In This Issue

• Fall 2008 Release: Focus on Flexibility - V1: Propaganda Dept.
• Avoiding the Five Ways to Fail When You Scale Agile
  - Jeff Sutherland Webcast Replay - No Registration Required
• In Pursuit of the Moving Target: Business Value - Whitepaper
• Planning with a Large Distributed Team - Agile 2008 Presentation
• Agile Dev Practices Conference - Save $200 - Orlando, Nov. 10-14
• Other Upcoming Events You Should Know About:
  San Francisco, CA - Bay APLN Special Event: Nov 3
  Vancouver, BC - Much Ado About Agile 3: Nov. 4-6 Seattle, WA - "Leading Agile Transformation From the Top Down": Nov 5 Boston, MA - Deep Agile: Not As Easy As You Thought: Nov. 8-9 (save $50) Orlando, FL - Agile Development Practices: Nov. 10-14 San Francisco, CA - QCon - SF: Nov 17-21

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Fall 2008 Release: Focus on Flexibility - V1: Propaganda Dept.

VersionOne is pleased to announce the Fall 2008 release of V1: Agile Enterprise. Focused on extending support for mid-sized and large organizations, the release offers additional ease-of-use advantages that help customers get started more quickly, make changes more easily, and plan projects more efficiently.

Learn more here.
(http://www.versionone.com/Product/Whats_New.asp)

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Webcast Replay - No Registration Required
Avoiding the Five Ways to Fail When You Scale Agile
Speakers:
- Jeff Sutherland, Ph.D., Co-Creator of the Scrum development process
- Ian Culling, CTO VersionOne

This Webcast offers insight about extending a successful agile pilot project across a development organization and scaling large agile deployments. Specifically, learn how to avoid these five sure-fire ways to fail at scaling that include:

• Skimp on training and education
• Practice agile in silos
• Ignore other areas of the business
• Encourage organizational complexity
• Fail to scale the infrastructure

Join Dr. Jeff Sutherland as he shares his experience and ideas behind successful Agile Development. Having been the VP or CTO of nine software product companies and introducing Scrum methodology to five of those, his opinion and ideas are considered the best in the industry. Listen to this webcast to benefit from Dr. Sutherland's knowledge of Agile Development.

View the On-Demand Webcast here.
(link too long....)

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In Pursuit of the Moving Target: Business Value - whitepaper
written by Pollyanna Pixton and Niel Nickoaisen

Business value? A lot of conversation focuses on how leaders can make better business decisions: What to do? When to do it? Who decides?

Retrieve the PDF from here.
(http://accelinnova.com/bvalue6oct08.pdf)

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Planning with a Large Distributed Team (InfoQ Video)
Wes Williams and Mike Stout Present at Agile 2008

In this presentation filmed during Agile 2008, Wes Williams and Mike Stout share their recent experience with a large distributed team, the planning hurdles they encountered and how they passed them, and their recommendation: avoid large distributed teams.

Watch the presentation here.
(http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Large-Distributed-Teams-Williams-Stout)

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Agile Development Practices Conference - V1 Saves you $200
Orlando, Florida - November 10-14, 2008

Save $200 by registering using code: "VOAV".

Over 95 learning sessions including: tutorials, keynotes, conference classes, and more. In depth tutorials with half-day and full-day options and presentations from highly experienced agile professionals and thought leaders.

More info than you can handle:

Conference Web site: http://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices
Download Brochure: http://www.sqe.com/go?ADPBR
Digital Brochure: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/sqe/agile08/
Keynotes: http://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices/Keynotes
Tutorials: http://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices/Tutorials
Concurrent Sessions: http://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices/Concurrent
Conference-at-a Glance: http://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices/Schedule
Hotel Reservations: http://www.sqe.com/go?ADP08Hotel
Register Now:
https://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices/Register/SelectConference.aspx

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Other Upcoming Events You Should Know About

Bay Area APLN Special Event - David Anderson Talk
When? November 3 (evening)
Where? San Francisco, CA
How Much? Free, RSVP required
More Information:
http://bayapln.org/index.php

Much Ado About Agile - Agile Vancouver
When? November 4-6
Where? Vancouver, BC
How Much? $420 (almost sold out)
More Information:
http://www.AgileVancouver.ca

Leading Agile Transformation from the Top Down
When? November 5 (evening)
Where? Seattle, WA
How Much? Free (registration required)
More Information:
http://www.solutionsiq.com/event/register-november2008.php

Agile Bazaar presents Deep Agile
When? November 8-9
Where? Cambridge, MA (MIT)
How Much? $650 (limited space)
Save $50 by using VersionOne's discount code: DA2008PCA67
More Information:
http://www.agilebazaar.org/DeepAgile2008/DeepAgile2008Agenda.htm

Agile Development Practices
When? November 10-14
Where? Orlando, FL
Event Info: http://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices/
Event Registration: https://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices/Register/SelectConference.aspx