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

The 6 Enablers of Business Agility
Many organisations are built to survive and thrive in a 20th century business climate. A climate marked by relative stability and low levels of competition, where efficiently delivering known products and services for years was the recipe for success…
Test-Driven Development in Cobol
Mainframes, like Mark Twain, may well say, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." Mainframe systems have always been around, quietly processing 80% or more of financial transactions worldwide while people's attention was focused on colorf…
Test Automation as a Team Responsibility
Perhaps you have tried automating tests in the past, but ended up with an intimidating number of UI tests that take hours to execute. Although you’ve been maintaining the tests for months, you’ve never once seen them all pass. Most test failures are …
Temporarily Unbroken: Learning from Planning for Failure
Failure is inevitable in the work we do. The systems we build, the processes we manage, and the teams we work in will all break at some point. But the fact that everything around us is fragile is not an invitation to accept things as they are. It is …
Technical Agile Coaching with the Samman Method
Samman is a method for people who want to make a difference and improve the way software is built. The focus is specifically on technical practices and how people write code, and it's the best way I know to help software developers to adopt practices…
Teaching Agile in Schools: The Triumphs and Enlightenments
I am lucky enough to work for Capital One, an organization that believes in not only pushing ourselves to excellence, but also staying in touch with the community to improve the surrounding area. In my giving to the community, I joined a volunteer in…

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