program selection system

Whose Project is it Anyway? Presenters: Bonnie Aumann, Rob Kinyon

From organizing the backlog of stories to choosing a branching strategy, developers and clients can find themselves wondering who’s really driving the project. These problems are only exacerbated when an outside team is brought into the client-space. In this session we will explore organizational patterns and anti-patterns, particularly focusing on conflict resolution, via improvisational role-playing.

Especially in large development organizations, agile practices and processes are often introduced bottom-up where they create pockets of agility. While these pockets exchange agile techniques and practices they also spread out into other units. The network of these pockets creates a sense of unity and camaraderie among the agile workforce. After reaching a critical mass, this agile spirit is extremely infectious and will sooner or later target other units within the organization as well, for example the Project Management Office (PMO).

So many things that contributed to my success as a Project Manager are exactly the same things that spell doom for an Agile team. Driving the team to outcomes. Coordinating the work of the team members. Using consensus as a hammer. If these sound remotely familiar to you, come explore what it means to be an Agile Coach. The session starts with a high-energy presentation and moves quickly to practice and activities. You’ll walk away with specific things you can use as well as deep thoughts to chew on.