May 6th-8th | Mandarin Oriental Hotel
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Join us May 6th thru 8th at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami for two and half days featuring the latest developments in the application of Lean Thinking to software development.

Learn the latest thinking in applying Lean techniques like Kanban to shorten cycle time and deliver more value from your software projects. Mix with the experts and practitioners using these ideas every day in organizations around the world. Be part of our community. Be part of the next wave of software management and leadership.

The lineup comprises the largest group of Lean and Kanban innovators, leading edge practitioners, and influential thought leaders ever assembled to share their thoughts, experiences, and ideas on successfully applying Lean techniques to software engineering and project management. The conference is a unique opportunity to meet with and learn directly from industry luminaries and practitioners using these ideas every day in organizations around the world.

Attendees will learn the latest thinking in applying Lean techniques like Kanban and Lean-Agile to deliver more value from software projects by improving delivery reliability, cycle time, productivity, and quality to deliver more value from their software projects. Numerous case studies from diverse market segments – from financial to manufacturing, from the games industry to news media and publishing will be shared from practitioners in the field at Robert Bosch, Motley Fool, and others.

The conference begins with a full day of presentations with separate tracks for Lean and Kanban, a second day of open space interaction for idea sharing and solutions, ending with a half day of lightning talks. Presentations, case studies, open spaces, and lightning talks provide a diverse and rich context for major players and industry peers to engage, learn, and share.

“With the tightening economy, monetizing the software development process is becoming a top priority,” said David Anderson, event organizer “If you're serious about adopting or scaling Lean and Kanban practices you can't afford to miss the advantages of attending. We’ve assembled the most experienced and knowledgeable group of experts for this conference to help companies increase value throughout their software development process. The conference agenda will be fun, rich, and engaging for engineers, managers and executives – learning and mixing with the best collection of experts ever assembled in one place -- sharing and innovating together will be an amazing experience.”

“We’re thrilled to be the title sponsor and participate in this event,” said Alan Shalloway, conference keynote speaker and CEO of NetObjectives, Inc. “It really is a very rare thing to have so many of the best and brightest in one place at one time for one reason – The conference will help companies gain substantial advantages in succeeding in their Lean and Kanban initiatives.”

The Lean & Kanban 2009 event was created to drive further progress in software development by providing a unique opportunity for sharing best practices and innovations within the growing community of software engineers, managers, and executives adopting Lean Thinking and Kanban systems.

Hotel Information

Mandarin Oriental Miami Delegates are responsible for their own accommodation. A block of rooms has been reserved with a special rate of $250/night. The rate is guaranteed until April 20th.

To make an individual reservation for Lean & Kanban 2009 Miami click here. (If you cannot access the link, please copy and paste the link into your web browser). Alternatively, you can visit mandarinoriental.com, and enter group code 1G3932 to access rates and availability or call +1 (866) 888-6780 and ask for the group code 1G3932 rate.

Post Conference

Speaker presentations are now available here!

Videos of the presentations will be available soon!

You can still follow conference related traffic on Twitter #lk2009

During the conference we announced the formation of the Lean Software & Systems Consortium that will focus on providing a formal professional qualification within the software industry.

Also as an outcome from the conference, an informal Kanban community has formed, the Limited WIP Society. Why not start a local chapter in your city?

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