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About the APN

About the Agile Professionals Network (APN)

The Agile Professionals Network (APN) is non-profit, member-run community of New Zealand professionals focused on exploring and disseminating all facets of business agility in organisations in order to help New Zealand businesses maximise their return on investments and reduce overall time to market.

Founded by Fronde in 2007, the APN is a group of New Zealand Agile practitioners committed to supporting each other in their use of Agile techniques and assisting businesses to experience "business agility".

The Declaration of Interdependence and the Agile Manifesto (see sections below) further describe business agility and the values this group holds with respect to running projects in today's chaotic world.

We are in the process of becoming the Auckland Chapter for the Agile Project Leadership Network.

Mission

The mission of the APN is to be the leading forum for promoting appropriate use of, and increasing expertise in Agile techniques (Project Management, Enterprise Architecture, Business Analysis, Development, and Testing) throughout New Zealand.

Objectives

  • To promote the agile values of openness, honesty, trust, courage and value.
  • To promote the business value of agile techniques.
  • To develop awareness of agile best practices and methodologies.
  • To represent the interests of the group with other agile organisations.
  • To promote professionalism within agile projects.

APN Structure

APN Working Parties

The Auckland working party volunteers are:

  • Carolyn Sanders - (Chair) (bio)
  • Stephen Lawrence - Treasurer (bio)
  • Stephen Reed - Secretary
  • Gillian Clark - (bio)
  • Greg Taylor
  • Shay MacAulay
  • (new) Karen Chance
  • (new) Cara Talbot
  • (new) Andy Lenik

The Wellington APN (Agile Welly!) working party volunteers are:

View the Wellington team

  • Sandy Mamoli - (Chair) (bio)
  • Yolanda van Dorrestein - (Secretary) (bio)
  • Anthony Boobier - (Treasurer) (bio)
  • Horia Slusanschi (bio)
  • Pieter Jansen Van Vuuren (bio)
  • Martin Gordon (bio)
  • Drew Clegg (bio)
  • Douglas Talbot
  • Adrian Kearns (bio)

The Christchurch working party volunteers are:

  • Edwin Dando - (bio)
  • Richie Moyle
  • Owen Woollaston
  • Cameron McEwing
  • Ian Ross - (bio)

Each event will be managed by a Working Party member.

Membership

  • Individual (free)
  • Sponsor (details to follow)
  • Join the Wellington APN (Agile Welly) Meetup Group for Free by going to Meetup and clicking on Join Us

    Meeting Sponsorship

    • The company presenting has the initial option of sponsoring the meeting.
    • If they do not want or are unable to sponsor a meeting then have option to refuse another sponsor e.g. if they are competitors.
    • Marketing material is limited to small logos on presentation and a printout of their presentation. No additional marketing material e.g. course schedules or product briefs.

    International Agile Organisations and Values

    Agile and adaptive approaches for linking people, projects and value.

    We are a community of project leaders that are highly successful at delivering results. To achieve these results:

    • We increase return on investment by making continuous flow of value our focus.
    • We deliver reliable results by engaging customers in frequent interactions and shared ownership.
    • We expect uncertainty and manage for it through iterations, anticipation, and adaptation.
    • We unleash creativity and innovation by recognizing that individuals are the ultimate source of value, and creating an environment where they can make a difference.
    • We boost performance through group accountability for results and shared responsibility for team effectiveness.

    We improve effectiveness and reliability through situational specific strategies, processes and practices.

    Agile Manifesto (www.agilemanifesto.org)

    Manifesto for Agile Software Development

    We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:

    • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
    • Working software over comprehensive documentation
    • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
    • Responding to change over following a plan

    That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more