DFW Scrum

Welcome to DFW Scrum!

Scrum is a software development method/framework that focuses on delivering the highest business value to the customer as early as possible through short iterative development cycles that allow rapid and repeated inspection of the project. Scrum can of course be used on just about any project (if it involves people and it has to get done, you can use Scrum).

Our goal is to help you do better today than you were doing yesterday. The best way to do that is through the collective wisdom and experience of the crowd (sprinkled with some industry experts).

Scrum is very simple to understand, but very hard to implement as it takes your problems and throws them in your face each and every day. We consider ourselves an organic group that is designed to tackle the challenges and issues you face regardless of your role in Scrum.

We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month reserving the quarters for industry thought leaders / mentors who can provide direction and insight to questions we might have raised in past meetings. We have hosted some of the industry leading experts such as Ken Schwaber, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, Jez Humble, Lisa Crispin, Jim Highsmith, Dave Thomas, Ron Jeffries & Chet Hendrickson, Alistair Cockburn and Mike Cohn since our inception January 13, 2009.

Here are some links to help you get connected:

Web Sites

Blog: http://dfwscrum.wordpress.com

Scrum Alliance: http://scrumalliance.org/user_groups

info@dfwscrum.com

lance.dacy@dfwscrum.com

gary.maccants@dfwscrum.com

Twitter

@dfwscrum

@lancedacy

@charlesgary

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February 14 at 6:30 PM, 102 Scrummers attended
Scaling Agile with Multiple Teams: Using Lean to Drive Business Value
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Alan Shalloway will be in Dallas to teach his Agile-PMI Certification course at Fellowship Technologies part of Active Network from 2/14-2/16. If you would like to join... Learn more
January 17 at 6:30 PM, 150 Scrummers attended
An Evening with Ken Schwaber
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Join us as we kick of 2012 right with Ken Schwaber (via Skype) who will be providing us with some back to the basics principals on Scrum as well as hitting on the points... Learn more
November 29, 2011 at 6:30 PM, 60 Scrummers attended
BYOT (Bring Your Own Topic)
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We will have a special guest, Alistair Cockburn (an Agile Manifesto author) joining us for this session via Skype. Our last meeting for 2011 is a BYOT night with great... Learn more
October 18, 2011 at 6:30 PM, 86 Scrummers attended
TDD Live!
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Developing software is a complex process. TDD can really help in making it simpler, DRY is another principle to explore. Using them properly, of course, takes lot of... Learn more
September 27, 2011 at 6:30 PM, 65 Scrummers attended
Users Are From Mars, Developers Are From Klingon
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Join us as Derek Lane from Thomson-Reuters walks us through some exercises that help drive home Agile concepts. It is not only fun to participate, but perhaps garner... Learn more
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prakash tuladhar joined
Monday at 6:12 PM

"Hi, I am fairly new to this althought I just took my CSM test and passed. My company is moving towards Agile/Scrum. My group just started 2 Scrum team and I am a Scrum Master for one of teams. Hope to learn as much as I can. thank you, Prakash"
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Charles Cresson joined
February 17 at 3:58 PM

"I am a software consultant at Crossvale, Inc. I have almost 40 years experience in many aspects of technology including domestic and international telecommunications, field service hardware support, and software development."
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Julie Chickering replied to Vendor Presentations
February 16 at 6:50 AM

"Given that I am an Agile Coach for Rally I would appreciate if the meeting provided multiple vendors the ability to demo their products...."
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Brian Adkins attended Scaling Agile with Multiple Teams: Using Lean to Drive Business Value
February 15 at 10:46 PM

"Could have listened for another hour. Great anecdotes, visuals, and wisdom based on hard-earned experience."

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Jay Packlick attended Scaling Agile with Multiple Teams: Using Lean to Drive Business Value
February 15 at 10:17 PM

"Most of what Alan had to share was some amazing 'ri' level stuff; EXACTLY the kind of thing advanced practitioners need to hear...."

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Phil Purvis attended Scaling Agile with Multiple Teams: Using Lean to Drive Business Value
February 15 at 8:19 PM

"Good discussion... Excellent presenter..."

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Tim Nolan attended Scaling Agile with Multiple Teams: Using Lean to Drive Business Value
February 15 at 12:23 PM

"I enjoyed Alan candor and his view on the human aspect of Scrum. As a new Scrummer, I need to know that it's not all lollipops and daffodils."

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Shannon Williams wrote a group review
February 15 at 11:56 AM

"awesome"