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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">Value-first in the nick of time: Agile Methods and Lean Program Management</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2011-06-15T18:30:00" datetime="2011-06-15T18:30:00">Wednesday, June 15, 2011 from 6:30</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2011-06-15T21:00:00" datetime="2011-06-15T21:00:00">9pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202392291'><span class='fn org p-name'>Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office)</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">411 NW Park Ave., Suite 500</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">Oregon</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97209</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=411%20NW%20Park%20Ave.,%20Suite%20500,%20Portland%20Oregon%2097209%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>Value-first in the nick of time: how agile methods and lean program management averted crisis to deliver the goods on a $20 million business process change.</p> <p>Part experience report, part expedition, this presentation will take you inside an Agile adoption nested within a project turnaround. From diagnosis through prescription, convalescence, and recovery to eventual triumph and the acceptance of a new status quo, you will hear how a century-old organization transformed its application delivery capability in the face of a crisis, growing a project team from six to 60 developers inside two months and accelerating from one release in six months to several releases every sprint. This is a must-see for anyone who has ever struggled against organizational inertia or dreamed of rapidly scaling Agile from the team level to the enterprise level to the sound of cheering business managers.</p> <p>Our speaker is Adam Light, Ph.D. Adam is a Management Consultant and Principal at SoTech Advisors (<a href="http://www.sotechadvisors.com">www.sotechadvisors.com</a>) where he plans and executes successful projects and builds work systems that deliver on client goals.</p> <p>Adam has more than fifteen years’ experience designing and developing business applications from shrink-wrapped software to real-time information services in domains from natural resources management to supply chain optimization.</p> <p>As a planning and program management leader, Adam has worked with as few as three and as many as twenty teams, using Agile methods and critical chain techniques to turn around failing projects, revive ailing organizations, and redesign application delivery at the enterprise scale. His broad perspective and deep experience enable him to rapidly deliver return on investment from large projects.</p> <p>This event is free and is at our new location, Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland).</p> <p>The program starts at 7:00 pm.</p> <p>After the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="http://agilepdx.org">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>