BLOG POST

• Enterprise Agile - what's it all about? Find out a little more about it before Dennis Stevens talks about at Fusion in this post on the SoftEd Blog, blog.softed.com >>>
• "One of the coolest things I saw was the new Coke dispenser", the future of management and more. The twinterview (twitter interviewed) with Dennis Stevens now published on the SoftEd Bolg, blog.softed.com >>>   
• Find out more about this customer-focused way of delivering what people want, Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) at blog.softed.com >>>
• In case you missed it: The Valentine's Day twinterview with Elisabeth Hendrickson re-published on blog.softed.com >>>
• Read "The Economist" urges original signatory to Agile Manifesto: The twinterview with Stephen J. Mellor on blog.softed.com >>>

FUSION SPEAKERS

Fusion will have over 20 speakers. There will be a mixture of international experts, senior Australian IT practitioners and SoftEd's own talented trainers.

CONFIRMED FUSION SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

	Emma Langman Change Magician, Progression Partnership (UK) Emma's company, Progression Partnership, is a niche consultancy specialising in applying Systems Thinking to help individuals and organisations to reach their goals >>>
	Dennis Stevens President, Synaptus (USA) Dennis is a Core Team Member of the IIBA's® Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide. He is a recognised expert in Project/Programme Management and Enterprise Analysis areas >>>
	Alan Page SDET, Microsoft (USA) Alan knows about testing at Microsoft. He was the lead author on the book How We Test Software at Microsoft, is currently on the Xbox team and also coaches and mentors testers across Microsoft  >>>
	Elisabeth Hendrickson Founder, Quality Tree Software (USA) Respected thought leader in Agile Testing, a former member of the board of the Agile Alliance and co-organiser of the Agile Alliance Functional Testing Tools program >>>
	Michael Rosemann Professor and Head of the School of Information Systems, QUT (AU) If you want to learn about Business Process Management (BPM) Michael's knowledge is world renowned. Founder and Chair of the Australian BPM Roundtable >>>
	Julie Gardiner QA Test Manager, Sage (UK) Top flight consultant, trainer and QA Test Manager, Julie returns down-under. Agile or waterfall, ISTQB or ScrumMaster-ship, from doing to managing, across blue chips, retail, utilities, construction, and the public sector her experience is vast >>>
	Stephen J. Mellor Independent Consultant (AU) An original signatory to the Agile Manifesto, a 'prime mover' at the Object Management Group (OMG) where he was on the Architecture Board and the Board of Directors. Most importantly, Stephen explains the intricacies of real-time and embedded systems model-driven development with clarity >>>
	Peter Ellyard  Preferred Futures (AU) Australia's most prominent Futurist >>>

See more speakers here >>> 

DATES

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Optional pre-conference workshops:
12 September, 2012

Conference dinner:
13 September, 2012

LOCATION

Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
61-101 Phillip Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

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COST

Two day conference including lunches, refreshments, dinner (13th Sept) and all conference materials
$1980

SPECIAL OFFERS

Early Bird pricing:
Book before 30th June 2012 for 20% off

5th person free:
Book four people to attend the conference and the fifth goes free

Use Early Bird pricing and 5th person free together to get 36% off the standard two day conference cost.

VIDEO FROM PAST CONFERENCES

View video from past conferences on the Learn More Here page >>>

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ANY QUESTIONS?

Call 1800 145 152 and speak to Daniel, Bridgette or Lee 

Email fusion(at)softed.com

Fusion is SoftEd's brand new conference. Whether you are an I.T. Manager, Business Analyst, Software Tester, Project Manager or just someone who cares about delivering quality products, Fusion is the event where you will meet like-minded people, hear from industry experts and acquire knowledge you can use in your organisation.

Why Fusion? 

Fusion brings together key elements of software development and business. Developers, testers and analysts need to work together to build great products and I.T. needs to work with other business areas to build successful companies.

If you've been to SoftEd's SDC or STANZ conference you'll find the best elements of those here - like "practical tips towards improving progress."Helen Bregent, Team Leader QA Governance, Centrelink, STANZ 2010 - together with even more cutting edge content around Agile, Collaboration and SD Management, so we can share knowledge and expertise in the biggest, most exciting SoftEd conference ever.

Fusion is bringing together different software development disciplines to help you build the best products and services.

Fusion is bringing together software development and business to work as a team.

Fusion is your pathway to software excellence.

Topics and Sessions at Fusion will include:

• Systems Thinking
• Agile Development
• Enterprise Analysis
• Innovating Process Management
• Addressing Estimation Issues
• Acceptance Test Driven Development
• Business Analysis
• Software Testing and Test Automation 
• Managing Software Development
• Customer Focused Design and Design Thinking

See the Timetable page for full details >>>

PLUS
Two optional pre-conference workshops on Wednesday 12 September 2012

Workshop 1:
Connecting Strategy to Execution: A System of Analysis on Agile Projects
Dennis Stevens, President, Synaptus (USA)
On this one-day workshop with Dennis you will explore how the long-lived artefacts from this system help to build a community of understanding to accelerate quality and speed over time >>>

Workshop 2:
Test Management: Being Relevant and Making a Difference
Julie Gardiner, QA Test Manager, Sage (UK)
One of the key objectives of testing is to provide timely, relevant information to stakeholders. Julie will challenge your current progress reports - probably full of lots of difficult-to-understand numbers - and asks you to replace the reports with a custom Test Manager's Dashboard containing a series of graphs and charts with clear visual displays >>>

(The optional pre-conference workshops run concurrently 9:00-5:00 on Wednesday 12 September 2012 at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth hotel - same as the conference. There is an additional cost of $770 (incl GST) per workshop per person to attend)  

You can book your place on the conference, the pre-conference workshops and make accommodation bookings via the 'Book Now' link below.

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