Scott Ambler + Associates

Our partner DVT announces the launch of a new agile business unit that will leverage their partnership with Scott Ambler + Associates.

sheynal — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:57:45 +0000

Mark brings Disciplined Agile Delivery to South Africa with DVT. To find out more click here.

Mark will share an open seminar followed by two three-day DAD workshops from May 20-22 in Johannesburg and in Cape Town from May 27-29. Additional information may be found here.

Disciplined Agile Delivery goes to Brussels June 19

sheynal — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:51:36 +0000

Mark brings Disciplined Agile Delivery to Brussels. To find out more click here.

Disciplined Agile Delivery goes to Colombia May 16th

sheynal — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:27:30 +0000

Scott brings Disciplined Agile Delivery to Colombia with the Universidad of los Andes. To find out more click here

Scott will also run a two day DAD workshop from May 16th to 18th. For more details in Spanish click here. For details in English click here.

Disciplined Agile Delivery goes to Sao Paulo May 13th

sheynal — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:22:23 +0000

Scott brings Disciplined Agile Delivery to Brazil with Microsoft. To find out more click here

Scott will do a one day DAD workshop on May 13th and keynote a Microsoft seminar on Enterprise agile on May 14th.

Mark Lines to certify Instructors in the UK in May

sheynal — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:42:51 +0000

This 3-day workshop will certify experienced agile practitioners to teach DAD courses.

Audience

Please contact Mark@scottambler.com to request a seat. You are working towards your DA Black Belt in order to become a certified instructor. To be considered for this workshop you must have passed the Certification test and have significant experience in agile software development.

For more information click here.

Mark Lines is a returning IBM Champion

scottwambler — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:48:52 +0000

IBM Rational recently announced their IBM Champions for 2013. Mark was a champion in 2012 for his long-time and ongoing relationship with IBM Rational. This award is in recognition for being responsive, respected, and recognized within the technical community.

We are hiring!

Mark Lines — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:59:04 +0000

The DAD message is certainly resonating with enterprises that are struggling with mainstream agile methods or complex agile projects. To meet the demand we are looking for DAD coaches and instructors initially for the US and Canada. If you are interested please check out the Careers page.

Scott Ambler to Keynote at the Lean Innovation, Leadership, and Management conference in Zurich April 10

scottwambler — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:12:35 +0000

I will be keynoting at the Lean Innovation, Leadership, and Management conference in Zurich on April 10, 2013. The topic of my keynote is Disciplined Agile Delivery: The Foundation for Scaling Agile. I will also be giving a presentation entitled Introduction to Lean as well as run an Advanced DAD workshop just before the conference. Hope to see you there.

For the conference itself, you can save 100CHF by using the code AMBL100 when you register.

Disciplined Agile Outsourcing Webcasts: Nov 13 and 15

scottwambler — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:01:12 +0000

I will be giving two webcasts on the topic of Disciplined Agile Outsourcing, one on Nov 13 at 9pm EST and the other on Nov 15 at 12 noon EST. These webcasts are one hour long each, it’s the same webcast being run twice, for a fee of $46.95 CAD. Please click on the links to sign up.

Description:

The Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) process decision framework is a goal-driven, hybrid agile, full delivery methodology that is enterprise aware and scalable. DAD provides a foundation from which you can tailor a viable strategy for disciplined agile outsourcing. This webcast will explore strategies for effectively initiating and governing an outsourced IT delivery project in an agile manner. Outsourcing introduces a collection of risks that can be uniquely addressed with a disciplined agile strategy. Your initial instincts for how to run an outsourced project are likely to hurt you more than help you. This webcast will help get you on the right path.

During this webcast you will learn:

What the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) framework is.
The risks associated with outsourcing.
Disciplined agile outsourcing from the point of view of the customer.
Disciplined agile outsourcing from the point of view of the service provider.
What you need to do to succeed at disciplined agile outsourcing.
Industry statistics regarding agile outsourcing in practice.
Criteria to determine if you’re ready for outsourcing IT delivery projects.

Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) discussion forum on LinkedIn

scottwambler — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:25:10 +0000

I’m happy to annouce we’ve created the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) discussion forum on LinkedIn. Anyone can join and get involved. Hope to see you there.