By popular request, the Agile Development conference will host an “Open Space” workshop.

"Open Space" is a dynamically organized workshop format. In "Open Space" meetings, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance, such as: “What are the main challenges facing the propagation of Agile Development practices and how can they be overcome?”

“Open Space” was recently used at XP/Agile Universe in 2002 to provide a forum for putting relevant issues “on the table” and letting conference attendees dynamically organize to discuss the topics and create a new content source for the conference-goers.

Invitation!!

Please join us Wednesday, June 23rd at 5:15pm to open our Agile Development Conference Open Space, and to create our agenda.

Our purpose is simple and important: we need your deep engagement in the issues and opportunities surrounding the present and future of Agile Software Development. We have done well and we must do better, to serve our organizations, our communities, and ourselves.

In Open Space, we’ll form self-selecting groups to contribute and lead on topics related to the promotion, practice, and research of Agile Software Development. You will convene groups around topics for which you have a passion. Because you care about agile development, and have the skills, experiences, insights and motivation, you can make a lot happen.

We seek differences of opinion and experience, because it this rich diversity that is powerful. We hope to mix past experience, present realities, and all our hopes and dreams, for the future of agile development.

Before we leave the conference:

• Every issue of concern to anybody will be on the table, if they choose to put it there
• All issues will receive as full a discussion as you choose to give them

It's time to get to work. What are the issues and opportunities for Agile Software Development that you care about? What are your ideas, questions, recommendations, concerns, needs and desires for resolution and future directions—right down to the level of implementation?

Please join us! ...let's go! ...and good luck!