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Improv theatre is acting without preparation and without a net; given a situation, improv challenges you to participate in a new reality on the spot. As such, it’s a powerful means of learning, and exploring, stimulating creativity, engaging in rapid decision-making, and building empathy-all skills that come into play in agile development projects. In this session, we’ll scratch the surface of improvisational theatre through a series of simple exercises and games. Session attendees are strongly encouraged to participate or simply to observe as their comfort level permits

__The Agile movement has largely ignored the experiences of CTOs and senior leaders in an Agile enterprise. In this session, we move toward a pattern language of CTO-level Agile practices and underlying principles, with supporting or constraining forces. Presenters will explain survey data and a CTO panel will contribute their stories.

Four years ago the New Media division of the BBC began adopting Agile project management practices for web, interactive TV and mobile product development. They proved to be an instant success enabling teams to work more efficiently and transparently than ever before. More recently there began to be concerns on the ground that Agile would be seen as a passing fad by some newly appointed key senior managers, and coupled with departmental restructuring led to a belief that Agile would be challenged before being put aside.