Join John & Jason for a highly interactive and 1980s themed presentation to demonstrate the application of principles from lean manufacturing to software development. Using clips from the 1986 film “Gung Ho”, where a Japanese auto manufacturer opens a factory in the US, John and Jason will highlight key lean principles including but not limited to: learning on the job, zero defects, the danger of estimates, passing the buck, building quality into the process, team over individual, and the importance of leadership at all levels of the organization.
Agilist at 9 Principles, This Agile Life (Featured)
Agilist at 9 Principles, This Agile Life John Sextro is a husband, father of four and an entrepreneur with a passion for software development and podcasting. John specializes in helping organizations adopt agile and lean development principles to improve quality and efficiency. John wrote his first program at age twelve and has been addicted to computers, technology and gadgets ever since. When John doesn’t have his nose buried in his computer you can find him podcasting, speaking at user group meetings, attending conferences or talking to anyone that will stand still long enough to listen to him wax on about these topics. When he has free time John loves relaxing with his family and playing tennis.
Asynchrony Solutions, This Agile Life (Featured)
Asynchrony Solutions, This Agile Life Jason Tice guides business transformation activities focusing on people first and using collaborative games to invite people to discover how to achieve the greatest value from transitioning to agile methods. He has leveraged games to teach and increase engagement in key functions including product design, portfolio management/budgeting, organization modeling, and team measurement to guide directed improvements. He’s also pioneered ways to integrate collaborative games into employee performance reviews so as to improve traditional Human Resource processes so they are more supportive of self-managing agile teams. Outside of business transformation activities at work, Jason is a frequent host on the “ThisAgileLife” podcast, and teaches Yoga as a hobby – on rare occasions Jason has been known to talk about the linkages between agile and yoga on ThisAgileLife (believe it or not, they are both about flow). Jason volunteers to help organize & share ideas at the AgileGames conference (Boston, MA), the annual AgileAlliance conference, Agile Coach Camp, and multiple agile, lean & open space events held in and around St. Louis, MO.