Rapid Software Testing - James Bach - October 2013, Helsinki
Registration is now open for a 3 day course on Rapid Software Testing with James Bach, 28-30 October 2013, in Helsinki.
Members of Agile Finland benefit from a 200EUR discount for both the Early Bird price (available until 01.07.2013) and the Normal price.
For details and registration, check out the following link:
http://altom.ro/services/training/rapid-software-testing-james-bach-october-2013-helsinki
For more information or for group registrations, please contact:
Ru Cindrea
ru.cindrea@altom.fi
+358 458858554
THIS IS LEAN
Resolving the Efficiency Paradox - Book release
with Professor Pär Åhlström and Niklas Modig, from Stockholm School of Economics
4th June 3.30pm at Hanken School of Economics, Arkadiankatu 22, Helsinki.
The event is free of charge. Please register by filling the form at the bottom of this page.
| Sweden’s bestselling management book ”This is lean” is now available also in Finnish, Swedish and English. It has sold more than 50 000 books and organizations like Ericsson, Scania and Karolinska University hospital have bought a copy to all their managers. It has had a massive impact on Swedish industry and publish sector. The book claims that when organizations focus too much on using resources most effectively -the most traditionally and usual form of efficiency - it normally leads to an increase in the amount of work. The more the organizations try to be efficient (being busy) the more inefficient they become (because they are occupied with non-value adding, but necessary work). “This is Lean” helps to solve this dilemma. The book presents a new form of efficiency: Flow efficiency. Instead of focusing on the organization’s many different business functions, flow efficiency focuses on the customers’ needs. The understanding of the entity means that many problems can be avoided or removed. The customer experience will be improved by preventing bottlenecks, release capacity, create more efficient processes and improve quality. There are big profits to be made by looking at efficiency in a new way. Long waiting times, unhappy customers, inefficiency processes, worked out employees and quality problems are examples of current challenges and problems in also Finnish companies and organizations. “This is Lean” argues that the real cause of the problems are sub-optimized companies. Instead of looking at the big picture, the companies focus on making individual parts of the operations more efficient. This leads to the so-called tunnel syndrome. In the book it is referred to as the efficiency paradox. Program 3.30pm Welcome & coffee 4.00pm Lecture by Åhlström and Modig; THIS IS LEAN: Resolving the Efficiency Paradox The event ends by 6pm. All participants will get a free copy of the book after the lecture! |
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UPDATE 2013-03-19:
Course description and other information can now be found on the course page!
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Hi all,
we have a great opportunity to get Dave Snowden and Joseph Pelrine to teach the Finnish Agile community more on how to apply and benefit from Cynefin techniques in your domain and projects.
Location will be in central Helsinki, dates will be April 3-4
Price of the course will be a bargain - 600 euros per person ( for two days! ).
To make this happen, we will need 10 confirmed participants to make the event happen. Course size will be limited to approx. 20 persons.
*Registration open at https://holvi.com/shop/agilefinlandevents/product/03a7ce14275d1cc75b86dcd434a09663/
Aulanko Open Space-event's registration is finally open:
http://www.aulankoopenspace.fi/
The event would not be possible without the sponsors: Ambientia,
Schneider Electric and Houston - who make it possible for us to offer
the event to participants for the price of hotel accommodation. Our
sponsors cover food and other costs related to running the conference.
Please do join us in Hämeenlinna for intensive learning and sharing of
software craftmanship skills.
It is a conference where we, programmers and testers, work together
and learn from each other in a safe-to-fail environment.
See more information and details about the event at
http://www.aulankoopenspace.fi/
Hi everyone,
I'd like to remind you that Agile Finland is willing and able to support Agile events and projects in Finland. The organization is on a solid financial footing and we would like to channel more money back into the community. We can support almost any kind of event that is a) open and b) aligned with the purpose of the organization: to promote the use and raise the profile of Agile software development methods and to improve the skills of the organization's members.
In order to support your event we need a sponsoring request from you. Send an e-mail to me or any board member or to the whole board at agilefinland-committee@googlegroups.com and tell us what you want to do, how much money you need, and how you plan to spend it. In many cases we may be able to connect you to other people who have done similar things previously, or perhaps help you catch a visiting guru. We can also promote your event through Twitter, blogs and e-mail lists.
To date, Agile Finland has:
- Reimbursed travel fees and accommodation for visiting speakers: Finns as well as foreigners
- Provided lunch and coffee for coding dojo/retreat participants
- Sponsored pizza and soft drinks for evening events
- In a few cases handled the travel fees for e.g. individual members participating in conferences abroad
We could also:
- Help you find and secure a suitable venue for your event
- Assume monetary risk on your behalf (e.g. if a venue requires a minimum billing amount for a reservation)
So if you are planning any kind of Agile event or have been thinking about arranging one, let us know and we'll see what we can cook up!
BR,
--Martin
Hi everyone,
Thanks to Antti Kuparsaari, Agile Finland is now sponsoring free boat tickets to LESS 2012 for members (and hang-arounds)! We're going on the Viking XPRS from Helsinki on Sun Nov 11 at 20:00. Please register using this form before Tue Oct 16! We'll confirm the tickets on Wed Oct 17.
There is no minimum number of participants but we've chosen to set an upper limit at 25 people (negotiable). If enough people join, say more than half a dozen, we'll do something nice on the boat.
If you haven't registered to LESS 2012 yet you can do so on their registration page. Remember to use the discount code LESSFINLAND!
Cheers,
--Martin
PS. Note that this is only about the transportation from Helsinki to Tallinn. Agile Finland does not cover LESS 2012 registration, hotels, return transportation etc.
Hi All,
traditional Agile Finland Annual Fannual will happen May 30th somewhere in Helsinki. The event also includes annual meeting where new board is selected for the next year.
We will post more info soon. Put please mark this into your calendars already now if you want to make Agile Finland even better next and / or meet fellow agilistist.
REGISTER AT http://confluence.agilefinland.com/display/af/Annual+Meeting+2012
P.S. And we can also sponsor train tickets for people travelling to Helsinki. Please drop an e-mail to agilefinland-committee@googlegroups if you are interested.
Would you like to meet other agile people and have agile dinners and other events in Kuopio? If interested, send me email (sami.grasten [at] ti-es.com) and let's put up something together.
We have a fixed date now and again we have great speakers, who will share their thoughts for the 5th edition of ALEBathtub with us:
- Jurgen Appelo: “About Stoos Network and other stuff …”
www.jurgenappelo.com
- Christopher Avery: “Exercising Your Agile Leadership Gift”
www.christopheravery.com
- Antti Kirjavainen: “Letters from Agile Coach Camp Norway 2012″
learninggamedev.wordpress.com
- Stephen Parry: following soon
www.seebusinessdifferently.com
As usual the event will be available online via gotomeeting – at no cost, but for a maximum of 100 participants.
Time: Monday 12th of March will be 9:00pm – 11:00pm CET.
Please register at: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/251026191
The 4th Scandinavian Agile Conference will bring together 300 software professionals and agile practitioners who are passionate to improve their skills, get new ideas and network among a community of peers.
See the awesome program at: http://scan-agile.org/program/
This year the focus of the conference is in Software Craftsmanship, Human Touchand Lean Startup. These three topics combined will provide a strong aid in daily work and help people to gain new energy and motivation to improve their work.
The conference will take place on 8th of March 2012 at Marina Congress Center in Helsinki, Finland.
People have been asking about dojo in Haskell. Your wishes have come true. If you want to try strongly typed pure functional programming language in a safe environment then register here: http://confluence.agilefinland.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=11763960
In case you don't follow the right group, come and sign up for the Clojure HaXmasthon! 
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure-finland/-_xqay1SgBk/discussion
| What? | Clojure hacking and friendly debate |
| Where? | Nitor Creations Office, Kalevankatu 3 A 43, 00100 Helsinki |
| When? | At 17-21 Every Wednesday of September 2011 |
We want to bring together the Clojure hackers in Finland to help each other, talk about what we love, promote Clojure and hack interesting stuff. Lets get started!
Event number four coming up 28th of September! Last time for now!
Also join Clojure Finland!
| What? | Clojure hacking and friendly debate |
| Where? | Nitor Creations Office, Kalevankatu 3 A 43, 00100 Helsinki |
| When? | At 17-21 Every Wednesday of September 2011 |
We want to bring together the Clojure hackers in Finland to help each other, talk about what we love, promote Clojure and hack interesting stuff. Lets get started!
Event number two coming up 14th of September!
Also join Clojure Finland!
Reaktor Dev Day just took off but even if you're not here, take advantage of the cool people being in town - Staffan Nöteberg is running a session on the Pomodoro Technique on Saturday, the day after the conference.
More details over here