Wednesday, play day
Portia and I run two games today:
- The Bottleneck Game: Discover ToC, Agile, Lean and Real Options through play (Grand Ballroom A) from 9:00 to 10:30. In the game, we run a simple simulation and then apply the “Five Focusing Steps” to improve the process. Along the way, you can use Agile, Lean and Real Options techniques to improve results.
- The Business Value Game: How to build and use a Business Value Model (Plaza Ballroom B) from 16:00 to 17:30. In the game we run a simulation to experiment with different release strategies. Along the way, you and your team will build up a Business Value Model to get the most value with the least amount of effort.
Therefore, a limited selection of sessions I can go to:
- 11:00-12:30 “Telling Your Stories: Why Stories are important for your team” (Columbus GH) by Johanna Hunt and Rachel Davies because I like storytelling and mining stories.
- 14:00-15:30 “The Prisoner’s Dilemma: Applying Game Theory to Agile Contracting” (Grand Ballroom 1) by Simon Bennet because I regularly write Agile proposals and contracts and want to learn and share more.
- 14:00-15:30 ‘“Flirting” With Your Customers” (Columbus IJ) by Jenni Dow and Ole Jepsen because it’s about building a constructive relationship with the customer.
Thursday
Morning
- 09:00-10:30 “Only Dead Agilists Don’t Ask Questions” (Regency D) by Ole Jepsen because it’s an interactive session dealing with difficult Agile questions.
- 11:00-12:30 “May the Forces Be With You, Exploring the Forces Driving and Restraining Agile” (Regency C) by Rod Claar and Douglas Shimp because it’s another interactive session dealing with difficult change issues.
- 11:45-12:30 “Experiments with Agile Contracts in the Real World” (Grand Ballroom A) by Lars Thourup and Bent Jensen because I regularly write Agile proposals and contracts and want to learn and share more.
- 11:00-12:30 “Beyond features: How to listen to your customers and learn what they really need” (Crystal C) by Lane Halley and Luke Hohmann because it’s an interactive session about discovering the real needs of the customer.
- 09:00-10:30 “Feature Injection A Gentle Introduction” (Columbus IJ) by Kent McDonald and Chris Matts because it’s about the analysis process that identifies value.
- 11:00-12:30 “Role of the Agile Leader in Reconfiguring the Business” (Crystal B) by Israel Gat because it’s about applying the Agile values throughout the organisation.
Afternoon
- 16:00-17:30 “Set-Based Design: Anti-Agile or Agile’s Future?” (Grand Ballroom A) by Bill Wake and Jean Tabaka because it’s about an application of Real Options to software and its interactions with Agile.
- 14:00-17:30 “Build me the Money, Honey!” (Crystal C) by Marina Chiovetti and Julian Boot because it’s about applying agile to making sure we build the right product and generate (and measure) business value.
- 14:00-15:30 “Coach Aikido: Lessons and support for abused coaches in hostile environments.” (Regency B) by Lisa Moore and Christian Gruber because it’s an interactive session about coaching.
- 14:00-17:30 “How to identify and fix problems using Value Stream analysis and A3 thinking” (Crystal B) by Gabrielle Benefield and Tom Poppendieck because I’ve used both techniques and want to learn how to do it better. It’s a three hour session, though.
- 14:00-17:30 “The Distributed Agile Game” (Plaza Ballroom A) by Sumeet Moghe and Jonathan McCracken because I want to see how this game exposes the problems and solutions with distributed work. It’s a three hour session, though.
- 14:00-17:30 “The Kanban Game” (Plaza Ballroom B) by Tsutomo Yasui because I want to see how this game exposes the problems and solutions of Kanban. It’s a three hour session, though.
That’s it. For now.
It’s a big list and I’ve probably missed several interesting sessions. By the look of this and the previous list, I’m going to have to miss a lot of interesting sessions. If there are any sessions I really need to go to, let me know in the comments.
This is of course not the final list. I reserve the right to decide at the latest responsible moment which sessions I’ll attend.
