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:20120311T020000 RDATE:20120311T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120313T014213Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120321T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120321T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120313T014213Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120313T014213Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250462137 DESCRIPTION:Offshore development and distributed teams are here to stay ( see CIO Journal 2/27/12 “Offshore Outsourcing Can Boost Agility).” Some people contend that it can’t be done effectively. Come hear a case study of how one distributed Scrum team (Beaverton/Bangalore) learned to work together\, rapidly improve velocity in a few sprints\, and deliver the expected product on schedule. Jean Richardson and Rob Mills will discus s what it took to make it happen\, the ups\, the downs\, and the lessons learned. \;\n \;\nRobert Mills currently is the VP of IT at River mark Community Credit Union and was previously the Director of Engineeri ng for CoreLogic\, Consumer Services. Rob has led multiple organizations during their transition from waterfall or iterative processes to using Scrum. His organizations have been both global and local as well as both in Software Engineering and Information Technology. \;\n \;\nJean Richardson is experienced in Scrum and leadership coaching\, adaptive a nd predictive project management\, writing\, training\, public speaking\ , and requirements and business analysis. She has led\, coached\, and pa rticipated on both co-located and distributed teams\, presented to IEEE IPCC on virtual teaming\, and has been previously engaged to create an o ffshore development best practices white paper for a large local high-te ch firm. Her client list includes a wide range of businesses including ADP\, CoreLogic\, Daimler/Chrysler\, Action Without Borders/Idealist.org \, Mentor Graphics\, Portland General Electric\, Oregon Health Authority \, The Regence Group\, and Tripwire. \;\n \;\nThis event is free and is at Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza\, sponsored by PN SQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in P ortland). \;\n \;\nThe program starts at 7:00 pm. \;\n \;\nA fter the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub.\n\nTags: agilepdx\, agile\, scrum\, offshoring\n\nImport ed from: http://calagator.org/events/1250462137 URL:http://agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX: Beaverton/Bangalore: A Tale of One Scrum Team LOCATION:Puppet Labs on NW Park (old office): 411 NW Park Ave.\, Suite 50 0\, Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR