Products and People over Process and Dogma

If people in your organization are spending time "going agile," "being agile," or "doing agile" instead of simply using agile methods that work in your context, this session is for you. Ten years into the agile movement, the original ideals around lightweight process are putting on some pounds and calcifying in dangerous ways. David Hussman challenges you to stop focusing on improving your process and start focusing on improving your product-that thing your process produces-and your people-you know, the ones who do the work. Come ready to think, question, and rethink your use of agile practices and what may have become dogmatic processes. Explore the places where meaningful and lasting agility thrives, where agile practices are powerful tools, and where people don't talk about being agile. Learn about companies where rich value flows and agile development augments business and design thinking to continually learn and discover the product's context: the users, their usage, and the market.