<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Any chance of video capturing the talk? If in on pc, can use free Webex recorder. If on Mac...???<br><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">-Rich</span></div></div><div><br>On Jun 13, 2011, at 8:56, Holly Miller <<a href="mailto:hmiller@mbl.edu">hmiller@mbl.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Today's Informal Lunch Talk will be:</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">When: TODAY Noon, Monday, June 13, 2011</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Where: 103 Lillie on the MBL Campus (</font><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/about/visit/directions/mbl_interactive_map/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">map</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">)</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Who: Kristen Lans, Center for Library and Informatics, MBL</font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Title: Saving the Planet with Scrum</span></div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Summary:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br></span></p><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The Encyclopedia of Life (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.eol.org/"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.eol.org/"><a href="http://www.eol.org">www.eol.org</a></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">) is an ambitious project to provide global access to knowledge about life on Earth. Built on a complex network of partners, data, and infrastructure, the EOL project requires a careful yet flexible approach to planning and development. Since 2008, the EOL software development team has been using a lightweight, iterative, team-oriented approach to software development called Scrum, a framework that has risen to prominence in the software industry and beyond due to its positive impact on organizations' culture, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">If you are interested in learning how to manage complexity in your projects while becoming more adaptable to change, then come learn more about what the EOL team is doing with Scrum.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Goals include:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">-Understand the fundamentals of scrum and agile software development</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">-Understand if scrum is a good approach for your team/project/organization</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">-Understand how to get started</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Specific examples from the EOL project will be used to illustrate the points above.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><b>About the speaker:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br></span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></span><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><div>Kristen Lans is the Release Manager of the Biodiversity Informatics Group of the Encyclopedia of Life project and a Certified Scrum Master. Her focus at MBL is to facilitate clear communication and project goals, coordinate planning activities, remove team impediments, and continuously improve process.</div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></font></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">See you there!</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Holly Miller </font></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><a href="mailto:hmiller@mbl.edu"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">hmiller@mbl.edu</font></a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Anne Thessen </font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><a href="mailto:athessen@eol.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">athessen@eol.org</font></a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Andrew Maffei </font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><a href="mailto:amaffei@whoi.edu"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">amaffei@whoi.edu</font></a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></span></font></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Data-Mongers maillist - <a href="mailto:Data-Mongers@whoi.edu"><a href="mailto:Data-Mongers@whoi.edu">Data-Mongers@whoi.edu</a></a></span><br><span><a href="http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/data-mongers">http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/data-mongers</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>