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Following: Agile 2009 Monday Conference Sessions that catch my attention I writing about Tuesday sessions that attract my attention.

Tuesday – keynote is first thing in the morning and so we only start the sessions at 11:00:

Death by Scrum Meeting Pete Behrens (90 minutes) – we’ve all had them, those long meetings that run on and on. At a certain moment we start thinking about how to leave, what excuse we can find to get back to “productive work”. Pete promises to help us find a cure.

Pragmatically "Crossing the Chasm" from Project-level to Enterprise Adoption Ahmed Sidky, Chris Sterling

Risk and Risk Management – Theory and Practice Chris Matts, Todd Little

When Agile Just Works - Exploring Group Coherence Joanna Zweig, Cesar Idrovo

Don't Sell Buzzwords to Business Leaders, Learn How to Describe Real Value Richard Sheridan, Clement "James" Goebel

Top Ten Tips for Agile Coaches Rachel Davies, Liz Sedley (45 minutes) – again they wrote the book, this would be an 11:45 start.

My Choice: Risk Management Theory and Practice – I’ve been following along on the Real Options mailing list (see: Agile Mailing Lists) for sometime now but it hasn’t all gelled.

Afternoon

14:00 – 15:30

Facilitation Patterns and Antipatterns Steven "Doc" List (90 minutes) – I see myself in several of Steven’s anti-patterns so maybe I better go.

First, Kill All The Metrics! Niel Nickolaisen, Chris Matts (90 minute) – “How well are we served by our current metrics? Do metrics such as developer and tester productivity, ROI, and on-time / on-budget help us improve results? Or, do such metrics drive us towards negative behaviors? In this workshop, we describe the foundation for meaningful metrics.”

Deliberate Practice in Software Development Mary Poppendieck – its Mary she is always good.

My Choice: I’m flipping between Faciliation Patterns and Kill All the Metrics.

16:00 – 17:30

Debugging Pair Programming Matt Wynne – a participant driven session that will examine the touchy feely problems that inhibit pair programming.

Can you hear me now? Good... Mark Rickmeier “This tutorial focuses on the detailed specifics that will make distributed agile meetings effective. We will demonstrate several key agile meetings, run in a distributed fashion, so teams can immediately improve their projects. To do so, I will highlight specific tools available in the market place to facilitate each of these different kinds of discussions (retrospectives, planning meetings, stand ups). I’ll demonstrate the processes to enable more effective communication between remote locations and describe the key roles required on a project to encourage the best exchange of information.”

How to Develop Your Leadership Power Daily: An Agile Approach to Growth Christopher Avery “Your mind offers two alternate—and generally unconscious—responses when things go wrong. One response solves problems with snap judgment, hasty advice, and evident policy. The alternate response expands the problem space for new awareness and new-found truth. You are completely equipped for both. The first is fast and solves anxiety about the problem. The second is slower, produces learning and growth, and addresses the real problem.” Hmmm rushing to judgement is one of my big issues.

Agile Project Metrics Dave Nicolette – so what would good Agile Metrics be?

My Choice: I’ve flipping between: “Agile Project Metrics” and “How to Develop Your Leadership Power Daily”.

Must run and do more conference related prep.

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