This is the first year of the first francophone Agile conference in Belgium. The program provides a wide spectrum of topics in two tracks: introductions and case studies, cultural aspects, correctly defining the goal and scope of projects, learning and Agile pitfalls.

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Since the conference is what you make it, you’ll come back to work re-energized, filled with fresh ideas to make your work more fun, more productive and more profitable.

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More and more frequently, ScrumMasters and project managers are being asked to coach agile teams. But it’s a challenging role. It requires new skills – as well as a subtle understanding of when to step in and when to step back. Migrating from “command and control” to agile coaching requires a whole new mind-set.

This leaves many wondering, “What is my role in a self-organized team? How do I help the team yet stay hands-off?” Many respond by going too far to either extreme. This session turns these questions into answers, and answers into action by offering provocative views into coaching done well and practical ways to get there by adapting skills from professional coaching, conflict management, teaching, collaboration and more.

In this session, we will explore these topics:

• Key mindset shifts successful agile coaches achieve
• What skills from allied disciplines do agile coaches bring to their teams?
• Ways to measure your success and improvement as a coach

As an agile coach, you can help project teams become outstanding at agile, creating products that make them proud and helping organizations reap the powerful benefits of teams that deliver both innovation and excellence. Come see how.

Join us for the first annual Lean and Kanban software and systems conference in Belgium. The conference, which will be held over two days from 23 through to 24 September brings together the leading innovators, practitioners, and influential thought leaders in Lean software and systems management.

Understand how established industrial engineering theory can apply to software development process.

Apply Lean Thinking

- to reliably deliver business value
- adapt to changing market conditions
- manage risk
- improve predictability
- increase flexibility
- reduce variability
- increase the ROI of your software investment.

The conference will assist organizations that depend on software – from start-ups to those that build complex, software intensive products, systems & services – with the application of Lean Thinking throughout the enterprise.

Call for Sessions

You have until May 1st 2010 to submit session proposals. See the conference site.

The Brussels IIBA chapter organizes a free event about Business Process Analysis.

See the event page for detailed program and registration.

Heb je ook een verhaal over Agile architectuur? Bereid het voor als Pecha Kucha en klim op de bühne in de aansluitende Open Space. Heb je een specifieke vraag over Agile architectuur? Zet hem bij binnenkomst op een sticky, zodat hij tijdens of na de presentaties beantwoord kan worden.

Je bent welkom vanaf 17:30, we beginnen om 18:00 uur; de avond duurt tot ca. 21:00.

More information and registration on the Agile Holland site.

Agile Software Development in the Enterprise: How to Survive in Turbulent Times

Dr. Sutherland will speak on the topic of “Agile Software Development in the Enterprise”. We will explore how companies large and small have used hyper productive Agile to generate extraordinary financial returns. We will also discuss how Scrum scales up as companies grow, and the use of Scrum for outsourced, distributed teams. And, perhaps most appropriate to these times, hear how venture capitalists are using Scrum to improve returns in their investment portfolios by spreading Agile practice throughout the company and into the board rooms.

More information on the Agile Consortium Belgium site

Free event organised by iLean, Kontich – Business Park King Square, Veldkant 33A, 2550 Kontich.

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The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) has created the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABoK) to capture the experience of business analysts worldwide on a wide set of projects. According to the BABoK, “Business analysis is the set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and to recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.”

Meanwhile, Agile methods, with their own methods of understanding needs and proposing solutions, have been sweeping through many companies.

Is there room for business analysts on Agile projects? Can agile teams learn from business analysts? What happens when business analysts work in Agile teams?

The IIBA has started up a workgroup to create an “Agile addendum” to the BABoK. This addendum will provide practical guidance to do business analysis in Agile projects, based on experience. We’ll present this effort so that both communities can review and contribute to this project.

Organized in collaboration with the Brussels chapter of the IIBA.

A set of lightning talks to see how teams have applied Kanban to activities other than software development.

Free event hosted by SD Worx, Antwerp – Bedrijfsrestaurant 1st floor, meeting room “Languit”.

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The 8th edition of XP Days Benelux will be held in Kapellerput in Heeze, near Eindhoven.

The best way to learn at a conference is to present a session, so keep an eye out for the Call for Sessions!

Agile Open conferences are Open Space events intended for software development and business people from all walks of life … an amazingly open, warm and lively community space where people spark new insights in and relationships for collaborative (software) development and doing business together.

Register now, as places are limited to 60.

Your hosts, Koen, Peter & Patrick

Missed XP Days 2009? Do you want to catch up with the sessions you missed because there were other interesting sessions in the same timeslot? Do you want to send your colleagues to those great sessions you attended?

Mini XP Day 2010 gives you the opportunity to see eight of the favourite sessions of XP Days 2009 in the beautiful surroundings of Kapellerput in Heeze, near Eindhoven.

Register now because there are only 60 places.

See you there!

The XP Day Organisers