What we’re about
Are you tired of the no-accountability, wishy-washy nonsense that passes for Agile Coaching and Agile Adoption in our industry? Would you like to increase the accountability and integrity demonstrated by those who call themselves Agile Coaches or guide organization on their path to Agility?
If you answered yes to these questions, then this group might be for you. The purpose of our group is to explore how ROI-based coaching approaches can help organizations create sustainable, measurable value created through the application of Agile principles, values and practices.
We will focus on topics that touch upon at least one of these areas...
- ROI based training, coaching, consulting that can empirically demonstrate lasting improvements in value for organization
- Coaching approaches accredited by the International Coaching Federation
- Agile methods that are true to the Agile Manifesto and Principles
Donations...
If you find value in our group, please support us by making a donation. All donations will be directly deposited into the bank account of our non-profit - Agile For Patriots ( https://agileforpatriots.org/ ) that provides free Agile training, coaching, certification, practical experience, mentoring and coaching to US Military service members and their spouses.
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Upcoming events (3)
See all- Client Engagement Lessons: 10 Barriers To Scale Scrum & 10 Tips To Break ThroughImproving, Plano, TX
NOTE: THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETUP ONLY!
- What are the top barriers that typically stop organizations when they try to scale Scrum from one team to many teams?
- What experiments could you try out if you wanted to overcome these barriers?
- And most importantly, how can you still stay true to the principles, values and desired outcomes of Scrum as you travel on the path of scaled Scrum?
In this event, we will share lessons we have learned from real-world engagements, in organizations ranging from 5 teams to 500 teams. Organizations are unique, complex adaptive systems, so we are not promising any fool-proof, fail-proof blue-prints. What worked for us in one context might not work for you in yours.
However, we are promising that you will walk away with a set of patterns that have come up across our client engagements, so you can watch out for them. We will also share some approaches that seemed to work for us more often than not, so you can consider them as you create your own experiments in your unique context.
SCHEDULE - BUILDING DOORS LOCK AT 6:00 PM:
- 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Networking & Pizza (Building doors lock at 6 PM)
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Interactive Workshop
- 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM: Optional Networking
SPEAKERS...
Mike Torrence - https://www.linkedin.com/in/miketorrence/
Mike Torrence is a US Navy Veteran currently working as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Consultant and change agent. He currently works as a Scrum Master at Fidelity Investments. He was previously a Customer Support and Customer Specific Testing Engineer for a major Telecom Company.Mike values open communication, teamwork, cultural diversity & inclusion, and a drive to continuously improve and innovate for teams’ success. He recently helped a Scrum Team complete one of the largest, most complex, and most successful multi-product releases in the history of the client organization.
Mike is a relentless learner with multiple certifications in Scrum, Agile,
and Coaching. He holds a wide range of certifications including PSM-I,
PSM-II, PSPO-I, PSPO-II, PSD-I, PSK-I, PSU, PAL-I, PAL-EBM, SPS, Management 3.0, Certified ROI Professional, SA6, PK-1, Flow System, Scrum The Toyota Way, ICP, ICP-ACC, ICP-ATF.Ravi Verma - https://www.linkedin.com/in/smoothapps/
Ravi Verma is a Scrum.org PST, a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, and a Certified ROI Professional. He is the founder and CEO of The Org Whisperers – an Agile Training, Coaching and Consulting firm, and Al Dente – a firm that simplifies the path to ROI Based transformation.Ravi has around 25 years of experience in Software Delivery including 10+ years helping organizations with Scrum adoption. He has been a Scrum coach for organizations ranging from 10 people to 10,000 people in diverse industries including travel, banking and healthcare.
He is a grateful immigrant to the USA and is trying to pay back the debt he owes to his adopted country through a non-profit Agile For Patriots, that provides free Agile training, certification, practical experience, mentoring and coaching to US Military service members (active-duty, transitioning and veterans) and their spouses.
- ONLINE ONLY - Agile For Patriots: 2024 Cohort Info Session For ApplicantsLink visible for attendees
NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE ONLY MEETUP!
Agile For Patriots of AFP (https://agileforpatriots.org/) is a non-profit that provides completely free, completely online Agile training, certification, practical experience, mentoring, coaching and community support to US Military Veterans and spouses who want to build a career in the Agile industry.
The next cohort of AFP will open for applications in January 2024. The purpose of this info session is for potential applications to get enough information to decide if they want to apply to the program.
Some topics we will cover...
- What is AFP?
- What are the vision and mission of AFP?
- Who is on the leadership team of AFP?
- What services are offered by AFP?
- How are these services delivered?
- How long has AFP been in existence?
- How has participating in AFP helped past candidates?
- Who is the ideal candidate?
- What are the expectations from participants?
- What are the dates for the 2024 cohort?
- How can candidates apply?
- How can candidates learn more?
