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- Feb192010News and Events Item posted Feb 19 by Mike Alber
Title: Get into Flow with User Stories: Techniques for Defining and Delivering ValueDate: March 2nd, 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Presenter: Ken Clyne (Agile Coach, Rally Software)
Do you want more practical agile training on planning your iterations? Are your teams trying to get into flow but struggle to get answers to tactical questions on user stories?
Join agile coach Ken Clyne as he shares successful tactics for writing value-focused stories, sizing, splitting, tasking and accepting user stories, and strategies for working across teams from iteration to iteration. He also explains the differences between stories and tasks, how to update the backlog, ways to chart and track story point burn-up, write acceptance criteria, and understand when a story is done.
This event addresses dozens of questions Rally receives from agile teams on the brass tacks of agile stories, including but not limited to:- What are your suggestions for improving agile story estimates?
- How do I handle incomplete stories at the end of an iteration?
- How do I account for unknowns when doing capacity planning?
- How do I deal with relative story sizes across different teams?
- How does one define "done" for each iteration?
Don't miss this opportunity to get on track with your user stories and improve your iteration planning practices.
Register now to reserve your spot at this free webinar!
- Dec222009News and Events Item posted 12/22/09 by Mike Alber
Title: The Best Kept Secret of Agile Software QualityDate: January 12th, 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Presenters: Christopher Avery (PhD)
Zach Nies (VP of Products, Rally Software)
In Agile software development, the whole team is responsible for quality, but there are many barriers to accomplishing that goal. When quality issues arise, teams often resort to the silo-based approach of finger-pointing and justifying, citing lack of control or time constraints as the root cause. Most development teams truly want to improve quality, but they don’t know what to do and often feel frustrated and powerless to change the status quo.
There is a solution. Join Dr. Christopher Avery, expert on the Responsibility Process, and Zach Nies, VP of Products at Rally Software and an expert on Agile quality, as they reveal the secrets to achieving sterling software quality at your organization.
Learn how to see common quality problems in a new way and understand their causes. Many people only focus on process and technology to address these issues; discover a 3rd component: you. During this webcast, you will learn about:- the relationship between quality and ownership
- the difference between accountability and ownership, and how this difference affects quality
- how the Responsibility Process(TM) can be used as a framework to continuously improve quality through a focus on people and interactions
- how to apply the Responsibility Process to your development team
Don’t miss the chance to re-energize your teams and unite them via the shared goal of delivering better quality software.
Register now to reserve your spot at this free webinar!
- Oct192009News and Events Item posted 10/19/09 by Mike Alber
Title: Keys to Successful Release Planning: A Guide for Agile TeamsDate: November 17, 2009 02:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Presenter: Ronica Roth (Agile Coach, Rally Software)
Is your Agile team comfortable with iteration planning, with a stable velocity and groomed backlog? Are you ready to take your Agile knowledge to the next level? Are you a product owner, ScrumMaster, or other stakeholder responsible for ensuring the right products are prioritized and built? If so, this Web seminar is for you.
Release planning is a crucial Agile practice in which teams commit to delivering key features to customers on a regular basis. Why does this matter? Without intelligent release planning processes, your teams’ iterations will stand alone and fail to result in meaningful functionality that your stakeholders need.
Join expert Agile coach, Ronica Roth, to learn the “Keys to Successful Release Planning.” During this hour-long event, you will:- Learn crucial tips for successful release planning
- Understand the difference between fixed scope and fixed date release planning
- Discover the secrets of running an effective release planning meeting
- Hear common stumbling blocks to success and how to overcome them
- Get the tools you need to scale your Agile adoption
Don’t miss this opportunity to take your Agile skills to the next level and enable your organization to deliver prioritized, market-driven products.
Register now to reserve your spot at this free webinar!
- Oct062009News and Events Item posted 10/06/09 by Mike Alber
The Rally Engineering Team is in full swing with their own blog!
Stop by and join their discussions on technical challenges, solutions, tips, tricks, agile development, engineering practices and anything else the team thinks about in the ongoing effort to deliver high-quality features to Rally customers.
Encourage those that are interested to dive deeper into Rally's world to stop by or subscribe today.
- Sep252009News and Events Item posted 09/25/09 by Mike Alber
Join us at 10am MST on Wednesday, September 30th for a live webcast:
Pulling Quality Forward: Agile Testing and Tooling for Embedded Software Development:
Move beyond waterfall, embrace change and break your full-regression mindset. Join Wind River and Rally Software, respective leaders in embedded device software optimization and Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), for a webinar discussion on Agile testing in the embedded software development space.
You’ll learn how new techniques and tooling can help you improve quality, speed time-to-market and better adapt to changing requirements. Drawing on a decade of Agile experience, presenters will share:
• Why testing is the highest hurdle for improving quality and time to market
• Which Agile testing strategies and techniques you’ll need to overcome these challenges
• How best-of-breed ‘build and test’ ALM tools help break down technical and role-based silos
• How to focus your testing efforts to deliver best quality in the shortest time
Don't miss this chance to learn valuable ways of improving your software testing methods.Click here to access the archive of this free webinar
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