Tag: Agile 2019

Agile Project Management, Events, Travel, Weblogs

Agile 2019 Presentations

I learned this week that two of my presentation submissions for the Agile 2019 conference in Washington D.C. August 6-10 have been accepted. I was very lucky to get two accepted as they received nearly 2,000 submissions for around 250 slots. It should be fun and I am really looking forward to it. My talks will be on moving beyond agile approaches and case studies in transitioning from projects to products.  Here are the outlines:

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Agile Project Management, Events, Leadership, Personal Agility, Travel, Warning Signs, Weblogs

Focusing on Results, Not Agile Approaches

Quarter Century 2019 marks the 25 year anniversary of Scrum and DSDM. I was involved in the creation of DSDM in 1994 and was an early adopter of Scrum and FDD shortly afterward. Now, having been at this for a quarter of a century I am reflecting on where my journey has taken me compared to others. I am agnostic about agile. I value the mindset and goals more than approaches that preach a single path. This has had mixed blessings for me. I remain agnostic and impartial, but I have not jumped on any of the approach bandwagons.

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