With interest in Bitcoin and other virtual currencies going through the roof, Blockchain, the technology behind it, has never been more relevant. But how does it work?
This talk is a technical introduction to Blockchains.
What are they?
How are they different from traditional architecture?
What makes them unique?
It also dives into Smart Contracts, explaining how you can encapsulate logic on the Blockchain, and wraps up with examples of real-world applications currently being developed and in-use.
SPEAKERS
James Morgan and Andy Gray.
Founders of Blockchain Manchester and Associates at Equal Experts
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**Food and drink will be provided - we look forward to seeing you there!**
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Making Distributed Delivery work & Product thinking -the art of solving problems
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We have two sessions in our first event of the year.
Session One:
DISTRIBUTED DELIVERY AND HOW TO MAKE IT WORK
To some, working on a project across different geographical locations rings alarm bells - with separate teams, different working patterns and big time differences, they think it’s a recipe for problems and slower delivery.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. With Distributed Development and delivery using Agile methodology, this has become an outdated view.
This talk is a case study on our own experience of Distributed Delivery using follow-the-sun methodology between teams in Sydney, London and Calgary. You’ll discover what we’ve done to make it work - and how important modern Agile principles are in Distributed Delivery.
SPEAKER
Bethan Timmins - Delivery Manager and Principal consultant for Equal Experts Asia Pacific
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Session Two:
PRODUCT THINKING
Design thinking. Product thinking. Inceptions. People throw these phrases around but it can be a bit overwhelming.
This is a talk on product thinking and the art of solving problems. We’ve heard of the techniques, so this talk starts at the basics: why product thinking is important and how we can benefit from this in the work we do every day.
SPEAKER
Neha Datt – Product Manager at Equal Experts
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**Food and drink will be provided - we look forward to seeing you there!**
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Making Distributed Delivery work & Product thinking - the art of solving problem
Description changed:
We have two sessions in our first event of the year.
Session One:
Distributed Delivery and how to make it work
To some, working on a project across different geographical locations rings alarm bells - with separate teams, different working patterns and big time differences, they think it’s a recipe for problems and slower delivery.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. With Distributed Development and delivery using Agile methodology, this has become an outdated view.
This talk is a case study on our own experience of Distributed Delivery using follow-the-sun methodology between teams in Sydney, London and Calgary. You’ll discover what we’ve done to make it work - and how important modern Agile principles are in Distributed Delivery.
Bethan Timmins - Delivery Manager and Principal consultant for Equal Experts Asia Pacific
Session Two:
Product Thinking
Design thinking. Product thinking. Inceptions. People throw these phrases around but it can be a bit overwhelming.
This is a talk on product thinking and the art of solving problems. We’ve heard of the techniques, so this talk starts at the basics: why product thinking is important and how we can benefit from this in the work we do every day.
Neha Datt – Product Manager at Equal Experts
Food and drink will be provided - we look forward to seeing you there!
Please join us for our second ExpertTalks in Sheffield!
Session One: Organising for Continuous Delivery
Continuous Delivery requires “a close, collaborative working relationship between everyone involved in delivery” but - as you are probably all too aware - most organisations don’t structure teams (or software) to achieve this.
This talk explores what the communications structures of our organisations really are, and how they should best serve the systems we design? A Continuous Delivery talk with no mention of Continuous Integration, virtually nothing on Deployment Pipelines and a real effort not to mention DevOps (people, teams or mindset!) This is a lot about Organisations and Domains (a definition of the latter will be forthcoming), but mostly it’s about People…
This talk is suitable for anyone involved with software delivery that thinks maybe, just maybe, the organisations they work with are not achieving flow quite as well as they could.
Phil Parker, Partner, Equal Experts
Session Two: Secure at Speed
Security. Speed. Pick one! I’m sure many people feel that way when it comes to building secure software. Security and rapid delivery are seen as opposing forces that can’t be reconciled - but it doesn’t have to be that way.
We’ll look at three common challenges faced when incorporating security into software delivery and consider a few ways to address them. After the talk, you’ll have a few practical ideas that you can take away and put into practice in your projects.
This is a talk is for anyone that wants to build more secure software without sacrificing the ability to move fast.
Stuart Gunter, Security Practice Lead, Equal Experts
Food and drinks will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
Please join us for our second ExpertTalks in Sheffield!
Session One: Organising for Continuous Delivery
Continuous Delivery requires “a close, collaborative working relationship between everyone involved in delivery” but - as you are probably all too aware - most organisations don’t structure teams (or software) to achieve this.
This talk explores what the communications structures of our organisations really are, and how they should best serve the systems we design? A Continuous Delivery talk with no mention of Continuous Integration, virtually nothing on Deployment Pipelines and a real effort not to mention DevOps (people, teams or mindset!) This is a lot about Organisations and Domains (a definition of the latter will be forthcoming), but mostly it’s about People…
This talk is suitable for anyone involved with software delivery that thinks maybe, just maybe, the organisations they work with are not achieving flow quite as well as they could.
Phil Parker, Partner, Equal Experts
Session Two: TBC Food and drinks will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
Please join us for our very first ExpertTalks in Sheffield!
Session One: Smoothing the Continuous Delivery Path - practices for improving your team's delivery
Lyndsay Prewer, Delivery Manager, Equal Experts
Continuous delivery is gaining recognition as a best practice. It is now in use by many leading organisations, including Netflix, Amazon, and Etsy. Yet despite offering a proven way of reducing risk, reducing time to market, and increasing a team’s agility, adopting and improving continuous delivery is challenging.
Lyndsay Prewer offers an experience report of practices used by two very different teams to improve their continuous delivery. Both teams were sizeable (more than five features teams) and mature in their use of Agile and Lean practices. One team chose Scala, MongoDB, Docker, and microservices on a greenfield project. The other faced the constraints of legacy code, .Net, MySQL, Windows, and a monolithic architecture.
Lyndsay shares the practices and pain points encountered by the two teams, looking at those common to both and those that were specific to each team’s own context.
Session Two: Fishbowl Discussion
“What makes Continuous Delivery hard for your team?” - A fishbowl discussion on Continuous Delivery pain points run by Andy Goundry, Engagement Manager, Equal Experts.
Please join us for our very first ExpertTalks in Sheffield!
Session One: Smoothing the Continuous Delivery Path - practices for improving your team's delivery
Lyndsay Prewer, Delivery Manager, Equal Experts
Continuous delivery is gaining recognition as a best practice. It is now in use by many leading organisations, including Netflix, Amazon, and Etsy. Yet despite offering a proven way of reducing risk, reducing time to market, and increasing a team’s agility, adopting and improving continuous delivery is challenging.
Lyndsay Prewer offers an experience report of practices used by two very different teams to improve their continuous delivery. Both teams were sizeable (more than five features teams) and mature in their use of Agile and Lean practices. One team chose Scala, MongoDB, Docker, and microservices on a greenfield project. The other faced the constraints of legacy code, .Net, MySQL, Windows, and a monolithic architecture.
Lyndsay shares the practices and pain points encountered by the two teams, looking at those common to both and those that were specific to each team’s own context.
Session Two: Ball Point Game - taking it further
Bethan Timmins, Delivery Manager, Equal Experts
The Ball Point Game by Boris Gloger is one of the most famous Agile games to help teach people the basic concepts behind Agile delivery. It allows participants to understand the basic principles of a scrum team and the concepts of velocity, fixed time box delivery, self organisation and communication.
However, for those of us that have been working within agile teams for a while, how can you use this game to highlight specific issues your project team is facing? This session will go through the Ball Point game and highlight how it can be used to tackle specific project problems and where you can use it to help your organisation.
Food and drinks will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
Please join us for our very first ExpertTalks in Sheffield!
Session One: Smoothing the Continuous Delivery Path - practices for improving your team's delivery
Lyndsay Prewer, Delivery Manager, Equal Experts
Continuous delivery is gaining recognition as a best practice. It is now in use by many leading organisations, including Netflix, Amazon, and Etsy. Yet despite offering a proven way of reducing risk, reducing time to market, and increasing a team’s agility, adopting and improving continuous delivery is challenging.
Lyndsay Prewer offers an experience report of practices used by two very different teams to improve their continuous delivery. Both teams were sizeable (more than five features teams) and mature in their use of Agile and Lean practices. One team chose Scala, MongoDB, Docker, and microservices on a greenfield project. The other faced the constraints of legacy code, .Net, MySQL, Windows, and a monolithic architecture.
Lyndsay shares the practices and pain points encountered by the two teams, looking at those common to both and those that were specific to each team’s own context.
Session Two: Ball Point Game - taking it further
Bethan Timmins, Delivery Manager, Equal Experts
The Ball Point Game by Boris Gloger is one of the most famous Agile games to help teach people the basic concepts behind Agile delivery. It allows participants to understand the basic principles of a scrum team and the concepts of velocity, fixed time box delivery, self organisation and communication.
However, for those of us that have been working within agile teams for a while, how can you use this game to highlight specific issues your project team is facing? This session will go through the Ball Point game and highlight how it can be used to tackle specific project problems and where you can use it to help your organisation.
Food and drinks will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
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