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:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T020000 RDATE:20171105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T020000 RDATE:20180311T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171213T222932Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180105T130000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180105T120000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171213T222932Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171213T222932Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250472981 DESCRIPTION:Have our facilitation skills and available remote team tools improved enough to have successful remote agile teams? \;\n \;\nUp until now we've preferred co-located teams for agile development. One o f the principals behind the agile manifesto is: \;\n \;\nThe most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. \;\n \;\nIn our zoo ming\, facetiming\, skyping world is this still true? \;\n \;\nJoi n us Friday January 5th at Ringlers Pub for a face-to-face conversation about how the improvements in video conferencing and team collaboration tools changes our approaches to pursuing agility.\n\nTags: agile\;AgileP DX\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250472981 URL:https://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX Dntn Pub Lunch: Distributed Agile Teams: Can you hear me now? LOCATION:McMenamins Ringlers Pub: 1332 W Burnside St.\, Portland Oregon 9 7209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180111T060737Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180202T130000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180202T120000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180111T060737Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180111T060737Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473105 DESCRIPTION:Have you ever been part of a team where people just didn't se em to be working together? Maybe you didn't even know each others' name s? Perhaps you report into different parts of the organization and get pulled in different directions? \;\n \;\nGood news! There's plent y of research about the characteristics that indicate a group is a team. \;\n \;\nCome on down to Ringlers' next month to tell your stor ies and troubleshoot your situation with your agile friends at the pub!& #13\;\n \;\nWe start on time and end on time. You're welcome to come early and stay late to chat. Feel free to order when you come in so we don't slam the kitchen. RSVP's are preferred but not required.\n\nTags : agile\;AgilePDX\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/12504731 05 URL:https://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX Dntn Pub Lunch: When Is Your Team Not A Team--And What To Do About It LOCATION:McMenamins Ringlers Pub: 1332 W Burnside St.\, Portland Oregon 9 7209 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180315T000925Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180418T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180418T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180315T000925Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180315T000925Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473420 DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how Scrum might be applied to somethin g other than software development? Join us to hear Kris Dobelstein share insights\, takeaways\, and practical examples from his life-changing jo urney to Scrum during one of his employer’s most pivotal product develop ment efforts during the last decade. \;\n \;\nThis is a highly in teractive session where we open up the conversation and use a Lean Coffe e format to let participants explore insights\, share thoughts\, and pos e follow-up questions. If you're new to Lean Coffee\, you can learn mor e at leancoffee.org. If you're not\, you know how much fun this self-or ganizing discussion format is! \;\n \;\nBio: \;\nKris Dobelstei n is currently a project manager and principal hardware development engi neer at Dynon Avionics in Canby\, Oregon. He has worked in avionics for his entire professional career and has fulfilled the roles of engineer\, functional manager\, Scrum Master\, and Product Owner. Kris firmly beli eves that technology serves two purposes: 1) to make the human experienc e better and 2) to enable personal and professional growth through the d evelopment of said technology. He strongly prefers using Agile methodolo gies because they align so well with these beliefs. He is a native of th e Pacific Northwest and is constantly learning about technology\, experi menting with different leadership strategies\, and is raising four tiny human beings. \;\n \;\nRegister here for the pizza and pop headcou nt\, please: https://www.meetup.com/AgilePDX-User-Group-Portland-Metro/ events/248749185/ \n\nTags: agile\;AgilePDX\n\nImported from: http://cal agator.org/events/1250473420 URL:https://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX: Reframing Scrum for Hardware LOCATION:Puppet: 308 SW 2nd Ave Fifth Floor\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180425T020050Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180504T130000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180504T120000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180425T020050Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180425T020050Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473644 DESCRIPTION:So Agile is all about learning\, right? But how do people--pa rticularly the kind of people who use Agile methods--learn? \;\n \ ;\nWe pair\, share accountability for code quality\, do hackathons\, dev days\, and Coderetreats. We retrospect and introspect. We Spike. We Inc rement and Iterate. We experiment and evaluate. We dialogue and converse . \;\n \;\nBut\, isn't there some method\, some theoretical underp inning? And have we learned anything new in the last twenty years about how people learn? \;\n \;\nBring your friends\, your teams\, you u nconvinced managers to Ringlers where we will do what we do: dialogue\, converse\, share\, eat pub grub and drink beer. You know you want to be here!\n\nTags: agile\;AgilePDX\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/ev ents/1250473644 URL:https://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX Dntn Pub Lunch: What Methods Best Support Learning New Skills? LOCATION:McMenamins Ringlers Pub: 1332 W Burnside St.\, Portland Oregon 9 7209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T182553Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180508T193000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180508T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T182553Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T182553Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473508 DESCRIPTION:Mob Programming is a software development practice with many benefits - it raises code quality\, removes knowledge silos\, minimizes mental fatigue\, and more. In practice it feels more like a bulldozer th an a racecar - unstoppable and thorough. The core of mob programming is pointing many pairs of eyes on a single problem\, pushing all the code t hrough a single keyboard. Each month we'll explore different methods for learning to mob well and reaping the rewards of this practice as soon a s possible on your own team. \;\n \;\nWe may choose to head over t o McMennamin's Kennedy School for food\, drink\, and talk afterwards. 3\;\n \;\nFacilitator Bio: \;\n \;\nWillem Larsen is a senior s oftware developer at Hunter Industries. He has been speaking at Agile co nferences on improving collaboration since 2009. He is the creator of ac celerated team learning tools such as the Mob Programming role-playing g ame and Code Cooking (with Emmanuel Gaillot)\, author of the Language Hu nter's Kit\, co-author of 5 Rules For Accelerated Learning\, founder of Language Hunters (a non-profit organization dedicated to improving commu nities of learning in technology\, language\, science\, and music)\, and both a wildlife tracker and Search and Rescue tracker.\n\nTags: agile\; AgilePDX\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250473508 URL:https://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX: Mob Programming LOCATION:Concordia University George R. White Library & Learning Center: 2800 NE Liberty Street\, Portland OR 97202 United States SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180515T205155Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180601T130000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180601T120000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180515T205155Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180515T205155Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473746 DESCRIPTION:We learn through doing. Sometimes that means failing. Some of our greatest lessons come from learning what not to do or failing to de liver something important. This is in line with the motto "\;Fail Fa st"\; which we hear often. \;\n \;\nHow do we\, as agilists\, build organizations that embrace the whole of failure as a way of learni ng? What does it take to allow the team and people to fail\, with clear feedback that supports growth and development? How do we make it safe to fail\, but still have consequences\, because without consequences failu re is meaningless? \;\n \;\nBring your collective experience with this\, share your challenges and fears\, and bring your questions to Rin glers where we get to build our community of practice and learn from eac h other. Also\, we get to eat great food and drink beer! \;\n \;\n Follow the link to our meetup to RSVP!\n\nTags: agile\;AgilePDX\n\nImpor ted from: http://calagator.org/events/1250473746 URL:https://www.meetup.com/AgilePDX-User-Group-Portland-Metro/events/2508 11419/ SUMMARY:AgilePDX Dntn Pub Lunch: Learning through failure - building org anizations that embrace it LOCATION:McMenamins Ringlers Pub: 1332 W Burnside St.\, Portland Oregon 9 7209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T182851Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180612T193000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180612T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T182851Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T182851Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473509 DESCRIPTION:Mob Programming is a software development practice with many benefits - it raises code quality\, removes knowledge silos\, minimizes mental fatigue\, and more. In practice it feels more like a bulldozer th an a racecar - unstoppable and thorough. The core of mob programming is pointing many pairs of eyes on a single problem\, pushing all the code t hrough a single keyboard. Each month we'll explore different methods for learning to mob well and reaping the rewards of this practice as soon a s possible on your own team. \;\n \;\nWe may choose to head over t o McMennamin's Kennedy School for food\, drink\, and talk afterwards. 3\;\n \;\nFacilitator Bio: \;\n \;\nWillem Larsen is a senior s oftware developer at Hunter Industries. He has been speaking at Agile co nferences on improving collaboration since 2009. He is the creator of ac celerated team learning tools such as the Mob Programming role-playing g ame and Code Cooking (with Emmanuel Gaillot)\, author of the Language Hu nter's Kit\, co-author of 5 Rules For Accelerated Learning\, founder of Language Hunters (a non-profit organization dedicated to improving commu nities of learning in technology\, language\, science\, and music)\, and both a wildlife tracker and Search and Rescue tracker.\n\nTags: agile\; AgilePDX\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250473509 URL:https://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX: Mob Programming LOCATION:Concordia University George R. White Library & Learning Center: 2800 NE Liberty Street\, Portland OR 97202 United States SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180522T042214Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180628T190000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180628T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180522T042214Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180522T042214Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473778 DESCRIPTION:For many years\, AgilePDX has been an informal meetup led by a small core team. Over the years\, the PDX Agile community has grown an d diversified and so has AgilePDX's public education and community devel opment offerings. As Portland and the local Agile community continue to evolve\, the AgilePDX Coordinating Committee is moving forward to create AgilePDX as a nonprofit to ensure sustainability of the organization as costs rise and the need for programs continues to grow steeply. \;\n \;\nAt this informal happy hour (much like the Downtown Pub Lunch an d Westside Cafe) we are seeking feedback from the community about the go vernance model you would like to see in the bylaws\, whether you seek in fluence as a formal member helping to lead the community or whether you are happy for a small core group to go forward as a leadership team maki ng strategic and tactical decisions on behalf of the community. \;\n& #13\;\nThere will be two happy hours--one on the east side and one on th e west side--to accommodate schedules and commutes. Please turn out and be part of the discussion. This is your chance to listen\, learn about g overnance options\, speak up\, or simply look on as history is being mad e.\n\nTags: agile\;AgilePDX\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/event s/1250473778 URL:https://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX: Governing and Growing Our Community -- Westside Discuss ion LOCATION:McMenamin's Cedar Hills: 2885 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.\, Beaverton O regon 97005 USA SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180628T003935Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180706T130000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180706T120000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180628T003935Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180628T003935Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473949 DESCRIPTION:Practicing Team Learning: What team and team member learning practices does your team and org support? Which has worked well for you? \;\n \;\nContinous learning is essential for successful agile pra ctitioners\, teams\, and organizations. We voted and the people have spo ken. We want to know what works well with regards to continuous learning and how to model that personally\, professionally\, and organizationall y. \;\n \;\nBring your experience\, your thoughts\, your questions \, and your appetite to McMenamins Ringlers to enjoy great conversation\ , great food\, and beer! Invite your friends and co-workers\, plenty of space for everyone.actice and learn from each other. Also\, we get to ea t great food and drink beer! \;\n \;\nFollow the link to our meetu p to RSVP!\n\nTags: agile\;AgilePDX\n\nImported from: http://calagator.o rg/events/1250473949 URL:https://www.meetup.com/AgilePDX-User-Group-Portland-Metro/events/2516 58136/ SUMMARY:AgilePDX Dntn Pub Lunch: Practicing Team Learning: What team lea rning practices does your team embrace? LOCATION:McMenamins Ringlers Pub: 1332 W Burnside St.\, Portland Oregon 9 7209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T182930Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180710T193000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180710T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T182930Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T182930Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473510 DESCRIPTION:Mob Programming is a software development practice with many benefits - it raises code quality\, removes knowledge silos\, minimizes mental fatigue\, and more. In practice it feels more like a bulldozer th an a racecar - unstoppable and thorough. The core of mob programming is pointing many pairs of eyes on a single problem\, pushing all the code t hrough a single keyboard. Each month we'll explore different methods for learning to mob well and reaping the rewards of this practice as soon a s possible on your own team. \;\n \;\nWe may choose to head over t o McMennamin's Kennedy School for food\, drink\, and talk afterwards. 3\;\n \;\nFacilitator Bio: \;\n \;\nWillem Larsen is a senior s oftware developer at Hunter Industries. He has been speaking at Agile co nferences on improving collaboration since 2009. He is the creator of ac celerated team learning tools such as the Mob Programming role-playing g ame and Code Cooking (with Emmanuel Gaillot)\, author of the Language Hu nter's Kit\, co-author of 5 Rules For Accelerated Learning\, founder of Language Hunters (a non-profit organization dedicated to improving commu nities of learning in technology\, language\, science\, and music)\, and both a wildlife tracker and Search and Rescue tracker.\n\nTags: agile\; AgilePDX\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250473510 URL:https://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX: Mob Programming LOCATION:Concordia University George R. White Library & Learning Center: 2800 NE Liberty Street\, Portland OR 97202 United States SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180522T042746Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180712T190000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180712T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180522T042746Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180522T042746Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473779 DESCRIPTION:For many years\, AgilePDX has been an informal meetup led by a small core team. Over the years\, the PDX Agile community has grown an d diversified and so has AgilePDX's public education and community devel opment offerings. As Portland and the local Agile community continue to evolve\, the AgilePDX Coordinating Committee is moving forward to create AgilePDX as a nonprofit to ensure sustainability of the organization as costs rise and the need for programs continues to grow steeply. \;\n \;\nAt this informal happy hour (much like the Downtown Pub Lunch an d Westside Cafe) we are seeking feedback from the community about the go vernance model you would like to see in the bylaws\, whether you seek in fluence as a formal member helping to lead the community or whether you are happy for a small core group to go forward as a leadership team maki ng strategic and tactical decisions on behalf of the community. \;\n& #13\;\nThere will be two happy hours--one on the east side and one on th e west side--to accommodate schedules and commutes. Please turn out and be part of the discussion. This is your chance to listen\, learn about g overnance options\, speak up\, or simply look on as history is being mad e.\n\nTags: agile\;AgilePDX\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/event s/1250473779 URL:https://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX: Governing and Growing Our Community -- Eastside Discuss ion LOCATION:McMenamins Ringlers Pub: 1332 W Burnside St.\, Portland Oregon 9 7209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T183052Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180814T193000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180814T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T183052Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180329T183052Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473511 DESCRIPTION:Mob Programming is a software development practice with many benefits - it raises code quality\, removes knowledge silos\, minimizes mental fatigue\, and more. In practice it feels more like a bulldozer th an a racecar - unstoppable and thorough. The core of mob programming is pointing many pairs of eyes on a single problem\, pushing all the code t hrough a single keyboard. Each month we'll explore different methods for learning to mob well and reaping the rewards of this practice as soon a s possible on your own team. \;\n \;\nWe may choose to head over t o McMennamin's Kennedy School for food\, drink\, and talk afterwards. 3\;\n \;\nFacilitator Bio: \;\n \;\nWillem Larsen is a senior s oftware developer at Hunter Industries. He has been speaking at Agile co nferences on improving collaboration since 2009. He is the creator of ac celerated team learning tools such as the Mob Programming role-playing g ame and Code Cooking (with Emmanuel Gaillot)\, author of the Language Hu nter's Kit\, co-author of 5 Rules For Accelerated Learning\, founder of Language Hunters (a non-profit organization dedicated to improving commu nities of learning in technology\, language\, science\, and music)\, and both a wildlife tracker and Search and Rescue tracker.\n\nTags: agile\; AgilePDX\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250473511 URL:https://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX: Mob Programming LOCATION:Concordia University George R. White Library & Learning Center: 2800 NE Liberty Street\, Portland OR 97202 United States SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR