program selection system

Rich will answer business leadership questions such as…
* “Why should I pay for two to do the job of one?”
* “Why should I pay for unit testing? Get it right the first time!”
* “We paid for the cubes and now you want me to take them down?”
* “Why do we have to visit weekly, didn’t you read our requirements document?”
* “How could people work in a loud environment like yours?”
* “If you use paired programming, how can you tell who the best programmers are?”

__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.

Product owners often find themselves stuck in the middle of a complex and swirling set of political, organizational, and customer forces when dealing with their backlogs. Each of the stakeholders who interact with the product owner want different levels of detail, degrees of traceability, and understanding of practical and strategic intent.