Agile Austin Leader SIG: Design Your Agile Transformation as You Would a Product

Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84298740192?pwd=ZzI3Wlg1SHg2YXBVb044c1dxWDdkUT09

Topic Title:
Design Your Agile Transformation as You Would a Product

Topic Description:
We’ve created valuable methods for initiating the development of a new product - how about treating an Agile Transformation like a product?

An Agile Transformation can only be viewed as successful if there is an initial shared understanding of what the goals are and how we’ll know if they are met. We’ll discuss the key elements of Lean Inception and Path to Agility and then map those elements to how we should kick off an Agile Transformation. We’ll conclude by considering how this collaborative approach would improve the probability of success. (Spoiler Alert: People are more likely to accept change if they have a hand in shaping it.)

Speaker Bios:
Ben Rodilitz
Ben, Certified Scrum Professional, CAL-1, SAFe Program Consultant, and PMP, started his agile journey teaching Pattern of Problem Solving at UCLA. After a short detour (30 years) of software development and traditional project management positions in aerospace, financial and navigation companies, Ben started facilitating software development/delivery using Agile/Scrum in 2009 and has not looked back. His recent postings have been as an Agile Coach in agile transformations at start-ups, mid-sized, Fortune 10 companies, and Space Force. He is currently an Staff Agile Coach at Northrop Grumman working with hardware teams trying to improve (discover?) their agility. Ben has been a featured speaker/panelist at numerous Agile and PMI gatherings and is excited to be paying back for the engaging Agile Austin discussions he’s (virtually) attended.
Lakshmi Ramasesha
Lakshmi considers Agile Coaching her true calling! With 20+ years in the software industry, her journey started as a developer on an agile team. After which she quickly realized good product development is all about having the right conversations, building happy teams, and being aligned with your customer. Lakshmi is passionate about growing people, fostering trust amongst the team members, and building high-performance teams. She also believes in giving back to the community & paying it forward to help inspire others on their journey! One of Lakshmi’s recent focuses has been to up her Facilitation game and enable teams to come alive & collaborate in a meaningful way. She takes great care to create a generative space where the team can have the right conversations, have diversity of thought when collaborating where everyone feels safe & energized to contribute. When we take this approach, we get to enjoy the “magic of collaboration”.

Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84298740192?pwd=ZzI3Wlg1SHg2YXBVb044c1dxWDdkUT09