Upcoming DC Chapter Events

        This Month's Sponsor

How to Sponsor an Upcoming Chapter Event

APLN DC Chapter sponsorships are available and provide a unique opportunity to promote your company and its services and offerings with peers and potential customers.  We are offering primary positioning to a select group of companies at our monthly meetings, on our website, and at special events.  Your sponsorship dollars will put your company's name in front of the brightest and best of the Agile community and those interested in exploring Agile methods. More information on Sponsorships...

Corporate Sponsorship Guidelines

  Parternships and Alliances

PMI and APLN DC Chapter Partnership

The APLN DC Chapter is a Strategic Partner with the Project Management Institute (PMI) sharing a common vision to promote project management practices and approaches, conducting research, and sharing access to a wealth of information and resources, specifically around lean and agile techniques and frameworks.  Check out our Memo of Understanding for more details.

PMI Agile Forum 

APLN DC Chapter members are excited and contributing to the formation of a new Agile Forum within the PMI, essentially a community of practice, which educates project and program managers on agile principles and how to effectively lead agile projects.

The PMI Agile Forum will serve as a connecting body between Agile and PMI groups, facilitating the information sharing process at global, national, and local levels between already existing PMI components, communities and chapters.  An online portal is currently being developed to provide information on both PMI and Agile practices, principles, and values to members of both communities in the form of articles, presentations, webinars, podcasts, speaking engagements, news, and event notifications.  For more information on the latest developments and how to get involved, please visit the PMI Agile Forum wiki. 

DC SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network)

APLN is excited to partner with like-minded individuals within the Washington DC Area Software Process Improvement Network (DC SPIN).  DC SPIN is a leadership forum for the free and open exchange of software process improvement experiences and practical ideas.  Similar to the APLN, DC SPIN mission is to promote the achievement of higher levels of process maturity, software quality, and mutual respect.   Please visit the DC_SPIN_website for more upcoming activities.

  News and Information

• Rose Anton will be presenting a FREE Agile Basics webinar on February 18, at 1:00 pm (EST).  Register Here!

• Amr Elssamadisy spoke at our October session about  Crafting an Agile Adoption Strategy.  Also, check out Chapter 5 from his book on Adopting 

• Don Johnson, advisor to the Defense Science Board task force, spoke on the Acquisition of Information Technology Trends Within The Department of Defense during our September session.

• Suzette S. Johnson, head of Agile Management and Leadership at Northrop Grumman, delivered a very informative talk July 16 on Leadership Behaviors of Management for Complex Adaptive Systems.

• Sanjiv Augustine and Roland Cuellar led a thought-provoking discussion on Agile Project and Program Metrics at the May 14 APLN DC Chapter event.
• Check out the what one of our members had to say about the Agile in the Government Panel Discussion at the April APLN DC Chapter Event.  Agile in the Government Panel 
• Download Scott Ambler's presentation from the February APLN DC Chapter event:  Ambler IBM Agility at Scale .  Also check out the corresponding presentation PodCast available courtsey of Bob Payne' Agile Toolkit Podcast http://agiletoolkit.libsyn.com/. 

  Other Chapter Links

    Past Chapter Meetings/Presentation Archive

    APLN DC Chapter Leadership Team - How to Get Involved

    Speaking Opportunities (Product Backlog)

APLN DC Chapter members have discounted agile training classes available to them.  Current offerings include:

CC Pace

CC Pace has put together a special deal for agile and scrum related training. Receive 15%
off the cost of training when you take any of their courses and use this code: CCPACE15. All CCPace

courses are listed on Agile University and CC Pace website. CC Pace has successfully fulfilled
the PMI Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) quality criteria and operation guidelines for
participating providers.

Certified ScrumMaster - 14 PDUs Offerred
Upon completion of the course, you will receive a Certified ScrumMasterâ„¢ certification and a one year membership from Scrum Alliance.

March 2-3, 2010 / Cincinnati, OH (visit www.ccpace.more for more details about registering)

March 22-23, 2010 / Fairfax, VA 

April 26-27, 2010/ Edina, MN

May 11-12, 2010 / Fairfax, VA 

July 6-7, 2010 / Fairfax, VA 

Agile Project Management - 14 PDUs Offerred

February 16-17, 2010/ Cincinnati, OH (visit www.ccpace.more for more details about registering)

February 23-24, 2010/ Fairfax, VA

May 17-18, 2010/Cincinnati, OH (visit www.ccpace.more for more details about registering)

Scrum Team Training - 14 PDUs Offerred

March 17-18, 2010 / Cincinnati, OH (visit www.ccpace.more for more details about registering)

Coming soon from CC Pace - our NEW Product Owner class!

Gemba Systems

If the registrant enters GEMBA in the coupon space they will receive $100 off the registration fee.

See www.agileuniversity.com for listings.

Please contact Rodney.Bodamer@Agilex.com if you would like to have your agile training opportunities listed within the APLN DC Chapter wiki.

CC Pace Webinars

CC is also offering the following FREE webinar:

Agile Basics Webinar /February 18, 2010
Speaker: CC Pace's Rose Anton
This webinar will discuss: What is Agile? How is Agile different? Why does Agile work? How could Agile work in my organization? This 1-hour, free webcast will explore the origins of Agile, the definition of Agile, how Agile differs from the way you work today and most importantly why Agile works. We will discuss applying Agile techniques to the business environment today to help you consider using Agile practices for your projects. Register today!

According to PMI's Continuing Certification Handbook (CCR), attendance at the APLN DC Chapter meetings qualifies as a Category 2 (Professional Activities and Self-Directed Learning) activity.  You can earn one PDU for each documented hour of self-directed learning that enhances project management knowledge or skills, to a maximum of 15 PDU's per CCR cycle.  You can access additional information on PDU's at the PMI website.  In particular, check their page on Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) Reporting Forms.