BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Events Booking BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69e00bc3800c9 SUMMARY:Book Club – June 2018: \"The Dream Team Nightmare: Boost Team Pro ductivity Using Agile Techniques\" DESCRIPTION:The Dream Team Nightmare: Boost Team Productivity Using Agile T echniques This first-ever interactive Agile Adventure is the gripping tale of an experienced team struggling with agile adoption. In this uniqu e mashup of a business novel written in gamebook format\, you’ll overcom e common yet daunting challenges that come from using agile methods. As Ji m\, the agile coach\, you’ll learn to apply a range of thinking tools an d techniques to real-life problems faced by teams and organizations. \ ; Find out what really works and what fails miserably from the consequence s of your choices. Unlike in the real world\, if at first you don’t succ eed\, you can make different choices until you get things right. Managem ent is read y to disband your new agile team and outsource your project. C an you save the Dream Team? The Dream Team started their journey 18 months ago. Since then\, life has become a nightmare. Progress has grounded to a halt. \; Morale is low. Quality has become taboo. You have five days to figure out how to get the team back on track. There will be conflict an d maybe tears. One thing is for sure: there will be plenty of tough decisi ons to make. Inspired by a classic gamebook series\, this fun and intera ctive story has eight different endings designed to enrich and put your ag ile development knowledge and experience to the test. Packed with familiar scenarios an agile team faces every day\, The Dream Team Nightmare offers you the chance to see what would happen if you could do things differentl y so you can change the way you do thinks for real with confidence. Comb ining practical team-building exercises with effective facilitation and Sy stems Thinking\, by the end of the book you’ll be ready to rescue projec ts in trouble\, and get new projects off to a better start. What reviewe rs say about The Dream Team Nightmare: Engaging and fun to read\, The Dr eam team Nightmare is jam-packed with fresh idea and techniques that are e asy to adopt. It’s also a great springboard for follow-up reading on the bigger ideas such as systems thinking. I would heartily recommend it to e veryone to share with their teams. –Victoria Morgan-Smith\, Scrum Master The Dream Team Nightmare is a breath of fresh air in comparison to othe r books on project theory and process out there. It provides you with a we alth of information to make better decisions on your project. –James Maj or\, Project Manager\, Network Rail The Dream Team Nightmare is packed w ith tips and concrete techniques for how to do just about everything an ag ile coach does. Portia’s entertaining book is totally unlike any other a gile book you’ve ever read. –Liz Sedley\, author of Agile Coaching T he PMI Mid Missouri Book Club is a forum for talking about books that touc h on the widely varied challenges of project and program management. The b ook club meetings are small group discussions for informal sharing and exc hanging ideas. In order to participate you need to register for the event\ , preferably read the book before the meeting\, and bring a copy of the bo ok to the meeting. LOCATION:2323 Missouri Blvd DTSTART:20180614T230000Z DTEND:20180615T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260415T220555Z ORGANIZER;CN=PMI Mid Missouri Chapter:MAILTO:webmaster@pmimidmo.org GEO:38.581306;-92.213158 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2323 Missouri Blvd;X-APPLE- RADIUS=72;X-TITLE=McAlister's Deli - Jefferson City:38.581306;-92.213158 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR