Agile 2009 is next week

Agile 2009 is next week and I’m pretty excited about it. I suspect my brain will be on overload the entire time and looking at the other speakers am pretty flattered to have had one of my sessions selected.

No doubt I’ll end up changing some of the sessions and skip some for hallway conversations and such, but this is how I my week is shaping up. Not to mention the AA-FTT workshop on Sunday a one-on-one with a ThoughtWorks consultant and Friday’s Open Jam sessions (where I will be trying to absorb all I can about transitioning command-and-control organizations (and their executives) to Agile and the role of an Agile Coach in it.)

Monday

• Prioritizing Your Product Backlog – Mike Cohn
• [Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback](http://agile2009.agilealliance.org/node/1809 What Does and Agile Coach Do?</a – Rachel Davies, Liz Sedley</li>
• <a href=>) – Elizabeth Keogh
• 10 Temptations of an Agile Coach (New or Experienced) – Stevie Borne

Tuesday

• Mission Impossible: TDD and Javascript – James Suchy
• Continuous Integration of the World – Patrick Debois
• Agile Project Metrics – Dave Nicolette

Wednesday

• Pragmatic Personas: Putting the User Back into User Stories – Jeff Patton
• Agile Hats Art Show – Adam Goucher (yes, this is me)
• History of a Large Test Automation Project Using Selenium – Chris McMahon
• Exploratory Testing (Framework) Experience – Erik Petersen

Thursday

• The Agile CTO – James Shore, Diana Larsen
• Role of Agile Leader in reconfiguring the Business – Israel Gat
• Growing an Agile Culture from Value Seeds – Paul Ingalis, Troy Frever
• The Ogre and The Wimp: Clever Influencing Tricks – Help the Most Reluctant Teams – Anda Abramovici
• How to sell a traditional client on an agile project plan – Arin Sime
• Eight Guiding Values – Brian Marick

It should be fun.