Presentations, Lunch & Learns
Hosting a series of informal learning sessions is a simple and powerful way to strengthen a team. Whether the topic is related to current work or more strategic in nature, the value of bringing everyone together in the same room is tremendous.
We have built up a large list of key topics that can be used as effective Lunch & Learn sessions. They are all highly interactive, with the introduction of best-practices tied closely to a discussion of current practices and how to bring these together in your organization.
If you’re in the Greater Vancouver area, have a place to gather and a favourite caterer (or prefer to brown-bag it), you’re all set. Just pick a topic, sit back, and get ready for some of the most engaging learning you’ve done in a while.
If you are out of town, talk to us about connecting virtually.
Bring a 6-pack to Lunch
If you want to make Lunch & Learns part of your culture, pick a series of 6 or more from the list below, and we’ll throw in a complimentary offering of our Diagnostic Service, which will serve as a great ice-breaker for the group and set the tone for the rest of the sessions.
Feel free to mix and match topics, but be sure to include the State of Software Practice Today, which is best presented in the context of your diagnostic results.
Sample Topics Available
The following are topics we have run in the past. We are adding topics all the time, and if you don’t see a topic here that you would like, please feel free to suggest one:
- Inter-cultural Issues in the Workplace
- Prioritization: What’s First on Your List to Santa?
- Project Management for the Rest of Us
- 10 Traits of Healthy Software Development
- A Business Case for Improved Practices
- Random Acts of Quality
- What is Quality?
- Quality Attributes Primer
- Software Development Best-Practices
- Right up Front: Strategies for Prioritizing Test Activities
- Benefits of a Well Managed Approach
- Benchmarking for the Rest of Us
- A Survey of Agile Approaches
- Customer-Centric Product Development
- A Strong Start: Testing Software Requirements
- The Value of a Project Management Office
- The State of Software Practice Today
- Critical Elements for Software Estimation
- Software Configuration Management
- Change Management
- Holding Our Feet to the Fire
We will work with you to find a time that fits your schedule. Each session is at least an hour in duration, with ample time for discussion and debate among the group. If there’s rich discussion, we’ll be glad to keep the chat going!
Please contact us for more information regarding this series, or any other topic you might have in mind.
“On behalf of our Dean Arthur Coren and myself, I would like to extend our thanks to you for making a presentation to our students of Software Quality Assurance (INFO 4320) class. I had the opportunity to talk to our students who found the presentation extremely valuable and they gained a good understanding of best practices of Software Engineering and Technology Management.
We in the department strongly encourage participation of industry leaders to join us in providing well rounded education to our students. We very much appreciate your effort to come to Kwantlen University College for this presentation in spite of your busy schedule and to provide valuable insight into the issues and practices of Information Technology field.” – Dr.Abhijit Sen, Chair, Computing Sciences and Information Systems, & Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology, Kwantlen University College
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