April's Workshop: Lean, facilitated by John and Andrew

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This month's workshop is going to be on Lean. You can learn more
about the workshop further down and sign-up at the link provided
below:

http://agileaustinworkshopslean.eventbrite.com/

Saturday, April 18, 2009 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (CT)

About the Workshop

Lean Software Development takes the principles and practices of lean
manufacturing (adapted from the Toyota Production System) and applies
them to software development. Its core principals revolve around:
elimination of waste, amplified learning, make decisions as late as
possible, deliver as fast as possible, empowered teams, integrity and
a holistic view.

Participants will:

* be introduced to Lean Software Development.
* compare how Lean and Agile Principles align.
* contrast Lean practices that may be at odds with Agile.
* create a Value Stream Map in class
* learn about standard work and A3 reports

NOTE: Please make sure you are able to attend this session. Seating
is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. We want to give
everyone the opportunity to attend, so please only sign-up if you are
committed to attending. (These sessions are valuable to both newbies
and experienced alike).


About the Facilitators

John D. Heintz is a husband, father, developer, Agilist, entrepreneur.
After studying electrons in college, John's intuition led him to
pursue software, and he's been a digital craftsmen since. Always
seeking solutions with higher leverage and deeper simplicity has led
John to important methods and tools. John's approach to building
systems and teams started with leading his first Scrum team in 1999,
included XP and TDD, and now Agile and Lean methods are part of his
daily work and consulting.

John applies hard earned technical knowledge to system development to
understand both the long term architectural vision, and the small
steps that can begin toward that goal. Some of John's early expertise
- OO, design patterns, and enterprise systems - have evolved into
functional programming, distributed actors, and RESTful Web
Architecture.

Andrew Cahoon has more than 25 years experience in development and
management of high tech solutions (supercomputers, microprocessors,
hardware, firmware, software) with a strong emphasis on Continuous
Improvement. His forrmal education includes a BS Computer Engineering
(Illinois), an Executive MBA (Oregon), and Lean training (Toyota,
Porsche, McKinsey). Most recently, he has started to pursue PMP
certification from PMI, while he continues to learn about Agile and
Lean methods. In his spare time, he enjoys family activities and doing
volunteer work with robotics organizations in the Austin area.


AgileAustin Workshops

The AgileAustin Workshops are facilitator lead discussions on Agile
related topics. Facilitators volunteer their own time to create the
materials and are encouraged to provide hands-on experience through
exercises done inside the class. More than just a slide-show lecture,
individuals (both new and practiced) who attend share their own ideas
and experiences helping add to the learning environment.

If you are passionate about Agile and would like to help facilitate a
topic of your own please contanct ncance...@gmail.com for more
details.

When you arrive for the workshop, refreshments will be present. Agile
Austin wishes to thank Rally Software <http://www.rallydev.com/>for
their continued support of our community as well as ACC for providing
the room.