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Distributed Leadership - Leadership for the New World As the dust is starting to settle on the new ways we conduct business, and ourselves as a result of Covid - we continue to play catch up with the new reality, while new challenges continue to emerge. Covid has introduced a perfect storm with multiple sets of challenges that all hit at once and in the strongest possible way (social, external, organizational). Yet we are now facing another curve ball - the need to look at leadership skills on a spectrum - from 'traditional' leadership as we know it, through virtual leadership - and the new type - the distributed leadership.   Realize new and emerging needs for effective leadership in the new world  Apply key concepts of distributed leadership and effective communication in a virtual and a hybrid environment   Proactively engage and empower stakeholders and team members to improve traction, results and accountability   Reduce the amount of noise and redundancies in communication and overall - to enhance the ability to address and solve issues and problems effectively

Blending Concepts for Success Have you ever finished a Release Planning Meeting thinking everyone understood the features to be built but found out halfway through the third (3) sprint that was not the case? Clearly understood Stories is key to building a solid sprint. Blending Lean UX with Agile Scrum will provide usable techniques to enhance clarity so Agile teams can select stories they understand. 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.

VPMMA: Building Our Future Project Management Workforce A tremendous project management talent pool exists but is unknown to many: Since every mission or exercise a military leader is tasked with is a temporary endeavor expected to produce unique goods, services or results, this means they have a significant amount of project management experience.An estimated 58% of the 250,000 service members that transition back into the civilian workforce each year are military leaders, i.e. high enough rank to be consistently tasked with projects, meaning we could consider an additional 145,000 experienced individuals a year for our project management roles! However, these PM candidates lack context about the civilian project environment, which presents a unique opportunity for mentorship, professional development and placement of these talented, experienced, proven project managers.Since January 2018, a collaboration between two project management companies has matched experienced PMs from industry with Military and Veteran PMs entering the profession, with astounding results! In just over a year, the Veteran Project Manager Mentor Alliance (VPMMA) has attracted 200+ participants across 29 states and 5 countries, and built partnerships with industry leading organizations such as Arizona State University, International Institute for Learning, Sensei Project Solutions and PM Master Prep.

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

Implement a Sustainable EPMO for Greater Impact Recent research has shown over 60% of Fortune 1000 companies plan to implement an EPMO over the next 2 years. Don Kingsberry, Deputy Director and Leader of the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest private foundation in the world, will share what he has learned over 30 years in establishing 6 different enterprise-wide PMOs across multiple industries. 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

Managing Risk on Agile Projects Most often, Agile training is focused on the team. While this is obviously a core concept, we tend to spend less time talking about how to manage the work. Without planning risks and dependencies, a well-formed team will quickly find itself mired in impediments, ultimately killing productivity. This session is a discussion of the built-in risk management capabilities of Agile, plus some additional practices we can use to manage and mitigate project risk. 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.

The Four Pillars of Agile: Laying a Solid Agile Foundation Have you ever tried to take on a large life-changing decision and felt like you were trying to eat an elephant? Where could you possibly begin? What are the best tips to make certain you do not forget a major foundational factor? Prior to any company embarking on an Agile Journey, there need to be four significant steps in place. This session will teach you the importance of Culture, Organization, Process, and Sustainability. 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.

Cultivating an Agile Mindset: Creativity, Trust, and a Plastic Toothbrush Case In an Agile world, a lot of focus is put on tools and techniques, but what about the importance of an Agile mindset? 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. What you will Learn In this presentation, you'll gain insight into: Why an Agile mindset is a critical counterpart to an Agile skill set How cognitive bias impedes our ability to think critically The intimate connection between imagination and reason Ways to catalyze creative problem solving within your team How increasing trust amongst a team enhances performance