Join with Scrum community members from around the world as they gather together in the sunshine of Orlando Florida to share in a mix of experience, information, values and expert insight that provides a framework for evaluating and incorporating the Scrum process. Learn from experienced practitioners, Scrum founders and leaders in the agile community, including, but not limited to, the following

Distinguished Speakers & Certified Scrum Trainers (detailed bios are found on the speakers tab):

Ken Schwaber, co-founder of Scrum	Jeff Sutherland, co-founder of Scrum
Gregory Balestrero, President & CEO of PMI	Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat Software
Alistair Cockburn, Humans & Technology, Inc.	Ron Jeffries, one of 3 founders of Extreme Programming
Jim "Cope" Coplien, Gertrud & Cope	Chet Hendrickson, early adopter of Extreme Programming

Details In Brief

Who:  Everyone! This collaborative, interactive event is open to all who are interested in finding a better way to get things done.

What:  A gathering of the Scrum community

Why:   To share and learn in an interactive environment

When:  March 16, 17, and 18, 2009. Opens at 7:00 am EST on March 16. Closes at 3:45 pm EST on March 18.

Where:  Orlando, Florida USA
 
How:  Simply click the Register Now button.  Space is limited so sign up today.  The last two Scrum Gatherings have sold out weeks in advance. 

Participating in a Scrum Gathering is an important step in expanding Scrum knowledge for Scrum users of all skill levels, as well as a great introductory opportunity for those who are investigating the possibility of using the Scrum process. A day of Open Space will afford participants the opportunity to set agendas, discuss timely topics and interact with industry experts and peers in casual group settings.

Additional info about the program content and keynote speakers, venue, hotel, transportation and area attractions is featured under the tabs listed above. 

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Please join us in thanking our sponsors. To become a sponsor, contact Public Relations.

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Contact Name: Orlando Scrum Gathering Event Committee

Orlando Scrum Gathering 2009 Program

Monday, 16 March 2009

* Indicates Introductory Scrum Session

Tuesday, 17 March 2009

* Indicates Introductory Scrum Session

Wednesday, 18 March 2009

Gathering ends at 3:45 pm, 18 March 2009

Orlando Scrum Gathering 2009 Keynote Speakers

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Ken Schwaber, Control Chaos

Ken Schwaber is a Scrum evangelist. Ken developed Scrum with Jeff Sutherland in the early 1990's, co-authored the Agile Manifesto in 2001, and founded the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance. Ken has been software developer for over 30 years, from bottle washer to cook. He has written three books about Scrum: Agile Software Development with Scrum, Agile Project Management with Scrum, and The Enterprise and Scrum. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts with his family. His website is www.controlchaos.com.

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Jeff Sutherland, Scrum Training Institute & Scrum, Inc.

Jeff Sutherland started the first Scrum at Easel Corporation in 1993. He worked with Ken Schwaber to emerge Scrum as a formal process at OOPSLA ’95. Together, they extended and enhanced Scrum at many software companies and IT organizations and helped write the Agile Manifesto. Jeff is Chairman of the Scrum Training Institute and CEO of Scrum, Inc. powered by OpenView Venture Partners. He is Agile coach to the OpenView venture group, which runs all its internal operations with Scrum, as well as their $300M portolio of software companies. As Senior Advisor to OpenView he focuses on using Scrum to transform companies as well as empower software developers. In his last position as CTO of PatientKeeper, his Scrum implementation was the key to quadrupled revenue in 2007. OpenView is using Scrum to create similar high performance portfolio companies. Jeff will share the secret sauce that helps development teams radically improve productivity and quality while providing a more rewarding and fun working environment for developers.

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Gregory Balestrero

Gregory Balestrero is President and CEO of PMI. He spends more than 200 days a year traveling around the world as the chief ambassador for advancing the profession of project management on behalf of PMI. Mr. Balestrero delivers powerful messages about the importance of project management in achieving success in today’s global business environment. Mr. Balestrero has represented PMI at special events in more than 30 countries throughout the world. He is quoted frequently in national and international media and has appeared as a guest on news and business television, including CNBC, BBC World and Sky News.

Mr. Balestrero joined PMI in 2002 with nearly 30 years’ experience in executive-level association management. An industrial engineer by training, Mr. Balestrero has extensive experience overseeing administrative, financial and internal affairs for many professional associations. 

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Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat Software

Mike Cohn is the founder of Mountain Goat Software, a process and project management consultancy and training firm. He is the author of Agile Estimating and Planning, User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, and the upcoming Succeeding With Agile. With more than twenty years of experience, Mike has previously been a technology executive in companies of various sizes, from startup to Fortune 40. A frequent magazine contributor and conference speaker, Mike is a founding member of the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance. 

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Jim Coplien, Gertrud & Cope

Jim Coplien ("Cope") is an old C++ guy whose early books set the tone for modern object-oriented design. His latest book "Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development," written together with Neil Harrison, is a milestone in the Agile software literature. The research behind the book was the origin of daily stand-up meetings in Scrum and of the structural components of Extreme Programming. Over the past three years Cope has been working with Trygve Reenskaug, the creator of Model-View-Controller (MVC). Trygve and Cope have evolved MVC into the DCI (Data-Collaboration-Interaction) architecture, which brings object-orientation out of the relatively static data world into the agile world of role behaviors. Today Cope is focusing on lean software architecture and agile system development as a partner in Gertrud&Cope. He lives in Mørdrup, Denmark with his partner Gertrud, and son Janos.

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Alistair Cockburn, Humans & Technology, Inc.

Alistair Cockburn is an internationally renowned IT strategist and project witchdoctor. An expert on agile development, use cases, project management, and object-oriented design, inventor of the Initial Response Technique massage form, author of the Crystal family of agile methodologies and three Jolt-awarded books, most recently an accredited CST, he helped write both the Agile Manifesto and the project management "Declaration of Interdependence." Dr. Cockburn is best known for describing software development as a cooperative game and finally defining what a use case is. He has consulted to companies of all sizes and around the world. He is known for his lively presentations and interactive workshops. His blog, poems, articles, and talks are available online at http://alistair.cockburn.us. 

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Ron Jeffries, XProgramming.com

Ron Jeffries is author of Extreme Programming Adventures in C#, the senior author of Extreme Programming Installed, and was the on-site XP coach for the original Extreme Programming project. Ron has been involved with Extreme Programming for over five years, presenting numerous talks and publishing papers on the topic. He is the proprietor of www.XProgramming.com, a well-known source of XP information. Ron was one of the creators, and a featured instructor in Object Mentor's popular XP Immersion course. He is a well-known independent consultant in XP and Agile methods.

Ron has advanced degrees in mathematics and computer science, and has been a systems developer for more years than most of you have been alive. His teams have built operating systems, compilers, relational database systems, and a large range of applications. Ron's software products have produced revenue of over half a billion dollars, and he wonders why he didn't get any of it.

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Chet Hendrickson

Chet Hendrickson was at Extreme Programming's ground zero, the Chrysler Comprehensive Compensation (C3) system. As a developer on the pre-XP C3, Chet saw how poor communication, inadequate testing, and an overly complex design can doom a development effort. He helped make the decision to throw away fourteen months of work and begin again under the guidance of Kent Beck, Martin Fowler, and Ron Jeffries. Chet, along with Jim Haungs and Rich Garzaniti, in a talk at OOPSLA'97, was the first to report on the Chrysler Methodology. (The term Extreme Programming had not yet been coined.)

Chet is an independent consultant, helping software teams improve the software development process by the application of XP's core values of simplicity, communication, feedback, and courage. He is an author of Extreme Programming Installed. The book, the second in the Extreme Programming series, consists of a connected collection of essays, presented in the order the practices would actually be implemented during a project.

Please join us in thanking the sponsors of the Orlando Scrum Gathering:

Conference Sponsor
	VersionOne is recognized by Agile practitioners as the leader in Agile project management tools.  Today more than 10,000 teams and 70,000 users in 50 countries use VersionOne’s Agile project management tools to streamline and standardize their Agile development efforts.  Since 2002, companies such as Adobe, Siemens, Sabre, Disney, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Sony, 3M and Business Objects have turned to VersionOne. Whether you’re a small team getting started with Agile development or a multi-team, global enterprise, with VersionOne you’ll get the best tools in the industry backed by pioneers in Agile project planning and management. Start small. Scale smart. See for yourself at versionone.com.
Gathering Presentation Sponsor
	Hansoft is an integrated project management solution for collaborative scheduling, Agile, bug tracking, workload coordination, and document management used by developers, product owners and project managers in more than 20 countries. The tool is fast and easy and builds on principles of team empowerment, increased communication, transparency, and collaboration. New Hansoft 5.3 also includes a Pipeline Editor to manage complex creation workflows, a Workflow Editor for testing, quality iteration and management sign-offs, as well as a new easy to use flow-based Report Generator.
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	ASPE is a training firm that provides real-world training and consulting on all aspects of the software development life cycle including courses in Agile Methods, Project Management, Requirements & Business Analysis, and Software Testing. Courses are delivered through on-site delivery or via public courses taught in over 75 cities.
	The IT and Telecom SIG targets highly knowledgeable and experienced project management and technology professionals in the Information Technology and Telecommunications industries. Our members are leaders of technically advanced projects that involve both Information Technology and Telecommunications. They help one another through scholarship, mentoring, and online information exchange programs. The SIG directly supports members' work efforts (and the earning of PDUs) through networking, information and tools provided in newsletters, on the web site, and frequent webinars.
	It all started about 13 years ago when a few project managers got together at a PMI Global Congress to discuss IS project management issues. The PMI Information Systems Specific Interest Group was chartered in 1995 and serves a global community of over 12,000 members. The members of PMI-Information Systems Specific Interest Group come from a broad range of industries, but all share a common interest in the professional development of the of project managers for information systems and technology projects. Our mission is “to become the professional IS project management organization of choice by providing the greatest value to current and prospective world-wide members through the delivery of quality and unique services and products in a cost effective manner.”
	AccuRev optimizes and automates the software development process allowing organizations using Agile or other development process models to accelerate their throughput and release higher quality software. AccuRev manages the software release process together with code assets for organizations challenged with Agile and parallel development, transitioning to Agile development practices, or managing geographically distributed teams.

To become a sponsor, contact Public Relations.

Securing Lodging

Reduced Rate is still available as long as rooms are available.  Act fast before the hotel rooms are all gone!

If you would like to secure lodging at the Gaylord Palms Resort, please call the hotel reservations call center at 407-586-2000.  Mention Scrum Gathering to receive the discounted rate.  Scrum Gathering attendees will receive a reduced rate of $231.00 plus tax plus resort fee per night for lodging.  This rate is good for the Scrum Gathering event dates and three days before and after the Scrum Gathering event; rate is applicable from March 13-21, 2009.

The Gaylord Palms charges for parking.  $15.00 self-serve parking or $20 valet parking per day.

Ground Transportation

Mears Transportation is offering a special rate for conference attendees. Download the coupon and detailed information here.

For ground transportation needs, please visit https://secure.mearstransportation.com/default.asp?referrer=348036061.

Flight Arrangements

For your information in booking flights, the Gathering opens at 7:00 am EST on 16 March 2009. The Gathering closes at 3:45 pm EST on 18 March 2009. Orlando International airport code is MCO.

Area Attractions

For Orlando area attractions, please visit https://www.cpsorlando.com/ticket_web_store/home.asp?program_id=90321

Gaylord Palms Resort Hotel & Conference Center 6000 W Osceola Parkway
Orlando, FL 34746
United States