Open Space, March 24, 2008

Exploring the Hot Topics for 2008

Meet in an Open Space format to explore the hot topics for 2008. Help set Agile Denver's direction for the coming year.

Some suggested topics for the Open Space:

• Continuous Integration
• Confessions of a Scrum Master
• Agile development tools for Java
• Hiring for an Agile team
• Agile in a silo organization
• New revision control tools for distributed teams
• Transitioning to Agile
• Hot topics to cover in future meetings

Open Space basic principles not intended to be prescriptive:

• whoever comes is the right people
• whatever happens is the only thing that could have
• when it starts is the right time
• when it's over it's over

For more information, see OpenSpaceWorld. Feel free to explore that resource, but there will be no standardized test so just show up on Monday and experience it for yourself.

We are set to meet at the Tivoli in Room 640. We have the room from 5:00 to 9:00 PM, so I was thinking we could kick off the open space at 6:00 PM, but we could start at 5:30 PM to have more time. Attendees can come and go in Open Space so having more time might make sense.

If you plan to attend, please feel free to RSVP so that we have a better idea of turnout. Our less structured meetings have widely ranged in attendance from a handful to 30+ so that would be helpful in ordering refreshments.

As always, our monthly meetings are free to attend and open to local software professionals, students and faculty. Feel free to pass this announcement along to your colleagues.

Sponsor

The March 2008 meeting sponsor is to be announced.

Our on campus sponsor is The Games Club, a tri-institutional (MSCD, UCD, and CCD) club that seeks to unite the campus and provide a closer-knit college community to Auraria Campus. The Funds raised by the games club through sponsorship of events like Agile Denver is used to help fund scholarships to club members and to encourage participation in the Homeward Bound project.

Location

The meeting will be held in the Tivoli Student Union (TV) building, in Room 640 on the sixth floor.

The Tivoli is located on the Auraria Campus, within walking distance of Downtown Denver via Larimer Street crossing Speer. You can reach the campus from the I-25 south Colfax or Speer exits.

Please review or print out the parking map for reference.

Parking on site costs $5 to attendees of our event and there should be parking available in the lots off of Auraria Parkway and Ninth Street. Be sure to mention that you are attending an on campus event otherwise they might assume you are there for a sports event.