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Welcome to Agile New England

Agile New England is the leading community of Agile enthusiasts, practitioners and learners in New England. Based in Boston, we are committed to fostering a greater knowledge of the Agile values and practices. Serving the Agile community since 2002, our goals are to broaden the understanding and professionalism of our members, and to increase the effectiveness and competitiveness of software development organizations in New England.

Our meetings are usually held on the first Thursday of every month 6:00pm - 9:00pm at the Constant Contact in Waltham, MA. The main presentation is generally from 7:05pm - 8:20pm, with Agile 101 courses, food, and networking before, and announcements and more networking after. Registration is required for most events, so please register here.

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Four Difficult Pieces: The Inner Work of a Scrum Coach: Michael De La Maza

June 6 2013, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Constant Contact , Waltham, MA: REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

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Michael De La Maza

Topic:

This talk is a reflection on what I have learned as an Agile Coach. In this talk, I will describe how I:

Learned to communicate through conflict. We will walk through King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" as an illustration of the nonviolent belief system.
Reduced the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust cycle time on my biophysiological state by three orders of magnitude. We will examine how to use heart rate as a measure of emotional stress.
Freed myself from financial panic. We will walk through different models of agile coaching.
Reconciled academic findings in social psychology with the US Constitution. We will watch a video which shows how drug dealers operate and how this is similar to the way that mature agile teams function.

At the end of the talk we will collaborate on creating the first virtual Agile Reading Group and the first Scrum Practice Group.

About the speakers:

Michael de la Maza, PhD is an agile coach and trainer. He has coached or trained at Carbonite, edX, EMC, Intuit, Paypal, Philips, Symantec, and Verizon Wireless. He is co-author of "Professional Scrum with TFS" and holds a PhD? in Computer Science from MIT. He can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

PMI, IIBA, and Agile New England

Second Annual Networking Event – May 22

May 22, 6:00-8:00 pm at Manulife Financial John Hancock, 601 Congress Street

Sponsored by John Hancock Financial Services

The evening will offer the opportunity to network with top Project Management,Business Analysis, and Agile professionals. In addition to networking, you will also have the chance to learn about the PM, BA, and Agile related careerpaths at John Hancock.

PMI,IIBA, and Agile NE will have representatives on hand to answer questions aboutthe Chapters and provide information about how to become involved in each oftheir organizations.

Please remember to bring business cards with you! If you are in career transition,blank business cards will be provided at the meeting.

Information and registration the PMI Mass Bay website

Upcoming Meeting Changes

Here are some upcoming meeting changes:

07/11/13: Our July meeting will be on 07/11 instead of 07/04 so as not to conflict with Independence Day.

Member Discussion Forums

We have a new feature! It took a lot of work to implement, and required significant changes to the layout of the website (we think for the better), but we've added member discussion forums to Agile New England! It's open for all Agile New England members, but you must be logged in to even see the menu option for it. This is in part because it is meant as a benefit to our members (defined in our rules as anyone who has a login on our website), and in part for security and spam prevention. The addition of the discussion forums is a big step in our efforts to help build the Agile community, even outside our regular meetings.

Once logged in, you will see a new menu option under Members Only, called Member Forums. These forums can be used for talking about a particular meeting, beginner topics, advanced topic, jobs needed or opportunities announced, offering the group feedback, and even for coordinating rideshares, as was asked at several meetings. For more information, be sure to visit the Rules and Help tabs once you get into the Member Forums. Feel free to give us feedback on how we can improve the discussion forums.

Membership Policy

Membership in Agile New England is open to everyone. There is no cost to join. Members have the right to vote in chapter elections, and to receive member benefits such as discounts on books and conferences. Becoming a member also makes it easier to register for an event, since most of the form will be filled out for you if you are logged in

You do not need to be a member to attend meetings and events, and registering for a meeting does not make you a member. Registering as a user on the website makes you a member, so please register as a member here. You will need to confirm your membership annually (we will send you a reminder).