What we're about
Welcome to #AgilityLab in Copenhagen!
We are a diverse group of people, eager to experiment with and explore ideas and concepts in the agile space.
We welcome curiosity, creativity, interaction and an open mind. We donโt believe we have all the answers and we do not see agility as a religion.
The organizer team is here to help you get started with events, invites, venues etc. Just reach out to one of us if you have an idea for a meetup.
Looking forward to meeting you soon!
On behalf of the organizer team
Torsten W. Hansen
Mobil: +45 2034 6161
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Policy
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โข When you sign up, you commit to show up.
โข Events are in general free to attend. Any exceptions need to be agreed with the organizer team.
โข All members are encourage to suggest topics and events. Please contact the organizer team before setting up a meetup event.
โข We support experiments, research and students with relevant topics.
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Upcoming events (4)
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ป๐โ. The good news is you are the one that makes it difficult. Surprise! Where else would it come from but you? Did you think it was SAFe or Scrum or the Scrum Master or the Agile Coach or the Leader or the Team? Nope. Itโs you. And even better news, itโs all the other humans too. And this is very good news because it gives you something to work with.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก in this interactive conversation is your version of how you and others make Agile โdifficultโ. And as a hintโฆ itโs not about Agile. Substitute โAgileโ with other words like โrelationshipsโ, โthinkingโ, โsocietyโโฆ etc. Humans Make โDifficultโ. The beauty of โAgileโ is it becomes a catalyst to play with the heart of any โconflictโ or โdifficultyโ โฆ how humans process Life and how they learned how to process Life. Yes, you read that correctly. You have a process, and you were automatically trained (conditioned) to process the way in which you process Life. And not knowing that is what makes Agile โ๐
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๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ:
๐ Want to know why it is so โhardโ to โBe Agileโ?
๐ Want to understand why it is so โdifficultโ to install SAFe (any framework)?
๐ Want to begin an awareness into your human (and all human) pattern(s)?
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ:
โณ๏ธ Awareness into how you process Life (you, circumstances, others, events)
โณ๏ธ Curiosity to see yourself and others in a new way
โณ๏ธ A โtoolโ or two to employ in your life and in your work
This inquiry is designed to create a new insight into your pattern and thereby human patterns of processing Life. And then give you a couple of tools of what to do with this new insight for you and any โAgileโ movement you are trying to catalyze.
๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐๐ซ
Phillip Cave, founder of Dear Human.LIFE, is a โbeing human afficionadoโ who helps humans and leaders at all levels step into their whole human integrity to express and lead with courage. Through his work with hundreds of humans in leadership, team and life roles, heโs seen firsthand that putting โYouโ (your whole aware self) into your life and leadership is pure magic for having the results you intend to have, get your relationships and teams to โco-createโ, and most importantly, feel good about yourself and your impact.
In addition to startup founder leader types (his favorite), Phillipโs list of clients heโs helped include Starbucks, Microsoft, Tableau, Accenture, Roche as well as leaders and teams in tech startups, banking, insurance and health care. While that list might look โimpressiveโ to some, he loves getting down and dirty with real life human โproblemsโ to create โsolutionsโ that matter to the people that call on him to coach, mentor and teach.
Phillip has been โaround the blockโ and โin the trenchesโ creating his own life โmessesโ in tech startups, relationship systems, large corporations, world travel, consulting and coaching. He takes his own life experiences to then compassionately connect with others with a little zest and fire. He shares what he calls his โpersonal WTF momentsโ because he always wants to be reminded of his humanness and to relate to our collective humanness.
- Jenni J.
- JF U.
- Michael S.
- 144 attendees
๐ Are you trapped within an unfit agile framework?
๐ณ Are you doing Scrum but wonder if it is as the right choice?
๐ค Can you distinguish Kanban from Scrum?
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... relatively new to the concept of agile and want to get a taste of Kanban, or you are
... involved in a Scrum initiative and are wondering what Kanban can offer, or you are
... wondering if your organisation has chosen the appropriate approach to increasing agility.
And you might want to skip this Meetup if you are an experienced Kanban practitioner.
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๐ What 's next? ๐
Maybe learn more about ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป in AgilityLab Copenhagen...
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Ulrik U. Gade will continue AgilityLab's Kanban Meetup series on March 17: ๐
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It is an interactive workshop where Ulrik guides us on how to do Kanban in a team, using the online simulation tool TWIG.
Sign up to the AgilityLab KANBAN - Made Simple, March-17: https://www.meetup.com/AgilityLab/events/275961973/
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Kanban Guide by ProKanban community:
https://prokanban.org/the-kanban-guide/
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๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ผ
Leise Passer Jensen has been a passionate agnostic agilist for more than two decades. She is an entrepreneur and founded AgiliT in 2018 where she is guiding teams, leaders, and organizations with increasing their agility - by ensuring high engagement, inspiration, and without using force. She is an associated Scrum Trainer at AgileLeanHouse, pragmatic, and an advocate for simplification.
"๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ - ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ! ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ !", Leise says.
She is a writer and co-editor of Serious Scrum, and one of her articles was just nominated a top-100 candidate for Best Agile Articles 2020.
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โฆ๏ธ ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ-๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ฆ โ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด
https://medium.com/serious-scrum/stop-sub-optimizing-fix-the-real-problems-or-your-scrum-will-stay-as-is-forever-803fd8c73b6
โฆ๏ธ Can we please stop imposing agile?
https://agilit.dk/can-we-please-stop-imposing-agile/
โฆ๏ธ "๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด"
https://agilit.dk/article-scaling-agile-for-dummies/
- Torsten W. H.
- Vladislav P.
- Stephanie
- 59 attendees
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In this interactive workshop, you will be learning by doing Kanban in a team, using the online simulation tool TWIG.
โก๏ธ You can participate regardless of your starting point and prior knowledge.
โก๏ธ You will learn about the basics of Kanban no matter what agile framework or method you already use.
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There are no prerequisites for participation.
However, some interest in basic agile thinking may be helpful.
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If you wonder when Kanban might be preferred over Scrum and vice versa, you may wish to join the even more basic ๐๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ๐๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ on March 10th. Here we may also briefly touch upon 'What is Agile'.
Sign up to the AgilityLab KANBAN Appetizer: https://www.meetup.com/AgilityLab/events/276116180/
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Kanban Guide by ProKanban community: https://prokanban.org/the-kanban-guide/
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๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ผ
Ulrik H. Gade is a lean-agile coach with Agil Procesforbedring in Copenhagen, Denmark, with about 15 years of experience with agile. He is focused on making agility work for the organisation as a whole, and has long cultivated a side interest in Kanban while doing a lot of Scrum and SAFe in his day job. At this event, Ulrik is looking to share his passion and to give people new to Kanban a great, approachable start.
- Mun-Wai
- Judy G.
- Torsten W. H.
- 70 attendees
โI was so confused and frustrated!โ
โNo one listened l to my input.โ
โIt was such a waste of time.โ
Sound familiar?
These are comments weโve probably all heard after a PI Planning event. What we want to hear instead is:
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โ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.โ
โ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐.โ
After preparing and facilitating countless SAFe planning events, Ole Jepsen understood key things that enable SAFe planning events to actually work, including:
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The input (epics or features) must be co-created by representatives from the teams and key stakeholders, and they must be sliced into potential releases, so they drive the program toward early deliverables.
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The longer-term plan (typically 9-18 months) must be co-created by the same people by roughly estimating and prioritizing the epics/features, so both stakeholders and teams get a shared overview, shared understanding, and shared ownership.
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In this session, Ole will share war stories from both face-to-face and virtual big room planning events as well as tips and techniques that have worked to turn frustrated event participants into ones who get the benefits.
Weโll also play with some of the trickier steps TOGETHER in breakout rooms.
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Bio
๐ข๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ป works as a transformation advisor at Denmark-based goAgile, and is the author of the new book TOGETHER: How leaders involve & engage people to get great things done.
Ole uses his expertise in Agile methodologies, Intent-Based Leadershipโข and facilitation, to help get large programs back on track, and support leaders in organizations to create workplaces where people thrive and deliver value.
Ole is active in the international Agile community, speaking at conferences and consulting worldwide. In addition to numerous SAFeโข and other Agile certifications, Ole is also a certified Intent-Based Leadershipโข practitioner.
- EleoNora Nelson-Per-Claeson M.
- Torsten W. H.
- Francisco O.
- 56 attendees
Past events (117)
- Leise Passer J.
- Torsten W. H.
- aaron r.
- 152 attendees