The Gathering Agenda
The first Big Orange Square Gathering will be held in Boulder, Colorado at the iconic, beautiful Boulderado Hotel (where a pivotal Scrum for Software Gathering was held many years ago).
The agenda is almost complete, although we are still adding information, but here’s what you can look forward to:
Thursday, August 25th
8:00 Breakfast, networking, sign-up, lots of coffee
9:00 Opening of the Gathering
9:15 Keynote: Joe Justice – Scrum: Disrupting the Automotive Industry
10:30 Coffee
10:45 Talk, Mike Few (ARCA): Combat Scrum – Case study applying Scrum framework in combat operations in Iraq during “The Surge.”
12:00 Lunch, Networking
1:00 Talk: Jeanne Bradford (TCGen): Learnings from the Trenches
2:00 Workshop: Jeanne Bradford
3:00 Refreshments & Networking
3:15 Break-out groups:
1. Teaching Scrum for hardware: develop games, exercises, …
2. Big Orange Square Principles: eXtreme Engineering, Lean, Objects, Patterns
3. Our Manifesto: Wording the Big Orange Square Manifesto & Principles
4:30 Review of the break-out groups, feedback
5:00 Closing, choices for dinner.
5:15 Excursion to McGuckin Hardware – the largest hardware store in the US!
Friday, August 26th
8:00 Breakfast, networking, coffee
9:00 Keynote: Kevin Thompson – Agile Hardware Development with Scrum
10:30 Coffee
10:45 Talk, Mac Felsing: Applying modeling to real world objects
12:00 Lunch, Networking
1:00 Workshop: Mac Felsing: modeling
3:00 Refreshments & Networking
3:15 Talk, Mark Buckner: Scrum for Life: A Tale of 2 Journeys
Our Manifesto: Wording the Big Orange Square Manifesto & Principles
Gathering retrospective
5:00 Closing, choices for dinner, plans for Saturday (build party)
