1. A TOUR OF
AGILE TOUR
BEIRUT 2013
OpeningSession
Videos
IceBreaker
Workshops

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AGILE TOUR
BEIRUT 2013
KEY FACTS
90Attendees
22 companies
12 workshops
3 tracks
11Speakers
Low Fees
Event
59$

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The 11th Speakers
2013 Conference
Jad Harb (Murex - Lebanon) -Youssef Chakker (Keeward - Lebanon)– Regis monot (RM formation – France) – Diala Lteif (Alba – Lebanon) –
Pierre Hervouet (Agile Lebanon – Lebanon) Joumana Matter (Mirada Madrid – Lebanon) – Graig Morisson (Murex – France) – Arnaut bailly
(Murex - Paris) – Rania Khoury (Scrum Arabia -Lebanon)- Julien Masloun=m (OutSofting– China) – Pierre Neis (We & Co – Luxembourg)
Jad
Lebanon
Youssef
Lebanon
Diala
Lebanon
Joumana
Lebanon
Regis
France
Pierre
Lebanon
Arnaud
France
Julien
China
Pierre
Luxemburg
Graig
France
Joana
Lebanon

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Best wishes From
theAgile community
Donald Reinertsen – USA - Owner, Reinertsen & Associates
Author of multiple books about product development among them
• The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean
Product Development: 2009
David J Anderson USA - Founder of Lean Kanban University
Author of multiple books about agile among them
• Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology
Business
Pascal Van Cauwenberghe - BELGIUM
• Organizer of XP days Benelux (11th Edition), and Agile Tour Brussels
• Co-author of agile coach toolkit: http://www.agilecoach.net/
Laurent Morisseau - FRANCE
• Author Of :Kanban pour l'IT: « Une nouvelle méthode pour améliorer
les processus de développement »
Claude Aubry FRANCE
• Author of Scrum (2010 – 3rd edition)
Steven tendon – Malta
• Author of Tame the Flow
And also
Zsolt Fabok – Hungary - Kaizen Team Member at Prezi, Christophe
Keromen - FRANCE - Organizer of Agile Tour 2013 Vannes, Michael
Leber - Austria - Organiser of Agile Tour Vienna 2013, Oana Juncu -
France Board member Agile Tour Worldwide & ALE 2011 Organizer,
Dave Nicolette – USA – Agile Lean Consultant
Before starting the event, a small
video where some Key players of the
Agile community wished the best for
the AgileTour
To see the video Click on the buttom
bellow

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Opening Session During his vide0 introducingAgile principles, Mr Ahmed Sidky
make emphasized the importance of collecting feed-backs
during all of the project life cycle.
• Feed-backs help to clarify the client requirements
• Increase the delivered value
• Improve the process
• …
Ahmed Sidyk
is the Executive Director of
ICAgile , Principal of SCG and
one of the key actor in the US
Agile community
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech

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Ice Breaker Because an Agile conference is about networking and fun,The
conference was launched by a giant ice-breaker where the
attendees created a 10 meters physical facebook wall
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech

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My Product is a
James Bond Movie! I don’t want a product. I wantTHE PRODUCT. I want that my
product looks like a James Bond Movie to my users! Agile is
built around first class engineering practices, quality &
testing. That have worked well, for many years.
Benefits for attendees
Scrum explained from a product
development perspective.
ProductOwnership and
powerful Product/Service design
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech
60+45mn
PierreNeis-Luxemburg

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Demystifying the
Lean Startup
Through explanations, games and small case studies,
attendees demystified the basics of the Lean Startup method.
In particular we saw:
- Lean startup: What it really is. What are its origins and
purpose?
- How does it relate to Agile?
-
Benefits for attendees
Participants learned the
Importance of the customer
understanding as the primary
measure of progress.
They saw how to build software
& learnt to know about what the
customer really wants while
delivering what you think he
wants.
Discover some practical ways to
identify and manage customer
assumptions
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech
60+45mn
JulienMazloum–China

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I’m not a Bottleneck!
I’m Free Man
The session introduced theTheory of Constraints, Lean and
Agile with a playful simulation. After the simulation,
participants applied the techniques to real-world cases in a
workshop.
Benefits for attendees
Experienced how the “Five
Focusing Steps” from theTheory
of Constraints quickly makes
clear where and how to improve
processes. Played with Lean and
Agile techniques in a simulation.
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech
30 Max90mn
JadHarb–Lebanon

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I want my
Lego city
.
Let’s build a city in Lego according to the Client requirements
and discover the scrum framework. In this workshop attendees
experimented and understood the Agile Scrum Methodology
Benefits for attendees
Experienced how the scrum
framework, increased the
delivery of value to the client.
The importance of
collaborations, continuous
improvement, and the relevant
metrics
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech
30 Max90mn
Khoury–Lebanon

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« Ala carte » .
The rules were simple, the attendees chose the game they
wanted to play.
Everyone got two votes for which topics they wanted to
discuss first.This built the prioritization.The agenda and the
order were both popularly devised.
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech
30 Max90mn
PierreHervouet-Lebanon
Benefits for attendees
The attendees played 3 games
where they discovered how
multi-tasking is the obstacle #1
in efficient processes,
understood the necessity of
proper prioritization, and they
addressed the challenges of
delegation.
Cards of the
Delegation
Poker game
that the
attendees
played
version 1.01
http://www.managem
ent30.com/delegation
-poker/

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Change! building a high
performing company
through agile...
Agile sounds cool... agile sounds to be the "silver bullet" to
transform your company in a winning one. But.... because
there is almost a but... how is this feasible? Pierre came and
explained what the plans, what's the hits, what to change,
how to change...
Benefits for the attendees:
This session explained real
experience in several contexts
like off-shoring, globalized
organization, startups and
government.There are some
emerging patterns helping you
in your transition
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech
60+45mn
PierreNeis– Luxemburg

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IntroducingAgile at
Your Company Keeward is a growing company, building on small successes
and expanding. But the fast growth and rapid changes
highlighted the inefficiencies in the development process. It
was the perfect time to introduce Agile.
In this sessionYoussef presented a good use case of
introducing Agile in a company, along with examples of things
that work, things that don't, and lessons learnt.
Benefits for the attendees:
Through a real case study,
participants understood what
are the challenges during an
Agile Implementation.
They got some practical insights
on a proper Agile deployment
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech
60+45mn
YoussefChakker -Lebanon

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Fractal Test Driven
Development Test Driven Development is often understood and practiced "in-
the-small". When done properly it is a great way to drive the
programming process towards code (more manageable, more
resilient, contains fewer bugs, simpler, cleaner, modular ButTDD
can also be applied "in-the-large" as a way to drive development
of the whole system, feature by feature as has been advocated
and exemplified most notable by the so-called "London School of
Testing", lead by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce.
Benefits for the attendees:
The attendees learnt howTDD
can be applied at various levels,
from high-level business-facing
end-to-end tests to detailed
coding of single class and
methods and introduces various
techniques and tools (in theJava
ecosystem) to support this
practice.
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech
3090 mn
ArnaudBailly &GregMorisson - France

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Design The Box .
When you create a product/service how do you decide which
solutions to develop and which to set aside?
In this hands-on workshop, participants learn to focus on their
users and to develop solutions based on the moments of
delight and discomfort and to visualize the impact on their
daily life.
Benefits for attendees
Incorporating different user
requirements and
investigating the impact of
each solution on the overall
user experience
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech
30 Max90mn
JoumanaMattar–Lebanon
DialaLteif–Lebanon

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Theaterasatooltoimprove
teamworkandyourleadership It was an interacting presentation mixing acting and didactic
presentation of the characters & masks of the Italian theater
Comedian Dell Arte.
Such presentation are welcome in Agile Conferences, because
we are looking for mind opener.This was in fact the best rated
workshop
Benefits for attendees:
Through the understanding of
the 7 characters of the Comedia
Dell Arte the attendees got a
better understanding of the
individual and collective
dynamics of group.
Agile Tour Beirut 2013 - Berytech
3090 mn
RegisMonot –France

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