Sep, 2 2011
Velocity Partners hosts Agile development seminars at South American universities and conferences
BELLEVUE, Wash. (September 2, 2011) – Velocity Partners, an innovative nearshore software development company, is bringing its specialized Agile software development and project management expertise to top IT talent at Argentinian universities and conferences.
Led by Barnaby Sheridan, senior partner at Velocity Partners, and Robert Galen, president and principal consultant at RGalen Consulting Group, the Agile seminar series is targeted at ScrumMasters, software developers, development managers, project managers, software architects and team leads. Seminars are geared toward groups of 150-200 participants and held throughout Argentina including sessions in Buenos Aires, Rosario and Mendoza. Current topics include: “Keys to Success in Distributed Agile Software Development,” “Guide to Usage of Agile Project Management Tools,” “Agile Testing - Beyond the Easy Contexts,” and “Practices of a Great Scrum Product Owner.”
• Keys to Success in Distributed Agile Software Development
Explore the challenges of Agile software development using distributed teams and present real-world solutions for these challenges. Explore why software teams are so often distributed across geographies and introduce the principles, approaches, and practices of Agile software development. Particular attention is paid to the key roles in Agile development: Product Owner, ScrumMaster, and Team Member.
• Guide to Usage of Agile Project Management Tools
Participants discuss their experience with some of the most popular tools that are used to manage backlogs, estimate level of effort, track work and progress, and plan software releases. Share direct experience with tools such as Assembla, Jira, RallyDev, VersionOne, and TFS add-ons such as EpiServer, and explain which tools are best suited for various types of projects and technical environments.
• Agile Testing – Beyond the Easy Contexts
In this session, participants explore contexts where they have to blend traditional testing techniques “towards” Agile; while still maintaining a balance—for example in test planning, execution, and metrics reporting. This session will share common anti-patterns and methods for attacking them.
• Practices of a Great Scrum Product Leader
Product owners inevitably have two masters. One is outwardly facing to their customers and business stakeholders, while the other is inwardly facing towards their teams. Often there is tremendous tension between the two in effectively striking the right balance. In this session participants will explore the necessary focus points on each “side” of the path towards delivering high-value products
Sheridan has over 25 years of experience as a practitioner and manager of software development in a wide variety of technologies and industries. He earned a Master’s degree in Management from M.I.T.’s Sloan School, and spent 12 years at Agilis Solutions as a senior technical architect where he implemented Agile methodologies for a 200-person development team in Vietnam.
Galen has held director, manager and contributor level positions in both software development and quality assurance organizations. For the past 10+ years, he has been leading Agile adoption and teams in a wide variety of methods. In 2009, he published the first book focused towards the challenges of the Scrum Product Owner: Scrum Product Ownership—Balancing Value from the Inside Out.
For more information about the Agile seminar series, or to schedule a session at your university or technology event, contact Velocity Partners at info@velocitypartners.net or 425.454.2686.
ABOUT VELOCITY PARTNERS
Established in 2004, Velocity Partners strategically aligns with companies to develop software-based business solutions better, faster – and more cost effectively. The company partners with clients to deliver the market’s highest-quality results with the lowest total cost of engagement through nearshore services in South America and U.S.-based implementation consultants. Velocity Partners also offers Agile distributed team consulting to customers. Velocity Partners consists of technology and consultancy experts in the areas of software development, digital media, mobile applications and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions. For more information visit www.velocitypartners.net.