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5:30 - 6:45 - Networking and Refreshments

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7:00 - 8:00 - Substitute Speaker!
Presentation by Jack Caine, Regional Agile Delivery Leader for the Eliassen Group:

Mob Programming - The Highest Form of Swarming: 

Please join Jack Caine in learning about swarming and mob programming.  This technique is more commonly used for Agile methodologies but is also applicable to more traditional types of project management, particularly during "war room" problem-solving situations. 

The presentation agenda includes:

• Introduction
• The “Why” – What problem is being solved?
• The “What” – What is mob programming?
• The “How” – How is mob programming done?
• The “Who” – 3 case studies
• The “Justification” – By the numbers
• Q&A
• Next Steps

This same presentation was highly received at PMI Dallas and has also been presented at many corporations including Fidelity Investments and Hanover Insurance.

Jack Caine's Bio

Jack Caine is a Regional Agile Delivery Leader for the Eliassen Group.  Jack has 20 years of experience in solution delivery in the retail, finance, insurance, telecom, hi-tech, and government sectors. Jack has applied his knowledge and understanding through coaching and training in the field at some of the largest organizations in the United States, including Walmart, Cisco, Motorola, and Verisk. Jack has also worked in and with several small companies and startups.  Jack has served in a variety of roles including programmer, QA, BA, Project Manager, Production Manager, Off-Shore Cost Center President, Scrum Master, Coach, Trainer, Principal Agile Consultant, and small business owner.   Jack has dozens of certifications and accreditations in the areas of leadership, coaching, facilitation, scaling, agile, scrum, kanban, DevOps, agile engineering, lean portfolio management, and design thinking.

Jack teaches over a dozen different courses accredited by the Scrum Alliance, Scaled Agile, ICAgile and the Eliassen Group, and is a sought-after speaker, having spoken not only at agile, product, and DevOps conferences, but also at PMI events in three states and even at an HR conference.

Jack is the author of 6 workbooks, which are available on Amazon and over 40 articles. He is also the editor of "Jack's Agile Notebook", a Google Slide Deck open to the public with over 1300 slides on agile, lean, leadership, coaching, and facilitation.  Jack is also a co-author of an article on mob programming that was published by the Scrum Alliance.  Jack is the founder of the two rather divergent organizations: The New York City Scrum User Group's Mentorship Circle and the Asociación Deportiva Hockey, the inline hockey association in Costa Rica. The National Hockey Cup in Costa Rica is called "La Copa Caine".

Born in Brooklyn, New York, raised on a horse ranch in Nevada, and schooled (as best they could) at UCLA, Jack has lived in three countries and many states and currently resides with his wife in the Dallas area, allowing him to travel for work all over North America.

Jack can be reached at jcaine@eliassen.com