The CHOOSE executive board is pleased to invite you to a presentation by Ralph Jocham (Zühlke Engineering AG) on 'The Risks of SCRUM'. This event is free for all SI-CHOOSE members, even the drinks after the talk! Non-CHOOSE members are also welcome, and are encouraged to fill out the membership application form (http://www.s-i.ch/) before attending the meeting. If you want to know more about CHOOSE and the events which CHOOSE organises, please visit www.choose.s-i.ch NB. Please register for this event at: http://choose.s-i.ch/events/2009-12-08-jocham ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Risks of SCRUM ================== When: 17h30, Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 Where: Institut fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik (IWI), Universitaet Bern, Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Hoersaal 001 Travel instructions: http://scg.unibe.ch/contact/maps Speaker ------- Ralph Jocham Agenda ------ 17h30 Talk and Q/A Afterwards you are invited to a refreshment. Abstract ======== Scrum has done a lot of good to the world of software engineering and its rising popularity made it a synonym for Agile. Scrum is agile, but Scrum does not enforce agile software development practices. Scrum mainly helps to surface and handle management problems and the resulting risks, but technical issues can go undetected for long, even until it is too late. Without a focus on continuous improvement of technical excellence the health of the code base is at risk. At the end of the day, good management is a pre-cursor for success but to sustain in the long run, the technical complexity of software projects must not be ignored. Bio === Ralph Jocham is an agile passionate information technology professional with extensive software development experience using agile methodologies. A leading thinker in applying Agile/Scrum/Lean/Theory of Constraints for process improvements to maximize ROI. Over eleven years in programming object oriented systems and in search of advancing his craft made Ralph a versatile, highly productive software engineer and agile coach. He currently works as an Agile Coach and Consultant for Zühlke Engineering AG in Bern, Switzerland.