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Agile's Easy, The Adoption of Agile Isn't Agile's easy, but the adoption of Agile isn't! Having spent 20 years at the front line of Agile adoptions, spanning organisations ranging from small to Enterprise in both the Private and Public sectors, this presentation will highlight some best practices for Agile adoption, including: the importance of understanding the organizational and cultural landscape, how to avoid the common bear traps and how to lay the foundations for a sustainable adoption. 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.

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

Tired of the Burnt Out Blues - Double Click on Self Care with Agility In this strange new world, companies are under pressure to adapt quickly. Being agile has never been so important. But how about the individual? We are filled every day with double doses of Stress, with a capital S! We hear it on the news, in our minds, from our friends; then we feel it in our shoulders, back, and whole body. If that is not enough, we have lost our routines, sense of freedom and normalcy. This is all before Noon! HELP! Together, let's halt the chaos, embrace new perspectives and 'create from' by double clicking on Self Care. We will embrace learning experiences and embody simple practices that take us from barely surviving to thriving. Together, let's release what is not serving you, step into your true self and turn up a new way to double click on YOU. You must put on your oxygen mask first in order to help and serve others. Learn to focus on self-care using the Integral Theory Walk away with practical self-care techniques to use in an agile world.

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.

Personal Agility A Powerful Leadership Framework Discover the keys to truly embrace Agile values and uncover the power of gaining clarity around what really matters. In this session, you'll learn how to create more alignment in your organization and apply Personal Agility as a leadership framework to guide your teams toward reaching a state of higher performance.Focusing on people over process through this simple framework will allow you to uncover better ways to identify obstacles, visualize what's important, and focus on what really matters as individuals and as an organization. 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.

Establishing a Business Analysis Framework to Increase Organizational Agility Establishing a Business Analysis Framework to Increase Organizational Agility In managing today's complex project portfolios, many organizations are faced with challenges due to globalization, changing business priorities, and technological demands. To respond quickly to these challenges, organizations have to embrace change in order to become more agile. Business analysis is a critical element to achieving this organizational agility. More importantly, establishing an effective business analysis framework ensures that an organization can repeatedly deliver solutions that are aligned to goals and objectives that may evolve over time. 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.

Personal Agility A Powerful Leadership Framework Discover the keys to truly embrace Agile values and uncover the power of gaining clarity around what really matters. In this session, you'll learn how to create more alignment in your organization and apply Personal Agility as a leadership framework to guide your teams toward reaching a state of higher performance.Focusing on people over process through this simple framework will allow you to uncover better ways to identify obstacles, visualize what's important, and focus on what really matters as individuals and as an organization. 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.

Innovation as a Way to Embrace Change We've entered a very disruptive time that has generated the condition for breakthrough innovation as a way to overcome the status quo and the danger of becoming obsolete. Across industries, we are seeing global companies forced to adapt by finding new business models and methods for survival, ensuring business continuity, or serving their customer needs. For this reason, innovation matters now more than ever. In this talk, Liliana Cerilo will discuss bringing innovative solutions to life. She's the Head of Strategy at an innovation team at Google called Exploratory, whose mission is to build transformational solutions that solve her largest global brand partners' most critical business challenges. In this discussion, Liliana will share 5 tried and tested fundamentals to successfully and consistently launch innovative solutions. She will challenge you throughout her talk to think outside the box, forget about your title and its core responsibilities, and truly focus on what it takes to be an innovator. Key Takeaways: The impact of having a vision What it means to think strategically How to allow space to be innovative The importance of cross team collaboration Find the entrepreneur in you - not taking no for an answer

Cracking Social Media for Professionals Social media today is a very active zone for businesses and personal brands, helping to expand their visibility, authority, and credibility as well as to attract partners, clients, and associates, and to connect with many professionals. It's no surprise that every time professionals deliver a presentation or carry out an important executive business meeting, their audience and counterparts will turn to social media to scan their professional profiles - checking up on experience, achievements, articles, and posts. Join Yelena as she cracks the code of social media for professionals. 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