Event Agile Business Conference 2012 Keynote and Uncertainty Management
Agile Business Conference 2012 - IndigoBlue Sessions
Overview
MailKeynote: Agile Supercharged - Scaling Agile as a Business Change Tool
IndigoBlue's James Yoxall and Kevin Heery, IPC Media's Digital Technology Director, presented a keynote at the Agile Business Conference 2012 on scaling Agile. IPC Media has successfully used Agile for a number of years - they won the award for Most Engaged Management Team at the 2011 Agile Awards for example. In their keynote James and Kevin looked at taking Agile to the "next level".
Icebreaker? A Dynamic Approach to Uncertainty Management
Mike Robinson provided IndigoBlue's latest insights into the management of uncertainty using Agile techniques.
Icebreaker? A Dynamic Approach to Uncertainty Management
10 OCT 2012 | Agile Business Conference 2012 | Inmarsat Conference Centre, LondonAgile projects aim to achieve a steady flow of delivery. Many fail. This is often because they have shortened their planning horizons and not seen the need which exists – particularly in large enterprises – to explicitly manage the uncertainty within requirements over the full lifecycle. This session looks at a combination of Agile techniques that can help a team to re-gain insight into and control over the flight path of ideas from idea to value.
Slides: Planning for Design
Keynote: Agile - Supercharged. Scaling Agile as a Business Change Tool
11 OCT 2012 | Agile Business Conference 2012 | Inmarsat Conference Centre, LondonWe do not do Agile because it is simply a good thing. We do Agile because it delivers benefits. It therefore follows that we want to maximise those benefits. To truly achieve this we need to be clear about what the intended benefits are, and more importantly we need to detect when they are not being achieved and do things differently.
There are common approaches to Agile adoption that can result in sub-optimal implementations. While they may produce better results than non-Agile processes, they stop because “better” is deemed good enough. This becomes more significant as Agile is being used on more and more complex problems – simply “turning the handle” is not enough.
IPC Media has been through a successful Agile adoption initiative that started 5 years ago, and have created an award-winning environment. With all these good things in place it was still recognised that key benefits were not being fully realised, particularly around the area of maximising business benefit.
The keynote presents the approach taken to move Agile on to the “next level” at IPC Media, and the wider lessons learned that will be useful to other organisations adopting, or looking to improve, their use of Agile.
Keynote Slides: Agile Supercharged - Scaling Agile as a Business Change Tool
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Agile Business Conference 2012
Inmarsat Conference Centre, London
The Agile Business Conference is a major, two-day annual event held in London, providing a single forum for everyone interested in the effective application of Agile across the Public and Private Sectors.
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SPEAKERS
James Yoxall
James is a founder Director of IndigoBlue, is IndigoBlue’s process director and a recognised expert in the Agile community. His work on Dynamic Uncertainty Management and Incremental Strategy has revolutionised the approach to implementation of Agile at scale.
James has over 30 years’ experience in IT delivery. Having begun his career at Logica and worked with numerous global companies including Shell Oil, Deutsche Bank, Reuters and JP Morgan, he has excellent practical knowledge of traditional and Agile project management on large-scale developments (up to £20 million). His roles have included Projects Director, Project Manager and Chief Architect. He first introduced Agile into an organisation in 1999, and has run a number of highly successful enterprise-scale Agile transformation programmes including Specsavers, IFDS and Aviva.
Kevin Heery
Kevin is IPC Media’s Digital Technology Director, leading all of IPC Media’s digital product and platform development across IPC’s 60 household name brand websites (including Marie Claire, InStyle, NME, Wallpaper and Uncut), 41 mobile optimized sites and mobile and tablet apps. He specialises in transforming digital teams, through the application of lean agile practices, into fast moving, lean outfits, motivated by business objectives first and foremost.
Previous to his current role, Kevin was Digital Director for IPC’s Inspire division where he managed NME.com through its stunning growth to become one of the UK’s most popular entertainment sites, winning the coveted AOP Chairman’s award in 2006. He launched Nuts.co.uk, which is now the UK’s leading men’s lifestyle site, and led the acquisition and integration of Mousebreaker.com in 2008, the UK’s leading casual games site aimed at young men, in perfect timing to take advantage of the upsurge in popularity of online casual games.
Mike Robinson
Michael Robinson is a senior consultant and has been delivering business software on time since 1980, his career following the traditional arc from programmer through systems analysis to senior management. He has worked with internet start-ups, consumer SMEs and global companies, with customers including British Airways, Standard Life and Xerox.
A founder member of the “Dynamic Systems Development Consortium” (DSDM), Mike’s interest in better software delivery process dates back to the 1990’s, working through prototypes and RAD/JAD techniques. He continues to contribute to the leading edge of Agile thinking, incorporating aspects from lean and systems thinking, while staying rooted in common sense and practical application.
