Experienced software development project manager based in Toronto.
In case you’ve read my notes from the Agile Tour Toronto and are wondering where Part 2 is, the answer is that it’s still in draft – I’ve been really busy with my photography but I’ll post Part 2 this week. Promise!
I wrote a brief post saying I was looking forward to the one-day event, and I definitely wasn’t disappointed. I was so engrossed I failed to take any photos but I did take some notes during the day, although I hoped that the presenters’ material would be available sooner. (Speaking of sooner, I know it’s taken me forever to post this recap – I’ve been kept really busy by both my photography and job hunting.) Anyway, on with the show… (more…)
The Agile Tour 2009 hits Toronto tomorrow! [Official site and Facebook page]
I’m excited to be attending, learning more about Agile (there’s always more to learn!), catching up with friends and meeting new people with a shared interest in Agile. I’ve looked at the programme and there are lots of good sessions, but I also want to spend some time networking; it’s going to be a full day!
I’ll be taking my Eee netbook and my camera, so hopefully I’ll be able to record a lot of the information – I’ll be tweeting (must remember to find the hashtag) but my photos won’t appear (on my Flickr stream) for a few days, and then I hope to write a few blog posts on the most interesting topics too.
Who else will be there?
I’m glad Agile 2009 is over … because reading all the tweets and posts about it just made me jealous 
I wish I could have attended the conference because (for me) reading other people’s take on the presentations can be interesting but I’d rather be there in person and be able to discuss it face to face.
Fortunately there’s a one day Agile conference coming to Toronto in October – it’s part of the Agile Tour. [Toronto site.] I signed up for it last week and I’m really looking forward to it. If you’re in/near TO and interested in Agile, register before September 20th and it’s only $30 for the day.
It seems that this blog is largely becoming a place where I just re-post Dilbert cartoons, but that’s not my aim … however, Scott Adams is just so spot on sometimes!
I’ve been in the situation (as I’m sure most PMs have) where the team says there’s just not enough time to get everything done, so I try to explain to the Product Owner that we need to cut (i.e. postpone) some functionality or we can’t deliver, only to be told “I need it all or there’s no point in delivering it”. (more…)