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Original Post: Object Technology User Group Minneapolis: Scrum Theory and Practice
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Feed Description: SCRUM is an Agile Software Development Process. Jeff Sutherland was the first person to apply the concepts of Scrum to software development at Easel in 1993. Working with Ken Schwaber, he formulated Scrum into a formal process that was presented at OOPSLA'96. Jeff and Ken extended and enhanced it at many software companies and IT organizations. In 1995, Mike Beedle started Scrumming and worked with Linda Rising and others to publish the PLOP Scrum pattern in 1998.
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 Topic: "Agile Software Development with SCRUM with Application to Healthcare Mobile Platform Development" A distinguished lecture by Jeff Sutherland, inventor of the SCRUM software development process. Location: O'Shaughnessy Education Center (OEC) Auditorium, University of St Thomas, St Paul Campus Schedule: 5:30pm - 7:00: Hors d�oeuvres 7:00 - 10:00: Lecture 10:00 - 11:00 Questions and Answers
I had quite an evening in Minneapolis giving a three hour talk to OTUG followed by a discussion period that went to 11pm. My goal was to give some depth to the background and techniques for leading a Scrum development team to people who were already technology leaders. There are so many Scrums going on today around the world that it is easy for people to go through the motions without really understanding the movements. There is Tai Chi by the novice and Tai Chi by the master. They are the same Tai Chi but they are so different in effect that they appear to be two totally different things. I tried to outline the Zen of Scrum for those who are ready to practice.
The slides from the lecture are like the score of the music for the symphony. You can't really hear the music without being there. Yet people are asking for the slides which consist of two presentations. The second presentation was also given at Medtronics to a large group of their developers during the afternoon before the OTUG evening event. The two slide sets are an attempt to articulate a basic principle of Lao Tsu. "How can the project leader do nothing, yet achieve everything?"
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