Speaker: Amr Elssamadisy
Amr Elssamdisy, a partner at Gemba Systems is a software development practitioner who helps his clients build better software that is more valuable to their organizations. Amr and his colleagues at Gemba Systems help both small and large development teams learn new technologies, adopt and adapt appropriate Agile development practices, and focus their efforts to maximize the value they bring to their organizations. Amr is also the author of Agile Adoption Patterns.
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The Business Value of Agile Practices
thursday 13:10 - 14:00
Being Agile is not the goal. Building better software that meets and exceeds the true needs of it's users is. Your needs and environment are different from others which means that the Agile practices that will give you the most bang for your buck are also different.
Learn what Agile practices have what business values and how best to use this information in your context.
Crafting an Agile Adoption Strategy
tuesday - morning
Join us to learn incremental techniques to start an Agile adoption strategy which is tailored to your environment.
1. Understanding the value of Agile practices.
2. Mapping Agile practices to organizational goals.
3. Patterns of Agile adoption - how others have succeeded and failed with Agile practices.
4. Walk away with initial strategy for adoption for your specific context or, if you are already in the midst of an adoption, come away with specific next steps.
