Agile New England presents 2 back-to-back conferences:

Agile Games and Mob Programming Conference!

Learn more about both conferences on the websites Agile Games 2019 and Mob Programming 2019.

Mob Programming Conference 2019 - April 11 - April 12

All the brilliant people, working on the same thing, at the same time, in the same space, and at the same computer.

Mob programming, or “mobbing,” is a software development approach where the whole team works on the same thing, at the same time, in the same space, and at the same computer. The entire team participates in designing, coding, testing, and working with customers, users, and other stakeholders. This is an evolutionary step beyond pair programming, and accentuates the face-to-face communication, team alignment, collaboration, and self-organizing team aspects of the Agile approach to software development.

Mob programming leverages the knowledge of the entire group to make faster, better decisions. This increases the productivity of the team and the quality of their output. Mobbing also encourages cross-training and the sharing of perspectives across functions, which improve collaboration and job satisfaction.

The Mob Programming 2019 Conference will be immersive. You’ll be actively “mobbing” no matter what your starting level of familiarity is. You’ll level-up your game in several sessions during the day. In between, there will be opportunity to process your new learnings and float new insights.

For more information, visit the Mob Programming 2019 Conference website.

Agile Games Conference 2019 - April 08 - April 10

Enhance your agile team's working skills in an interactive and fun way!

The Agile Games 2019 Conference has sold out. If you click on the "Register" button, you'll have an opportunity to put yourself on the waitlist for the Agile Games conference to be notified if additional tickets become available.

Agile games are activities focused on teaching, demonstrating, and improving Agile and organizational effectiveness using games and simulations. Games can model the core of complex or time-consuming processes and systems (leaving out unimportant factors), to examine why they work (or don’t work), look for improvements, and teach others how to benefit from them. They can involve collaboration, brainstorming, retrospectives, and comparing variants. Agile games are activities focused on teaching, demonstrating, and improving organizational agility and effectiveness. Agile games are now a fundamental part of many successful Agile transitions.

The Agile Games Conference is an annual event hosted by Agile New England. Each year the Agile Games Conference focuses on various themes such as games for high performing teams, psychological safety, and Agile in the real world. It provides an immersive exploration of some of the more interesting, playful, and fun concepts behind Agile Software Development.

This year Agile Games 2019 is a three day event in Burlington, Massachusetts which will focus on practical Agile - in other words, what makes it work or not work. The conference tracks will be:

• Scaling Up & Out

• Distributed Games

• Games to overcome resistance

• Technical Games

For more information, visit the Agile Games 2019 Conference website.

Save about 10% by purchasing a single registration for both conferences - see "Combo" registrations below.

Each conference has a limited number of early bird tickets available. Both conferences are very well suited for groups/teams to attend together. We have made very attractive group rates for each conference and the 2 conferences combined.

If our (very modest) registration fees are not affordable, please see the "Is it possible to get a hardship discount?" paragraph in the FAQ section below.

FAQs

Transfer and Refund Policy:

If you have already purchased a registration but find that you can't attend the event, you can transfer it to another individual at no cost. We can honor requests for refunds made at least 2 weeks before the event, but a $100 cancellation fee will be charged. Unfortunately, we can not give refunds requested less than 2 weeks before the event. (In some cases of extenuating personal circumstances, the Agile Games registrar may be able to offer more lenient refund terms.) We will respond to all refund requests as quickly as possible, but no later than five days after receiving the request.

If you need assistance or have other questions, write to Registrar@AgileGamesNewEngland.com

Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Contact us at Registrar@AgileGamesNewEngland.com. Please be clear as to which conference(s) you have questions on so we can help you as fast as possible.

Is it possible to get a hardship discount?

Agile New England is committed to providing access to as many people as possible. If you cannot afford our (very modest) registration fee, let us know about your hardship. We will endeavor to make hardship discounts available as the finances of the event allow, and we will keep a waiting list of those who inquire. You can contact us at Registrar@AgileGamesNewEngland.com.

How will my registration fee appear on my credit card statement?

If you pay for your registration using a credit card, the charge will be processed through PayPal and it should appear on your credit card statement as "PAYPAL *AGILE N.E." or "PAYPAL *AGILE NEW ENGLAND". Depending on the format of your credit card statements, there may be other information about PayPal as the "merchant" responsible for the charge.

Do you offer any hotel discounts?

The official conference hotel is the Hyatt House Boston/Burlington at
2 Van De Graaff Drive,
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
It is about a six minute walk from the conference site. We have arranged a room rate of $179 (+ 11.7% tax) per night. To book a room at the Hyatt House Boston/Burlington at the conference rate, use the link https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/massachusetts/hyatt-house-boston-burlington/bosxb?corp_id=G-AGMP
Check our website for more information about getting between the hotel and the conference site.

Note: You will need a government-issued photo ID to attend the conference.