Featureban: A Portfolio Kanban Game

Cat’s presentation can be found here: Featureban. This portfolio adaptation of the Featureban game (created by Mike Burrows) explores how Lean and Agile principles can apply in real portfolios with real challenges such as planning around shared services, overcoming exploding work in process, and facing the repercussions of outdated HR practices. During this experiential session, attendees […]

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Facilitation #FTW: A Surprising Tool in an Agile Transformation

Billie and Becks’ presentation can be found here: Facilitation #FTW.  How is “facilitation” a surprising tool in an Agile transformation? Good facilitation wins the hearts and minds of the people. Without the people, you have no transformation. If you want to create a “pull”, rather than a “push”, then grab onto facilitation as your entry point. Vastly […]

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“Let’s Be Awesome”: Practices, Frameworks and Games to Improve Customer Collaboration

The agile manifesto challenges us to favor customer collaboration more than contract negotiation, but what does that really mean and how do you actually do that? Join us to experience a “fun” ideation framework that teams can use to engage in dialogue with their customers to determine what needs of the team / customer relationship […]

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Understanding Stories Through Improv

Dharmesh and Susan’s presentation can be found here: Understanding Stories Through Improv. How do stories come together? Do you know the beginning to the end, or do they develop move over time? We will use Improv to help us understand how stories come together and how to be creative in figuring them out. Be prepared to […]

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