Past Events

Agile2021

July 19 – 22, 2021 | Online Event

Our annual conference is dedicated to furthering Agile principles and providing a venue for people and ideas to flourish. This is where the Agile tribes meet!

Agile2021 Keynotes Sessions

Taking the Numb Out of Numbers
Data journalist Mona Chalabi is on a mission to “take the numb out of numbers.” In her illustrations, animations, and articles for The Guardian and publications like FiveThirtyEight and The New York Times, she explores data sets from the timely (affi…
Sustainable Disruption, Where We Go From Here
Three disruptive leaders share global insights on the impact and future of agile. Comparing the challenges of the late 1990s that resulted in the Agile Manifesto with those of today can point to what we should work on now. Social responsibility, clim…

Agile2021 Keynotes Sessions

Alistair Cockburn

Alistair Cockburn

Gabrielle Benefield Agile2021 Keynote

Gabrielle Benefield

Jutta Eckstein

Jutta Eckstein

Agile2021 Program Team

Brandon Carlson

Conference Chair

Dana Pylayeva

Program Chair

Kevin Stevens Agile

Program Chair

Jen Krieger Agile Alliance

Program Chair

Agile2021 Session Videos

Can Scrum Be Significantly More Successfully Applied?
Scrum is the most commonly used agile framework, having been used for more than 25 years and all over the world. Over a million people have been certified as Scrum Masters. However, Scrum is plagued with dysfunction in over 50% of teams. This caus…
Five Simple Rules About Problems
Problem solving is central to a product team. But how do you know which problems to solve? More importantly, how can you tell which problems you shouldn't? Lean product management is all about reducing waste and maximizing value. But waste still abou…
From Developer to Coach – Evolving an Agile Mindset
“There has to be a better way. I can’t do this to my family again.” I was at the end of a 9-month long project where I’d known from the start that I’d be working 60+ hours a week for the final 2 months and not focusing enough on my new family. And I …
Agile Team Roles – Then and Now
Over the past 20 years of Agile, our approaches to work and roles within software development have changed dramatically. This panel of illustrious technical experts will consider how the the field of software development has evolved and how roles wit…
3 Agile Coaches Walk into a Bar
Join three agile coaches as they chat about how humour and improv have impacted their Agilist world. We will take a loving cheeky look at Agile aged 20… and other things that were popular twenty years ago! A chat about humour, humor (the US v…
Your Agile Blind Spot: What’s Limiting Your Agility?
Does your Agile implementation produce *meaningful* agility? Too many implementations look fine, but they've really plateaued well short of their potential. They don't produce meaningful agility: good flow of valuable solutions to real customer probl…
Lessons Learned in Becoming a Product-Centric Organization
How do you shift from a component, technology aligned organization to a product-centric organization? This is a challenge many organizations are now facing as they aspire to go beyond agile at the team level and align their whole organization for pro…
Sustainable Disruption, Where We Go From Here
Three disruptive leaders share global insights on the impact and future of agile. Comparing the challenges of the late 1990s that resulted in the Agile Manifesto with those of today can point to what we should work on now. Social responsibility, clim…

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