Agile Virtual Summit 2021

Come ask your AVS 2021 speakers questions during this free-form jazz odyssey panel EXTRAVAGANZA!.

Starting August 17th, Lyssa & Adam will be hosting their new LIVE program and community. This paid program will lead you and your cohort through a deep-dive into Mastering Yourself, Coaching, and Facilitation sections of Lyssa's book, Coaching Agile Teams. Watch this Q&A about the program.

Unexpected Agility: Why the Key to High Performance Marketing Lies with People Not Projects Total organizational agility is the future of business, yet only a tiny fraction of organizations have successfully managed a complete Agile transformation. With its litany of benefits and decades of application history, why does Agile struggle to make the jump to the rest of the organization? What if the very experiences that drive Agile change agents to evangelize it outside of IT are standing in the way of total Agile transformation? Join Certified Professional in Agile Coaching and 15-year digital marketer Andrea Fryrear as she uses Agile marketing departments as a case study for understanding and eliminating the cognitive biases that hold back business agility efforts. By the end of this hands-on session, you’ll be able to: Overcome the translation problems that arise when introducing Agile ways of working to groups that have never used them before Identify and mitigate the two most detrimental cognitive biases that plague Agile trainers, coaches, and change agents Help marketers (and other non-Agile groups) start exploring Agile by taking a people-first approach, instead of a process-first approach.

6 Ideas For Advanced Story Mapping User Story Mapping is a powerful approach to creating shared understanding and effective plans. Kevin has been facilitating story mapping sessions since 2014. In that time he has developed and discovered techniques that consistently create breakthrough mapping sessions. In this session he will break down some of his favorite tips and techniques.

Individuals Work In Teams to Provide Value Agile focuses on teams. Lean focuses on value. It's time to recognize that people actually do the work and provide their products to other people. The communications, relationships, respect, flow, and improvement of our work relies on professionals, individuals who must collaborate to make work rewarding, effective, and humane. Jim Benson will talk about creating humane, visual, and culture-driven teams that truly perform, rather than conform to the rules of others.