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At one time or another, tired from a long day of work, we have all attended an Agile presentation that we were really excited about — only to have our excitement quickly fade when the presenter opened by explaining what an iteration was, leaving us to wonder if it would be rude to walk out.

I can’t guarantee it won’t happen again, but I can guarantee it won’t happen this Thursday (3/25/10). For the first time COHAA is putting together a presentation geared towards the Intermediate to Advanced Agilist. If you are interested in having Agile events beyond Agile 101 here in Columbus, please do your part by joining us this Thursday, and forwarding this to any of your fellow Agilists. As usual, the event is free, and dinner will be provided.

*Bonus: Rubber Chickens will be provide for anyone who asks questions such as, “What is a backlog?”

RSVP at:
http://www.cohaa.org/content/?q=node/32

Please join the Central Ohio Agile Association as Kim Berry, PMP, a Senior Project Manager at Fiserv, presents a case study in the successful use of Agile in a large integration program that had geographically dispersed teams.

Who Should Come: This presentation is targeted at an Intermediate to Advanced Agile enthusiast.

Date and Time:
Thursday, March 25, 2010 (free)
6:00 – 6:30 PM Food/ Networking; 6:30 – 8:00 PM Speaker

CareWorks Technology
5555 Glendon Ct.
Dublin, OH 43016

Re-certification PDU’s: PMP 1; CBAP 1;

Special Thanks to our food sponsor Pillar Technology. Please RSVP at www.cohaa.org.

SPEAKER: Kim Berry, PMP, is a Senior Project Manager with Fiserv, managing one of the largest cross-business unit endeavors to deploy a mobile banking solution. While at Fiserv, she became an early adopter of RUP (Rational Unified Process) for her business unit. Over the last 2 years, she has worked to integrate agile techniques within a RUP framework. She started her Project Management journey in 2001 and has remained in IT for 20 years, with a majority of it in the Business Intelligence field. Kim attained her PMI certification in 2008 and remains an active member of PMI. She is also a Six Sigma Yellow Belt, and has received accolades for organizing the resource and portfolio needs for the Enterprise Data Warehouse team. In her spare time, she is an Assistant Scoutmaster for the local Boy Scout Troup and recently received a district-level leadership award.

RSVP at:
http://www.cohaa.org/content/?q=node/32

Technorati Tags: agile develompent, cohaa, data warehouse, eai, eai alliance, enterprise application integration

We’re working on our next meeting, so stay tuned.

In the mean time…

Make sure you check out these other two meetings that I’ll be at, and I thought might be interesting to you as well!

EVENT 1:
The Agile Enterprise (A TechLife Columbus meetup)

February 11th, 2010
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
(Sorry for the late notice.)

Price: FREE

Dublin Entrepreneurial Center
7003 Post Rd.
Dublin, OH 43016

Click for more information & to RSVP for The Agile Enterprise

Summary:
This will be a recurring meetup series, oriented towards large organizations and growing organizations. Everyone is welcome.

These meetups will follow the OpenSpace/ Unconference format – meaning, come prepared to participate! There will be no presentations nor handing-down of platitudes! Participants will share their experiences, challenges and successes. Everyone’s input is valuable; Everyone has something to learn and something to teach.

Topics will rotate and be chosen by the participants, to discuss issues such as:

* How can a growing organization stay agile, yet implement the discipline necessary to scale and survive?
* Innovation and agility of a startup, within a large enterprise
* How much process?
* Making cultural changes
* Moving the needle when you’re in the trenches
* Getting support from employees when you’re making changes from the top
* Knowing what needles to move and knowing when you’ve made a difference

This month, we will attempt to focus on practicing agile development methodologies in a large organization. What methods do not scale and how do you adjust?

EVENT 2:
COHAA Day In The Life Tour: Progressive Medical

February 25th, 2010
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Price: FREE, but limited to 15 people. You must RSVP here.

Progressive Medical
250 Progressive Way,
Westerville, OH 43082

Click for more information & to RSVP for the COHAA Day In The Life Tour: Progressive Medical

Summary:
Host: Ben Blanquera, VP Information Services

Due to limited space, RSVPs are limited to 15 people. Please only RSVP if you are attending.

Please join COHAA as we take a tour of Progressive Medical’s Agile space. Come learn ‘Why Progressive Chose Agile’.

Ben Blanquera is the Vice President of Information Services for Progressive Medical, Inc . In his role, Ben is responsible for project/portfolio management, application development, business intelligence, and business analysis.

Progressive Medical, Inc. is a nationwide, managed care and health care cost containment company. It coordinates care for workers’ compensation, auto-no-fault and personal injury protection cases. Progressive Medical is a Inc. 500 Hall of Fame company.

I hope to see you there or at the next EAIA meeting!

Stay warm!

Technorati Tags: agile development, eaia, enterprise application integration, techlife

We are currently looking for speakers and topics. If you have EAI experience, successes, failures, or lessons-learned, please let me know!

Thanks!

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