Value Innovation: A New Competitive Edge

Agenda:

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM -- Networking

7:00 PM - 7:10 PM -- Announcements & Speaker Intro

7:10 PM - 8:30 PM -- Pat Reed & Hands-On Exercises

8:30 PM - 9:00 PM -- Wrap up and Networking

Snacks and refreshments will be served. This session could be applied for PDU and SEU credits. Refer to the PMI and Scrum Alliance guidelines for steps on submitting credit requests.

Value Innovation: A New Competitive Edge

As the pace of organizational change and complexity accelerates, it’s critical that we find a way to move out of the “Do More with Less” mindset and build our competitive edge at truly doing less to create more time and space for innovation and sustainable value creation. This session will introduce a framework to shatter our paradigm of “more is better” and replace it with some practical tools to create a culture of Value. Pat will introduce the concept of Enterprise Value Modeling and demonstrate how to build a "generic" Value Model from typical value drivers. This is a technique to clarify enterprise priorities, control scope and provide a clear and transparent line of value sight throughout the organization. Next we will work in small groups to develop value models and share insights from the experience with the larger group. We'll wrap this highly interactive session with Q&A and leave with some practical ideas on how we can better apply Agile principles in our 2014 portfolio planning.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the business case and benefits of creating a culture that’s razor focused on optimizing customer value Break the paradigm of "do more with less" and replace with an understanding of why it's critical to "do less" Provide techniques for alignment and clear line of sight on how to deliver optimal value Practice designing and developing an enterprise value model Explore ways to introduce value modeling, value engineering and value management in your organizations Explore practical ideas to take back to your organizations Have fun and share ideas Presenter: Pat Reed

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/0/4/6/event_304228742.jpeg Pat Reed has been solving technology problems, designing and delivering cutting edge solutions, developing leaders and driving transformational change for over 35 years. Throughout her career leading Business Technology Solutions, Pat has leveraged Lean Agile Project Management and Software Development principles and practices in the Mental Health, Criminal Justice, Criminal Intelligence, Entertainment (Disney & Universal Studios & Retail Industries. For the past 8 years, before co-founding iHoriz, she led IT Strategic Planning, Global PMO, Portfolio Management, Release, Risk, Compliance and Vendor Management and IT Finance at Gap and her accomplishments include developing an Agile Portfolio Management capability, an Agile Accounting model and Agile value management, performance management and adaptive career management frameworks.

Pat is a thought leader in addressing some of the key challenges that block large scale Agile Enterprise adoption and directs the Agile Accounting Program for the Agile Alliance to support organizations address these challenges. She co-founded PMI's Agile Community of Practice, which she now leads (with over 30,000 members worldwide); teaches in an Agile Management Program she designed for UC Berkeley Extension and serves as a Director on the Agile Alliance Board. She serves on the Executive Council on the Agile Leadership Network and advisor for IC Agile; and provides coaching and consulting services as a principal for iHoriz.