Stephen Ritchie
Managing Consultant
Excella Consulting
location_on United States
Member since 5 years
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Stephen Ritchie is the author of Pro .NET Best Practices (http://www.apress.com/9781430240235) and the organizer of the DC ALT .NET group (http://www.meetup.com/dcaltnet). He has been writing software professionally for over 20 years. Stephen works as a Scrum Master, Agile coach, and software development consultant at Excella Consulting in the Washington, D.C. area. His passion for following best practices has taught him to appreciate the value of experience, practical know-how, and continuous learning. Stephen is the .NET Specialty Area Lead at Excella Consulting. He works with project teams to facilitate and grow using new and better practices that are grounded in sound values and principles. Stephen is a Certified Scrum Developer (CSD).
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The Mystery behind Self-organizing Teams
Stephen RitchieManaging ConsultantExcella Consulting
Fadi StephanTechnology Consultant, Agile Coach and TrainerKaiznekoschedule 5 years ago
30 Mins
Talk
Intermediate
One of the 12 principles of the Agile manifesto states that “The best architecture, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.” What does this mean? And how do we get there?
Self-organizing teams do not form overnight. Simply coming in after training and telling the team that we are now Agile so self-organize results in chaos. Come to this session to learn how to overcome the challenges of building a self-organizing team. Learn the ingredients of a self-organizing team and how to gradually evolve a team into a self-organizing team. Leave with a 5 step guide to fostering self-organization.
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Lightweight Documentation: An Agile Approach
60 Mins
Workshop
Intermediate
One of the values of the Agile manifesto is working software over comprehensive documentation. However many agile teams think that now we are Agile we don’t need to document. Come to this session to learn about lightweight documentation and how to strike a sensible balance between working software and documentation. Learn which documents are necessary and which documents you can do without as well. Learn about JIT lightweight alternatives to our tradition documentation set. Leave with specific techniques to evaluate the value of each document along with recommended alternatives.
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