Our agile leaders share their expertise…

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Christina OhanianQA Manager at The App Business

“Agile has never been more important and valuable for its speed and flexibility, especially in today’s inherently uncertain digital world – a world where our users’ behaviours are created at light speed, and shaped by powerful forces like mobile.”

@ctohanian

Kim Morgan

“Instead of offering predetermined solutions, agile is having the ability to observe the idiosyncrasies of the situation. Being an Instrument of Change means becoming an awareness expert, standing for certain values and skills, tolerating ambiguity and puzzlement and developing comfort with conflict.”

Managing Director of Barefoot Coaching

@BarefootCoaches

Liz KeoghIndependent ConsultantLean/Agile Coach and Trainer

“We worry about whether people will have the skills to succeed; whether our systems will support what we’re doing; whether there will be enough time, and sometimes we spend so much time and effort avoiding failure that we never get to try our experiment in the first place!

Stop avoiding uncertainty, start embracing it!”

@lunivore

Karl ScotlandLean Agile Consultant

“Organisations need to become laboratories in which they are constantly running experiments, generating learning, and applying that learning to continually progress towards their true north.”

@kjscotland

Andrea ProvaglioAgile Transformation Coach

“What if Agile were more than an empirical method for incremental product development? What if Agile would actually give you a clearer focus on your business intent? What if that intent were to be shared with the whole team?

Agile is designed for knowledge workers, and if you learn how to leverage this, you do in fact increase your chances of business success and satisfaction.”

@andreaprovaglio

Gaynor BussellQualified Scrum Master and Freelance Dietician

“We’re all familiar with today’s pressure to get things done, and long lists of several jobs that need doing now!

Rather than multitasking, it’s all about working in an Agile way, concentrating on one task at a time and doing whatever we do, be it eating, playing or working, more mindfully.”

@GaynorBussell

Matt BarcombLean Agile Coach at Odbox

“Leadership, in an Agile context is all about enabling others, both individually and systemically.

In order to enable the system one first needs to see the system as a whole.”

@mattbarcomb

Margaret MorganFreelance Agile Coach at AgilityRocks

“Agile is about guiding principles that help us to avoid wasted time and effort, maximise the value of the work we do and release our full potential as individuals and teams so we can do amazing things.

All of this can be achieved by thinking in the right way, which is why my strapline is ‘I think therefore I am Agile’.”

Alex JohnstonDelivery Manager at UK Ministry of Justice

“Do you understand your users? I mean really understand what their needs are. Or, are you building products on the whims of your internal product teams? I’ve seen a huge change in the relationship between user experience design and software development over the years, to a place where government services are now ‘all about the user’.

@x_alex_j

Thomas SundbergFounder and Software Developer at Think Code AB

“Everyone wants to see their projects succeed, but even with this urge, they still apply many antipatterns that will set them up for failure. Building concrete walls between people with different skills is one of the best ways to make your development fail, and still many organizations do it.

Knowing that you have a problem is the first step to fixing it.”

@thomassundberg

Robert ReesDeveloper manager at Guardian News & Media

“It’s been nearly 15 years since the Agile Manifesto was signed and sent out into the world. A simple four-line declaration has transformed the way we do software delivery in an unprecedented way. Now is the time to build on this platform and create truly amazing software delivery that aligns with the goals and ambitions of the organisations and people our software serves.”

@rrees

Matt RoadnightAgile Coach and Trainer at SprintAgile

“One of the key reasons for the failure to achieve working software, is the lack of focus and discipline to get work ready so teams can create a product increment.

I find some simple techniques and a focus on collaboration helps teams successfully address this issue.”

@mattroadnight

Joy KelseyScrum Master at BCA Europe

“High level planning before you start sprinting is essential to ensure the Scrum process is successful, even though we know things will change throughout the development process. So when are we ready to sprint? Only when the path we wish to take is determined by a clear high level direction, and we hold detailed requirements for the first one or two sprints.”

@JoyScrum

David BowerAgile Software Consultant and Developer at Lourish

“Agile software development is a shared set of values, a continuous exercise of reviewing, adapting and learning based on empirical evidence and experience. There’s no one right way; it’s important to see beyond the procedures and the ceremonies. Agile software development shouldn’t be driven by dogma, it is not defined by process and it is not the goal in and of itself.”

Paul GoddardAgile Coach & Certified Scrum Trainer at Agilify

“I believe agile stands to learn more from outside the industry than within it. I like to take concepts and ideas from other walks of life, and ask the question: ‘What can I learn from that?’

I also like to make every day as fun and as playful as it can be, and sometimes ‘work’ isn’t playful enough.

@PaulKGoddard

Neil Mullarkey#Comedystoreplayers

“At Agile Cymru I will be helping people understand the approach of improv theatre and what it has in common with Agile. In a highly interactive and fun session you will learn about our “Yes, And” approach, listening with intent, co-creating in pairs and groups, and not being scared of taking risks.”

@NeilMullarkey

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