Overview
The Fall 2007 Scrum Gathering was held 12-16 November 2007 in London.
A CSM course was scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, 12-13 November.
General Sessions were Wednesday, 14 November and Thursday, 15 November. Click here for complete listing of Session descriptions.
The General Sessions were divided into five areas of interest or tracks that run concurrently. The five Programme tracks were:
An Open Space event was held 16 November.
Cost
CSM Course: £1,500+VAT .
Scrum Gathering attendance (Wed-Fri): £750+VAT
ScrumMaster Course and Scrum Gathering attendance: £1,950+VAT
For future Scrum Gatherings, please contact the Scrum Alliance (scrumgathering@scrumalliance.org) for information about academic discounts.
Monday and Tuesday, 12-13 November 2007
The first two days (12-13 November) featured a Certified ScrumMaster course taught by Ken Schwaber and Mike Cohn.
A cocktail reception for Certified ScrumMaster students was hosted Monday, 12 November, by Danube Technologies, developer of the ScrumWorks Pro product.
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
| 08.00 - 09.00 | Breakfast | ||||
| 09.00 - 10.30 | Keynote Presentation: "Scrum in a Dispersed Environment: How to Manage the Development Game with Players Around the World" by Bruce Radloff, CTO, Tele Atlas, Belgium | ||||
| 10.30 - 10.45 | Morning Break | ||||
| Tracks | |||||
| 10.45 -12.15 |
"The Manager's Role in Scrum" presented by Henrik Kniberg, CSP, Crisp AB, Sweden |
"Why Scrum Intimidates" presented by Alexandre Magno, CSP, Consultant, Brazil |
"Sharing More Than Deodorant for Scrum Smells" presented by Rowan Bunning, CSP, Wizard Information Services, Australia |
"Prioritizing Your Product Backlog" |
"Overhauling a Failing Project Using Scrum" presented by Matthew D. Edwards, CSP, Ajilus, USA |
| 12.15 - 13.15 | Lunch | ||||
| 13.30 - 15.00 |
"Why Scrum Projects Fail" presented by Joseph Pelrine, CST, MetaProg & Jiri Lundak, CSP, Löwenfels Partner, Switzerland |
"The Ethics of Scrum & Agile Software Development" presented by: Ken H. Judy, CSM, CSPO, CSP, Oxygen Media, USA |
"Testing and Scrum" presented by Dr. Ralph van Roosmalen, CSM, Planon, The Netherlands |
"Being an Effective Product Owner" |
"Scrum in Video Game Development" presented by Kevin Shrapnell, CSM & Harvey Wheaton, CSM, EA Games, United Kingdom |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Afternoon Break | ||||
| 15.30 - 17.00 |
"Using Scrum to Deliver a Phase of a Waterfall Project: Experiences & Warnings" presented by Toby Barber, CSM & Matt Roadnight, CSM, Conchango, UK |
"Succeeding with Agile: A Guide to Transitioning" presented by Mike Cohn, CST, Mountain Goat Software, USA |
"Piloting of Test-Driven Development in Combination with Scrum" presented by Christian Schmidkonz, CSM & Jürgen Staader, SAP AG, Germany |
"Product Owner Clinic" presented by Roman Pichler, CST, Pichler Consulting, & Geoff Watts, CST, Inspect & Adapt, United Kingdom |
"Integrating Scrum with the Process Framework @ Yahoo!" presented by Karl Scotland, CSM & Alexandre Boutin, CSM, Yahoo!, UK & France |
| 19.00 | Banquet (One ticket included in conference fee. Cost for additional Banquet ticket: £50+VAT) Dress is business casual. | ||||
Thursday, 15 November 2007
| 08.00 - 09.00 | Breakfast | ||||
| 09.00 - 10.30 | Keynote Presentation: "Deploying Scrum Company-wide: The Journey of F-Secure's Agile Transformation" by Pirkka Palomäki, EVP, Research & Development, F-Secure, Finland | ||||
| 10.30 - 10.45 | Morning Break | ||||
| Tracks | |||||
| 10.45 -12.15 |
"Scaling Scrum" presented by Rachel Davies, CSM, Agile Experience Ltd., & Colin Bird, CSM, Conchango, United Kingdom |
"Pragmatic Solutions to Agile Real-Life Problems" presented by Sabine Canditt, CSP, Siemens AG, Germany |
"Agile Estimating" presented by Kenny Rubin, CST, Innolution, USA |
"Product Owner at SAP - a New Job Title Developed" presented by Christian Schmidkonz, CSM & Henrik Stotz, CSM, SAP, Germany |
"Practical Experience in Scrum" presented by Martin Kearns, CSP, CSC, Renewtek Pty Ltd., Australia |
| 12.15 - 13.15 | Lunch | ||||
| 13.30 - 15.00 |
"The Enterprise & Scrum" presented by Ken Schwaber, CST, Advanced Development Methods, USA |
"This Will Never Work in Our Organisation!" presented by François Bachmann, CSP, Itecor, Switzerland |
"Agile Planning" presented by Kenny Rubin, CST, Innolution, USA |
"CEO & Team: Collective Product Ownership at Oxygen Media" presented by Ken H. Judy, CSM, CSPO, CSP, Oxygen Media, USA |
"The Coaching Trap" presented by Andreas Schliep, CSP, SPRiNT iT, Germany |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Afternoon Break | ||||
| 15.30 - 17.00 | Keynote Presentation: "Scrum at British Telecom" by the following panel: Geoff Watts, CST, Inspect & Adapt, Paul Goddard, CST, Nigel Baker, CST & Roger Leaton, CSM, British Telecom | ||||
| 19.00 - 21.00 | "Scrum Update" session for CSMs and guests presented by Ken Schwaber, CST, Advanced Development Methods, USA | ||||
Friday, 16 November 2007
| 08.00 - 09.00 | Breakfast | |||
| 09.00 - 17.30 |
Open Space all day event facilitated by Rachel Davies, CSM, Agile Experience Ltd., United Kingdom |
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| 12.15 - 13.15 | Lunch | |||
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