Danube Technologies' Scrum Expert Rawsthorne to Share Scrum Insight at Agile Development Practices 2009

BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ --

    Who:        Dan Rawsthorne
                Certified Scrum Trainer and Senior Consultant
                Danube Technologies, Inc. (www.danube.com)

                Rawsthorne has been developing software for more than 25 years
                and is an accomplished manager, mentor, coach, trainer,
                consultant, and architect. The projects he has worked on range
                from e-commerce, to databases, military avionics and Air
                Traffic Control. He is a Certified Scrum Trainer for Danube
                Technologies, the leader in software and training for the
                Scrum method of agile software development. Rawsthorne holds a
                PhD in mathematics from the University of Illinois.

    What:       Release Planning: A Strategy for Success
                One of the primary responsibilities of the Product Owner and
                project teams is release planning. Stakeholders want, need,
                and deserve to know what they will be getting - and when. How
                do you do this in an agile environment? Although many find it
                tempting to create a release plan as a series of sprint plans,
                this is a mistake. It violates the lean principle of "minimal
                inventory" and will be wrong -- the same is true with
                traditional project planning. In this half-day tutorial, Dan
                Rawsthorne presents "rules of thumb" for developing a release
                strategy and spending game plan. Participants will practice
                using these rules during a guided exercise, walk through an
                example release, and learn how to monitor and measure the
                release plan.

                Storyotypes: The Patterns within the Stories
                In this informative presentation, Rawsthorne will explore why
                and how similar stories appear over and over again as
                organizations develop systems. According to Rawsthorne,
                stories - small chunks of work that make up a backlog and
                provide demonstrable value to the project - can be categorized
                by purpose including: production, analysis, cleanup,
                infrastructure/environment, business support, or other. Within
                each of these categories are different "storyotypes" -
                patterns that define the commonalities among the stories
                themselves. Rawsthorne will define and describe some of the
                most prevalent storyotypes, explaining why they are useful,
                and demonstrates the concept with examples. Rawsthorne will
                discuss how by employing storyotypes in developing stories,
                teams will produce more consistent, higher quality
                requirements that are easier to work with.

    When:       Release Planning: A Strategy for Success
                Mon., November 9
                1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST

                Storyotypes: The Patterns within the Stories
                Thurs., November 12
                12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. EST

    Where:      Rosen Shingle Creek
                9939 Universal Boulevard
                Orlando, FL 32819

    To register, visit:
    (https://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices/Register/SelectConference.aspx)

    Contact:    For more information on this presentation or to set up an
                interview with Dr. Rawsthorne, please contact Christie
                Denniston at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 13 or
                cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

SOURCE Danube Technologies, Inc.

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