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Weekend Tapeball: Day & Night Edition
Sun, Apr 12, 1:00 PMEvent Title: The Season Opener | Weekend Tapeball Cricket đ Letâs get the season started! Join us for our first Tapeball match of the summer. This is a high-energy, social game open to everyone whether you're a seasoned player or just looking to swing the bat and meet new people. The Plan: ⢠Format: Casual but competitive Tapeball (no heavy gear needed). ⢠When: Sunday @ (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 pm)/Sunday (Afternoon) ⢠Where: Location is in Brooklyn and will be shared to those who sign up. ⢠What to bring: Water, comfortable sports gear, and your best game! Weâll provide the taped balls and equipment. You can also bring in your equipment. Help us grow! We are looking for a few volunteers to help with logistics and ground setup for the season. If youâre interested in helping make this the best summer of cricket yet, come say hi at the game! RSVP now to secure your spot in the lineup. Letâs hit some sixes! đ ⢠The Waitlist: Players will be picked on a "first-come, first-served", those signing up first would be given preference. ⢠The Cost: Contribution of $5 to cover ground booking and equipment.
New Volunteer Open House
Tue, Apr 21, 10:00 PMLaptop Upcycle is looking to recruit new community volunteers to help us redefine our approach and mission locally to better serve students in need. Join our Board at this event to learn our history and vision for the future of the nonprofit and share your areas of expertise and passion in the technology and education space. We will present an overview of our Give/Get process, tours of the lab and how a donated laptop is prepared for distribution to students, and and overview of how we see the future of Laptop Upcycle evolving. Various volunteer roles will be described and we will field your questions. We hope to meet you!
Simple Scrum Course Correction (SSCC)
Sat, Apr 11, 4:00 PM**[RSVP HERE](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/simple-scrum-course-correction-sscc-tickets-1984520416989). Zoom - TBD.** **Simple Scrum Course Correction (SSCC)** is not just another certification course designed to award a badge or add letters after a name. Instead, it is a *deliberate recalibration of how Scrum is understood and taught, as a 1-day, highly interactive, small group, training session*. Exiting this course, you shall get âValidation of Attendanceâ, backed by a good name and reputation of the trainer (and his company name), who delivers this course. SSCC addresses a growing gap between the theory of Scrum and its real-world application by helping practitioners return to its original intentâproduct focus, empiricism, and structural simplicity. At the same time, it challenges prevailing teaching approaches that often reduce Scrum to isolated team mechanics detached from organizational realities. The purpose of SSCC is to strengthen and deepen understanding of Scrum beyond a single team, equipping participants to navigate complex environments where multiple teams collaborate on large products, with minimal-to-none coordination and external support. SSCC restores clarityâhelping professionals see how original/authentic Scrum truly functions in complex organizational settings and how to apply it effectively at scale. ***Note***\*: The word âCourseâ may seem to be loaded and could mean one of two things: another training course (\~class) or a route/direction/path/track. Or⌠both, requiring a correction.\* **Fundamentally, SSCC serves as a critical milestone, required for effective scaling of Scrum, for large products, in complex organizational settings. This is not to be confused with âcopy-pastingâ many component teams and putting them on the same âenterprise sprint cadenceâ.** ### ### Why Is SSCC Needed? Most traditional Scrum education focuses narrowly on the mechanics of the frameworkâroles, events, and artifactsâwithout addressing how work actually gets coordinated beyond a single team. SSCC highlights this critical gap by emphasizing that effective Scrum requires understanding how the principles, roles, and events interoperate across team boundaries in real product development settings, not just within an isolated team context. In practice, many Scrum trainings and certifications stop at teaching practices in a vacuum and fail to explore how overarching organizational structures, power dynamics, and systemic constraints influence team behavior, impede collaboration, and shape outcomes. This leaves practitioners technically competent in Scrumâs theory but underprepared to navigate and influence the larger ecosystem in which teams actually operate, undermining their ability to deliver coherent products and create sustainable agility. Here are some specific issues that SSCC is trying to address: * **Scrum Becomes Ritual Instead of an Empirical System:** In many organizations, Scrum survives as a set of ceremonies rather than a learning framework. Sprint Planning turns into work allocation, Reviews become stakeholder demonstrations, and Retrospectives either become finger-pointing sessions or disappear altogether. The Sprint Goal is often overshadowed by external commitments, turning sprints into mini-waterfall delivery cycles. Teams âdo Scrum,â but the inspect-and-adapt engine that makes Scrum powerful is weakened or lost. * **Product Ownership Is Diluted and Fragmented:** Although Product Owners are formally assigned, real decision authority frequently sits elsewhereâwithin management layers or stakeholder groups. When multiple teams each have their own PO without a clear unifying product authority, local backlog optimization replaces holistic product thinking. Conflicting stakeholder priorities, roadmap inconsistencies, and feature slicing across teams become common. The organization gains backlog administrators but loses true end-to-end product accountability. * **The Scrum Master Role Shifts from Coaching to Coordination:** Instead of focusing on improving flow, team dynamics, and fixing systemic impediments, Scrum Masters are often repurposed as status reporters and dependency managers. Their attention shifts toward coordination logistics rather than enabling team growth and organizational learning. As a result, the role becomes operationally useful but strategically weakened, and long-term agility suffers. * **Structural Dependencies Are Treated As De Facto:** Teams labeled as âScrum teamsâ frequently remain tightly coupled through shared components, architectural silos, or platform constraints. They cannot independently produce meaningful increments each sprint. Rather than addressing structural design issues, organizations layer coordination mechanisms on topâadding Scrum of Scrums or escalation forumsâthereby institutionalizing complexity instead of reducing it. * **Batch Thinking Overrides Incremental Value Delivery:** Even with sprint cadences in place, pressure to deliver large feature batches persists. Integration and validation are delayed, and value is realized late. Teams operate within two-week cycles but think in multi-month deliverables. This disconnect preserves the appearance of agility while maintaining traditional delivery patterns underneath. ### ### What Are Top 5 Key Advantages Will Participants Gain? 1. âFactory Resetâ on authentic Scrumâits original intention and purpose 2. Understanding how Scrum could be scaled beyond a single team and how proper product definition plays a key role 3. Understanding the effect of organizational design on single Scrum team dynamics and chances of success (without having illusions) 4. Disovering safe and practical steps to improve a single teamâs Scrum and making it conducive to future scaling 5. Learning how to recognize classic signs of errors, omissions and misappropriations of a weak Scrum adoption ### ### What Does SSCC Cover? * **Fundamentals of Agile & Lean:** The SSCC training establishes a solid grounding in Agile thinking by exploring the origins and intent of modern product development approaches. Participants learn to articulate the values and principles of the Agile Manifesto and understand the core problems Agile methods and Lean principles were designed to addressâsuch as long feedback cycles, heavy upfront planning, and limited adaptability in complex environments. The five Scrum valuesâcommitment, focus, openness, respect, and courageâare examined not as abstract ideals, but as behavioral anchors that foster trust, collaboration, and accountability within teams. Central to this foundation is empirical process control: *transparency, inspection,* and *adaptation*. Learners develop a clear understanding of how these three pillars operate together to enable continuous learning and informed decision-making under uncertainty. By the end of this module, participants grasp not only what Scrum contains, but why its principles matter in real-world product development. * **Scaling-Friendly One Team Scrum:** Building on the foundations, SSCC explores how teams function effectively both as single units and within larger product groups. Participants gain a comprehensive understanding of Scrum accountabilities, events, and artifacts, and how they interact to support iterative product delivery. The mechanics and intent behind Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Retrospective are clarified, emphasizing their role in creating alignment, focus, and improvement. Learners also examine how Scrum extends into a broader context of multi-team coordination, identifying key distinctions between single-team Scrum and product-centric multi-team dynamics. Practical exercises reinforce this learning by having participants craft meaningful Sprint Goals aligned with a Product Vision and practice running Daily Scrums with clarity and purpose. Additionally, the course addresses team development stages and self-management techniquesâsuch as working agreements, swarming, and shared ownershipâwhile highlighting the structural advantage of feature teams over component teams. Participants leave with a deeper appreciation for how organizational design and multi-team synchronization approaches directly influence effectiveness and scalability. * **Product Definition, Backlog Management & Ownership:** A significant focus of SSCC is understanding Product Backlog stewardship as a strategic capability rather than a mechanical task list. Participants learn about estimation approachesâsuch as relative sizingâand understand why comparative estimation often provides more meaningful forecasting than absolute precision. Learners explore how thoughtful backlog management balances stakeholder needs, technical realities, and long-term direction, ensuring that each refinement session strengthens alignment and transparency. Ultimately, this module explains to participants how to treat the backlog as a living instrument of product strategy and value optimization. * **Agile Engineering Practices:** SSCC underscores that sustainable agility depends on strong technical discipline. Participants understand the concept of technical debt, learning how unmanaged shortcuts can erode product quality, slow delivery, and diminish team morale over time. The module introduces key engineering practicesâsuch as continuous integration, test-driven development, and automated testingâthat enable frequent integration, rapid feedback, and the flexibility to change direction at low cost. These practices are framed not merely as technical techniques, but as enablers of business agility. The Definition of Done is presented as a shared agreement that ensures transparency and reveals organizational bottlenecks or systemic constraints that inhibit true completion. By integrating disciplined engineering habits with Scrumâs empirical framework, participants understand how technical excellence and process integrity together create the conditions for reliable, high-quality incremental delivery. ### ### Who Can Benefit From SSCC? * **Anyone** who studied Scrum on their own or attended certified or not certified Scrum training to only later realize that in complex organizational settings Scrum will only succeed if appropriate systemic adjustments are made and continuously maintained. * **Organizational Leadership: Senior Executives, C-Level:** Senior leaders and executive sponsors gain insight into how authentic Scrum functions in real organizational settings. They learn how structure, coordination patterns, and product-centric thinking influence outcomesâespecially when multiple teams collaborate on a shared product. The focus is on creating environments that reduce systemic bottlenecks, strengthen alignment, and enable teams to deliver coherent value rather than managing through reporting layers. * **Product Leadership: Product Managers and Product Owners:** Product Managers and Product Owners deepen their understanding of product vision, backlog stewardship, and cross-team alignment. The training strengthens their ability to prioritize effectively, guide product discovery, and maintain coherent ownership in complex environments. Emphasis is placed on economic decision-making and ensuring teams build valuable outcomes, not just complete backlog items. * **Change Agents: Scrum Masters and Coaches:** Scrum Masters and agile, technical, and product coaches expand their perspective beyond facilitation mechanics to systemic improvement. They learn how to strengthen team dynamics, address cross-team coordination challenges, and influence organizational structures that impact performance. The goal is to enable lasting agility rather than simply running ceremonies. * **Technology Experts:** Developers, Testers, Software Engineers: Technical professionals develop a practical understanding of how effective Scrum supports collaboration, engineering excellence, and sustainable delivery. They see how practices such as shared ownership and continuous integration contribute directly to product quality and business value. * **Traditional Roles:** Business Analysts, Architects, UX Designers: Business Analysts, Architects, UX designers, and other specialists learn how to integrate their expertise within cross-functional teams. The training emphasizes reducing handoffs, collaborating early, and aligning design and analysis decisions with evolving product goals in a product-focused environment.
Open House at Fat Cat Fab Lab
Wed, Apr 15, 11:00 PMIn-Person Open House at Fat Cat Fab Lab! Open House and Project Night: * Open House is casual and unstructured, come hang! * Get a tour of the space: Laser room, woodshop, metal shop, sewing area, 3D printing area, electronics lab, and more! * If you're looking for help with a project, stop by and meet members who may be able to help you with that cool new project you're totally stuck on! * If you're a non-member, this day is for you. You're welcome to use our space and hand tools to work on your projects! (Note: 3D printers available if your print completes during the meetup. Sorry, laser and CNC router reserved for members or those who've taken a class.) * If you're interested in joining as a Fat Cat Fab Lab member, in person participation at one of our Open House events is the first step towards becoming a member! See you there!
Lab Night - Musician's Collective
Mon, Apr 13, 10:30 PM[NOTE - You may join any session, whatever day they take place - there is no formal grouping. If it's your first time, please reach out via DM here to confirm, and share what instrument, etc.] Open to acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, keyboards and vocalists. In this guided jam, we will play a large variety of songs from beginner to intermediate level at a location in Manhattan, midtown west neighborhood (near Port Authority). You can usually borrow an instrument, please confirm availability ahead. Rather than music lessons (and those are also available), what we supply is a playground for "talented amateurs" from beginner to intermediate level a chance to play with other people. We don't require a week-in, week-out commitment, but sign-up is first-come, first-served. We play most popular music styles (pop, rock, country, jazz, soul, folk, etc) and we'll try just about anything. As a group, we will work on specific songs we're focusing on, as well as try new things off the cuff. Bring in whatever you want! We will build week over week on certain songs. The leader is happy to share material to help participants advance their abilities. The location is at 43rd St & 9th Av, Manhattan, at 400 W. 43rd St, Apt 8S. 6:30-8:30 pm. $20 for an hour, and $30 for the whole night. Intro rate if you're a first timer: $5 off (so $15 or $25). Drop-in/drop-out situation fits flexible schedules. Led by Colin Taber, professional guitarist/singer http://www.colintaber.com
Chop Shop 016
Wed, Apr 22, 11:00 PM**Visit the [343 Labs website](https://www.343labs.com/chop-shop/) to participate in the sample challenge and join the party!** The Chop Shop Monthly Sample Challenge, hosted by Great Dane, is an exciting remix competition and live event held at 343 Labs NYC, located at 119 W 23rd St, Studio 700. The event runs 7-10 PM with a production demo, live judging and open decks. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own beverages (BYOB). Participants can [submit their beats](https://www.343labs.com/chop-shop), receive feedback from special guest judges, and win free promo. RS
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