AgileCamp Dallas 2016

Organizations struggle to adopt Agile practices because their cultures do not encourage or support Agile ways of working. Examining the beliefs of leaders and professionals in organizations can reveal insights about the organization's readiness for change. The five beliefs discussed in this presentation help organizations to have an honest, and often revealing, conversation about why they want to become Agile, and how far they are willing to go to adopt Agile principles, practices, and mindsets. By helping organizations understand what they really value, discussions about beliefs can reveal potential barriers to adopting Agile practices and mindsets. Understanding these barriers is essential to overcoming them and achieving the benefits of Agility.

After a feeling of a "Scrum Plateau", my team chose to move to Kanban. Join to hear about our successes, failures, and a few cautions before making the switch.

We'll cover the pros and cons of switching to Kanban, and give a real-life example of the successes and struggles that our team went through. We'll also talk about affects of teams that are not yet ready to make the switch from jumping in too quickly.

Leading a Lean-Agile enterprise demands a new way of seeing your organization and guiding the activities in which it is engaged. Quarterly roadmaps, traffic-light metrics (red, yellow, green), and time-based Gantt charts are no longer enough. The Agile leader serious about leveraging her workforce and creating value in the marketplace must have a clear window -- at the appropriate level -- into the flow of value across the enterprise. Portfolio Kanban allows for the visualization of waste and management of flow of value. Learn how this dynamic tool enables leaders to see the path in front of them and fine tune as they go.

Helping organizations understand, through really world examples, how to launch your agile transformation for long term sustainability.

Main Takeaways:
-Discover why kickoffs are important
-Walk through a possible Kickoff "template" for your organization
-Build your own, created from the baseline provided
-Foster further discussion and thought around your approach to getting you organization    engaged from "day one"