The APLN Seattle Leadership Summit is shaping up to be quite the learning event. Here are some of the highlights:
- Collaboration Games by Luke Hohmann and Allan Shalloway
- Kanban by David Anderson and Corey Ladas
- Scrum by Brent Barton and Lance Young
- Getting Started with Agile by Mitch Lacey and Julie Chickering
- Writing Agile Contracts by Bruce Eckfeldt and Jim Benson
- Agile Program Management by Mike Griffiths and Mike Cottmeyer
- Real Option Theory by Chris Matts and Olav Maassen
- Agile User Experience by Arlen Bankston and Jeff Patten
The program also includes two leadership keynotes by:
- Lisa Haneberg, author of seven books including 10 Steps to Be a Successful Manager and Two Weeks to a Breakthrough.
- John Yuzdepski, a partner at Management Concepts LLC specializing in product transitions and commercialization of new technology and a veteran of the mobile communications industry.
While I am involved in facilitating a session on Agile Program Management with Mike Cottmeyer, my real motivation for attending is to hear the other speakers present.
I am a big fan of Luke’s work on Collaboration Games and posted on it previously here. As too with David’s work on Kanban here and Jim’s work on Agile Contracts here. I know Mitch Lacey does a great job of explaining agile and I was introduced to Real Options as a reviewer of Preston Smith’s Flexible Product Development book and want to learn more.
(I’m sure Mike Cottmeyer can handle the session by himself, I think I’ll be sneaking out to attend some the other sessions!)
So, if you can get to Seattle July 17-18 I recommend the event as the best value agile project leadership training you will find this year. $300 for two days of leading edge knowledge and experience is excellent value (plus you could claim 16 self-directed-learning PDUs too, if you need PDUs).
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