Sep12 0

The ALE Idea Farm growing from ALE2012

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Since it’s foundation and as part of the vision building session of ALE the term Idea Farm has always been around. The Idea Farm goes quite well with the current representation of ALE:

  • no formal body required
  • no dedicated organization
  • no flow of money making anybody rich(er)

… but instead a large space of diversity of Agile and Lean thinkers and practitioners across Europe and even beyond European borders, self-organized, not controlled. And this space seems like a rich breeding ground for new initiatives and ideas – the ALE Idea Farm.

Already during and right after ALE, ideas and initiatives came up:

As there will be even more things coming, we will update and spread the information. In case you are just about to prepare or run a new idea within ALE, drop a note via email or on twitter tagged with #alenetwork.

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Sep03 0

ALE 2012 Keynote Videos

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Opening Keynote on Day 1

Keynote on Day 2

Siraj Sirajuddin: Temenos

Closing Keynote on Day 3

Henrik Kniberg: Everybody wants to change – but nobody likes to be changed

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Sep02 0

Content and Impressions from ALE2012

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Our kids at #ALE2012

Here we are continuously collecting and publishing links to slides, session results, blog posts, pictures from #ALE2012 as well as  recent books by authors, who participated. If you have something to share please let us know by dropping a short mail to program.ale2012 (-at-) alenetwork.eu

Thanks for sharing and making ALE a lively learning ecosphere!
And looking forward to meeting you and many others at #ALE2013 and all the other ALE events.

 Slides from ALE2012 sessions
(link on name to session description, link on title to material)

to be filled continuously …

  Posters and results from ALE2012 sessions / discussions

to be filled continuously …

 Blog posts about and around ALE2012

to be filled continuously …

  Pictures and videos from ALE2012

to be filled continuously …

 Book authors at ALE2012
(rather recent or upcoming publications) 

to be filled continuously …

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Aug12 0

ALE2012 Goodies

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We have some goodies to announce around the ALE2012 Unconference.

  1. If you happen to be in Barcelona already on Tuesday the 28th, don’t miss the chance for a day long session with Jim and Michele McCarthy on “The Core and Culture Hacking”. It will take place at the ALE2012 venue and only cost you a share in the room (approx EUR 20,- incl. VAT per person).
  2. If you want to participate in Leancamp Berlin on 27th of August, drop us a mail to participants.ale2012(at)alenetwork.eu We are partnering with Leanca.mp and in can offer you reduced ticket prices.
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Aug01 0

ALE2012 Program

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ALE2012 is getting ready and the countdown is on. So don’t forget to grab your unconference ticket and maybe some free tickets for your family too

Eventbrite - ALE2012 Unconference

Check out the program – lots of talks, open and interactive formats, room for sharing, discussing and learning. End of August experts on Agile & Lean, community members from various countries will meet again to make this unconference happen.

Click for program

After having received a great set of session proposals during the past weeks, reviews and selections are finished. We have published the final program schedule for ALE2012 (pdf for download). Besides selected talks from well-known and very experienced Agilists, we will host lightning talks, inviting all participants to talk about their passion and ideas.

Even more, a large part of the program is created by the participants via Open Space. So please bring your ideas, games or whatever format you want to suggest for running your own session. For finding a place to break out discussions we will be opening the cosy ALE lounge. And besides we will run a dedicated kids & spouse program – feel free to bring your family with you, because the family program we can make available at not additional cost.

Parallel to regular talks and Open Space everyone is invited to get their hands dirty – throughout the 3 unconference days we will run a real agile software development space – shipping software every hour on the hour. Last but not least with Henrik Kniberg, Jim McCarthy and Siraj Sirjauddin we will enjoy three inspiring keynotes

If you are a student and want to help us on-site, but still attend at no cost, please let us know.

And … be curious about what else will emerge at the ALE2012 unconference.

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Jul11 0

The ALE2012 Venue

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ALE2012 will take place in Barcelona, Spain at the Casa Convalescència.

Casa Convalescència is one of the buildings located within the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau grounds and constitutes one of the later works of Catalonian Modernism. It’s located near the center of Barcelona, closed to Sagrada Familia at only 5 minutes walking through the avenue gaudi. You can found full information about the place at here or read about Casa of Convalescencia’s history in this document.

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Jun17 0

Session Topics under Current Review

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We are reviewing the current proposal topics. The list of session titles below just serves as a current snapshot for your information. Speakers and their proposals have been selected and will be published very soon ;) So please stay tuned. Or you simply check the final program, get your ticket now and meet the ALE network live and in action in Barcelona end of August.

Of course, in addition there will be great keynotes, lightning talks, some crazy ideas, dinner with a stranger and a parallel kids & spouse program.

  • Acceptance Test-Driven Development changes how you organize your project
  • A Culture of Great Meetings - Support collaborative culture with facilitation skills
  • Agile Contracting the Good Parts - Developing an International Shared Base of Knowledge for Better Ways of Doing Agile Contracts
  • Agile Delivery to the Cloud
  • Agile Implementations – good and bad
  • Agile in the Classroom
  • Agile practices translated in Lean language - An essay about Agile artifacts from a Lean perspective
  • A Personal History of Agile
  • Be Brave - You have to be brave in order to change the world!
  • Boost the Willpower using Scrum - How, using the willpower increasing techniques incorporated into Scrum, get more energy and improve productivity.
  • Bottleneck Game - Learn about the father of kanban: Theory of Constraints
  • Building agile teams – Workshop
  • Building a Team from Values to Principles and Beyond
  • Build your own airplanes and start to fly! - Practical workshop
  • Cargo cult Agile coaching - Identifying, avoiding and getting rid of magic recipes
  • Company Culture as the Key Agile Milestone
  • Crossing the Divide::Moving from Scrum to Kanban - A Rally Software Development Engineering Experience Report
  • Culture and Agile Adoption - How to tailor your transition to your organzation’s culture
  • Deeper Understanding of User Stories Through Activity Theory
  • Democracy at Work – How Agile is revolutionzing the work place!
  • Design Thinking Workshop
  • Establishing the Creative Space - A prerequisite for innovation or a privilege of artists?
  • Evidence and facts are not enough - Countermeasures for most if not all the arguments against implementing Agile or Lean
  • Exploring UX techniques and practices - When should they be applied? Get some practice!
  • First Agile Postgraduate – Lessons Learned - How to organize a postgraduate with superbusy trainers
  • Full-scale implementation of Lean culture and Kanban techniques in ING Direct Spain
  • Hey dude, it’s not common sense! - Why lean thinking is not that natural: experiments, epistemology and hardcoded behaviour.
  • How agile practice can spread self-determined collaboration within an organization, or mess things up – the dissolving versus the bullying product owner.
  • How Scrum Solves Project Management Problems of Scope, Time and Budget
  • How to Grow a Solid Agile Team
  • How to Narrow Down What to Test
  • Leading Individuals
  • Lean Coffee or an Introduction to Personal Kanban
  • Lessons Learned in the transformation towards lean & Agile in a big Organization
  • Looking for the right swan - Shifting consultancy from Mediocristan to Extremistan
  • Making Games - Let People Learn While Having Fun
  • Musical tale of a self-organized team
  • Open Space Software Development - shipping software every hour on the hour
  • Our stories matters
  • Penny Flip Game - Experience Lean Production Concepts
  • Perfect Problem Breakthrough - Upgrade your Human Potential!
  • Predictability and Metrics for Kanban Organizations - or … How do we know when we’ll get stuff done?
  • Project Stereotypes
  • Retrospectives – The most boring meetings ever
  • Rolling out Agile after Agile Is Rolled Out - ”We Scrum good. Now What?”
  • Scrum in China – The Hard Way, Fast pace growing, Regulated environment
  • Simulating Teams - How simulations of team can help you learn & optimize your process
  • Smarter Software with Activity-Centered Design
  • Teach&Learn
  • The Groundhog Day of a Team Leader
  • The Pirate Metrics – AARRR - Startups Customer Development
  • The Political Economy Of Agile Transformations - Triumph By Understanding The Principles Of Power
  • The Product Owner: the accidental profession
  • Top Ten Attitudes to Abolish When Adopting Agile
  • Validate Your Influence - A systematic approach for leaders, coaches and change artists
  • What I learned from Who is agile
  • What Managers Want to Hear About Agile
  • What’s my culture? - Indicators of Corporate Culture and How to Change – A Stampede Follow Up
  • Where Bad Code Comes From
  • Why dogmatism destroys the agile mindset
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