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title: Heart of Agile Pittsburgh 2017
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I was honored to be asked to speak at the [Heart of Agile Pittsburgh 2017](http://heartofagile.com/heart-of-agile-conferences/heart-of-agile-pittsburgh-2017/)
on April 27 & 28. This is the second year of conference, the last one
was held in Philadelphia. The turn out this year in Pittsburgh was fantastic, selling
out just before the conference start.

## What is the Heart of Agile?

[The Heart of Agile](http://heartofagile.com/) comes from agile manifesto author,
[<NAME>](http://alistair.cockburn.us/). As he encouraged people and teams to
get back to the heart of agile he found himself emphasizing four things

* Collaborate
* Deliver
* Reflect
* Improve

I recommend everyone learn about the [Heart of Agile](http://heartofagile.com/).
Especially if you feel, like me, that the current state of
"agile implementations" often end up being exactly what the agile movement was
trying to prevent from the onset.

<img class='img-responsive' src='/img/heart-of-agile.png' height='50%' width='50%' />

## Talk

My talk was based on a blog post I wrote two years ago about Ping Pong Pair Programming, which
can be found [here](/2015/04/18/ping-pong-pair-programming.html). The talk describes issues
with traditional pair programming, how Ping Pong Pair Programming addresses those issues,
and a demo of Ping Pong Pair Programming. My friend and colleague [<NAME>](http://nickgoede.com)
gave the talk and demonstration with me.  

Here are the slides for the talk, replacing the coding videos with links to youtube videos.

<iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/l1bmhlm6uSHOw8" width="595" height="485" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="//www.slideshare.net/AnthonySciamanna1/the-ultimate-developer-collaboration-technique-ping-pong-pair-programming-75312208" title="The Ultimate Developer Collaboration Technique: Ping Pong Pair Programming" target="_blank">The Ultimate Developer Collaboration Technique: Ping Pong Pair Programming</a> </strong> from <strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.slideshare.net/AnthonySciamanna1"><NAME></a></strong> </div>

<br/>

## Conference

<img class='img-responsive' src='/img/gateway-clipper-fleet-night.jpg' height='70%' width='70%' />

The conference was really well done, hats off to
[<NAME>](https://twitter.com/lingle_r412) and [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/scrummando)
for all their hard work organizing it. There were some very unique aspects to
the conference, starting with the location. The conference was held on a series of
docked riverboats, the Gateway Clipper Fleet. During the first evening's cocktail reception a riverboat
set sail on the three rivers.

<img class='img-responsive' src='/img/gateway-clipper-entrance.jpg' height='80%' width='80%' />

Other unique aspects of the conference were a real-time retrospective during the
conference (thanks to [ScatterSpoke](http://www.scatterspoke.com)) and a
"coaches corner" where people could meet and discuss topics with speakers,
sponsors, and other attendees. I met more wonderful people and got more value
and inspiration out of this conference than most I have attended. The other
speakers were excellent, I found each of the talks I went to very valuable.
I'm already looking forward to next year's conference.<commit_msg>Draft updates<commit_after>---
layout: post
section-type: post
title: Heart of Agile Pittsburgh 2017
comments: true
category: talks
tags: ['talks', 'pair programming', 'tdd']
---

I was honored to be asked to speak at the [Heart of Agile Pittsburgh 2017](http://heartofagile.com/heart-of-agile-conferences/heart-of-agile-pittsburgh-2017/)
on April 27 & 28. This is the second year of conference, the last one
was held in Philadelphia. The turn out this year in Pittsburgh was fantastic, selling
out just before the conference start.

## What is the Heart of Agile?

[The Heart of Agile](http://heartofagile.com/) comes from agile manifesto author,
[<NAME>](http://alistair.cockburn.us/). As he encouraged people and teams to
get back to the heart of agile he found himself emphasizing four things

* Collaborate
* Deliver
* Reflect
* Improve

I recommend everyone learn about the [Heart of Agile](http://heartofagile.com/).
Especially if you feel, like me, that the current state of
"agile implementations" often end up becoming exactly what the agile movement was
trying to prevent from the onset.

<img class='img-responsive' src='/img/heart-of-agile.png' height='40%' width='40%' />

## Talk

My talk was based on a blog post I wrote two years ago about Ping Pong Pair Programming, which
can be found [here](/2015/04/18/ping-pong-pair-programming.html). The talk describes issues
with traditional pair programming, how Ping Pong Pair Programming addresses those issues,
and a demo of Ping Pong Pair Programming. My friend and colleague [<NAME>](http://nickgoede.com)
gave the talk and demonstration with me.  

Here are the slides from the talk, replacing the coding videos with links to youtube videos.

<iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/l1bmhlm6uSHOw8" width="595" height="485" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="//www.slideshare.net/AnthonySciamanna1/the-ultimate-developer-collaboration-technique-ping-pong-pair-programming-75312208" title="The Ultimate Developer Collaboration Technique: Ping Pong Pair Programming" target="_blank">The Ultimate Developer Collaboration Technique: Ping Pong Pair Programming</a> </strong> from <strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.slideshare.net/AnthonySciamanna1"><NAME></a></strong> </div>

<br/>

## Conference

<img class='img-responsive' src='/img/gateway-clipper-fleet-night.jpg' height='50%' width='50%' />

The conference was really well done, hats off to
[<NAME>](https://twitter.com/lingle_r412) and [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/scrummando)
for all their hard work organizing it. There were some very unique aspects to
the conference, starting with the location. The conference was held on a series of
docked riverboats, the [Gateway Clipper Fleet](https://www.gatewayclipper.com/).
During the first evening's networking & cocktail reception a riverboat set sail on the Three Rivers.

<img class='img-responsive' src='/img/gateway-clipper-entrance.jpg' height='50%' width='50%' />

Other unique aspects of the conference were a real-time retrospective during the
conference (thanks to [ScatterSpoke](http://www.scatterspoke.com)) and a
"coaches corner" where people could meet and discuss topics with speakers,
sponsors, and other attendees. I met more wonderful people and got more value
and inspiration out of this conference than most I have attended. The other
speakers were excellent, I found each of the talks I went to very valuable.
I'm already looking forward to next year's conference.
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