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Disciplined Agile Strategies for Greater Innovation Innovation isn't just for startups anymore. and in fact it never was. Unfortunately. most organizations are struggling to become more innovative. with their existing culture and ways of working (WoW) getting in their way more often than not. Given that innovation has become table stakes in the modern economy. this is a serious problem for established organizations. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Growing Up Agile: How the Next Generation Is Built for Agility The mix of generations in the workforce is rapidly changing the way organizations are structured and operate. The rise of Millennials and now Gen Z is infusing industries with individuals with higher levels of technical competency, operating in highly sophisticated technology eco-systems, with a drive to remove legacy ways of thinking. Presentation topics include: Mega Trends and Work Force Composition Traits of Generations and Impact to Industries The Next Great Generation and their Background Disruption is not just about products, it's also people This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Kanban: What is it and How Can I Implement it? Are you trying to implement Agile Scrum and it is just not a good fit? Is your team too small to make Scrum work? Is your team's work not conducive to incremental releases such as IT trouble tickets or customer support services? If any of these scenarios apply. you should consider Kanban as an alternative Agile approach. In this dynamic presentation. we will not only define Kanban and discuss the associated 6 practices. but we will also share how to implement Kanban. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Learning Agility as the New Differentiator for Managing Projects at Today's Pace of Change Levers of Project Agility: Effective Sponsorship You may be using agile processes in your projects, even have extended the use of agile management practices into other areas of business. However, lack of purposeful and appropriate sponsorship can stifle most projects. An under-engaged or over-enthusiastic sponsor can demotivate the team, slowdown decision making and disrupt even best agile processes. In this talk, we will examine the crucial role of the sponsor, their desired attributes and their relation with the project manager, product owner and scrum master to identify the risk factors and provide tips and tools for avoiding pitfalls and having effective sponsors. You may be agile, but a poor sponsor can still hamper project success. We'll examine this crucial role, ideal attributes, and provide tips to maximize sponsor effectiveness. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Learning From Agile Transformation Journey In this talk, Evelyn will be sharing her experience and insights gained from her decade of experience supporting organizations to transform. Through Ericsson Global Transformation Support Centre, she grew internal coaching capabilities and helped organizations of different sizes to transform. She developed deep insights on agile transformation strategy, agile leadership and transformation tactics at different levels, through her hands-on coaching experience working with different technology, architecture, structure and culture.Some highlights of her talk include: agile transformation patterns, transformation strategy, internal organic transformation, importance of agile leadership and product ownership, and some other learnings that will surely lead to some concrete takeaway messages for you to advance you and your Agile transformation to the next level. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Scaling to Enterprise Agile Development and Systems Engineering The need to be agile and cost-effective has been intensified by growing global competition, continuous innovation in technology, and incredibly short time-to-market requirements. Organizations are scrambling to become lean and agile to meet changing customer needs and expectations, and efficiently producing high-quality products, services, and solutions for large-scale enterprise development. This presentation will focus on systems engineering principles and enterprise agile methodologies that support large scale agile development. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Unexpected Agility: How to Achieve Marketing Agility by Focusing on Teams Instead of Projects Total organizational agility is the future of business. yet only a tiny fraction of organizations have successfully managed a complete Agile transformation.With its litany of benefits and decades of application history? Why does Agile struggle to make the jump to the rest of the organization? What if the very experiences that drive Agile change agents to evangelize it outside of IT are standing in the way of total Agile transformation?Join Certified Professional in Agile Coaching and 15-year digital marketer Andrea Fryrear as she uses Agile marketing departments as a case study for understanding and eliminating the cognitive biases that hold back business agility efforts. By attending this session. you will be able to: Overcome the translation problems that arise when introducing Agile ways of working to groups that have never used them before Identify and mitigate the two most detrimental cognitive biases that plague Agile trainers. coaches. and change agents Help marketers (and other non-Agile groups) start exploring Agile by taking a people-first approach instead of a process-first approach

Test-Driven Development - A Stunningly Quick Introduction "The job of QA is not just to do testing it's to build quality in.How often have you heard that sentence? And how often has it been followed up with solid practices for actually building quality in? Test-Driven Development (TDD) is one of the foundational practices of high-quality product development. Popularized nearly 20 years ago, TDD is an important skill for high-quality software development. If you want it to be easier to build high-quality code, then you need to understand TDD. In this hands-on session, we'll learn by doing. Richard will facilitate a coding dojo, a safe place to learn and practice the skills of test-driven development. We'll mob-program together on a coding kata - an easy programming problem - to learn TDD, refactoring, clean code, code smells, and more - all in the pursuit of technical agility, business agility, and a great product that people love. To follow along, bring your laptop and development environment. You'll leave with an introduction to solid new skills, including: Test-driven development (TDD) Extreme Programming (XP) Refactoring and refactoring patterns Code smells Mob programming

Microsoft® Project Goes Agile Through this engaging presentation, you will see how to use agile methods to track your projects in Project Online Desktop Client. You'll find out how to create new agile projects or apply agile views to your existing waterfall projects. In addition, you will learn how to: Track your projects using Scrum and Kanban methodologies, including viewing task boards, creating backlogs, and tracking sprints, as well as viewing reports on agile statistics. How to use agile methods to track your projects in Project Online Desktop Client Create new agile projects Apply agile views to your existing waterfall projects Track projects using Scrum and Kanban methodologies

Driving Business Agility as a Leader at Scale Today's fast-paced business world demands leaders that can adapt to market demands and capitalize on opportunities. In a start-up mode or innovation lab, this seems possible. In a large, multi-national organization... not so much.Leaders get accused of being part of the frozen or pressurized middle where they have potentially unrealistic expectations from above. They can be viewed as overly bureaucratic or 'command and control' from the agile teams they work with. The reason is a mismatch between the tools and thinking of traditional management and the problem space of business agility. Come and see how to thrive as a leader in this new paradigm and the tools that can allow you to adapt for present and future business demands. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.