Agile2014 Conference - Agile Alliance
July 28-August 1 Orlando
Presentation:
Agile for Safety-Critical and Regulatory-Bound Products (Agile Where You Can Kill Someone) Nancy Van Shooenderwoert & Brian Shoemaker
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Many organizations that provide regulated, high-assurance, safety-critical software and hardware development struggle with Agile. High-assurance products are ones that may risk human life and health. Product development challenges include audits, regulatory documentation, risk management, safety, security, and traceability.
Based on our experience using Agile with medical device software and hardware, you learn how to initiate and maintain Agile practices for these types of systems.
We share how tools like story and impact mapping are integrated into product development. We explain how to use safety stories, integrate traceability using your story map, and specify tests to address safety and hazard mitigation requirements. We share how to proactively conduct incremental hazard analysis and mitigation and formal design review to satisfy regulatory requirements. And we’ll explain how stakeholders—including marketing, engineering, and service—can share a coherent vision early in development to support the special demands of the high assurance products.
This presentation is relevant to all types of high-assurance software and hardware development projects. Join us as we show how you can use a lean process to develop these types of products, which are so important for health and safety in modern life. Using actual medical device examples, we show how to create thin vertical slices of organizational activity to deliver fully compliant, high quality, high assurance, customer value on time.
Presentation:
Know when to hold 'em, Know when to fold 'em; Design your next contract coaching gig
Steve Holyer and Nancy Van Shooenderwoert
We are Agile Coaches-for-Hire *(“have manifesto, will travel!”)*. We want each of our gigs to be successful for the organisation that employs us and also for ourselves as coaches, so that we can promote the spread of Agile (and make an honest living). We learned from the words of an old gambler (as relayed in song by Kenny Rogers) that *“every hand’s a winner, and every hand’s a loser.”* The Gambler’s secret is knowing how to play the game.
Whether you are an independent contractor or working through an employment agency, this 75 minute workshop will help you uncover better ways to design your next Agile Coaching gig to create that elusive winning hand. For you and the organisation.
As we focus on designing an effective relationship between a contract Agile coach and the hiring organisation, we’ll explore “case study" scenarios from our own assignments that describe ways that Agile practices are introduced into organisations. We will explore Weinberg’s addiction model as one way to better understand organisations that hire contract Agile coaches (and employment agencies if you are working through them) and to understand the role you choose to play.
We will also talk about locating the spark of Agile commitment in the organisation and navigating your “six degrees of separation” from that spark.
Yes, we are talking about politics. You *must* understand the politics and political agendas so that you can ethically cut through that system to coach the people you need to reach. We have all seen that that’s a tricky thing to do!
We will explore which jobs to take, and which jobs to turn down. We will explore guidelines for the “chartering” activities you can undertake to create a winning coaching framework and lay the groundwork to smoothly navigate coaching exit points during the life of the coaching mission.
Presentation:
Agile for Safety-Critical and Regulatory-Bound Products (Agile Where You Can Kill Someone) Nancy Van Shooenderwoert & Brian Shoemaker
Want the Article? Click Here
Many organizations that provide regulated, high-assurance, safety-critical software and hardware development struggle with Agile. High-assurance products are ones that may risk human life and health. Product development challenges include audits, regulatory documentation, risk management, safety, security, and traceability.
Based on our experience using Agile with medical device software and hardware, you learn how to initiate and maintain Agile practices for these types of systems.
We share how tools like story and impact mapping are integrated into product development. We explain how to use safety stories, integrate traceability using your story map, and specify tests to address safety and hazard mitigation requirements. We share how to proactively conduct incremental hazard analysis and mitigation and formal design review to satisfy regulatory requirements. And we’ll explain how stakeholders—including marketing, engineering, and service—can share a coherent vision early in development to support the special demands of the high assurance products.
This presentation is relevant to all types of high-assurance software and hardware development projects. Join us as we show how you can use a lean process to develop these types of products, which are so important for health and safety in modern life. Using actual medical device examples, we show how to create thin vertical slices of organizational activity to deliver fully compliant, high quality, high assurance, customer value on time.
Presentation:
Know when to hold 'em, Know when to fold 'em; Design your next contract coaching gig
Steve Holyer and Nancy Van Shooenderwoert
We are Agile Coaches-for-Hire *(“have manifesto, will travel!”)*. We want each of our gigs to be successful for the organisation that employs us and also for ourselves as coaches, so that we can promote the spread of Agile (and make an honest living). We learned from the words of an old gambler (as relayed in song by Kenny Rogers) that *“every hand’s a winner, and every hand’s a loser.”* The Gambler’s secret is knowing how to play the game.
Whether you are an independent contractor or working through an employment agency, this 75 minute workshop will help you uncover better ways to design your next Agile Coaching gig to create that elusive winning hand. For you and the organisation.
As we focus on designing an effective relationship between a contract Agile coach and the hiring organisation, we’ll explore “case study" scenarios from our own assignments that describe ways that Agile practices are introduced into organisations. We will explore Weinberg’s addiction model as one way to better understand organisations that hire contract Agile coaches (and employment agencies if you are working through them) and to understand the role you choose to play.
We will also talk about locating the spark of Agile commitment in the organisation and navigating your “six degrees of separation” from that spark.
Yes, we are talking about politics. You *must* understand the politics and political agendas so that you can ethically cut through that system to coach the people you need to reach. We have all seen that that’s a tricky thing to do!
We will explore which jobs to take, and which jobs to turn down. We will explore guidelines for the “chartering” activities you can undertake to create a winning coaching framework and lay the groundwork to smoothly navigate coaching exit points during the life of the coaching mission.
Global Scrum Gathering
Session: Design your next Contract Coaching Gig: Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em
presented by Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Steve Holyer
Description:
Whether you are an independent contractor or working through an employment agency, this 90 minute workshop will help you uncover better ways to design your next Scrum/ Agile Coaching gig to create that elusive winning hand. For you and the organisation.
As we focus on designing an effective relationship between a contract Scrum/Agile coach and the hiring organisation, we’ll explore “case study" scenarios from our own assignments that describe ways that Scrum and other Agile practices are introduced into organisations. We will explore Gerald Weinberg’s addiction model as one way to better understand organisations that hire independent Scrum coaches (and employment agencies if you are working through them) and also to understand the role you choose to play.
Date: 5-7 May, 2014
Location: New Orleans, USA
URL for more info: http://www.scrumalliance.org/courses-events/events/global-gatherings/2014/new-orleans-2014
presented by Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Steve Holyer
Description:
Whether you are an independent contractor or working through an employment agency, this 90 minute workshop will help you uncover better ways to design your next Scrum/ Agile Coaching gig to create that elusive winning hand. For you and the organisation.
As we focus on designing an effective relationship between a contract Scrum/Agile coach and the hiring organisation, we’ll explore “case study" scenarios from our own assignments that describe ways that Scrum and other Agile practices are introduced into organisations. We will explore Gerald Weinberg’s addiction model as one way to better understand organisations that hire independent Scrum coaches (and employment agencies if you are working through them) and also to understand the role you choose to play.
Date: 5-7 May, 2014
Location: New Orleans, USA
URL for more info: http://www.scrumalliance.org/courses-events/events/global-gatherings/2014/new-orleans-2014
XP 2014 Conference
Session: Design your next Contract Coaching Gig: Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em
presented by Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Steve Holyer
Description: (See above description)
Date: 26-30 May, 2014 (session is at 14:00 on 27 May)
Location: Rome, Italy
URL for more info: http://www.xp2014.org/rome/
presented by Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Steve Holyer
Description: (See above description)
Date: 26-30 May, 2014 (session is at 14:00 on 27 May)
Location: Rome, Italy
URL for more info: http://www.xp2014.org/rome/
Agile 2014 Conference - High-Assurance session
Session: Can These Go Together - Agile, Safety-Critical, AND Compliant?
presented by Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Brian Shoemaker
Description:
Is your firm still struggling to apply Agile methods for your regulated, high-assurance, safety-critical software and hardware development?
High assurance development must deal throughout with
* Risk management
* Traceability
* Regulatory documentation
* Audits
How do you get started?
Our examples show how these become direct outputs of the work rather than extra effort that gets postponed too late.
All groups in the organization - marketing, engineering, service - need a coherent vision early in development.
Traditional methods of defining product requirements can’t keep up with market change and can’t ensure that all groups “own” the product concept. New methods like impact mapping and story mapping move at the speed of modern development.
Using actual medical device examples, we apply these methods to create thin vertical slices of organizational activity to deliver fully compliant, high quality, high assurance, customer value on time.
Our presentation is relevant to all types of high-assurance software and hardware development projects. You do not need prior knowledge of story mapping or impact mapping to benefit from this session.
Date: 28 Jul - 1 Aug, 2014 (session is at 14:00 on 29 July)
Location: Orlando FL, USA
URL for more info: http://agile2014.agilealliance.org/
presented by Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Brian Shoemaker
Description:
Is your firm still struggling to apply Agile methods for your regulated, high-assurance, safety-critical software and hardware development?
High assurance development must deal throughout with
* Risk management
* Traceability
* Regulatory documentation
* Audits
How do you get started?
Our examples show how these become direct outputs of the work rather than extra effort that gets postponed too late.
All groups in the organization - marketing, engineering, service - need a coherent vision early in development.
Traditional methods of defining product requirements can’t keep up with market change and can’t ensure that all groups “own” the product concept. New methods like impact mapping and story mapping move at the speed of modern development.
Using actual medical device examples, we apply these methods to create thin vertical slices of organizational activity to deliver fully compliant, high quality, high assurance, customer value on time.
Our presentation is relevant to all types of high-assurance software and hardware development projects. You do not need prior knowledge of story mapping or impact mapping to benefit from this session.
Date: 28 Jul - 1 Aug, 2014 (session is at 14:00 on 29 July)
Location: Orlando FL, USA
URL for more info: http://agile2014.agilealliance.org/
Agile 2014 Conference - Coaching Addicted Orgs session
Session: Know when to hold ‘em, Know when to fold ‘em - Design your next contract coaching gig
presented by Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Steve Holyer
Description: (Same as for the Global Scrum Gathering, this page)
Date: 28 Jul - 1 Aug, 2014 (session is at 14:00 on 31 July)
Location: Orlando FL, USA
URL for more info: http://agile2014.agilealliance.org/
presented by Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Steve Holyer
Description: (Same as for the Global Scrum Gathering, this page)
Date: 28 Jul - 1 Aug, 2014 (session is at 14:00 on 31 July)
Location: Orlando FL, USA
URL for more info: http://agile2014.agilealliance.org/
2014 Past Events
SDMD Conference
4th Software Design for Medical Devices, Europe 27-30 January 2014, Munich, Germany SDMD Europe 2014 combines two popular and essential topics in one conference:
For more complete description of the conference and to download the brochure, click here.
- Standards, regulations and software development best practices for medical device software
- Agile methods for regulated health software - approaches, successes, and lessons learned
- What is Validation? Covering the Basics and Beyond (Monday, 27-January)
- AAMI TIR 45 - Applying Agile to Regulated Healthcare Software Development (Wednesday, 29-January)
- Agile for Regulated Medical Software - Real-World Productivity, Quality, and Compliance – ‘Putting the Pieces Together’, with Brian Shoemaker, ShoeBar Associates (Thursday, 30-January)
For more complete description of the conference and to download the brochure, click here.