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Local Groups

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Local Groups

These may be Scrum groups, but usually they are general Agile groups.

Please list your group below.

Please also see these pages:

http://agilealliance.org/show/1641

http://agileleadershipnetwork.org/groups

http://www.scrumalliance.org/user_groups

To start a new user group, here's some emerging advice: http://apln.pbwiki.com/Agile+Group+Cookbook

Name	Location	Contact	Website	Comments
Atlanta Scrum Users Group	Atlanta, GA	Michael email me	http://agile.meetup.com/38/	Location: Atlanta, GA US Members : 249 Agile Software Supporters Founded : May 12, 2008
Agile Austin	Austin, TX	Scott Killen	www.agileaustin.org	Agile Austin Monthly Meetings Excepting holiday's, Agile Austin meets monthly on the 1st Tuesday of the month from 6:00pm - 8:30pm at the Microsoft Technology Center; Stonebridge Plaza One; 9606 North Mopac, Suite 200, Austin TX, 78759. Monthly meetings are free to attend for members and non-members. To inquire or become a member, contact Gary: treasurer_AT_agileaustin.org.
Ágiles Argentina	Argentina	Juan Gabardini	www.agiles.org agiles-argentina	Monthly meetings in Buenos Aires
Agile Boston	Boston	Dan Mezick	Agile Boston: A thriving and active Scrum and Agile user group in Boston MA	Come on down! We meet the 4th Wednesday of the month 630 to 830PM. In 2008 and 2009 we had meetings of up to 148 attending a single meeting! We average 80 people at each meeting. Attend for good education, networking, a good time.Each meeting has a good Scrum intro, some food, beverage and informal social networking time, and then the main event from 7:15 to 8:30PM. We are a very active group, meeting at a great location which is Microsoft Waltham. To attend a meetings, just visit the site and RSVP. If you want to be a speaker, contact Dan Mezick at the email listed on this entry. Dan is an Agile and Scrum Coach that organizes each meeting. We've had Jeff Sutherland and lots of other great speakers from the Agile and Scrum communities. We have a very active, very alive user group here. Lots of energy and attendance. Learn more about Agile Boston and Dan Mezick by clicking this link: Dan Mezick, a Scrum Coach serving MA, CT, RI
Agile Connecticut ( CT)	Connecticut, Central CT/Hartford CT area	Dan Mezick	Agile CT (Connecticut) : an active Agile and Scrum user group serving all of CT	Agile CT is an active Agile and Scrum usergroup in CT. Connecticut contains rather large insurance companies, so we have real problems with Agile adoptions here. However, some large insurance companies are taking a stab at Agile and Scrum with various degrees of success. We are a Scrum-centric group. We have fun meetings! We meet the 1st Tuesday of the month at Microsoft's Farmington CT offices. Each meeting begins with a brief Scrum intro, followed by some informal networking time with beverages and food....then the main event. If you want to attend the next meeting, just RSVP from the web site. Dan Mezick organizes each meeting and leads the group. We are looking to gain more traction in CT. We are a general Agile-oriented group that believes everyone can benefit from Scrum and Scrum-thinking. Scrum is it ! Learn more about Agile Connecticut and Dan Mezick here: Dan Mezick, a Scrum Coach serving MA, CT, RI
Boston Agile Bazaar	Boston	Ken Schwaber	http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AgileBazaar/
Agile-Carolinas	NC/SC (Charlotte)	Joe Little	http://agile-carolinas.pbwiki.com	If you are in the area, welcome! This group is not exclusively for Scrum, but Scrum people are well-represented.
Agile Greenville	Greenville SC	Brian Adams	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8486403	If you are in Greenville please feel free to join our group. We have various industry types represented and have a lot of valuable knowledge shared.
AgileHarrisburg	Harrisburg, PA	Stacia Broderick	not setup yet	If you are in the Central PA area, contact me to get together!
AgilePhilly	Philadelphia, PA	Agile Philly Mailing List	http://wiki.agilephilly.com	We meet every First Tue of the month in Philly's Western Suburbs and other locations
BayAPLN	San Francisco Bay Area	David Chilcott	http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/BayAPLN/ http://bayapln.org	San Francisco Bay Area Agile Project Leadership Network Local Chapter. The Bay Area Agile Project Leadership Network (BayAPLN) was founded in 2006 to support a community of practice in the greater San Francisco Bay Area to discuss, develop and promote techniques for the management of Agile Projects and Agile Organizations. We provide a forum for sharing practical experiences and advice. We also explore and develop Agile techniques, understanding and practices at the project, department, organization and enterprise levels.
OTUG Agile Experience Group	Twin Cities, Minnesota	Pam Rostal or Kyle Larson	http://otug.org	3rd Tuesday every month at U of St. Thomas. Open Space format with at least one session dedicated to Scrum. OTUG is an umbrella user group spanning languages, methods, tools and technologies for the software development community in the Minneapolis - St. Paul area.
Swiss CSM Group	Switzerland	Joseph Pelrine or Jiri Lundak	http://scrumaufdeutsch.pbwiki.com/	If you are in the area, welcome! Meetings are usually announced through the German speaking Scrum mailing list at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/deutschescrum/
Ottawa Agile	Ottawa, ON, Canada	Contact: Mark Levison (email)	http://agileottawa.wordpress.com/	We meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month and are interested in all things Agile, including Scrum, XP, Crystal and even Kanban. Meeting details are announced on the blog, yahoo group. LinkedIn and Meetup. Most meetings have a speaker and then off for a pint afterward. This group has been around for longer than its been fashionable to be agile.
Agile Halifax	Halifax, NS, Canada	Ryan Cooper	http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/agile-halifax/	We're interested in all things agile, including Scrum. Meetings are scheduled on the yahoo group.
Pittsburgh Coding Dojo	Pittsburgh, PA	Greg Akins	http://pghcodingdojo.org	Coding Dojo, and Iteration "0". Join our mailing list at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/pghcodingdojo
Agile Iowa	Des Moines, IA	Kent McDonald	http://www.agileiowa.org/	An agile group founded September 2005.
Agile Maryland	Baltimore/Washington area	George Dinwiddie or Jeff Waltzer	http://agilemaryland.org/	An agile group founded in 2002 (I think). There's a MarylandXP Yahoogroup associated with this, also.
Agile Hyderabad	Hyderabad, India	Sarath Chandra K		An agile group founded in 2003. We meet on the 3rd week of every month to discuss Scurm, Agile, TDD and other related topics
APLN Maryland	Baltimore/Columbia	Linda Cook Frank Varisco George Dinwiddie Sherri Dotson Hillel Glazer	http://apln.agilemaryland.org or find us under Local Chapters at http://www.apln.org	APLN local chapter. Meetings in Baltimore, Hunt Valley, and Columbia. All persons interested in things Agile/Scrum/LEAN/APLN are welcome. Email the group at aplnmd@agilemaryland.org for more info, join the mailing list or check out the website.
XP User Group Duesseldorf	Duesseldorf, Germany	XPUGD Mailing List	http://www.xpugd.de	User group for XP, Scrum and Agile. Founded in February 2007.
Agile Ukraine	Ukraine, Europe	Alexey Krivitsky	http://www.agileukraine.org/	An agile user group (mainly on XP and Scrum). Founded in Jan 2007. We have a discussion group and support a Ukrainian Scrum portal.
Italian Scrum User Group	Italy	http://groups.google.com/group/it-scrum-user-group	http://groups.google.com/group/it-scrum-user-group	If you're in Italy, please join.
Agile in Belgium	Belgium	Jurgen De Smet	http://agile-be.collectivex.com/	(LinkedIn) User Group operating in cooperation with XP.be initiative in order to spread the word by means of group meetings, forums, mail list postings... Founded in May 2008, having a growing number of Members the one more familiar with lean, agile, scrum, xp... than the other. First group meeting was done in June 2008, see artifacts and pictures
Agile Holland	The Netherlands	Marc Evers, Michael Franken, Olav Maassen & Laurens Bonnema	http://agileholland.com	User group for anyone interested in agile development (Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban, ...) in The Netherlands. Founded in June 2008; we currently have almost 200 members.
Agile Peru	Peru	Gustavo Quiroz	http://www.agile-peru.net/	Group for people new to Agile/Scrum in Peru. Please join our mailing list.
French Scrum User Group	France	Luc Legardeur or Pascal Thivent	http://www.frenchsug.org/	Group for people interested in Scrum and Agile development in France. Founded in 2009.