BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T020000 RDATE:20150308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150323T163746Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150403T130000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150403T120000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150323T163746Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150323T163746Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250468096 DESCRIPTION:Distributed teams . . . virtual teams . . . remote workers . . . are a part of the daily life of most teams aspiring to agility. Thi s is ironic given that "\;The most efficient and effective method of \;\nconveying information to and within a development \;\nteam is face-to-face conversation."\; \;\n \;\nMany teams are findi ng ways to work around lack of co-location. These include things such as portable webcams carried around documentary style\, telepresence tools which are becoming more affordable\, team agreements to support the need s of co-located and telecommuting workers\, and frequent trips to meet f ace-to-face at critical times\, such as at sprint transitions. What hav e you tried in your organization? What works--or doesn't? \;\n \; \nIn April\, the Downtown Pub Lunchers will be chewing over the distribu ted teams aspiring to agility problem. Thank goodness there will be bee r! See you all there. You know the drill: \;\n \;\nWe'll be in t he back. Bring your war stories\, your conundrums\, your friends\, and people you want to be friends with. But--wait--here's a new twist: \ ;\n \;\nOur attendance is getting to be large enough that RSVP's are becoming important. If it looks like we'll have a crowd again this mont h (and the word is we will) we're going to try a slightly different form at to get all the goodness we can out of the hour. So\, RSVP to jean@az uregate.net saying how many you expect to bring with you. We'll move th e furniture and get going right at 12p.\n\nTags: agile\, agilepdx\n\nImp orted from: http://calagator.org/events/1250468096 URL:http://www.agilepdx.com SUMMARY:AgilePDX Dntn Pub Lunch: Agile Distributed Teams LOCATION:McMenamins Ringlers Pub: 1332 W Burnside St.\, Portland Oregon 9 7209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR