May 21, 2016
2016 Agile Product Open
APO 2016 Sponsors
Bringing Agile principles to Product Management
SESSION NOTES
MAY 21, 2016
Session 1
10am - 11am
Is your concept of "product" block organizational agility?
Joel Foner (Host), Mona, Lisa Sieverts, Brad, Vanessa Ferranto
Slicing User Stories
Mary Gorman (Host), Ellen Gottesdeiner, Eric houston, Shyam, Cynthia Andre
Agile without co-location
Heddy Stern (Host), Lorelei Fara, Heather, Shannan, Heddy, Michelle Leger, Jennifer, Michelle
Agile Roadmaps
Bruce McCarthy (Host), Mike Dwyer, Bobby Zcaticov, Shannan Brown, Raj Puranik, Jess Wu, Lesya Zaichenko, Tom Morris, Deb Pontes
Agile for Dummies
Casey Hurley (Host), XinXin, Shanfam, Simon, Justin, Joel, Iris
Session 2
11:15am - 12:15pm
Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile
Dev Gupta (Host), Eric Houston, Lisa Sieverts, Justin Hildebrandt, Simon, XinXin, Joel Silberman, Liza
For the Individual
For the Organization
Value
Ellen Gottesdeiner (Host), Jess Wu, Mary Gorman, Bobby Zuatkov, Elaine Richie, XinXin Guo, Iris Febres, Shannan Brown, Cynthia Andre, Steve Jaccaud, Joel Foner, Shyam Kumar
Backlog/Prioritizing
Bruce McCarthy (Host)
Making sure the important things get built
Heather Bauer (Host), Bruce McCarthy (Host) Shyam, Tushar, Lesya Zaichenko, Tom Morris, Steve Robins, Deb Pontes, Lorelei Fara, Jennifer Lent, Michelle Leger, Raj Puranik
Topics on Prioritization
Product Owner versus Product Manager
Mike Dwyer (Host), Shanfan, Mona, Brad, Michelle, Chandi
Sorting out PO/PM responsibilities
Session 3
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Product Owner part of a team or leading a team?
Deb Pontes (Host), Anshul Madan, Xinxin, Jennifer Lent
Working with Scrum Masters
Alexis Schuette (Host), Justin Hildebrandt, Eric Houston, ellen Gottesdeiner, Brad, Raj Puranik, Mona
Design Sprint
Tushar (Host), Shyam, Shanfan
Agile Coaching
Michelle Leger and Elaine Ritchie (Host), Liza, Shannan Brown, Steve Robins, Joel Foner
We started by talking about what Agile Coaching means, how it helps and organization. we moved on to speaking about organizational psychology and Agile coaching as identified by Lyssa Adkins and the Agile Coaching Institute. We finished with a discussion of how and when to use Agile Assessments, the value and limits of existing tools.
Group members took notes on referred tools and techniques, and measures to learn more about coaching.
How do we keep ourselves from delivering kick ass products?
Steve Jaccaud (Host), Lesya Zaichenko, Cynthia Andre, Tom Morris
Session 4
1:45pm - 2:45pm
Managing Management Objections to Agile
Alexis Schuette (Host), Chandi, Liza, Steve Robins
Vision
Ellen Gottesdeiner (Host), Jess Wu, Cynthia Andre, Shanna Brown, Tom Morris, Michelle Almeida, Mike Dwyer, Tushar Banerji, Brad Deminjion, Iris Febres, Steve Jaccaud
What is your story on User Story mapping?
Shyam (Host), Dev Guta, Steve Jaccaud, Deb Pontes
2016 Volunteers