Does it ever feel like your Agile method is starting to fall through the cracks? Are you struggling to have the philosophy fully adopted by collaborators? Is the focus deeper on processes, rather than overall principles and outcomes?
Many organizations and product teams struggle with fully adapting or transitioning to Agile. There are many factors at play that can truly make or break both short-term and long-term success within Agile teams, and they can be hard to identify and remedy quickly.
This session will break down the different tools that you can utilize to:
1. Detect Agile “failures” early and often
- What are the common ways that Agile fails?
- What are some of the clues of potential failure we can look for and get ahead of?
2. Determine and frame your stance within Agile, to feel empowered with decision making
- How can Agile work for your specific needs?
- What is flexible in the process for your team?
- What isn’t flexible process for your team?
3. Illuminate teachable moments to help teams comprehend the value behind the Agile philosophy
- How might you facilitate a culture of buy-in for your team?
- How might you facilitate a culture of buy-in for your stakeholders and leadership?
- Are there ways you can turn mistakes and failures into teachable moments?
Learning Outcomes:
- Understanding the common ways Agile can fail, and how to collect the clues and tools needed to detect failure early
- Facilitating a culture of Agile buy-in amongst team members and leadership is possible: tactics on how you can (and should) own it
- Ways to determine your Agile ‘flex’ and ‘non-flex’ points to maintain happy teams
- It’s okay to have failures from time to time - it’s all about how you turn those failures into mentoring moments within Agile that matter most
Product Manager @ Crema & Event Director @ KCWiT
Alison Renfro has been in Product Management for four years. Over that timespan, she's been lucky enough to engage with teams to develop Mobile Apps, Web Apps, and SaaS products. She moved to Kansas City in August of 2017, and can't get enough of this area!
Alison is a Digital Product Manager at Crema, where she works with lean product teams to build web and mobile apps for companies and industry leaders. Additionally, Alison is the TechTalk Program Director for Kansas City Women in Technology, where she conducts monthly events focused on educating and increasing the number of diverse women in technology.
Before moving to Kansas City, Alison worked at RevUnit in NorthWest Arkansas, working directly with Walmart (Home Office + ISD), to help develop employee-engagement mobile apps. As a Certified Scrum Product Owner, she has a passion for product, processes and team collaboration!