program selection system

Agility asks for face-to-face communication, trust and collaboration. Proximity can be created by travelling – at least sometimes. Virtual communication channels provide another possibility overcoming the distance. But we should take the trust threshold into account which, once hit, will break an existing relationship.

In our personal and business lives, many of us know leaders who successfully foster environments of incredible creativity, innovation, and ideas—while other leaders try but fail. So, how do the top leaders get it right? Going beyond the basics, I explore with you the ways that the best leaders create “safety nets” that allow people to discover and try new possibilities, fail early, and correct faster. Removing fear and engendering trust make the team and organization more creative and productive as they spend less energy protecting themselves and the status quo.

Summary: Many non-technical organisations are scared of IT projects. High failure rates. Technical jargon. Expensive consultancy. Rather than face this, they avoid IT projects completely. This hurts all of us - the organisation forgoes the value that a project might deliver, and developers forgo valuable work. Completion bonds (insurance policies that a project will complete on budget) are common in the film industry. I’d like to explore whether completion bonds might be a way to get over this “trust hurdle”, and how agile approaches might align to such bonds.

Rationale

Agile projects compel you to reconsider and redefine traditional requirements practices. There are agile benefits to leverage and pitfalls to avoid. In this talk, learn what to consider—including team and product factors—when you adapting your approach. You’ll discover agile requirements practices that promote and enhance of trust, what practices to calibrate, and the business analysis work needed by your project. Join us to explore ways to adapt and leverage your requirements practices to increase product quality and trust—while delivering business value on your agile project.