Keep Austin Agile Conference – Agile Velocity Presentations

Keep Austin Agile Conference is coming soon! Agile Austin hosts the conference on Friday, May 8 at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin. Join Agile Velocity, the conference title sponsor, for a rich day of agile learning and networking, with several of our coaches presenting sessions.  Make sure you attend our sessions to learn best practices as well as gain implementable tips and tools.

Visit Agile Velocity at Keep Austin Agile Drop by our booth to visit our coaches and play the “Wheel of Agility”.   Simply bring the card in the conference bag for your chance to “spin and win”.
Prizes include:
UT football tickets
Express baseball tickets
Agile Estimation Cards and more

Sessions by Agile Velocity Coaches at Keep Austin Agile

Deliver Double the Value in Half the Time

David Hawks, CST, CSC
11:00 am – Ballroom A

  • Recognize 6 traps holding your organization back from being agile
  • Realize how learning, short feedback cycles and developing a shared understanding allow teams to deliver more value
  • Understand the importance of limiting work in process and getting to done in order to shorten cycle time

Tech Debt:  Understanding its Sources and Impacts through a Game

David Croley, Technical Player – Coach
11:00 am – San Antonio room

  • Demonstrate how unresolved Technical Debt impacts a development team’s efficiency,
  • Learn sources of technical debt
  • Realize possible solutions to tech debt

High Performing Distributed Teams – Debunking the Agile Myth that it Can’t Work

Mark Spitzer, Agile Coach
Kirsten Maitland, Agile Coach
4:00 pm – Wedgwood room

  • Explore the question of embrace or change distributed teams
  • Realize how to measure the success of distributed teams
  • Learn techniques to increase effectiveness

Don’t miss this opportunity for agile education at all stages, from novice to experienced, and network with agile professionals.  We look forward to talking with you at Keep Austin Agile Conference on May 8!