What we’re about
“Agile and Scaled-Value Project Management” (ASVPM) is a periodic meetup and a forum for Agile practitioners, project and program leaders, team and enterprise coaches, volunteers, and students who want to share their insights and learn Agile as a mindset. This meetup is our public voice on how a group of volunteers is creating a self-organized global village of Agile thinkers and leaders. We are building a unique and the only existing volunteer-based Agile PM leadership organization built by volunteers and for Agile-minded professional leaders. We are employing any Agile framework that helps us to practically build our organization and learn self-organization in trusted environments. We apply Scrum, Lean-Kanban, eXtreme Programming, FDD, or any applicable Way of Work to apply “Agile mindset” and scale our values within teams and enterprises.
Due to our members’ diverse geographical locations, we will try to readjust the day and time of our periodic meetup to accommodate most of the Agile leaders to join in. This meetup is our public tribune to share our lessons learned with the community of Agile practitioners and learn from Agile leaders to elevate empirical leadership building in practice.
Periodic "Agile and Scaled-Value Project Management" Meetup will feature inspiring Agile coaches and leaders as guest speakers with participant interactions and ample opportunities to connect, share our insights, and learn how to build and scale Agile teams. Post pandemic, we will create in-person meetups at different locations to dynamically build a global ASVPM community, coupled with live virtual sharing of our joyful meetup sessions! Sponsors will be highlighted online, on marketing materials, and at the event. Please contact us (www.SVProjectManagement.com) if you and/or your organization are interested in sponsorship.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Manager to Leader: How to Make the ShiftLink visible for attendees
Our Agile & Scaled-Value Project Management Meetup hour in May is scheduled for Thursday, May 23rd, 2024.
Time: 12:00 pm PDT / 2:00 pm CDT / 3:00 pm EDT
Topic: "Manager to Leader: How to Make the Shift"
Our Guest Speaker: Ben Kopel, CST, PST, CEC, CTCAn introduction to the meetup:
What is the difference between a manager and a leader? What is the role of a manager in an Agile environment? Let's explore these questions and discuss how managers can make the shift from simply managing to leading.Being a manager in an Agile environment requires a different mindset than that often found in a traditional organization. An Agile environment has empowered teams that are encouraged to self-organize, make decisions about the work, and interact directly with stakeholders. Therefore, the role of a manager has drastically changed. Or at least it should.
However, too often, managers are put in their role with a lack of training and expected to just... "manage." This can lead to misaligned expectations, overstepped boundaries, and frustration. By having an awareness of what is needed by managers, understanding the behaviors to encourage self-organizing teams, and then catalyzing change, managers can shift their focus, support individuals, and create an environment where teams can thrive.
Awareness
Ben will talk about the history and evolution of management to explain why many managers are stuck in patterns that do not fully empower workers.
Behaviors
Next, Ben will explore the opportunities that managers have to step back from the tactical work and focus on larger systemic challenges that hold the teams and organizations from thriving.
Catalyze
Last, Ben will introduce three Leadership styles and how each can support individuals, teams, and organizations in catalyzing long-term, sustainable change.Takeaways:
1. Understand the history and evolution of management from the late 1800s to the present day.
2. Recognize the difference in the role of managers between an Agile environment and a traditional environment.
3. Learn about three Leadership styles and how each can catalyze organizational change.
4. Identify steps to make a shift in one’s own Leadership style.Our speaker:
Ben Kopel is a Business Agility Coach at Project Brilliant. He is a curious learner focused on coaching teams and Leaders, as well as enabling adaptive organizations through awareness, collaboration, and continuous improvement. He has worked with 100+ Agile teams as a developer, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, trainer, and manager.Ben was the second person in the world to become a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Professional Scrum Trainer (PST), Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC), Certified Team Coach (CTC) and Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) educator. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife and two children.
