 25th. But we're agile—if we need more time—or less, it's a pretty short book—we'll take it!
(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.)
If you want to read ahead, our next title is Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steven Johnson, we'll start that one August 22nd and continue it in September.
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 (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxDEAm8kaxz3Y2JtX25vYkR1LWs?resourcekey=0-ZDjTg-2g4E_vYz1rn4J-Rw) (this recently changed). 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."
- Lightning Round Presentations, Discussion, Questions, and AnswersLink visible for attendees
Join 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:
Lightning Round Presentations, Discussion, Questions, and AnswersAbstract:
This free-form event will have community members presenting short-form (under 5 minutes) topics or questions based on their curiosity and experiences.We encourage sharing mistakes and learning! Let’s have a lively (lightly moderated) discussion about these topics and those that come to light during the meeting.
Please contact Vishal Sheth (vishal.sheth@agileaustin.org) or Matt Roberts (matt.roberts@agileaustin.org) with your ideas in advance!
If this session is popular and useful, we will consider making this a regular occurrence.
Moderators: Vishal Sheth and Matt Roberts
Vishal is a Business Growth, Strategic Transformation & Operational Efficiency Leader with proven experience delivering web-based, SaaS, and enterprise products, with revenues from $50-500M in domains such as FinTech, Hardware, Content Management and Supply Chain Management.
Matt is a Product Engineering leader, building systems of People, Products & Technology, and Process that relentlessly improve through value delivery. He specializes on products that help humans get Actionable Insight from data and Automation.
Slack Community for the Agile Austin Product and AI SIG:
Please contact Matt Roberts (matt.roberts@agileaustin.org) or Vishal Sheth (vishal.sheth@agileaustin.org) if you'd like to join our slack community!