FUTURE-PROOFING YOUR PROCESS FOR THE PACE OF AI

AI is accelerating everything...customer expectations, development speed, and the consequences of getting it wrong. Unfortunately, most delivery processes weren’t designed for this level of change. Let's explore the practical capabilities your process needs to stay competitive in an AI-driven world. Create real-time visibility into change, use flow metrics to expose bottlenecks early, and establish clear governance policies without slowing teams down. We’ll explore how to create traceability that links day-to-day work with strategic goals in a way that supports real-time decisions. Whether you’re responsible for guiding teams, shaping product direction, or improving delivery practices, this session will offer practical tools to adapt your process for the demands of AI-driven change.

Colleen Johnson is the CEO of ProKanban.org, an inclusive Kanban learning community. She is also co-founder of ScatterSpoke, an Atlassian Ventures Portfolio company driving actionable improvements through retrospective data. For over 25 years, she has presented, coached and taught agile to audiences around the world. She has worked across a range of industries with clients like Wells Fargo, eTrade, Home Depot, Southwest Airlines and more. Colleen helps organizations apply a systems thinking approach to aligning flow practices end-to-end. She has served as a board member for Agile Denver, the Agile Uprising, and chair of the Mile High Agile Conference. She is happiest in the woods, camping with her three kids and very patient husband.

Daniel Vacanti is a 25-plus year software industry veteran who has spent most of his career focusing on Lean and Agile practices. In
2007, he helped to develop the Kanban as a strategy for knowledge work and managed the world’s first project implementation using Kanban that year. He has been conducting Lean-Agile training,
coaching, and consulting ever since. In 2013 he founded ActionableAgileTM which provides industry-leading predictive analytics tools and services organizations that utilize Lean-Agile practices. In 2014 he published his book, “Actionable
Agile Metrics for Predictability”, which is the definitive guide to flow-based metrics and analytics. In 2017, he
helped to develop the “Professional Scrum with Kanban” class with [Scrum.org](http://scrum.org/) and in 2018 he published his second book, “When Will It Be Done?”. 2020 saw Daniel co-found [ProKanban.org](http://prokanban.org/) whose
aim is to create a safe, diverse, inclusive community to learn about Kanban. Most recently, Daniel published his third book, “Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability Volume II”.