In This Issue

• Unleash Your Inner Super Villain - V1 March Madness SDK Contest
• Agile Conversations - Guy Beaver & Alan Chedalawada for Agile Journal
• Context-Driven Agile Leadership: Managing Complexity and Uncertainty - Todd Little - APLN Leadership Summit
• New Partner Spotlight: Modus Cooperandi - More Info on Modus Here
• The Agile Elevator Speech - Mike Cottmeyer for Agile Chronicles
• Recent 'Local' Events: Agile Egypt

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Unleash Your Inner Super Villain - VersionOne Gadget Contest

VersionOne recently released its new .NET SDK which includes some really cool gadgets as sample applications. There is even a gadget contest to celebrate with a sizeable Amazon gift card, fame and limited edition VersionOne Super Villain tees up for grabs. Check out the existing gadgets included with the SDK like:

1. Task Manager - manage all your assets from your task tray!
2. Estimator Tool
3. Screenshot tool
4. A bunch more
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The March Madness Gadget Contest is only on until April 14th - So get on it! (we thought all the Americans needed 1 day to complete their taxes)

Learn more HERE
(http://www.versionone.com/sdkcontest/)

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Agile Conversations - Guy Beaver & Alan Chedalawada for the Agile Journal

This article is a collection of conversations that demonstrates some of the tangible and intangible benefits of successful Agile implementation. The idea grew from a corporate engagement to pilot Agile methods in a heavy process-focused organization.

Read the article HERE
(http://www.agilejournal.com/articles/articles/agile-conversations.html)

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Context-Driven Agile Leadership: Managing Complexity and Uncertainty: Todd Little from the APLN Leadership Summit

Of course, "anything more than 'barely sufficient' process is waste," but what does that mean for your team, or my next project? In this 60 minute presentation from the APLN Leadership Summit at Agile2006, Todd Little shared a model to help choose the right "flavour" of Agile for different kinds of projects, and discussed the importance of 'steering' throughout the project's duration.

View the presentation HERE
(http://www.infoq.com/presentations/choosing-agile-methodology)

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New Partner Spotlight: Modus Cooperandi - David Anderson and Crew Get Busy

Long time friend of VersionOne and notable Agile thought leader David Anderson has left the cozy confines of running someone else's gig and branched out with Jim Benson and Corey Ladas to form Modus Cooperandi. Modus' mission is to help its clients deploy modern collaborative techniques such as Agile practices and lean thinking coupled with insights into collaboration through Social Media.

Learn more about Modus HERE
(http://www.moduscooperandi.com/)

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The Agile Elevator Pitch - Mike Cottmeyer for Agile Chronicles Blog

Have you ever gotten tongue tied trying to distill the benefits and fundamentals of Agile to someone when you were pressed for time - most importantly someone like your boss or other stakeholder in your company? Mike Cottmeyer does a great job of doing it for you in one of his latest blog posts. Not since the .com boom has an elevator pitch sounded so smooth. VersionOne users now have something to do with some of those index cards...(sorry, couldn't resist)

Read more HERE
(http://www.agilechronicles.com/blog/2008/03/the-agile-eleva.html)

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Recent 'Local' Events: Agile Egypt

VersionOne partner David Hussman of DevJam recently had a consulting gig in Cairo, Egypt... What is a guy to do but hook up with a local friend and put on the very first "Agile Egypt" conference? Well, I know a lot of people that would have just got in and got out but David is not one of them. The one day conference ended up having a couple hundred inspired Agilists and was a huge success. Nice work David and Ahmed!

A view of the Nile from the meeting room - how cool is that?

Learn more about Agile Egypt HERE
(http://www.agileegypt.com/)