Open Tech Calendar

Irritating iterating

To kick us off into the new year, we have an activity-based event that will get your energy levels back up and fuel your appetite for improving your agile ways of working.

The activity will highlight the different approaches we need to take as we tackle a problem, the role that iterating plays in problem solving and delivering value to customers, and the importance of having an aligned, multi-disciplinary team.

Useful for anyone getting into agile, those who want to understand some of the practicalities of agile delivery, and for delivery leads - something that you can try with your own teams.

https://www.meetup.com/agile-sheffield-meetup/events/290365130/

https://www.meetup.com/agile-sheffield-meetup/events/290365130/

Thu 19th Jan 2023 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 19th Jan 2023 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Lightning Talks - The good, the bad and the ugly!

Lightning Talks: The good, the bad and the ugly!

Novembers Agile Sheffield picks up the theme of communities of practice from out last event and we're encouraging our own community of practice to share with us your personal experiences of using agile.

The theme for the lightning talks is your true-life agile stories, the good, the bad and the ugly.

So whether agile worked brilliantly for you in delivering a digital service, or maybe it bombed because of command and control stakeholders - whatever your story, lets hear it.

You can submit your talk here: https://forms.gle/8dhd7C6QN7XpCg5w6

You will have 10 minutes (maximum) for your talk, with 10 minutes for discussion.

There's quite a bit of information about preparing a lightning talk online. This has some good tips if you're planning to use slides (in fact some good tips here about using slides in general, not just for lightning talks): https://www.beautiful.ai/blog/lightning-talks-and-ignite-talks-a-beginners-guide
Here's another about the approach you should take in preparing your content and delivering your talk: https://software.ac.uk/home/cw11/giving-good-lightning-talk

Once again BJSS have kindly offered to host the event at their office in Sheffield, and will be providing refreshments and snacks from 6pm.

https://www.meetup.com/agile-sheffield-meetup/events/289313847/

https://www.meetup.com/agile-sheffield-meetup/events/289313847/

Wed 9th Nov 2022 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Wed 9th Nov 2022 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Communities of Practice - The Secret Sauce

After a very long break, we're planning to bring Agile Sheffield back with some regular in-person events.

We're still working out the details of the format and frequency of events, but we're pleased to announce that we've been offered a venue by BJSS for 6 months and we're kicking off with a talk about Communities of Practice - which is quite apt as thats exactly how we see Agile Sheffield, so maybe we'll get some tips on how we can re-invigorate our own Agile Sheffield community!

Communities of Practice: The Secret Sauce
Communities of Practice (CoP) have become a key component for many modern Agile organisations. But what are they exactly and why should anyone invest their time and energy into them? In this interactive talk, Paddy Dhanda will share the ingredients of the secret sauce to build successful communities. He will share a few stories of how he helped nurture and grow an Agile CoP from 5 to 5000+ members, a global Business Analysis CoP and a global community of Visual Thinkers during lockdown.

https://www.meetup.com/agile-sheffield-meetup/events/288441708/

https://www.meetup.com/agile-sheffield-meetup/events/288441708/

Thu 6th Oct 2022 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 6th Oct 2022 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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