Scrum Alliance - Barcelona 2012 Global Event

The Scrum Gathering Barcelona is SOLD OUT! Looking forward to seeing you at Scrum Gathering Las Vegas & Paris 2013!

For information on how to sponsor a Gathering, download the information packet or contact Yvonne at ydewar@scrumalliance.org or (905) 281-0555 ext 111.

Theme & Tracks

The vision for Barcelona’s gathering is about innovation. That’s why we want to explore and innovate in this edition of Scrum Gathering, turning the conference into a very collaborative event where both speakers and attendants can live and share the same experience while they attend the three days of the conference.

Since Barcelona is a creative, world-renown city, we have chosen Innovation as the motif for the tracks.

Unleashing Innovation

How has Agile/Scrum helped a team become more innovative? This track is for those who have advanced the use of Scrum to a point where teams are self-managing, high performing, and innovative. Share your stories about breakthroughs in product development that changed the way your company does things and delighted your clients.

Engineering Wars

Share with us the struggles of your company to improve your development process (be it software or something else). We particularly welcome the implementation of Scrum outside of software development.

Art of Coaching

Here's a space for those interested in showing innovative coaching techniques. Tell us about simple and effective exercises, techniques, games, and groups dynamics you've been using in your coaching sessions that have received positive feedback. Maybe you're a ScrumMaster willing to share something you use in your company, or maybe a coach interested in sharing your techniques -- whatever the case, tell us how you assist people in identifying specific goals and reaching them faster and easier.

Take Care of Business

We want to hear stories of how innovative management positively impacted your company. How flexible and positive was management in your adoption and how did they contribute?

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Dates:

1-3 Oct 2012

Venue:

Hotel Fira-Palace

Address:

Avda Rius I Taulet, 1-3

Barcelona

Price:

Your registration gives you full access to all keynotes, sessions and special events. Breakfast, Lunch and AM & PM breaks are included [Monday - Wednesday] plus any evening events. Regretfully, we cannot offer 1-day passes or allow sharing of passes

Please be sure to read all the information below before beginning your registration.

Registration Types, Pricing* & Discounts*

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CST/CSC	$950		Discount code is required to receive the CST/CSC rate. Discount codes will be sent shortly from scrumgathering@scrumalliance.org
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* All prices are in USD

** % Discounts are calculated based on the selected registration type fee.

*** Group discounts are calculated on the total cost of all registrations in the group. You will have the opportunity to add additional group members during this registration process. The total fees for all registrants in the group will be charged to the first person in the group's registration.

Don’t know where to start? Start here! Back by popular demand, Coaches Clinic is being offered by volunteer Certified Scrum Trainers and Certified Scrum Coaches. At the Coaches Clinic you will not be prodded or poked, but you will be listened to, get ideas for next possible steps, and discover new possibilities. There will also be panels/workshops on Scrum transitions and challenges exposed by implementing Scrum.

Schedule @ A Glance

	Monday, Oct 1st Day 1	Tuesday, Oct 2nd Day 2	Wednesday, Oct 3rd Day 3
8:00 - 9:00	BREAKFAST
9:00 - 10:30	Welcome Remarks Opening Keynote	Sessions		Sessions
10:30 – 11:00	AM BREAK -
11:00am – 12:30	Sessions	Sessions	Closing Remarks Closing Keynote
12:30 - 13:30	LUNCH -
13:30 - 15:00	Sessions	Sessions	Open Space
15:00 - 15:30	PM BREAK -
15:30 – 17:00	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space
Evening	Evening Reception

Session Timetable

Monday, October 1^st – AM Sessions

BREAKFAST – 8:00 – 9:00
Opening Keynote - 9:00 – 10:30

AM BREAK – 10:30 – 11:00	Foyers
SESSIONS - 11:00 – 12:30
Session & Speaker		Track	Room
The Shadow Game: Capturing Ideas and Expectations Paul Cuypers		Art of Coaching	Rossini 1
Creating Champion Scrum Teams: ScrumMasters & Organizational Development Professionals Unite to Outfit Teams with All New Tools for Success Karen Bruns & Marsha Egbert		Art of Coaching	Rossini 2
Creative Collaboration Paul Goddard		Art of Coaching	Vivaldi 1
Agile Architecture and Design Pradyumn Sharma		Engineering Wars	Vivaldi 2
Learn Startup – Some Experience Stefan Roock & Henning Wolf		Unleashing Innovation	Diamant
Journey of Agile Adapt Across eBay/Markplaats.nl – From Odd Experiment to Unleashing Innovation Tatiana Pastukhova, Bartosz Kiera, & Joseph Pelrine		Taking Care of Business	Coral/Cristal

Monday, October 1^st – PM Sessions

LUNCH – 12:30 – 13:30
SESSIONS - 13:30 - 15:00
Session & Speaker	Track	Room
The Power of Observation Jukka Lindstrom	Art of Coaching	Rossini 1
Scrum: The Board Game Dajo Breddels	Art of Coaching	Rossini 2
Testing, Specification Over Verification James Scrimshire, Craig Strong	Art of Coaching	Vivaldi 1
The Art of Agile Software Design with Scrum Ilker Cetinkaya	Engineering Wars	Vivaldi 2
Process Innovation – Key Success Factor in Government Projects Remi Hansen & Kristina Lassen Tangen	Unleashing Innovation	Diamant
Product Roadmaps to Bridge the Gap Between Vision and Backlogs Jason Tanner	Taking Care of Business	Coral/Cristal
PM BREAK – 15:00 – 15:30
Open Space – 15:30 – 17:00

Tuesday, October 2^nd – AM Sessions

BREAKFAST – 8:00 – 9:00
SESSIONS - 9:00 – 10:30
Session & Speaker	Track	Room
Implications of National Culture on Agile or… ”Scrum Doesn’t Work in China?” Bas Vodde	Art of Coaching	Rossini 1
Systemic Consensing: Smarter and Quicker Decision-Making for Teams Dr. Karl Kollischan	Art of Coaching	Rossini 2
What Happens with Leaders when Organizations Become Agile and Flat? Dr. Arpad Zsolt Bodo & Istvan Margetin	Art of Coaching	Vivaldi 1
A Story about a Dinosaur called Mainframe and a Small Fly Agile Zuzi Sochova & Eduard Kunce	Engineer Wars	Vivaldi 2
Radical Innovation: The Six Week Open Space Experiment Richard Kasperowski	Unleashing Innovation	Diamant
WIKISPEED: My Next Car Gets 1.5 L/100km Joe Justice	Taking Care of Business	Coral/Cristal
AM BREAK – 10:30 – 11:00
SESSIONS - 11:00 – 12:30
Developing Scrum Masters – A Body of Knowledge Angel Medinilla	Art of Coaching	Rossini 1
The Lazy Team Game – Big Problem-Solving for Agile Coaches Nicole Belilos	Art of Coaching	Rossini 2
Solution Focused Retrospectives with Scaling Constellations Dr. Ralph Miarka & Veronika Kotrba	Art of Coaching	Vivaldi 1
Managing Technical Debt Fadi Stephan	Engineering Wars	Vivaldi 2
Specifications-by-Example with Gherkin: From Stakeholder Examples to Living Documentation Christian Hassa	Unleashing Innovation	Diamant
Step Away From the Waterfall: You Really Can Use Agile on an ERP Project Jason Fair	Taking Care of Business	Coral/Cristal

Tuesday, October 2^nd – PM Sessions

LUNCH – 12:30 – 13:30
SESSIONS - 13:30 - 15:00
Session & Speaker	Track	Room
Scrum Maters Coaching Agile Teams Gary Bamberger & Ed Lance	Art of Coaching	Rossini 1
Leap with a New Team Through Play! Danijela Divac & Elaine Bulloch	Art of Coaching	Rossini 2
Magical Scrum Diagnosis: Using Paper, Scissors and Glue to Assess Scrum Knowledge Instantly Adam Weisbart	Art of Coaching	Vivaldi 1
Significance of Feedback Loops on the Journey to Agile Paul Madden	Engineering Wars	Vivaldi 2
An Agile Talk on Agility Mitch Lacey	Unleashing Innovation	Diamant
Enterprise Scrum Transitions – A Role-Play in 8 Scenes Simon Roberts, Stefan Roock	Taking Care of Business	Coral/Cristal
PM BREAK – 15:00 – 15:30
Open Space - 15:30 – 17:00

Wednesday, October 3^rd – AM Sessions

BREAKFAST – 8:00 – 9:00
SESSIONS - 9:00 – 10:30
Session & Speaker	Track	Room
Not Your Mother's Agile Transformation Katrina Bales & Keely Killpack	Art of Coaching	Rossini 1
Talent Leadership: Empower Your Team to Reach High Performance Levels and Sustainable Rhythms - Taken From the Scrum and High Level Sport Practices Patrice Petit, Philippe Houssin, Ralph Hippolyte	Art of Coaching	Rossini 1
Unleashing the Spirit of Scrum with Games Ariel Ber	Art of Coaching	Vivaldi 1
Just Agile? There is an Alternative: Establishing the Creative Space Michael Leber, Michael Laussegger	Engineering Wars	Vivaldi 2
The ScrumMaster Maturity Model: How to Assess Your Effectiveness at Enabling the Hyper-Productive Brian Rabon	Unleashing Innovation	Diamant
The Softeng Portal Builder Story: From Hell to Lean, from Zero to Cloud Carlos Colell, Christian Rodriguez	Taking Care of Business	Coral/Cristal
AM BREAK – 10:30 – 11:00	Foyers
Closing Keynote - 11:00 – 12:30

Keynote Speakers

Opening Keynote: "The Feature Trap"

Michael Feathers is a Member of the Technical Staff at Groupon. Prior to joining Groupon, Michael was the Chief Scientist of Obtiva, and a Senior Consultant with Object Mentor International. Over the years, Michael has spent a great deal of time helping teams alter design in code bases. Michael is also the author of the book Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Prentice Hall, 2004).

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Closing Keynote: "Agile Mechanical Product Development: How it Works at Johnson Controls Automotive Experience and How it Became Successful"

Heinz Erretkamps & Gregory Yon

Do you want to see how Scrum is working effectively outside the software industry? Our case study indicates how Scrum is applied in the development of mechanical products in the automotive industry.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Scrum framework working outside the software industry

2. Two key performance indicators to demonstrate the success to management.

3. Short iterations can lead to quick successes.

Heinz Erretkamps is an Engineering Manager, Scrum Master and Product Owner. He is leading the Knowledge Management/Scrum department and coaches Teams in implementing agile frameworks in product development.

Formerly, Heinz worked in Process optimization (Lean, Six Sigma), IT (IT Management, Programming), Production (Production Leader), and Craftsmanship areas. He holds a degree in Wood Technology and Industrial Engineering.

Gregory Yon is a Scrum Master and as Senior Product Engineer working in the Knowledge Management/Scrum department as Scrum Coach and Kepner Tregoe Facilitator. Before that he worked as a Six Sigma Black Belt in the Robust Engineering, Supply Chain Management, and IT (ERP support programming) department. He holds a degree in Finance and Information Systems.

Both are part of the Engineering Operating Systems department in Europe of Johnson Controls Automotive Experience, a global leader in automotive seating, overhead systems, door and instrument panels, and interior electronics.

Session Descriptions

The Shadow Game: Capturing Ideas and Expectations
Paul Cuypers Track: Art of Coaching	In the shadow game players are asked to describe the nature of an unknown object which shadow is projected on the wall in front of them. The challenge is clear; both a ball and a dinner plate can project the same round shape depending on how it is presented. This game resembles the requirements elicitation process and its vulnerabilities. An idea and related expectations are projected into requirements. The developer is then asked to reverse this process and reconstruct the idea in his head. Capability Thinking and the Capability Breakdown Structure are introduced to improve this process.
Creating Champion Scrum Teams: ScrumMasters and Organizational Development Professionals Unite to Outfit Teams with All New Tools for Success.
Karen Bruns, Marsha Egbert Track: Art of Coaching	There is a well-defined Scrum process in place at your organization. But the teams in your organization are experiencing less than desirable outcomes that adversely affect deliverables. This session will identify how to take Scrum to the next level by employing a particular combination of enhanced exercises (new to Scrum) and a modified approach to team analysis (also new to Scrum) using organizational development methodologies that have been designed to provide teams with enhanced tools to reach greater levels of success. Participants will receive a CD of the exercises and reference links.
Creative Collaboration
Paul Goddard Track: Art of Coaching	Through simple improvisation exercises and role play, this session will provide some useful techniques for coaches to stimulate teams into new ways of thinking by using improvisation techniques. This will be a workshop type session and will involve lots of audience participation. Attendees will leave with a smile on their face and will be astonished at how creative they can be.
Agile Architecture and Design
Pradyumn Sharma Track: Engineering Wars	Big Design Up Front (BDUF) is fraught with too many risks. Envision the architecture in Sprint Zero, identifying the desired architectural qualities of the system, but without committing to specific decisions. Select a story to implement and incorporate a few architectural qualities. Verify the appropriateness of your decisions with the working code. Through refactoring and implementation of successive stories, evolve the architecture incrementally across Sprints. Likewise, implement the design decisions just-in-time. Use automated and integrated tests for verification of design decisions.
Lean Startup - Some Experiences
Stefan Roock, Henning Wolf Track: Unleashing Innovation	Lean Startup is the cool new stuff nowadays. Everybody talks about it. Few people have actually tried it. We wanted to test it and created a startup with 7 team members for the whole March 2012 (the StartupMarch). We created two web applications (http://discumeter.com and http://discuss2decide.com) and faced up and downs of the Lean Startup approach. The session presents our experiences and gives Lean Startup newbies tips for customer contact, metrics etc.
Journey of Agile Adaptation Across eBay/Marktplaats.nl: From Odd Experiment to Unleashing Innovation
Tatiana Pastukhova, Bartosz Kiera, Joseph Pelrine Track: Taking Care of Business	This is a story of best practices in software development at Marktplaats.nl – the biggest in eBay Classifieds. A story of successful business development, where Agile spreads to each mind, encouraging flexibility and innovation and, as a consequence, continuous growth and a truly enjoyable workplace. You’ll learn how we reached a state where developers and business work as one team, how we are brave to make changes and count failures as a part of the success. Furthermore we will demonstrate how our own experiences relate to the well-known theories in the domains of modern thought sciences.
The Power of Observation
Jukka Lindström Track: Art of Coaching	“To observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.” Jiddu Krishnamurti Ability to observe and share observations is one of the most fundamental skills for coaches. Sharing observations increases awareness and empowerment in others to make their own decisions and take responsibility of the situation, where as sharing interpretations has potential for conflict or disempowerment. How are your powers of observation? The workshop is for both new and experienced coaches. Participants will learn self-awareness and observation techniques to help themselves and others.
Scrum: The Board Game
Dajo Breddels Track: Art of Coaching	Most people learn more from experiences, then from lectures or books. This is the reason why we developed Scrum the Board Game. This cooperative board game allows you to experience Scrum projects without spending months. We use this game to introduce people to Scrum and let them play with different choices you have to make as a real Scrum team. Choices like: length of sprint, composition of the team, prioritizing the backlogs and best practices. We find this game useful to learn Scrum to non-IT people. After attending this session you will be able to host your own games (download version).
Testing, Specification Over Verification
James Scrimshire, Craig Strong Track: Art of Coaching	In this session we aim to demonstrate that TDD/BDD can help your team understand what to build and when to stop building it. A fun, friendly relaxed and interactive session where the learning outcomes are gained through experience.
The Art Of Agile Software Design With Scrum
Ilker Cetinkaya Track: Engineering Wars	Learn and see how simple, intuitive practices enable you and your team to design modern, evolving and emergent software systems using agile techniques. In particular, you'll recognize how Scrum can play a significant role within the process of software design and architecture.
Process Innovation: Key Success Factor in Government Projects
Remi Hansen, Kristina Lassen Tangen Track: Unleashing Innovation	Four large government projects have been analyzed to see what factors determine the degree of success achieved. The projects ability to learn and adapt is absolutely key. Learn how process innovation can help your project succeed and what pitfalls to look out for. Mr. Hansen gives specific recommendations covering innovative approaches to backlog management & business value, test & approval, project management and agile contracting. These recommendations are equally applicable in business corporations.
Product Roadmaps to Bridge the Gap Between Vision and Backlogs
Jason Tanner Track: Taking Care of Business	Most Scrum teams understand the vision for their products and projects and build backlogs based on the vision. Various techniques for release planning exist to aid teams in constructing and organizing backlogs into iterations. What many teams lack is a collaborative technique to visualize the big picture between the vision, the product backlog and the release plan. Roadmapping is a critical planning process that bridges the gap between the multi-year corporate and product vision and the product backlog focused on the next release.
Implications of National Culture on Agile or... "Scrum Doesn't Work in China!"?
Bas Vodde Track: Art of Coaching	This talk explores how national cultural dimensions support (or not!) Agile development. It does this by looking at the Agile Manifesto from a Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions perspective and then using Hofstede's data to construct and "agility index" -- the congruency between Agile development and national cultural dimensions. Next to that, the results of a qualitative survey (done by the presenter) will be used. The presentation ends with some advise of working in multi-cultural teams
Systemic Consensing: Cmarter and Quicker Decision-Making for Teams
Karl Kollischan Track: Art of Coaching	How can we decide smarter, quicker and conflict solving? Come to lasting decisions without power games and loss of face? By overcoming the weaknesses of classical majority decisions Systemic Consensing is an approach which even in spite of conflicting interests allows sustainable and brightly accepted decisions. The method is easy to understand and simple to use. Since agile teams have much need to decide by consensus it is very useful for them. In this interactive session you will learn some of the theory and apply systemic consensing to real life problems which also you might bring in.
What Happens with Leaders When Organization Becomes Agile and Flat?
Arpad Zsolt Bodo, Istvan Margetin Track: Art of Coaching	In most organizations, one of the biggest challenges in going Agile is to figure out how a flat hierarchy could work; what happens with people in leading or management roles; how their experience and skills can be utilized in a flat hierarchy, with self-managing teams. There is a considerable risk that such people leave after most of their responsibilities are dissolved into the Scrum teams. We’ll present you with our case studies of how we encountered these issues, the structure we developed to address them and would like to discuss your org structure from an agile perspective.
A Story About a Dinosaur Called Mainframe and a Small Fly Agile
Zuzi Sochova, Kunce Eduard Track: Engineering Wars	The session is based on the experience of both speakers from a very typical mainframe environment, where the limited product knowledge goes hand in hand with less experienced mainframe developers and highly demanding applications.
Radical Innovation: The Six Week Open Space Experiment
Richard Kasperowski Track: Unleashing Innovation	Six weeks of Open Space—it’s a new world record! I facilitated a six-week-long Open Space with my software development team. This is a unique experience: we are the only people in the world to have held an Open Space for such a long time. We pushed the limits of Open Space Technology, discovering for ourselves some of the things it is great at, as well as some of its limitations. I'll share the highlights of what we learned: what worked, what didn't work, and the surprising results. You'll learn how to use Open Space in your workplace.
WIKISPEED: My Next Car Gets 1.5L/Km
Joe Justice Track: Taking Care of Business	WIKISPEED is a team of volunteers around the world devoted to design and build cars in a different way. Leaded by Joe Justice, WIKISPEED team has successfully built a car consuming 1,5L/100km. Currently, we are working on the new WIKISPEED C3 (Comfy Commuter Car). WIKISPEED success is built over the use of Agile methodologies to get added value in a weekly base. We will explain you how we designed and built a car in just 3 months, what tools we are using and how we use them, how this process turns out to be much more efficient and cost effective than the traditional process and much more.
Developing Scrum Masters: A Body of Knowledge
Angel Medinilla Track: Art of Coaching	The Scrum Master, as defined by Agile literature, is responsible of maintaining the Scrum process, which calls for a deep understanding of the Scrum mechanics. But, according to many, he is also responsible of team development, continuous improvement, Agile adoption, team facilitation, change management or even one-on-one coaching. This talk will present a “Body of Knowledge” structure that includes an evolution path for the Scrum Master and several foundations and resources on psychology, coaching, motivational science, communication skills, corporate culture or change management.
The Lazy Team Game: Big Problem-Solving for Agile Coaches
Nicole Belilos Track: Art of Coaching	The setting: An Agile team in a large company. The problem: The team does not perform! They never deliver quality software on time. Obviously, they are lazy! As a coach, you are hired to solve this problem. Management tells you to make this team work harder. So what will you do? Come and join the Lazy Team. Be the tester, the developer or the Scrum Master, and see the world through their eyes. And while you are playing this game, you will learn about Leary’s Rose, visualization and system thinking. You will probably learn something new about yourself, too.
Solution-Focussed Retrospectives with Scaling Constellations
Ralph Miarka, Veronika Kotrba Track: Art of Coaching	Do you want to know where your team stands with respect to their goals? Ask them to show you… We introduce you to solution focussed coaching using constellations and scales to make transparent where a team is and where it would like to be. This method has been applied successfully in team retrospectives. We share with you all the background and walk with you through the steps by letting you experience a unique retrospective. Join us and learn about a brief and effective way you could apply on the next day.
Managing Technical Debt
Fadi Stephan Track: Engineering Wars	Is your team constantly missing delivery dates? Is the velocity decreasing from sprint to sprint while the development costs are rising? These are all signs that you are mired in technical debt and probably on your way to bankruptcy or a complete system rewrite. Come learn how to measure the quality of your code base and determine the amount of your debt. Learn how to engage executives and get buy-in on a technical debt repayment plan that enables you to pay down your debt, refinance it to a low interest rate, increase the quality of your code and return to high productivity.
Specification-By-Example with Gherkin: From Stakeholder Examples to Living Documentation
Christian Hassa Track: Unleashing Innovation	Defining acceptance criteria is an important step of understanding and adjusting stakeholder expectations, that is required just before a user story can be implemented. Many teams struggle with structuring the discussion and documenting the agreed results in this final step of refining the requirements with the customer. This session shows how examples facilitate the discussion of acceptance criteria, and how to further formalize them for automatic validation. I’ll show how living documentation systems can be implemented with Gherkin based tools such as SpecFlow or Cucumber.
Step Away From the Waterfall: You Really Can Use Agile on an ERP Project!
Jason Fair Track: TCB - Taking Care of Business	Have you ever wondered how to deliver your project quicker and realize business value sooner from your ERP implementations? Have you ever wondered how to improve efficiency and productivity of your existing ERP teams, doing “more with less” in today’s economy? Consideration of Lean concepts and Agile techniques to accelerate the time to delivery and the realization of benefits is becoming more prevalent. Project Managers are challenging the ways of traditional ERP implementations and are seeking new approaches. This discussion provides an overview to Lean and Agile ERP Projects.
Scrum Masters Coaching Agile Teams
Gary Bamberger, Ed Lance Track: Art of Coaching	Scrum Masters will learn to distinguish between coaching & mentoring. Techniques to improve Team & Product Owner performance and collaboration will be shared and discussed. We will examine how a few metrics provide insight into whether coaching is improving delivery. A conflict resolution technique will be introduced. A process to facilitate discussion of Team issues will be provided as well. Exercises on listening skills and initiating conflict resolution discussion are included.
Leap With a New Team Through Play!
Danijela Divac, Elaine Bulloch Track: Art of Coaching	This session explores challenges that the Scrum Master is faced with during the adoption stage of Scrum. The session is divided into three areas to consider when coaching their Scrum team: 1) Safety. Setting up a safe and equitable work environment. 2) Self-organize. Coaching a team to work together towards innovative solutions. 3) Agreements. Encouraging dialog, listening, compromising, understanding and coming to agreements. Each part of the session includes an engaging activity that will help attendees get to know each other, learn from one another, and how to work together as a group.
Magical Scrum Diagnosis: Using Paper, Scissors, and Glue to Assess Scrum Knowledge Instantly
Adam Weisbart Track: Art of Coaching	It’s hard to assess someones Scrum knowledge just by asking questions. Perhaps you’ve tried when hiring a ScrumMaster, or as an agile coach helping a team. People may answer well, but are you sure they have a deep understanding of Scrum? After this workshop you’ll have a magic tool for assessing Scrum knowledge. “This is not only an effective tool for interactive learning, it’s also a starting point to deeper discussions about the elements of Scrum which challenge an organization. It’s 1 of the best tools in my coaching toolbox.” -Clinton Keith, Author of Agile Game Development with Scrum
Significance of Feedback Loops on the Journey to Agile
Paul Madden Track: Engineering Wars	During the move to Agile, identifying and establishing the correct feedback loops should be a primary focus of the change program. In this presentation, we will look at business, technical and team feedback loops which run at different frequencies and each add a piece to the overall jigsaw. Through real project experiences we will explore the potential consequences of not having these feedback loops in place from the outset. We will provide strategies to help deal with these challenges and outline methods to help accelerate getting these feedback loops in place
An Agile Talk on Agility
Mitch Lacey Track: Unleashing Innovation	One of the best ways to learn about agile software development is by doing it. This talk is facilitated using an agile project management approach to prioritize and answer questions from the audience by the speaker. Do you have questions about design? About XP? About Scrum? About estimation and planning? Contracts maybe? Come to this session to hear more
Enterprise Scrum Transitions - A Role-Play in 8 Scenes
Simon Roberts, Stefan Roock Track: TCB - Taking Care of Business	More and more companies choose to rely on Scrum for product development. This has far-reaching consequences for the company, which can go far beyond the development teams. This session tells the story of a transition and how it started to influence the organisation. We integrated our experience from several transitions, from small companies with a few employees to large companies with several thousand employees. Topics: 1. Using Scrum for the transition 2. Composition of the team 3. Building the backlog and roadmap 4. Definition of done for transition backlog items 5. Scaling the transition
Not Your Mother's Agile Transformation
Katrina Bales, Keely Killpack Track: Art of Coaching	Our session will focus on leveraging Organizational Change Management & Behavior tools and techniques to more effectively adopt lean & agile practices. Our session will be interactive and apply tools to current challenges faced by audience participants. All attendees will leave with new perspectives on Organizational Change Management & Behavior and the offer of ongoing coaching support for application back at the office.
Talent Leadership: Empower Your Team to Reach High Performance Levels and Sustainable Rhythms - Taken from Scrum and High Level Sport Practices
Patrice Petit, Philippe Houssin, Ralph Hippolyte Track: Art of Coaching	Linking the Scrum approach to high level sport practices. Putting the human factor as the key to success, Scrum highlights the transformation of small successes into permanent improvement. In a constantly evolving world, there is an exponential need for innovation and changes. Today’s context increases the pressure and the stress levels. Furthermore, the increasingly challenging targets create the need for permanent adaptation and round the clock changes. The impact of high level stress leads to burnouts.
Unleashing the Spirit of Scrum with Games
Ariel Ber Track: Art of Coaching	The session will be a combination of a brief presentation to conceptualize the Spirit of Scrum, interactive games to experience the risks involved in considering Scrum just a series of rules and practices and the need to be based on the Spirit of Scrum in order to implement the framework. Finally we will do a facilitated dynamic to bring it all together, give the assistants the opportunity to summarize what has been worked, evaluate their own learning and make a commitment to apply them in real-life.

Just Agile? There is an Alternative: Establishing the Creative Space
Michael Leber, Michael Laussegger Track: Engineering Wars	While many teams have adopted agile approaches to learn faster and boost performance, still few seem having managed to create radically better products than before. But you can do better. By applying the concepts of the „Creative Space“ you will see better chances for motivated teams and finally better products emerging. In this session you will learn about the pitfalls of „just doing Agile“, about the roots and building blocks of a Creative Space and how to let it grow in your own environment.
The ScrumMaster Maturity Model: How to Assess Your Effectiveness at Enabling Hyper-Productive Teams
Brian Rabon Track: Unleashing Innovation	The Braintrust ScrumMaster maturity model is based upon the following 5 levels: • Level 1 – Wolf in sheep’s clothing • Level 2 – Scrum scribe • Level 3 – Facilitator • Level 4 – Coach • Level 5 – Servant Leader
The Softeng Portal Builder Story: From Hell to Lean, From Zero to Cloud
Carlos Colell, Christian Rodriguez Track: Taking Care of Business	This is the story about a software company whose development of a very complex product was failing and how Scrum and Lean principles helped them to win the battle, transitioning from an untenable situation to a successful company with a great product and a highly committed team of engineers building innovative quality software for the new cloud era.

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Please note: Hotel Fira Palace is fully booked. Gathering attendees are encouraged to make reservations at the nearby B-Hotel:

B-Hotel

Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes,

389-391 - 08015 Barcelona, Spain

Tel: +34 93 552 9500

Website: http://www.b-hotel.com

B-Hotel is a nine-minute walk from the host hotel, Hotel Fira Palace. Ideally situated opposite Plaza Espanya and the Barcelona Sants train station, this hotel is just a 10-minute metro ride from Plaza Catalunya, the Ramblas, Paseo de Gracia, the beaches of Barcelona, and Camp Nou. It is also very easily accessible to and from Barcelona’s international airport.

Special guest room rates are being offered to all attendees of Scrum Gathering Barcelona 2012.
Double Standard Room: 170.00€ + VAT
Double Executive Room: 190.00€ + VAT
Double for Single Occupancy: 155.00€ + VAT
Double for Single Occupancy: 175.00€ + VAT

Note: Breakfast is included in the room rate for only those staying at the host hotel. Breakfast will not be provided for delegates staying outside the hotel. In order to the secure the special room rate listed above, please fill out the Application Form and fax or email directly to the hotel.

By Fax: +34934255047

By E-mail: groups@fira-palace.com

Why stay at the conference hotel?
This is where the action is! Networking opportunities are around every corner and in every elevator. Save time getting to and from breakouts and sessions, and enjoy the convenience of going back to your room between events to make phone calls and check emails. We appreciate you making your reservation at the conference hotel where we have negotiated contracts to give you the best value and service. Your reservation also helps ensure we meet our contractual obligations with the hotel.
Hotel Fira Palace Barcelona
Avda Rius I Taulet, 1-3. Barcelona 08004. Spain.
Tel: +34 934 262 223 - Fax: +34 934 248 679
www.fira-palace.com

Join Scrum community members from around the world as they gather together in Spain for Scrum Alliance Global Gathering: Barcelona. You'll find plenty of ways to participate as you share experiences, exchange information, and collaborate with fellow Scrum users. Get value and expert insight that provides you with a framework for evaluating and incorporating Scrum while you learn from experienced practitioners and leaders in the Scrum community.

Transportation
How to get to the hotel from the airport:

TAXI: Barcelona has 11,500 taxis easy to identify by their yellow and black colour. It takes 15/20 minutes, depending on traffic. Each car accommodates up to 3 passengers.
- Cost is approximately €15 one way.
PRIVATE CAR: Travel between Barcelona El Prat Airport and your Central Barcelona hotel in the comfort of a private car.
- Pricing for cars starts at €70
- Visit the Spainbooker website to book a private car
AEROBUS: The Aerobus service is an express bus service that links Barcelona airport to the city centre. This service normally runs between 6 and 15 minutes within its fixed hours of operation (see official website below for the exact timetable for the Aerobus). You can catch the Aerobus from outside both Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. The Aerobus will then take you to the city centre where you can alight at Plaza de España - the stop closest to the hotel, 5 minutes walk approximately.
- Tickets to both T1 and T2 cost €5.30 for a single and €9.15 for a return (return ticket valid for 9 days).
TRAIN: The station is located to the West of the terminal. Trains go to "Sants" Station. From there you can take either the Metro - 2 stops to Plaza de España and then 10/15 minutes walk-or by taxi.
- Cost is approximately €3 one way.

Experience Barcelona

We've chosen Fira Palace Barcelona in central Barcelona to host the Gathering. Situated between the famous Plaza de España and Gran Via Avenue, in the heart of Barcelona, in an area with a wide cultural offer and excellent communications service to anywhere in the city and the airport.
The weather in October and November is still pleasant but starts to get a little cooler (21°C down to 15°C, 69 to 59F). You won't find sunshine every day though, so be prepared for days when it could be overcast with a little rain.
Add some extra days to your trip and make time to visit some of the sites and attractions that make Barcelona one of the world's premier tourist destinations.

Sagrada Familia by Antonio Gaudi
A Giant Temple designed by the master architect Antonio Gaudi. This building has been under construction since 1882 and they've still got another 30 to 80 years (depending on funding and resources) to go before it will be finished.

L'Aquarium de Barcelona
L’Aquàrium de Barcelona is a marine leisure and educational centre on the moll d’Espanya del Port vell, by the sea. An ideal place to see the sea bed, and particularly the Mediterranean, and a fantastic option for enjoying your free time. In L’Aquàrium de Barcelona, as well as the tanks and the displays, you can enjoy the different services offered (cafeteria / self-service, L’Aquàrium shop, souvenir photo, the auditorium, etc.).

Poble Espanyol de Montjuic (otherwise known as the Spanish Village)This Barcelona attraction is a small Spanish village with different quarters that replicate the style of houses and architecture from different parts of Spain. Poble Espanyol is also home to a whole host of specialist craft shops and workshops where you can see some traditionally made Spanish goods. Poble Espanyol is also the venue for the Famous Flamenco show at tablao de Carmen.

La Pedrera - Casa Mila by Antonio Gaudi
Another one of Antonio Gaudi's, La Pedrera is one of the top 10 most visited attractions in Barcelona. This building used to be called Casa Mila but nowadays it's more commonly known as La Pedrera which means "quarry”. Gaudi was instrumental in completing this building and his characteristic wavy brick work and colourful tiles are also evident on this masterpiece.

Barcelona FC Museum
No surprises here. If you are a footie fan then this museum is a must see. It has wall to wall trophies, pictures and statues of the greats. Even if you are not a football fan, many people still enjoy walking around this museum. When you buy your ticket you have 2 options. You can buy a ticket for the museum and to see the stadium or you can buy a dual ticket where you get to see the museum and behind the scenes at the club e.g. changing rooms, VIP lounge, press conference areas etc.

Picasso Museum
The museum has arranged Picasso's paintings in chronological order from his early days to his final works. Arranging the paintings in this way gives you a fascinating insight into the development of Picasso thinking over time and shows how he developed the distinctive designs that he is famous for today. Very popular art gallery.

Collserola Tower
Like a needle pointing towards the sky, the Collserola tower has been an iconic part of the Barcelona skyline since the year of the Olympics, 1992. It has become a major landmark which combines modernity with the most spectacular views of Barcelona and its surrounding area, from its observation deck, which is the highest in the city.

The Magic Fountain of Montjuic
Barcelona’s biggest ornamental fountain, which was built in 1929 for the International Exhibition, offers a spectacular display of music, water acrobatics and lights which generate over 50 kinds of shades and hues. The Montjuïc Magic Fountain has become one of Barcelona’s most popular attractions and is where the “Piromusical” is held, a true balletic spectacle of water and light.

Avda Rius I Taulet, 1-3
Barcelona
Spain
http://www.fira-palace.com/

Event Comments

Michael Downing said on 19 Sep 12 16:22:

Are there any details yet for the evening event on the Monday? Thanks
Pablo García Pérez said on 08 Oct 12 04:40:

Any idea on when presentations will be available? Thanks! :)
Dagfinn Rosnes said on 09 Oct 12 01:46:

Also looking for the presentations. Need to prepare an internal presentation, so it would be great to have them.
Samuli Kiviniemi said on 09 Oct 12 03:27:

Also looking for the presentations..
Marco von der Pütten said on 09 Oct 12 06:08:

Looking for the presentations, too... Requested via FB no answer...
Frank Klosek said on 09 Oct 12 07:15:

Who wonders, I'm looking for the presentations and the pictures...
Lyubov Surint said on 09 Oct 12 09:10:

Also waiting for the presentations. Any update?
Lisa Hoover said on 09 Oct 12 19:11:

Many of the sessions have just been posted. We'll be adding more over the next few days as we receive them from the presenters.
Lyubov Surint said on 11 Oct 12 10:56:

Thank you very much!

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