Conference report and technical debt primer for NYC Scrum User Group August meeting. ( 8/20/2015)

2. A Little Bit About Me…
@DanaPylayeva
dpylayeva@gmail.com
Agile Coach
Scrum Master
DBA Manager
Systems Architect
Java Developer
Conference
Co-Chair
Speaker,
Volunteer,
Reviewer

3.  14th annual conference by
 5 days, 3 keynotes
 200 sessions (from 1250 proposals)
 2,300 attendees from 40 countries.
 Global Agile community
 Open Jam, Coaches Clinic
What is Agile 2015?

4. and So Much More…
Dinner with a new Agile friend

5. NYC SUG members and
BASD Speakers
+
Daniel Mezick
Heather Fleming
Fabiola Eyholzer

6. Awesome Volunteers
#purpleshirtpride

7.  Increased focus on collaboration.
 Expanding Agile out – to areas outside of IT.
 Bringing the ideas in - from (Lean, Kanban,
Improv, Games, Quantum Physics ).
 Renewed interest in technical practices.
 No more Agile Police!
Top 5 trends at Agile 2015

8. Keynotes
Jessie Shternshus
Individuals,
Collaboration
and
Improvisation.
Luke Hohmann
Awesome
Superproblem.
James Tamm
Want better
collaboration –
don’t be so
defensive.

9. Effective Collaboration is
based on the Same Principles
as a Game

10. City of San Jose’s Budget in
2010 – Budget Games to the
rescue!
($100,000,000)

11. Activate resources through
engagement.
http://everyvoiceengaged.org/solutions/budget-games/
Ensure all voices are heard.

12. Luke Hohmann: Awesome Superproblem.

13. Jessie Shternshus
Individuals, Collaboration and Improvisation.

14. Games Help us Learn to Look at a
Problem From a Different Perspective
© Photo gallery of Roman Barshay

15. Can we Breed Collaborative Instincts?

17. Not Just a Better Place to Work!

18. You Can be in The Red
Zone Too!

19. Fear of loosing
Our own significance
Competency
Likability
Defensive behavior helps us hide
our fears from ourselves.

20. Is Your Organization being
defensive?

21. Are you being defensive?
Wanting to be right
Wanting the last word
Suddenly tired or sleepy
Being too nice
All-or-nothing thinking

22.  Agile Virtual Conference
 New Agile Tech conference in April 2016
 Technical Debt Program
(http://www.agilealliance.org/programs/managing-
technical-debt-project-and-portfolio-level/ )
Renewed Interest in Technical
Practices.

23. Technical Debt Primer

24. Technical Debt - anything about your
code that slows you down over the
long term.
http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebtQuadrant.html

25.  Test Driven Development (TDD)
 Continuous Integration ( CI)
 Code Review
 Virtual Production Environments
 Refactoring
The Solution to Technical Debt
http://blog.crisp.se/2013/10/11/henrikkniberg/good-and-bad-technical-debt

26. Dice of Debt Game
Game design by Tom Grant

27. Debriefing

28. Agile
Police
Mortal
Scrumbut
Say NO
to Agile
Police

29. On-line resources:
http://agilealliance.org/resources/learning-center/keynote-awesome-superproblems
http://agilealliance.org/resources/learning-center/keynote-individuals-interactions-
and-improvization
http://agilealliance.org/resources/learning-center/keynote-want-better-
collaboration-dont-be-so-defensive
http://www.aecpe.com/Defensiveness%20Warning%20and%20Response.pdf
https://pixabay.com/en/girl-gloves-sports-boxing-429014/
http://blog.crisp.se/2013/10/11/henrikkniberg/good-and-bad-technical-debt

30. See you all at the
next NYC Scrum User group.
Thank you !