Calling all Agile/Scrum practitioners in the Birmingham and surrounding areas and everyone wishing to learn more about this powerful tool.

Agile Birmingham is a user group devoted to raising awareness and acceptance of agile practices. We believe in being good stewards of our company’s capital investments and are committed to delivering maximum business value for every project dollar spent.

Thanks to Daxko for providing the speakers and venue and to Matrix for sponsoring the food!

Agenda:

Thursday, December 1st

• 5:45 - 6:15 pm - Meet, greet
• 6:15 - 6:25 pm - Meeting Opening
• 6:25 - 7:25 pm – Story Mapping
• 7:25 - 7:30 pm - Meeting conclusion

Presentation:

Story Mapping

Story mapping helps you create and organize a product backlog by focusing on the activities that users undertake to achieve their goals. Story maps help product owners make strategic decisions about what constitutes a minimum viable product, help teams better understand the context and value of features, and give everyone a central artifact they can use to ground discussions about the product and its domain.

In this workshop, participants will learn about the benefits of story mapping by collaborating with other participants to build a story map for a fictitious product. 

Presenters: Will Sansbury and Jason Benton

Will Sansbury is the product design manager at Daxko where he coaches interaction designers who lead research and design activities for several Agile teams. He has served as an editor of industry publications including Usability Professionals' Association’s User Experience and independent publication Johnny Holland. As a strong supporter of the Atlanta user experience community, he has served as a leader of IxDA, Atlanta Content Strategy, and the local chapter of the Society for Technical Communication.

Jason Benton is the QA Manager at Daxko, where he coaches QA Engineers who guide the software testing activities for several Agile teams. He also serves as an Agile Coach, working closely with the product delivery teams to continuously improve their ability to deliver customer value using Agile principles and processes. He's been an Agile practitioner for 7 years and is active in the Birmingham Agile community.

Directions to Daxko

600 University Park Pl #500  Homewood, AL 35209

From Atlanta (East):

Follow I-20 West
Merge onto I-459 South via exit 136 toward Montgomery/Tuscaloosa
Merge onto Highway 280 West via exit 19
Stay on Highway 280 West for approximately 2.9 miles
Take Homewood/Mountain Brook exit
Turn left onto Lakeshore Drive
Stay on Lakeshore Drive for approximately 2.3 miles
Turn left into University Park
Enter at lobby, 5th floor, Suite 500

From Montgomery (South):

Follow I-65 North to Birmingham
Take Exit 255 (Lakeshore Drive)
Turn right onto Lakeshore Drive and travel approximately 1.3 miles
Turn right into University Park
Enter at lobby, 5th floor, Suite 500

From Nashville (North):

Follow I-65 South to Birmingham
Take Exit 255 (Lakeshore Drive)
Turn left onto Lakeshore Drive and travel approximately 1.3 miles
Turn right into University Park
Enter at lobby, 5th floor, Suite 500