2011 Speaking Calendar

2011 Speaking Calendar

Jan 17-18, Japan CIO Conference, Tokyo

Feb 14-16, Belgium Testing Days, Brussels

  • Tutorial: Becoming a Great Test Manager
  • Keynote: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Managing Testing

Feb 17-18, Agile Program Management, Stockholm

Mar 21-22 and Mar 24-25, SDC, Wellington, NZ and Sydney, Australia

  • Keynote: Creating and Adaptable Life
  • Keynote: Who’s On Your Team?

Mar 28-29, Working Effectively With Distributed Agile Teams, Sydney, Australia

April 5-7, QAI, QUEST 2011, Boston

  • Tutorial: Coaching as a Two-Way Relationship
  • Talk: It’s the People; It’s Always the People

April 13, Software Quality User Group of New England, Agile Testing and Test Management: Where Do They Fit?

April 15, GLSEC Conference, Grand Rapids, MI

  • Keynote: Thriving in a Competitive Marketplace

April 20, ASP.net Boston User Group. Overcoming Some Pitfalls of Transitioning to Agile

April 21, Boston Product Management Association, Panelist for Is Agile Development for You?

April 27-28, Emerging Tech Conference, Philadelphia. Say Yes—or Say No? What to Do When Faced with the Impossible

May 5, Agile New England, Waltham, MA. Agile Program Management: Is Large Agile an Oxymoron?

May 15-20, Problem Solving Leadership, Albuquerque, NM. Full. See the August class.

June 6-10, Better Software/Agile Development Practices, Las Vegas. Includes:

  • Agile Architecture workshop with Rebecca Wirfs-Brock
  • Agile Program Management for Agile and Non-Agile Programs (1/2 day tutorial)
  • Faltering Projects: Getting Them Back on Track (talk)

June 19-23 Workshops in Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Making Geographically Distributed Agile Work
  • Agile Program Management
  • Agile for Executives: A Half-Day Briefing

Aug 8-12, Agile 2011, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Budgeting Black Hole: Predicting the Unpredictable

August 28-Sept 2, Problem Solving Leadership, Albuquerque, NM. Email me for the registration form.

Sept. 12-13, Agile Program Management, Berlin, Germany

Sept. 15-16 , Agile Program Management, Amsterdam

Sept 19, Managing for Collaboration, Yahoo! Program Management Council Meeting, Santa Clara, CA

Oct 24-Oct 28, Much Ado About Agile 2011, Agile Vancouver

  • Keynote: Where is Agile Going
  • Tutorial: Influence and Authority: Using Your Personal Power to Get Things Done

Oct 30-Nov 4, AYE Conference, Cary, NC

  • Project Bloat Doesn’t Float
  • Replacing Management Myths with Effective Practices
  • Influence and Authority: Using Your Personal Power to Get Things Done
  • Adapting to Change in Your Life
  • One day workshop: Making Geographically Distributed Projects Work

Nov 7-11 Oredev, Malmo, Sweden

  • Tutorial: Influence and Authority: Using Your Personal Power to Get Things Done
  • Managing for Collaboration
  • Agile Portfolio Planning: Managing Your Project Portfolio

Nov 14-17, Agile Testing Days, Berlin

  • Making Geographically Distributed Projects Work (tutorial)
  • Agile Testing and Test Management (Keynote)