Agile Alliance’s annual conference is dedicated to exploring, innovating, and advancing Agile values and principles, and creating a space for people and ideas to flourish. Agile2024 will bring the Agile communities together July 22-26 in Dallas, Texas to share experiences, make new connections, and learn about the latest practices in Agile software development and Business Agility.
Below is a sampling of some of the Agile2024 sessions we’ve selected that those in management positions may be especially interested in. But this certainly isn’t all. You can see the complete program schedule here.
This talk by Adam Thomas introduces survival metrics, a revolutionary approach that helps product teams pivot effectively and invest resources wisely. Learn how survival metrics can transform your decision-making process, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and customer needs. The session includes real-world case studies.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
As a director or manager, this session provides you with practical tools and strategies to implement survival metrics, helping you make smarter decisions in a dynamic market. You’ll gain insights into avoiding common pitfalls and aligning your product strategy with both customer needs and business objectives.
We’ve all encountered roadmaps that are quickly outdated and forgotten. It’s time to make roadmaps great again! Roadmaps serve as the crucial link between stakeholder communication and the product backlog, keeping your backlog organized and stakeholders focused on outcomes. Join Craig Smith and learn why outcome-oriented roadmaps are essential. Take away techniques and templates you can use immediately.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
This session will provide you with practical strategies to create dynamic and outcome-oriented roadmaps, enhancing communication and alignment within your organization. By attending, you’ll gain valuable insights to keep your projects on track and your stakeholders engaged.
In a world focused on short-term results but judged on long-term impacts, how can leaders make the right decisions? This session introduces a research-based framework that connects enduring organizational purpose with rapid, agile decision-making. Led by Rebecca Jeyaraj, it aims to elevate strategic thinking and set your organization apart.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
This session provides a framework for integrating purpose-driven strategies into your agile practices, ensuring sustainable growth and ethical leadership. Attending will equip you with tools to transform your organization and community, creating a forward-thinking, purpose-driven future.
Join Olav Maassen and Laurens Bonnema will cover the origins, purpose, and visual management aspects of Obeya, demonstrating how it fosters organizational engagement, collaboration, and effective problem-solving to drive innovation. Learn how Obeya can speed up information flow and decision-making, and explore the transition to digital platforms and the role of a host in Obeya meetings.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
Mastering the art of Obeya can significantly enhance your organization’s innovation and collaboration capabilities for business leaders. This session provides practical insights and techniques to build and host effective Obeya meetings, fostering a dynamic information network within your team. Learn to accelerate decision-making and drive continuous improvement.
Join Nicola McCrabbe, a renowned author and leadership coach, as she guides participants through understanding and managing burnout. This session offers practical insights and actionable steps to identify stress levels, position oneself on the burnout continuum, and develop habits for a sustainable, thriving life.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
In a demanding Agile environment, managing stress is crucial. Leaders are responsible for both their own well-being and that of their team. This session equips you with essential tools to recognize early signs of burnout and implement habits that foster resilience and long-term productivity.
VersionOne’s State of Agile surveys have consistently highlighted resistance to change, lack of leadership support, and inadequate management support as the primary reasons for Agile failures. The real problem lies in our outdated approach to change. In this session, Jason Little will explore why we struggle with change and how to develop a balanced approach.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
Guiding your organization through change is crucial for a leadership professional. This session will equip you with valuable tools to support your team’s transformation efforts and adapt to today’s fast-paced business environment.
Buckle up for a creative journey as we explore the emotional ups and downs of Agile transformation through drawing together! Grab your markers and unleash your inner artist as we visually depict the psychological costs of embracing agile practices. Led by Reese Schmit, this session promises a unique and engaging approach to understanding the emotional landscape of agile transformation.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
Understanding the emotional impact of Agile transformation on your team is crucial for effective leadership as an organizational leader. This session offers a unique, hands-on approach to visualizing and addressing these emotional dynamics.
Executives want people back in the office, sparking a new wave of anti-meeting sentiment. Chris Butler explores how product operations can transform meetings from a perceived waste of time into powerful tools for alignment, problem-solving, and decision-making. This talk addresses why meetings often fail. Learn to craft and facilitate meetings that leverage the strengths of different communication mediums.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
Optimizing team alignment and decision-making processes is crucial for business leaders. This session provides strategies to enhance the effectiveness of meetings through product operations, ensuring productive discourse and reducing burnout from information overload.
“We’re already Agile” is a common phrase, yet many organizations are not aligned with Agile values. Agile is not the goal; improving business aspects is. This workshop, led by Pete Behrens, features a real leadership story about embracing and committing to change over a four-year journey.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
Understanding that Agility is about continuous improvement rather than merely following a framework is crucial for senior leaders. This workshop will help you align your leadership team’s values and goals, fostering a genuine commitment to meaningful change.
Building software involves making numerous strategic decisions that can have long-term impacts. Mike Clement combines his two decades of software development experience with strategic thinking techniques, focusing on Wardley Mapping, Climatic Patterns, and Doctrine. Learn to avoid common pitfalls and develop sound strategic thinking skills for software architecture.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
Fostering strategic thinking in your team’s software development process is essential for long-term success as a decision-maker. This session provides valuable insights and practical techniques to make informed, strategic decisions that align with your organization’s goals.
In an era of unprecedented growth in space exploration, adapting to changing needs and delivering quickly while ensuring safety and security is crucial. Robin Yeman discusses the application of Industrial DevOps in space exploration, leveraging Agile and DevOps practices to accelerate delivery and maintain safety. Learn from case studies and understand how new entrants in the space market are pushing the industry to move faster.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
Understanding the integration of Agile and DevOps practices in large-scale, safety-critical projects is essential for someone in management. Attending will equip you with valuable knowledge to drive rapid, effective change in your own projects.
Have you ever felt the need to defend your leadership principles or approach in the face of resistance? Join Tricia Broderick as she shares personal stories and practical tips on building and embracing courage in leadership. This session will help you develop better responses and self-care strategies to navigate challenging situations and evolve your leadership style.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
Your leadership is often tested by resistance and opposition as a management professional. This session offers valuable insights and techniques to cultivate courage, enabling you to lead with confidence and resilience.
Explore how AI can revolutionize leadership by automating administrative tasks, allowing leaders to focus on meaningful team engagement and connections. This discussion challenges the view of technology as a barrier to human interaction, showing how it can amplify our humanity at work. Learn about AI tools and platforms that enhance team dynamics and improve leadership effectiveness.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
Evolving into an effective leader in the age of AI can transform your leadership style and enhance team dynamics for business leaders. This session offers practical insights and tools to integrate AI into your leadership approach, making your work more empathetic, efficient, and human-centered.
You can view the complete Agile2024 program schedule here.
And don’t forget to use the signup form to the right to get your $200 discount.
You can view the complete Agile2024 program schedule here.
And don’t forget to use the signup form below to get your $200 discount.
Fill out this form to receive a discount code that will save you $200 off the Agile2024 regular registration price via email.
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