45 conferences, in 15 countries. In just three years, Agile Tour has become the biggest event on Agile around the world. How did we coordinate 45 projects in parallel, through different time zones, without a single failure? What challenges did we encounter? Is our kind of organization applicable in a business world? I’ll give you an insight into the Agile Tour, and we’ll answer those questions together.

1. Give them a goal, they’ll find their means
How Agile tour is organized
Jonathan Scher
Agile Tour Pune 2010

2. A Very Successful Process
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4. Business Analyst’s Email
« Hello,
I would like to thank you for your work. Our
collaboration was beyond what I was expected,
and the software meets exactly our client’s
needs.
Regards,
Mr XX, Business analyst. »
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5. Agilemanifesto.org
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6. AGILE TOUR’S HISTORY
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7. 2008’s Challenge
Build from scratch
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8. Difficulties Organizing A Conference For The 1st Time
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9. Difficulties Organizing A Conference For The 1st Time
• Establishing a schedule
• Resolving legal issues
• Build an IT system
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10. Tree Golden Rules
• Your conference must talk about Agile
• At least 2 organizers from different companies
• Free or low cost conference
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11. Agile Tour 2008
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12. Agile Tour 2008’s stats
• 7 stops, in France
• ~900 attendees
• 3 board members
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13. 2009’s Challenges
Working as a team
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14. 2009’s Challenges
Going international
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15. Agile Tour 2009
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16. Agile Tour 2009’s stats
• 18 stops, in 6 countries
• 2390 attendees
• Budget : 6.17 million INR total
o From 32 000 to 1.17 millions INR
o Agile France 2009 : 4.31 millions INR, 300 attendees
• 7 board members
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17. 2010’s Challenge
Scaling
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18. Agile Tour 2010
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19. Agile Tour 2010’s stats
• 45 stops, in 15 countries
• ~5800 attendees ?
• 10 board members
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20. 2011’s Challenge
Diversifying ?
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21. KEYS TO SUCCESS
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22. Begin Small
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23. Low Coupling
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24. Build on Trust
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25. Give them a goal, they’ll find their means
How Agile tour is organized
Jonathan Scher
Agile Tour Pune 2010