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Showing posts with label systems. Show all posts

Monday, March 11, 2013

Last Chance: NY SPIN March 12: Agile Risk Management: The Nature of Decision Making on Agile Projects (Dennis Stevens)

**NO WALK-INS -- MUST BE ON THE LIST TO ATTEND**
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Please note that we have new and varied meeting spaces this season.
 
NY SPIN is pleased to welcome Dennis Stevens. His topic: Agile Risk Management: The Nature of Decision Making on Agile Projects

NY SPIN is also pleased to welcome UBS again as the Hosting Sponsor for this event.



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Date: (Tuesday) March 12, 2012
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Topic:
Agile Risk Management: The Nature of Decision Making on Agile Projects
Presenter(s): Dennis Stevens

Location: UBS
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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

Platinum Sponsor


BigVisible


BigVisible Solutions - Leading Providers of Agile Coaching, Training, and Consulting.


Other Sponsors

KuperPresents.com (managing our website)

Pearson Education/InformIT (providing books we raffle off at NY SPIN events)

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Registration ends March 11th at (or when all seats are filled) 


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 Synopsis:

Agile Risk Management:
The Nature of Decision Making on Agile Projects


Organizations are really bad at Risk Management. The typical approaches to risk management are flawed - resulting in bureaucratic overhead and not much improvement in the performance of software development projects. 
Agile efforts have rejected bureaucratic and non-value adding efforts and in the process have rejected most of what is practiced as risk management. This is unfortunate - because the nature of agile development fundamentally changes how to benefit from effective risk management. Risk management is about managing uncertainty to reduce the probability and impact of unfortunate events and to maximize the realization of opportunities.

This workshop builds on concepts from SEI's MOSAIC project and Eric Reis' Lean Start-up, and presents a practical and proven systemic approach to integrating threat, opportunity identification, and response into the management of Agile projects. Useful for typical delivery teams, this approach is particularly valuable in large projects and large organizations.

Biography: Dennis Stevens
 
Dennis Stevens is passionate about solving the problems around agile in large, complex enterprises. He provides training, coaching and organizational transformation to address the challenges around delivery teams, leadership, project management, product management, and business analysis that arise when introducing agile safely into an organization.

Dennis has served as the Global Lead for PMI’s Agile Community of Practice and was Vice Chair for the PMI/IEEE sponsored Software Extension to the PMBOK. He was on the eight-person Steering Committee that defined PMI’s Agile Certified Practitioner, and he served as Deputy Project Manager for PMI’s OPM3. Dennis was a significant contributor to IIBA’s Agile Extension to the BABOK and Microsoft’s business architecture offering. He has been published in Harvard Business Review and by the Cutter Consortium. Next year he will publish a book on large scale agile transformations.

Dennis attended FSU on a violin scholarship, served in the USMC, helped coach the 2008 12U Girl's AAU National Champions, and has a degree in Organizational Psychology and Development.


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Directions

UBS Financial Services, Inc.
1251 Avenue of the Americas

(This is not the "UBS" building.)
New York, NY 10020




By Train/Subway


Not all trains run at all times and subway schedules are subject to change. For current schedules, weekly service advisories and maps, contact the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) at (718) 330-1234 or visit the subway section of the MTA Web Site.

The following are nearby train and subway stops:


B,D,F,M to 47-50 St./Rockefeller Ctr
E to 5th Ave/53 St
N,Q,R to 49 St
1 to 50th St


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Monday, February 4, 2013

Last Chance: NY SPIN Feb 5: Agile in a Highly Regulated Industry (Devin Hedge)

**NO WALK-INS -- MUST BE ON THE LIST TO ATTEND**
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Please note that we have new and varied meeting spaces this season.
 
NY SPIN is pleased to welcome Devin Hedge of Platinum Sponsor BigVisible Solutions. Devin's topic: Agile in a Highly Regulated Industry: Lessons learned from government, insurance and the financial services world

NY SPIN is also pleased to welcome Moody's Corporation as the Hosting Sponsor for this event.





Click here to RSVP for the February Meeting 


(Need to cancel? Use our event contact form to let us know.)

 
**PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**============================================================== 


To become a NY SPIN general member, please use the "registration" option at the link below:

http://nyspinmembership.eventbrite.com

**Membership gets you special discounts and sometimes notices of extra events.**
 
Once you have joined in this manner, you can manage your membership by going to http://eventbrite.com/ and logging in and updating your information, should it change.

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==============================================================

Donate to NY SPIN

   All donations are tax deductible.
==============================================================

Other Events:

Save $200 off either the early bird or the standard registration for all BigVisible NYC classes between now and the end of December with code NYSPIN.

 
==============================================================
Project Management Professionals (PMPs) earn 1 PDU credit for attending an NY SPIN event. (PMI considers NY SPIN to be a "Category B Continuing Education Provider".)
==============================================================

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Date: (Tuesday) February 5, 2012
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Topic:
Agile in a Highly Regulated Industry:
Lessons Learned from Government, Insurance and the Financial Services World

Presenter(s): Devin Hedge
Location: Moody's Corporation
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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

Platinum Sponsor


BigVisible


BigVisible Solutions - Leading Providers of Agile Coaching, Training, and Consulting.


Other Sponsors

KuperPresents.com (managing our website)

Pearson Education/InformIT (providing books we raffle off at NY SPIN events)

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Registration ends December 4th at (or when all seats are filled) 


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 Synopsis:

Agile in a Highly Regulated Industry: 
Lessons learned from government, insurance and the financial services world

The need for sustained innovation in an environment of perpetual change and increasing complexity from evolving inter-dependence -- while regulators tighten the screws seemingly on a daily basis -- seems daunting to many business leaders. Increasingly, we are hearing Agile's dirty little failure rate. Could it be that Agile is doomed to suffer the same fate of all previous efforts to deal with the complexities building information-based products?

A study of where governments, insurance and financial services companies have succeeded in a vast ocean of expectations never fully realized gives some clues of underlying challenges often dismissed as "too big" or "outside the scope of the adoption initiative" by initiates.

In this session, we will pick through several Agile Transformation Initiatives within government agencies, and within the insurance and financial services industries, and learn about how middle management budget games, the dearth of leadership maturity, outsourcing the wrong things, and being too process focused severely undermines businesses being able to create the sustainable innovation centers needed to remain relevant. For each area we will look at specific (though masked) scenarios, the solutions explored in each case, and finally, what was needed or learned about what was needed to overcome these challenges.
Biography: Devin Hedge

Devin Hedge works for NY SPIN Platinum Sponsor BigVisible Solutions, where he is a Management Consultant to large organizations -- taking organizations through Agile Transformations with a focus on creating Innovation Engines within organizations. Devin brings almost two decades of experience working in the IT Industry in his role as an Agile Adoption specialist. He has been Managing Software Development, Enterprise Engineering and Program Performance Management projects of various sizes for the last 10+ years and has been practicing some form of the Agile/Scrum principles and practices for the past 14 years. Most recently Devin has been bringing Agile practices and principles to various Fortune 100 corporations.

Devin is an active member of the Agile community, mentoring professionals from the server room to the board room through various professional organizations and Agile Community functions.

Devin is a former Army Officer. His industry experience includes Healthcare, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Internet Startups, Media, and Federal Government Agencies, where he has used Agile Practices in highly regulated environments under standards such as ISO9000/9001-2000 and SEI CMM/CMMI.


Click here to RSVP for the February Meeting 


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Directions

Moody's Corporation
7 World Trade Center at
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007




By Train/Subway


Not all trains run at all times and subway schedules are subject to change. For current schedules, weekly service advisories and maps, contact the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) at (718) 330-1234 or visit the subway section of the MTA Web Site.

The following are nearby train and subway stops:


A, C, E to Chambers Street/World Trade Center
2, 3 to Park Place
N, R to City Hall
4, 5 to Fulton Street
PATH to World Trade Center


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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Last Chance: NY SPIN Oct. 11: A Visual Language for Requirements Engineering (Brian Berenbach)

Please note that we have new and varied meeting spaces this season.

New sponsor for October meeting:
BPMInstitute.org is pleased to sponsor the NYSPIN October meeting! 
As part of their sponsorship, they are extending NY SPIN members a Guest Pass to attend "Synchronizing Business Operations to Outperform Competitors” on November 7. This is a $250 value. Guest passes are limited in quantity and for new registrations only. This Workshop is being held as part of BrainStorm New York at The Roosevelt Hotel November 5-8, 2012. More info here.

If you have any questions regarding BrainStorm New York or the guest pass, please call BPMInstitute.org at 508.475.0475, x15 or via email. Guest passes are limited in quantity, are for new registrations only and no refunds will be given.

In addition, a full day BPM, SOA, BDM/Rules or Business Architecture Training Course - a $995 value - will be raffled off.

NY SPIN is pleased to welcome back Brian Berenbach, this time to talk about A Visual Language for Requirements Engineering. 
We will be raffling off Brian's book: Software & Systems Requirements Engineering: In Practice.



Click here to RSVP for the October Meeting 


(Need to cancel? Use our event contact form to let us know.)

======================================================================
To become a NY SPIN general member, please use the "registration" option at the link below:

http://nyspinmembership.eventbrite.com

**Membership gets you special discounts and sometimes notices of extra events.**
 
Once you have joined in this manner, you can manage your membership by going to http://eventbrite.com/ and logging in and updating your information, should it change.
======================================================================
*** Follow us on: LinkedIn and  Twitter (@NY_SPIN) ***
        Get updates via SMS by texting follow NY_SPIN to 40404 
==============================================================

Donate to NY SPIN

   All donations are tax deductible.
==============================================================

Other Events:

Save $200 off either the early bird or the standard registration for all BigVisible NYC classes between now and the end of December with code NYSPIN12.


 
==============================================================
Project Management Professionals (PMPs) earn 1 PDU credit for attending an NY SPIN event. (PMI considers NY SPIN to be a "Category B Continuing Education Provider".)
==============================================================




Click here to RSVP for the October Meeting


October 2012 NY SPIN Event Announcement
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Date: (Thursday) October 11, 2012
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Topic:
A Visual Language for Requirements Engineering
Presenter(s): Brian Berenbach
Location: Euro RSCG Worldwide
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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

Platinum Sponsor


BigVisible


BigVisible Solutions - Leading Providers of Agile Coaching, Training, and Consulting.


October Meeting Sponsor
BPMInstitute.org
BPMInstitute.org is a practitioner-led community focused on topical and vertical content related to Business Process Management (BPM).
Special offer:Click here.

Other Sponsors

KuperPresents.com (managing our website)

Pearson Education/InformIT (providing books we raffle off at NY SPIN events)


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Registration ends October 10th at (or when all seats are filled)


Click here to RSVP for the October Meeting



 **PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or membership, follow the instructions
at the top of this message.


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 Synopsis:

A Visual Language for Requirements Engineering

This talk will focus on efforts to develop a new paradigm for early systems and software engineering. The Unified Requirements Modeling Language (URML) is a new visual language that can be layered on top of UML or SysML. It can be used for goal modeling, product line engineering, hazard and threat modeling, and customer process and use case modeling, and, of course, requirements elicitation and analysis, all in a single integrated environment. The meta-model for the language will be presented, followed by a summary of the results of using the new language to perform early systems engineering activities on several large industrial projects at Siemens.
Biography - Brian Berenbach

Brian Berenbach has been working in the fields of systems and software engineering for over 25 years. As an architect he designed control systems and simulators for power plants. Later in his career, as a senior engineer and researcher at Siemens Corporate Technology he helped define the requirements for Siemens products in the power, transportation and health care industries. Brian has published widely. Capers Jones said of his book: Software & Systems Requirements Engineering: In Practice, "[T]his book is a good compendium of sound advice based on practical experience". 

Brian has been an industrial chair at the IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. He is an ACM distinguished engineer, and an INCOSE Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP), one of only 170 people worldwide to have that certification. Brian has an M.Sc. from Emory University.




Click here to RSVP for the October Meeting

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Directions


HAVAS (formerly EURO RSCG) Worldwide
350 Hudson St. 
(between King St. and Charlton St.)




By Train/Subway


Not all trains run at all times and subway schedules are subject to change. For current schedules, weekly service advisories and maps, contact the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) at (718) 330-1234 or visit the subway section of the MTA Web Site.

The following are nearby train and subway stops:
1 to Houston St.
C, E to Spring St.
PATH to Christopher St.
A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W 4th St.


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Click here to RSVP for the October Meeting

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**PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or
membership, follow the instructions
at the top this message.
==============================================================


Friday, October 5, 2012

NY SPIN Oct. 11: A Visual Language for Requirements Engineering (Brian Berenbach)

Please note that we have new and varied meeting spaces this season.

NY SPIN is pleased to welcome back Brian Berenbach, this time to talk about A Visual Language for Requirements Engineering.



Click here to RSVP for the October Meeting 


(Need to cancel? Use our event contact form to let us know.)

======================================================================
To become a NY SPIN general member, please use the "registration" option at the link below:

http://nyspinmembership.eventbrite.com

**Membership gets you special discounts and sometimes notices of extra events.**
 
Once you have joined in this manner, you can manage your membership by going to http://eventbrite.com/ and logging in and updating your information, should it change.
======================================================================
*** Follow us on: LinkedIn and  Twitter (@NY_SPIN) ***
        Get updates via SMS by texting follow NY_SPIN to 40404 
==============================================================

Donate to NY SPIN

   All donations are tax deductible.
==============================================================

Other Events:

Save $200 off either the early bird or the standard registration for all BigVisible NYC classes between now and the end of December with code NYSPIN12.


 
==============================================================
Project Management Professionals (PMPs) earn 1 PDU credit for attending an NY SPIN event. (PMI considers NY SPIN to be a "Category B Continuing Education Provider".)
==============================================================




Click here to RSVP for the October Meeting



October 2012 NY SPIN Event Announcement
********************************************************************** 
Date: (Thursday) October 11, 2012
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Topic:
A Visual Language for Requirements Engineering
Presenter(s): Brian Berenbach
Location: Euro RSCG Worldwide
*********************************************************************

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

Platinum Sponsor


BigVisible


BigVisible Solutions - Leading Providers of Agile Coaching, Training, and Consulting.


Other Sponsors

KuperPresents.com (managing our website)

Pearson Education/InformIT (providing books we raffle off at NY SPIN events)


==============================================================






============================================================== 

Registration ends October 10th at (or when all seats are filled)


Click here to RSVP for the October Meeting



 **PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or membership, follow the instructions
at the top of this message.


============================================================== 

 Synopsis:

A Visual Language for Requirements Engineering

This talk will focus on efforts to develop a new paradigm for early systems and software engineering. The Unified Requirements Modeling Language (URML) is a new visual language that can be layered on top of UML or SysML. It can be used for goal modeling, product line engineering, hazard and threat modeling, and customer process and use case modeling, and, of course, requirements elicitation and analysis, all in a single integrated environment. The meta-model for the language will be presented, followed by a summary of the results of using the new language to perform early systems engineering activities on several large industrial projects at Siemens.
Biography - Brian Berenbach


Brian Berenbach has been working in the fields of systems and software engineering for over 25 years. As an architect he designed control systems and simulators for power plants. Later in his career, as a senior engineer and researcher at Siemens Corporate Technology he helped define the requirements for Siemens products in the power, transportation and health care industries. Brian has published widely. Capers Jones said of his book: Software & Systems Requirements Engineering: In Practice, "[T]his book is a good compendium of sound advice based on practical experience". 

Brian has been an industrial chair at the IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. He is an ACM distinguished engineer, and an INCOSE Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP), one of only 170 people worldwide to have that certification. Brian has an M.Sc. from Emory University.




Click here to RSVP for the October Meeting

============================================================== 


Directions

HAVAS (formerly EURO RSCG) Worldwide
350 Hudson St. 

(between King St. and Charlton St.)




By Train/Subway


Not all trains run at all times and subway schedules are subject to change. For current schedules, weekly service advisories and maps, contact the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) at (718) 330-1234 or visit the subway section of the MTA Web Site.

The following are nearby train and subway stops:
1 to Houston St.
C, E to Spring St.
PATH to Christopher St.
A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W 4th St.


============================================================== 




Click here to RSVP for the October Meeting

==============================================================
**PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or
membership, follow the instructions
at the top this message.
==============================================================