Conference presentations
This page lists conference and other presentations I have done in recent years with slides and commentary. Many of these presentations involve audience participation and are better described as workshops. Pattern material that has been presented at PLoP conferences (EuroPLoP and VikingPLoP) can be found on the pattern pages.
Skills Matter, London
The BA Role in Agile software development (July 2010) - updated version available on SlideShareSoftware East, Cambridge
The Falling off a log theory and other observations on the software industry (May 2010)
IIBA Nottingham
More important than ever, The Role of Business Analysts in Agile (May 2010)
Jax Conference London
The Future of Agile (short version, February 2010)
IIBA Business Analysis Conference 2009
September 2009: More important than ever, The Business Analysts’ role in Agile software development
Brighton Agile Forum
May 2009: The Future of Agile
ACCU Conference 2009
- Keynote: 9 Principles for Successful Software Management
- The Future of Agile
- Pattern Buffet: Same Customer, Different Product (and other patterns)
BCS Bristol Spring School
March 2009, University of West England- The Future of Agile (this version is longer and bigger than the ACCU version)
BCS Kingston & Croydon
March 2009, Kingston University: Lean, Constraints, Action!
With Kevin Rutherford
XP Day 2008
XP Day Conference 2008 - Designing the Agile Company (London, December 2008)
BCS SPA London
British Computer Society, Software Practice Advancement group
- Reflections of an Agile Advocate (London, November 2008)
Oredev conference
- Hitch Hikers Guide to Management (Malmo, Sweden, November 2008)
BCS PROMS-G
British Computer Society, Project Management Special interest Group- Why and How to become Agile (London, September 2008)
BCS Cambridge
Joint event between British Computer Society Cambridge branch, International Institute of Business Analysts (IIBA) and Cambridge AssessmentCambridge, April 2008
ACCU 2008, Oxford, England
Managers: What are they Good for?
This was an interactive presentation looking at the, often misunderstood, role of managers:
- Managers: What are they good for? - presentation
- Managers: What are they good for? - one page handout for participants
- Managers: What are they good for? - post conference notes on the session
The Developer, The Customer and Their Requirements
This session was a collaboration with Liz Sedley. It involved a presentation and some group tasks to investigation how requirements are gathered:
- The Developer, The Customer and Their Requirements - presentation
- The Developer, The Customer and Their Requirements - a one page handout for all participants
SPA 2008 Bedfordshire, England
ACCU 2007 - Exposing Problems / Creating Awareness
This session was part presentation and part workshop in which I acted as a facilitator.ACCU 2006 - Changing Your Organization
- Presentation: Changing Your Organization
- Notes from the audience discussion
EuroPLoP 2005 - What do we think of Conway's Law now?
Conference at Irsee, German, July 2005.A focus group discussion on the subject of Conway's Law.
- Outcome of the focus group, as published in the EuroPLoP 2005 proceedings: What do we think of Conway's Law now?
- The original paper by Melvin Conway
ACCU Conference 2005
- Writing your first Pattern - a presentation with Kevlin Henney
- Software Development as Learning - a presentation with discussion
- Postscript on Software Development as Learning - notes from the discussion
ACCU Conference 2004
ACCU Conference 2002
Other presentations
- Agile development: Where do I begin? - Presentation to ACCU South Coast (Southampton), ACCU Cambridge (November 2007) and ACCU London (January 2008)
- Introduction to Agile development - Presentation to a London media company (November 2006)
- Porting 2001 - Presentation to ACCU Silicon Valley (August 2001)
Other
- UK Lean Conference: Panel debate, 27 September 2009
- Conference Chair for EuroPLoP 2009 at Kloster Iresee. Online EuroPLoP conference proceedings.
- Software East: Building a Software Business, 22 January 2009
- Programme Chair for EuroPLoP 2008 at Kloster Iresee, Irsee, Germany
- BCS SPA Cambridge, January 2008: Panel discussion on 'Architects, who needs them? - and are they overpaid?'