GOTO Berlin is a vendor independent international software development conference with more that 60 top speaker and 400 attendees. The conference cover topics such as Java, Open Source, Agile, Architecture, Design, Web, Cloud, New Languages and Processes.

Presentation: "KEYNOTE: Disciplined Learning: Beyond Risk Reduction"

Time: Thursday 09:00 - 09:50 / Location: Estrelsaal A

Not your parents' risk reduction. Not fail-fast. Not agile as normal. Not easy. What is it? It's what the best companies and the best teams are doing these days, and it's exciting. Gone are the simple, olden days of building a backlog and working through highest-business-value-first down through the list. Now are the days of amplifying your guesses about the future and tuning your work for maximum success and maximum reliability. The new mantra is Learn early, Learn often. Oh, and did I say? It's not easy. Just effective.

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Alistair Cockburn, one of the "All-Time Top 150 i-Technology Heroes"

Alistair Cockburn

Biography: Alistair Cockburn

Dr. Alistair Cockburn, one of the original creators of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development was voted one of the "The All-Time Top 150 i-Technology Heroes" in 2007, for his pioneering work in use cases and agile software development. An internationally renowned IT strategist and author of the Jolt award-winning books "Agile Software Development" and "Writing Effective Use Cases", he is an expert on agile development, use cases, process design, project management, and object-oriented design. In 2001 he co-authored the Agile Manifesto, in 2003 he created the Agile Development Conference, in 2005 he co-founded the Agile Project Leadership Network, in 2010 he co-founded the International Consortium for Agile. Many of his articles, talks, poems and blog are online at http://alistair.cockburn.us.

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