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Distributed Agile

Producer: Tamara Sulaiman (producer) Applied Scrum
Assistant: Monica Yap (producer) SolutionsIQ

For many Agile teams, working in a distributed environment brings its own set of unique challenges, impediments and solutions. In a recent “State of Agile” survey, 57% of the respondents reported that their Agile teams were working in a non co-located context. There are many different degrees of distribution; in small organizations and large, where team members are located within one or two time zones to large groups with full off-shore solutions across many time zones. The Distributed Agile stage is where we will focus on these unique challenges and solutions.

What Are We Looking For?

The Distributed Agile stage is where we will share experience reports, participate in workshops and tutorials, and listen to panel speakers all addressing these unique challenges. We are looking for answers to the questions:

  • What works well with distributed teams?
  • What doesn’t work well?
  • What challenges should team members, managers and executives working within a globally distributed context be aware of, and how can they be met?

Themes within the Distributed Agile stage include:

  • Challenges For Sustaining Long-Running Distributed Agile Projects
  • Scaling Across The Globe
  • Distributed Agile In The Large – Programming And Organizational Challenges
  • Leveraging Tools In The Distributed Agile Environment
  • Coaching And Mentoring The Distributed Team – How Agile Do We Need To Be?
  • Planning and Executing With Distributed Teams
  • Other?

Types of Submissions and Target Audience:

Given the large number of organizations working in and with distributed Agile teams, we are looking for presentations targeted at various levels. Ideally we will have a solid mix of presentation types, experience reports, workshops and tutorials, panels and presentations targeted at a mix of experience levels with distributed Agile teams – newbie, practitioner and expert.

Reviewers

Amr Elssamadisy (producer) Gemba Systems
Alan Atlas (reviewer) Rally Software
George Dinwiddie (reviewer) iDIA Computing, LLC
Bob Sarni (reviewer) EMC Consulting
George Schlitz (reviewer) BigVisible
Walter Bodwell (reviewer) Planigle
Graham Brooks (reviewer) ThoughtWorks
Pete Behrens (reviewer) Trail Ridge Consulting
Ellen Gottesdiener (reviewer) EBG Consulting, Inc.
Pete Deemer (reviewer) Scrum Training Institute

Sessions

TimeTitlePresentersTypeRoom
Monday 11:00-12:30Distributed Agile Development: Experiments at Microsoft patterns & practices Ade Miller (reviewer)TalkGrand Ballroom C North
Monday 14:00-15:30Advances in Release Planning Jim HighsmithTutorialCrystal A
Monday 16:00-16:45Fully Distributed Scrum: Linear Scalability of Production Between SFO and India Jeff Sutherland (reviewer), Guido SchoonheimExperience reportCrystal A
Monday 16:45-17:30From CMMI and isolation to Scrum, Agile, Lean and collaboration Mads Troels Hansen, Hans BaggesenExperience reportCrystal A
Tuesday 11:00-11:45Tips and Techniques For Implementing An Agile Program Across Distributed Teams Tamara Sulaiman (producer)TalkCrystal A
Tuesday 11:45-12:30Leveraging Collaborative Tools with Distributed Customer Teams Luke HohmannWorkshopCrystal A
Tuesday 14:00-15:30Overcoming Cultural Differences by Focusing on Similarities Jutta EcksteinTalkCrystal A
Tuesday 16:00-17:30Can you hear me now? Good... Mark RickmeierTutorialCrystal A
Wednesday 16:00-16:45Removing Integration Delays with Collocated Whole Teams and Multi-stage CI Damon PooleTutorialPlaza Ballroom A
Wednesday 16:45-17:30Distributed Pair Programming with Tim Ottinger and Tim Gifford (The Tims). Tim Gifford, Tim OttingerWorkshopPlaza Ballroom A
Thursday 09:00-09:45From anarchy to sustainable development: SCRUM in less than ideal conditions. Erik LeBel, Isabelle TherrienExperience reportPlaza Ballroom A
Thursday 09:45-10:30Using Virtual Worlds for Distributed Agile Keith Voos, Ami Hileman (reviewer)WorkshopPlaza Ballroom A
Thursday 11:00-11:45Ambassadors and Carrier Pigeons - A Model for Effective Distributed Agile Teams Giora MoreinTutorialPlaza Ballroom A
Thursday 11:45-12:30Experiences Applying Agile Practices to Large Systems Development Harry KoehnemannExperience reportPlaza Ballroom A
Thursday 14:00-17:30The Distributed Agile Game Sumeet Moghe, Jonathan McCrackenWorkshopPlaza Ballroom A