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Agile has long emphasized cross-functional teams, collaboration across organizational silos, and working closely with the customer. Many Agile practices and frameworks define roles like Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Release Train Engineer that augment traditional roles like Software Developer, QA Engineer, Operations Engineers, Project Manager, and People Manager. The roles provide clarity and boundaries for responsibility and ownership.

However, the "flattening" of organizations, the ability of AI to deliver work faster than most humans, and the drive for organizational efficiency, may be leading to the end of specialized roles.

If one person aided by AI can accomplish what once required a team (or an entire organization), what skills (and responsibilities!) must that person have? How do we prepare ourselves and those around us to contribute to many more (or perhaps all) phases of delivery: ideation, development, validation, operations, and support?

At this month's Agile PM Roundtable, we'll discuss what happens when formal roles dissolve and anyone can do anything. We'd love to hear about your experiences, your ideas, what excites you, and what scares you.

We meet in Lean Coffee which puts you, the participant, in charge of the conversation. We don't lecture and all points of view are welcome.

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AgilePDX in conjunction with the Portland PMI chapter provides a forum for Agile Project Managers, Agile Facilitators, and Scrum Masters to gather online once a month and discuss all things project, program, and portfolio related. Please join us for a Lean Coffee style event facilitated by experienced Agile PM's and instructors in the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner prep program.

You'll be dialing in from your desktop with your favorite early morning brew. Please join with your camera on. The Zoom URL will be provided to confirmed attendees. Feel free to post questions to this meetup prior to the event.

We welcome divergent opinions and experience reports. Bring your challenges for groups feedback and support.

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