VersionOne to Host Agile Conference for Regional Software Community

Online, November 19, 2010 (Newswire.com) - What: AgilePalooza is a community event presented by VersionOne. Meant to be a fun, low cost event linking internationally recognized coaches and trainers with the local software community, AgilePalooza is a day of collaboration, education and advancement of agile methods.

For $89 attendees receive a full day of agile learning, lunch and a choice of participating in one of two tracks; Learning Agility or Advancing Agility. These tracks offer topics ideal for those newer to agile as well as more experienced practitioners.

Where: AgilePalooza Santa Clara, CA will be held at:

Santa Clara Marriott
2700 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, California 95054
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When: December 3rd

Who: AgilePalooza Santa Clara has secured a line-up of experienced and talented agile experts and educators, including:

David Hussman
David teaches and coaches agility as a delivery tool, participates in conferences around the world and continuously publishes to a variety of sources. He helped create agile curriculum for The University of Minnesota and Capella University. David leads DevJam, a company composed of agile collaborators, mentors and practitioners.

Esther Derby
Esther works with individuals, teams and managers to improve their ability to deliver software. Since 1997, she's run her own consulting firm, Esther Derby and Associates. Esther is the author of 100+ articles, and co-author of Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great and Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management. She's a founder of the AYE Conference and serves on the Board of Directors for the Agile Alliance.

Alan Shalloway
Alan is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. He helps companies transition to agile methods and teaches courses in lean, kanban, scrum, design patterns and object-orientation. He is the author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams, Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility.

Michael Tardiff
Michael works with teams to deliver software and services, in large enterprises and small startups. He has a background in operating systems development, enterprise portals, web-based B2B e-commerce, data communications networks, web presence and telecommunications products. He currently blogs on agile topics and helps coordinate the monthly agile user group Beyond Agile.

Other: For more information on AgilePalooza, or to register to attend, please visit: http://www.AgilePalooza.com.

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Heather Fraelick
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