Tuesday
Hacking Your Emotional API: Emotional Intelligence in Practice
Presented by: John Sawers, Aaron Aldrich
Time: Tuesday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMBeing a good developer isn’t just about slinging code; we’re part of a community. Interacting with others in a community means feelings are involved. But feelings are messy and uncomfortable, so why can’t you just ignore them? Because emotional skills are critical for working well on a team....
Room: CypressTrack: Project Leadership/Soft SkillsFormat: PreCompilerLevel: Introductory and overviewLet's play!
Presented by: Jean Lange, Remy Porter
Time: Tuesday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PMImprov games ~ZIP!~ build skills like paying attention ~ZAP!~, switching roles ~ZOP!~, negotiating uncertainty ~...zzZIP?~, and celebrating failure ~ZOP! HURRAH!~ … and these skills build up to real world benefits like understanding the people around you better, working well in a group, and not...
Room: CypressTrack: Project Leadership/Soft SkillsFormat: PreCompilerLevel: Introductory and overviewWednesday
Decision Making in the Face of Uncertainty
Presented by: Gary Short
Time: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMDecision making in the face of uncertainty is one of the hardest things to do. In this pre-compiler session, we'll borrow methods from machine learning, statistics, trading and computer science to compose a methodology which will allow you to make the best decision possible given the evidence you...
Room: CypressTrack: Project Leadership/Soft SkillsFormat: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateCoaching Katas - In Search of The Answer to the Agile Kobayashi Maru
Presented by: Faye Thompson, Charles Husemann
Time: Wednesday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PMThese virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions. -- Aristotle A code kata is an exercise in which developers hone their programming skills through practice and repetition. This workshop is intended to do the same thing for agilists by providing them with difficult real-world scenarios to...
Room: CypressTrack: Project Leadership/Soft SkillsFormat: PreCompilerLevel: Intermediate