This practitioner-led session brings together enterprise leaders, portfolio/product/program managers, and engineering leaders to connect strategy to delivery and turn organizational knowledge into action. You’ll see how Rovo dissolves silos with unified search and AI agents, and how Jira Align maps investments, dependencies, and outcomes in real time across frameworks like SAFe and hybrid Agile/Waterfall.
Join us for a focused, practitioner-led session designed for enterprise leaders, product and program managers, and engineering leaders who need to connect strategy to delivery and turn knowledge into action.

Key Take Aways

Strategic visibility: See how Jira Align connects OKRs, portfolios, programs, and team-level work to real-time outcomes, investments, and dependencies.

Operational acceleration: Learn how Rovo dissolves knowledge silos with unified search, contextual answers, and AI teammates (Agents) that automate routine work.

Practical techniques: Prompting best practices for Rovo, and portfolio-to-program workflows in Jira Align that reduce risk and improve decision speed.

Target audience

Executives and enterprise PMO leaders aligning investments to customer value

Portfolio, product, and program managers orchestrating cross-team delivery

Engineering leaders and delivery teams managing dependencies and roadmaps

Transformation and operations teams driving SAFe, hybrid, or custom frameworks

Agenda5:00 PM – 5:15 PM | Check-In & Icebreaker

Welcome first-time attendees.

Fun and engaging icebreakers to kick off the session.

5:15 PM – 5:30 PM | Introductions & Announcements

Atlassian Community Nairobi overview.

Atlassian news and updates.

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Welcome to Rovo — Presented by Michael Kimathi

Overview: Rovo as your AI teammate for knowledge discovery and action.

Core apps: Search, Chat, Agents, Studio; connectors that index your tools securely and respect permissions.

Live flow: From scattered information to instant answers and actions within daily work.

Use cases for secure AI deployment and scaling.

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM || Jira Align — Presented by Robeert Hean

Overview: Connecting enterprise strategy to execution at scale.

Real-time visibility into investment vs. spend, dependency management, OKRs, and roadmaps.

Operate across SAFe, hybrid Agile/Waterfall, or custom frameworks with consistent governance.

7:00 PM – 7:20 PM | Open Discussion and Q&A

How these features transform your workflows.

7:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Closing and Networking

Final takeaways, connections, and next steps.

Outcomes

Map strategy to measurable outcomes and investment decisions with Jira Align

Reduce context switching and unlock organizational knowledge with Rovo

Identify and resolve delivery dependencies faster across teams and portfolios

Apply repeatable prompting and agent patterns to automate high-volume work

Leave with resources and next steps to pilot Rovo and Jira Align in your environment

Resources and next steps

Rovo overview, connectors, and Studio

Jira Align strategy-to-outcomes demo and services

Best practices for prompts, agents, and enterprise frameworks

Who should attend:

Executives and PMO leaders aligning investments to customer value

Portfolio, product, and program managers orchestrating cross-team delivery

Engineering leaders and delivery teams driving roadmaps and dependency management

Transformation and operations teams standardizing frameworks at scale

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Speakers

Robert Hean - Hean Tech (Community Instructor)

Robert Hean has more than 15 years experience in IT and Business Systems. He has been involved in many aspects of IT, including service desk, program management, and data and analytics. He has built compensation platforms from the ground up, designed HR databases and driven hard disks over state lines to complete projects on time. He feels that systems exist to make our lives …

Michael Kimathi - Impact Masters & Africa's Talking (Consulting Entrepreneur & Head of Developer Community)

He connects people to solutions that empower them to realize their highest potential and as a result, this has produced professionals and scalable businesses. In his free time, you will find him leading the developer community. His name is Michael Kimathi and this is his life purpose. Entrepreneur in Music and Technology. Driven by the purpose and love of people. Experienced Leader, Founder, a…

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Michael Kimathi - Impact Masters & Africa's Talking (Consulting Entrepreneur & Head of Developer Community)

He connects people to solutions that empower them to realize their highest potential and as a result, this has produced professionals and scalable businesses. In his free time, you will find him leading the developer community. His name is Michael Kimathi and this is his life purpose. Entrepreneur in Music and Technology. Driven by the purpose and love of people. Experienced Leader, Founder, a…

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Michael Kimathi, Atlassian Community Leader

Computer Scientist| Entrepreneur| Pro DJ (Consulting Entrepreneur in Technology and Entertainment). Developer Community Expert.

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