Conference Presentations

Software Managers: Their Place in Agile
Slideshow

No more managers! No more hierarchy! A truly self organizing, self-running team! These phrases strike fear into managers almost as much as: We are moving to agile. As successful companies like Zappos, GitHub, and Treehouse discard managers from their teams, other software...

Brian Sobus, Teradata
Agility at Scale: WebSphere’s Agile Transformation
Slideshow

In today's rapidly changing environment, organizations—both large and small—must quickly respond to shifting market requirements to remain competitive. To be successful, many are adopting agile development and continuous delivery methodologies to deliver software quickly, while keeping...

Susan Hanson, IBM Software Group
Seven Key Metrics to Improve Agile Performance
Slideshow

It’s been said: If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. For most agile teams burndown charts and some type of velocity measurement are all they are doing. However, with just a few more metrics, you can gain substantial insight into how teams are performing and identify improvement...

Andrew Graves, InterContinental Hotels Group
Craeg Strong discusses agile documantation Best Practices for Lean Documentation: An Interview with Craeg Strong
Podcast

In this interview, Craeg Strong speaks about his upcoming presentation, meeting strict documentation requirements in agile, how agile documentation differs from traditional governance, the advantages and disadvantages to taking your documentation agile, and the art of a company turnaround.

Cameron Philipp-Edmonds's picture Cameron Philipp-Edmonds
Steve Nunziata discusses the relationship between agile and auditors Helping Auditors Understand Agile: An Interview with Steve Nunziata

In this interview Steve Nunziata talks about strengthing the relationship between agile and auditors, shifts in mindset required to adapt agile, pros and cons of an agile perspective, his time in various roles of the agile process, and how his classic rock band incoporates agile practices.

Cameron Philipp-Edmonds's picture Cameron Philipp-Edmonds
Steve Davi discusses the role of executives in agile Executives Taking a Back Seat in Agile: An Interview with Steve Davi
Video

In this interview, Steve Davi talks about how executives can actually harm a company's agile transition. He covers how executives can and should take on a different role when agile is being adopted and explains how employees can help executives get engaged in the right way.

Josiah Renaudin's picture Josiah Renaudin
Melissa Tondi discusses how to use automation in an agile framework How and When to Use Test Automation in Agile: An Interview with Melissa Tondi
Podcast

In this interview, ProtoTest vice president Melissa Tondi talks about why teams need to use both manual and automated testing. She explains the silver-bullet tool that often fails for companies, as well as how and when to use automation in an agile framework. 

Josiah Renaudin's picture Josiah Renaudin
Neal Huffman discusses transitioning to agile The Peaks and Valleys of an Agile Transition: An Interview with Neal Huffman
Video

Neal Huffman speaks about his upcoming presentation at Agile Development Conference & Better Software Conference East 2014, covers what peaks and valleys can be expected when making the agile transition, and tells you how to know when you and your company have finally become agile.

Cameron Philipp-Edmonds's picture Cameron Philipp-Edmonds
Mike Cottmeyer discusses enterprise agile adoption challenges Top Reasons Why Agile Fails in Large Enterprises: An Interview with Mike Cottmeyer
Podcast

In this interview, LeadingAgile president and CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, discusses how agile can fail in large enterprises. He explains why big businesses struggle to make the transition, as well as details the most common challenges people face when moving to agile. 

Josiah Renaudin's picture Josiah Renaudin
Steve Povilaitis discusses continuous delivery best practices Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job: An Interview with Steve Povilaitis

In this interview, Steve Povilaitis of LeadingAgile talks about some best practices surrounding continuous delivery, how the movie The Matrix sparked the idea behind his upcoming presentation, and why famous boxer Mike Tyson can be considered a follower of the agile mindset.

Cameron Philipp-Edmonds's picture Cameron Philipp-Edmonds

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