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Update on Agile 2009, August 4, 2009

Posted by: Johanna Rothman on August 4, 2009

I haven’t blogged about Agile 2009 in a while because I’ve been busy managing it. In the meantime, you need to know that the absolute last day to get the conference rate for the hotel is Aug 14, 2009. Do not delay. Once the hotel rooms at the conference rate are gone, they are gone. Some things you might want to know:

  • Bob Payne interviewed me about the conference here
  • You can learn about the program in a variety of ways: time, persona, stage, personalize with a number of personas
  • If you’re having trouble getting your boss to pay, take a look at the justification toolkit
  • You can see the emails I’ve written to the people who want news about the conference
  • You can follow us on Twitter, @agile2009

Early bird registrations are now sold out. The cheapest way to attend the conference is to register with four other people (we don’t care if you work at the same place, or even know each other!) for a five-pack.

Please do join us, Aug 24-28, in Chicago.

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About Johanna Rothman

Johanna Rothman, known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” offers frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams learn to see simple and reasonable things that might work. Equipped with that knowledge, they can decide how to adapt their product development.

With her trademark practicality and humor, Johanna is the author of 18 books about many aspects of product development. She’s written these books:

  • Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility
  • Become a Successful Independent Consultant
  • Free Your Inner Nonfiction Writer
  • Modern Management Made Easy series: Practical Ways to Manage Yourself; Practical Ways to Lead and Serve (Manage) Others; Practical Ways to Lead an Innovative Organization
  • Write a Conference Proposal the Conference Wants and Accepts
  • From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams (with Mark Kilby)
  • Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver
  • Agile and Lean Program Management: Scaling Collaboration Across the Organization
  • Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects, 2nd edition
  • Project Portfolio Tips: Twelve Ideas for Focusing on the Work You Need to Start & Finish
  • Diving for Hidden Treasures: Finding the Value in Your Project Portfolio (with Jutta Eckstein)
  • Predicting the Unpredictable: Pragmatic Approaches to Estimating Project Schedule or Cost
  • Manage Your Job Search
  • Hiring Geeks That Fit
  • The 2008 Jolt Productivity award-winning Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
  • Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management (with Esther Derby)

In addition to articles and columns on various sites, Johanna writes the Managing Product Development blog on her website, jrothman.com, as well as a personal blog on createadaptablelife.com.

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