AGILE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CONFERENCE 2019
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One-day Conference June 13, 2019 |
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Making an Impact! The Date has been finalized, the Venue is set, and the speakers have been assembled. The only thing missing, is YOU! |
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Group Rates Available
Do you have a group of 5 or more colleagues who want to attend the conference? Groups of 5 or more can attend for only $100 each!
We apologize for this, but due to limitations in the meetup system, we can’t mix ticket prices. So in order to register your larger group, you need to process your group payment through our contribution system:
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- Once payment is submitted, send an email to [email protected] and we will contact you to complete processing of your group registration.
Are you a corporate sponsor? All of your attendees can attend at the group rate using the instructions above!
Speakers
The Chicago Agile Community is blessed with some outstanding speakers. Here are some of the speakers we have lined up for the conference!
Angela Dugan, Frank Rios, Robert Pieper, Si Alhir, Kayley Crockett, Steve Fastabend, Bill Allen, Steven Kahrs, Andrew Soswa, Marcos Correa, Dave Saboe, Merrill Maguda, Kevin Houston, Heidi Nuttle, Anthony Mersino, Kirti Maheshwari, Mathan Shanmugham, Shannon Ewan, Randy Spies, Michael Marchi, Amy Ikenn, Jeff Singleton
Tracks
The session topics are grouped into a number of tracks. You are free to define your own path throughout the day, but there will be one session from each track running in every timeslot.
Conference Tracks:
1. Why We Change
2. How We Work
3. What We Choose
4. Where We’re Going
Sessions
The unifying theme of the conference is “Making an Impact”. The sessions focus ways to make an impact in your agile implementations…
- Presentations, Workshops, Lightning Talks
Events
Agility Beyond Software
Description:There has been a growing realization in the business world, especially in the last couple of years, that Agile isn't just for software anymore. Whether you are a team of managers tasked with transforming the culture of your organization, a marketing...
Business Agility – Becoming a Learning Organization is the Only Way to Survive
Description:Agile has evolved from helping single teams deliver more effectively, to helping organizations transform to support those teams to enterprise wide transformation. All Agile implementations require a continuous improvement journey, and when you get past...
Formula 1 Pit Stops and Connections to DevOps
Description:The main flow of the workshop is as follows: Basics of DevOps Basics of systems thinking and design thinking Economic view of a pit stop * Video 1 Evolution of Formula 1 pit stops * Video 2 Application of Lean Startup Discussion on similarities between...
Adapting “Training from the BACK of the Room for Remote Learning”
Description:Sharon Bowman's “Training from the Back of the Room” (TBR) has become a mainstay for classroom-based course design and has become increasingly popular with Agile trainers. Sharon’s brain-science based approaches result in higher engagement, longer...
Modern PMO
Description:Discuss the pitfalls of traditional PMO and Modern PMO that would be welcomed in todays world. Is Agile part of it and where does scrum masters reside, and how could an organization move from traditional to modern PMOLearning Objectives:Identify key...
Not Everything, Just One Thing
Description:As a group of agile thought leaders, we have succeeded in changing our organization by focusing on One Thing each month. Every month we pick a topic to go after and conduct a sprint around that topic. We will be discussing some of our past topics, the...
Backlog Grooming Workshop
Description:Backlog grooming sounds easy but can be complicated. Let's learn by doing: let's simulate a backlog grooming event together and extract lessons on how best to perform this critical Scrum ceremony from the simulation.Learning Objectives:Understand the...
The Unsung Hero of Servant Leadership
Description:Servant leadership is a type of leadership that all ScrumMasters should practice when being effective within their teams. According to the “Virtues of Leadership”, Larry C Spears identifies 10 characteristics of servant leadership based on the famous...
DevOps and Organizational Change Management
Description:This session will focus on organization change management considerations to help your DevOps initiatives.Learning Objectives: Business Case for CI/CD Key DevOps Practices Organizational Change Approaches Target Audience:Executive /...
The Professional Pool Player’s Approach to Agile
Description:In this session you’ll learn secrets from the world of professional pool, and how high-performance sports psychology can be invaluable in Agile and Scrum methodology.Learning Objectives:Conditional success probabilities. Disciplined prioritization,...
So You Want to Be an Agile Coach
Description:Agile coaching was the single highest paid job in the list of 25 best jobs for 2019 created by Indeed.com. This is likely to spark more interest and result in a large influx of new coaches into the profession. But wait, how exactly does one become an agile...
How to Make an Impact when Agile is Broken
Description:Since the publication of the Agile Manifesto, Agile has been widely adopted within organizations. While Agile offers principles that facilitate value for organizations, participants find themselves amidst practices and policies that defy the means by which...
The Blight of Product Debt
Description:Are you suffering from Product Debt? Product Debt erodes customer value, stifles innovation, and increases the time and cost it takes to deliver new functionality. It’s what differentiates a product your customers will love from one with a less than...
Servant Leadership the Right Way
Description:Leadership can come in many ways. To some people, leadership come naturally as part of a job position of status. To others, it is a duty to serve and support the team to it's journey to success. According to latest researches on leadership, leaders with...
Agile Contract Practices
Description:How do you start the work on an Agile project? Have a handshake and jump in on the team to lead it to a shiny future? Or do you experience excruciating process of contract negotiations? With raising gig economy and a new freelancer every second, it is in...
Evolving Through Learning – Growing Your Learning Organization
Description:How do you grow a continuously learning organization? If certifications and wikis were enough, organizations would be crushing it. In this session we look at how we learn in complex domains - focusing on tacit vs explicit knowledge; context learning; and...
Agile: Silver Bullet or Silver Mirror?
Description:Given the current state of agility and how so many still struggle to get the full benefits of agile product development. it’s hard to imagine what the future might look like. But let’s take a look anyway. Imagine 100 years have passed. Artificial...
Back to the Future of Agile Product Development
Description:Given the current state of agility and how so many still struggle to get the full benefits of agile product development. it’s hard to imagine what the future might look like. But let’s take a look anyway. Imagine 100 years have passed. Artificial...
Building Strong Teams
Description:Building the “perfect team” seems like an impossible task these days. Can a truly “cross-functional” team even be built? How do you get introverts and extroverts (yes, they DO exist in IT) to play nice? Seems like these days you practically need a degree...