Title:
What If? – An Exploration of What’s Possible, What’s Not and Why?
Abstract:
Once upon a time, someone introduced you to agile methods. It may have been just yesterday or possible in the last millennium. While the flavours change (big A agile, pragmatic agility, Nuevo Lean, etc.) the challenges remain. Beyond the initial honeymoon lies the road of tough challenges that seem to elude the content of the popular literature and fall squarely on the shoulder of the practitioners. This talk walks us from where we’ve been, to where we are and into where we can go.
You will not be bored with a history lesson. Instead you will be challenged to think and rethink how your processes are helping, hindering or hurting you. We will examine the pragmatic use of agile methods and the successful infusion of tools and techniques from other disciplines, from days gone by, and from confronting the realities of the hard problems that face real practitioners working on products small and large in companies of all shapes and sizes around the world. Evolution is an essential (and healthy) measure in the use and improvement of any process. Please show up ready to evolve or face the risk of irrelevance in the face of certain and more rapid change.
Bio:
David leads DevJam Studios, a creative production house in Minneapolis composed of producers, makers and coaches working in small and large companies around the world. As mentors and practitioners, DevJammers focus on using agile methods to help people and companies improve their product learning through faster deliver cycles and responsive engineering. DevJam success comes from pragmatically blending technology, people, and processes to more quickly validate product ideas and investments.
Along with coaching, David speaks and teaches at a wide variety of global conferences and companies. David’s has captured his experience and knowledge to create an engaging video learning series called “Cutting an Agile Groove”, filming in a series of live sessions and published by The Pragmatic Bookshelf. David has also contributed to several books “Managing Agile Projects” and “Agile in the Large” as well as helping to creating curriculum for The University of Minnesota and Capella University.
For more information, check out the DevJam website http://www.devjam.com
Agile Africa 2013 