Agile Architecture and Design
Neal Ford investigates agile architecture and design, specifically addressing how big up-front architecture and design fail because of the unknown unknowns of a project.
Transform Your Agile Process with Kanban Thinking
Large-scale software and systems development involves a complex mix of people, teams, technologies, skills, architectures, and organizational structures that must all interact for projects to reach their goals. However, many organizations struggle to scale up agile approaches for their various programs, products, and services.
Why Scrum is More Than a Few Roles
Scrum attracts many organizations because of its apparent simplicity and its potential to deliver results faster. Many do not realize the cultural changes that they need to make in order to become a hyper-productive team. This session will discuss why cultural aspects are important and how cultural changes make the …
Why Agile Fails
The Agile movement is over ten years old: shouldn’t this be easy by now? This talk draws on experience coaching numerous teams and organisations, highlighting the reasons why so many companies fail to reap the benefits enjoyed by the early adopters. You’ll gain insights into the core principles behind agile, …
Agile in Practice: Continuous Feedback
Continuous Feedback with regular cycles of gathering and assessing information during a project helps to reduce defects, avoid rework and major changes in direction, and adds to the sense of achievement.
Identifying Pain Points in Agile Adoption
Julian Holmes talks about the pain points and challenges of adopting Agile methods for software development, from cultural and organizational change to getting management on board with changing methods.