Plaster Group was honored to sponsor and attend Treehouse’s Champions for Foster Kids Luncheon. The personal stories shared by the courageous young adults truly highlighted the impact that Treehouse has on those within Washington’s foster care system. Treehouse strives to create a world where every child who has experienced foster care are supported in pursuing their dreams and becoming productive members of our community.

Plaster Group had a great time attending and sponsoring DAMA Day 2018. This year’s Data Management Association’s annual conference hosted great speakers covering the topic of “Future Trends in Data Management” All attendees received copies of Data Virtualization: Going Beyond Traditional Data Integration to Achieve Business Agility.

BeyondAgile is the largest Agile Meetup in the Seattle area. Our Agile Solutions practice area was eager to sponsor and attend this event.  Patrick Hogan of Gateway Adopters discussed a tool he created called Market Fit Fast, which enables Product Managers to more efficiently go through a Product Backlogs.  Attendees also discussed the five different types of customer value and how to use insights to increase customer value while decreasing your work!

The Supply Chain Social is a Seattle-based gathering created to provide an informal setting for networking and information sharing between existing or aspiring Supply Chain Professionals. Our most recent meetup had great conversations about continuing education in supply chain, ERP implementations, purchasing best practices, and favorite places to travel. We look forward to seeing many more supply chain professionals at our next event.

While Plaster Group keeps its clients and consultants local to the Seattle area, our Supply Chain Operations Team had an exciting opportunity for travel. Here they are attending a workshop on behalf of a client in Johannesburg, South Africa where they participated in discussions of supply chain best practices and continuous improvement.

Plaster Group was both a sponsor and in attendance at DAMA Puget Sounds “AI + IoT Data Management Conference.” The conference included speakers from Boeing, C2S Technologies, Inc. and IOT World Labs, Inc. Topics focused on how IoT and data analytics were helping to boost business’ technological innovation and bottom lines. More information about DAMA PS and upcoming events here.

The Agile Mixer is a monthly Seattle-based gathering created to provide an informal setting for networking and information sharing between existing or aspiring Agilists. Whether your passion is Scrum, Kanban, Lean, or XP – come share your experiences and benefit from hearing about the experiences of others. We will trade war stories and revel in tales of success. Join our LinkedIn group for updates here!

Plaster Group sponsored and attended TDWI Northwest‘s meeting covering the topic of Agile data warehousing and business intelligence. Representatives from The Gates Foundation, Kaiser, Sound Transit, REI, and Possible Agency described their Agile journeys, highlighting the key practices that boosted their performance (as well as pitfalls to avoid).