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Public Access Library - Agile2011 Keynote Talks and Special Events 

The following full-length session videos are accessible by everyone.  Please feel free to share and distribute the URLs of these video pages to your colleagues and friends. 

NEW!  Open Jam Interviews   (32 min 40 sec)
Todd Little takes a walk around Open Jam and discusses various Agile topics with Jim Highsmith, Andrew Hunt, Arie van Bennekum, Esther Derby and Alan Shalloway.  See what they have to say in these candid and unscripted conversations.

EVENT: The Agile Manifesto 10th Anniversary Reunion: The Big Park Bench   (1 hr 23 min)
Manifesto Authors: Mike Beedle, Arie van Bennekum, Alistair Cockburn, Ward Cunningham, Martin Fowler, James Grenning, Jim Highsmith, Andrew Hunt, Ron Jeffries, Jon Kern, Brian Marick, Robert C. Martin, Steve Mellor, Ken Schwaber, and Jeff Sutherland.

EVENT: Industry Analyst Panel Discussion: Agile Trends and Future Directions   (1 hr 27 min)
Panelists: Dave West - Forrester Research, Melinda Ballou - IDC, Michael Azoff - Ovum, Thomas Murphy- Gartner

Agile2011 Conference   |   Opening Remarks   (17 min)

KEYNOTE: Why Care about Positive Emotions?   |   Speaker: Barbara Fredrickson   (1 hr 10 min)

Agile2011 Conference   |   Closing Remarks   (12 min)

KEYNOTE: Code   |   Speaker: Kevlin Henney   (1 hr 11 min)

KEYNOTE: The Power of an Agile Mindset   |   Speaker: Linda Rising   (1 hr 24 min) 


Newsletter Subscriber and Member Library - Sessions - Introductory Level

The following full-length session videos are accessible all Members and Newsletter Subscribers. 
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The Origins of Agile   |  Speaker: Robert Martin   (30 min)
Stage: Agile Boot Camp   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Introductory

Agile In a Nutshell   |   Speaker: Jonathan Rasmusson   (53 min)
Stage: Agile Boot Camp   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Introductory

Introduction to Agile Planning and Project Management   |   Speaker: Mike Cottmeyer   (1 hr 34 min)
Stage: Agile Boot Camp   |   Session Type: Tutorial   |   Audience: Introductory

Agile Engineering Practices and Tools   |   Speaker: Lars Skaar   (1 hr 9 min)
Stage: Agile Boot Camp   |   Session Type: Tutorial   |   Audience: Introductory

Resistance as a Resource   |   Speaker: Dale Emery   (1 hr 26 min)
Stage: Coaching & Mentoring   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Introductory

How a Traditional Project Leader Transitions to Scrum   |   Speakers: Jeff Sutherland and Nafis Ahmad   (1 hr 26 min)
Stage: Adoption & Transformation   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Introductory

Tell Me Why -- 'The Golden Circle' of Agile Transformation   |   Speaker: Jean Tabaka   (45 min)
Stage: Adoption & Transformation   |   Session Type: Tutorial   |   Audience: Introductory

Team Traps   |   Speaker: Esther Derby   (60 min)
Stage: Collaboration Culture & Teams   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Introductory


Member Library - Audience: Sessions - Practicing and Expert Level

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What We Have Learned So Far: What we Got Right & What We Got Wrong   |   Speakers: Chet Hendrickson and Ron Jeffries   (59 min) 

Stage: Coaching & Mentoring   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Practicing

Basic Principle of the TPS and its Practical Ideas for Agile Software Process!   |   Speakers: Satoshi Kuroiwa and Kazumasa Ebata   (1 hr 22 min)

Stage: New Horizons & New Voices   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Practicing

Scrum and Kanban Like Chocolate and Peanut Butter   |   Speaker: Damon Poole   (56 min)

Stage: Adoption & Transformation   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Practicing

Handling Product Management Across the Enterprise   |   Speaker: Alan Shalloway   (1 hr 26 min)

Stage: Enterprise Agile   |   Session Type: Tutorial   |   Audience: Practicing

Experimentation: a Missing Agile Practice   |   Speaker: Arlo Belshee   (1 hr 3 min)

Stage: Collaboration Culture & Teams   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Practicing

Design Thinking   |   Speaker: Mary Poppendieck   (1 hr 21)

Stage: Working with Customers   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Practicing

Test Driving and Unit Testing Thread Safety   |   Speaker: Venkat Subramaniam   (1 hr 25 min)

Stage: Development Languages Practices & Techniques   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Practicing

The Speed To Cool: Agile Testing And Building Quality In   |   Speakers: Craig Smith and Adrian Smith   (59 min)

Stage: Testing & Quality Assurance   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Practicing

Adaptive Leadership: Accelerating Organizational Agility   |   Speaker: Jim Highsmith    (1 hr 12 min)
Stage: Enterprise Agile   |   Session Type: Tutorial   |   Audience: Practicing

It Depends on Context': You CAN Get There From Here, If You Know Where Here Is   |   Speakers: Ainsley Nies and Diana Larsen   (1 hr 3 min)
Stage: Business & Project Management   |   Session Type: Demonstration   |   Audience: Practicing

Scaling Software Agility: Advanced Practices for Large Enterprise   |   Speaker: Dean Leffingwell   (1 hr 33 min)

Stage: Enterprise Agile   |   Session Type: Tutorial   |   Audience: Expert

The Agile Scaling Model (ASM): Be as Agile as You Need to Be   |   Speaker: Scott Ambler   (60 min)

Stage: Enterprise Agile  |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Practicing

The Culture of Agility: Pete Behrens   |   Speaker: Pete Behrens   (1 hr 23 min)

Stage: Collaboration Culture & Teams   |   Session Type: Tutorial   |   Audience: Practicing

Scaling Agile to the Enterprise with Lean   |   Speakers: Mary Poppendieck and Carsten Jakobsen   (1 hr 29 min)
Stage: Enterprise Agile   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Practicing

Creativity for Agile Teams   |   Speakers: Roger Brown and Mark Levison   (1 hr 13 min)
Stage: Collaboration Culture & Teams   |   Session Type: Talk   |   Audience: Practicing

Making the Entire Organization Agile   |   Speaker: Stephen Denning   (1 hr 26 min)
Stage: Leadership   |   Session Type: Workshop   |   Audience: Practicing

Slackers and Debtors: Meet Commitments, Reduce Debt, and Improve Performance   |   Speaker: James Shore   (1 hr 16 min)
Stage: Hands-on Learning   |   Session Type: Tutorial   |   Audience: Practicing