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Agile-Carolinas group

 

People in NC/SC interested in Lean, Agile, Scrum, etc.

 

 

Introduction

 

We welcome people new to Agile.  To see some introductory stuff, including pages you may be interested in, go here: Introduction 

 

NEXT MEETING: 

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Date: Thursday, March 22, 2018 6:00-8:00PM

Location: BB+T Center Building/ 200 South College Street , Suite 1400/ Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

 

Topic: The Relationship Between Design Thinking + Lean Agile: What You Need to Know

Speaker: Ronald J. Kantor, Ph.D., PMP-CSM

 

Design Thinking has become a "hot" methodology for using teams of people to rapidly develop innovative solutions to challenging problems. Like Lean Agile, Design Thinking uses a bottom up framework that is anchored in the notion that the people who use the solution or do the work, will know best how to design and develop it. Just like Lean Agile, Design Thinking can be used in many ways that extend beyond the design, development, testing and implementation of software applications. This hour session will provide a concise overview of Design Thinking including its origins, principles, and methodology.

 

By attending this session, participants will be able to:

 

  • Define what Design Thinking is and why it is an especially important methodology to know about now

  • Describe the philosophical basis for Design Thinking and how it relates to Lean Agile

  • Explain how Design Thinking has been used to solve organizational problems and contribute to the development of new products and services

  • Identify those kinds of organizational problems that the Design Thinking approach can help resolve

  • Understand how Design Thinking can be used to empower lower echelon employees and heighten their engagement

  • Explain how Design Thinking and Lean Agile can work together in ways that make both of the methods more effective.

 

Past Events 

 

Thursday, January 11, 2018

6:00-8:00PM

 

Wells Fargo Connections Charlotte at the Green

(Map Attached)

Room 240 Orville

*Parking below the building is $5 after 5:00PM

 

Wells Fargo is sponsoring.


Topic:We will be discussing Agile Transformation.  You will discuss your views and your opinions (you will not be forced to participate, but it will be a group discussion).

You will identify all the meanings people give to "agile transformation".  You will talk about the different aspects of agile transformation.

You will talk about key parts of it, parts you want to be sure you include.  

You will talk about lessons learned (from those doing it awhile).  You will talk about metrics.

This conversation will set up up for later meetings where we get a more "singular" perspective on agile transformation (that is, typically te perspective of one company).

Your ideas and suggestions for future agile transformation sessions -- we want them.

A few comments:

* Agile Transformation seems to mean many things.  And different things to different people.  

* No two Agile Transformations are the same. This is for many reasons.  One: It is different is you are a 2,000 person company or a 200,000 person company.  Similar, but different.

* We do not have a good and consistent vocabulary around agile transformation.

* No company has finished the agile transformation, so far as I know.  They all consider themselves "on the path".  This is interesting.

* If so, what does it mean to be successful the first year?  The second year?  The fifth year?

 

 

Past Events 

 

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

6-8 pm

 

Queen Park Social

 4125 Yancey RdCharlotte, NC 28217

 

VACO is sponsoring a Private Room for us, as well as providing food + 2 Drink Tokens (redeemable for beer or wine). Thank You, VACO- and Cheers!

 

Topic:

 

We want to make this session fun. So, we want 3 different sets of people to take 30 minutes (each set). And talk about and show and DO (probably) ... one or more Agile Games or Exercises.

 

Hopefully the games or exercises are fun AND key people can learn from them. (Perhaps the Team, perhaps managers, perhaps others....)

 

 

 

 

Older Meetings:

 

Agile Carolinas

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

6-8 pm

The Cornwell Center

2001 Selwyn Avenue

Charlotte N.C. 28207

Kyle Dukes and Dennis Sharpe

"The Secret Cost of Not Having a Customer Focus, and What to Do About It."

Abstract:

Why the heck are we working so hard to be agile, and who are we actually helping anyway?  Join us as Kyle explores the results of organizations that don't have a customer focus.  We'll discuss negative resulting trends, such as decreased employee morale, lower innovation, and lower corporate profits.  But we won't just leave you hanging without answers!  Dennis, will answer the question how do we deliver business value quickly? In short: automated testing, automated provisioning, helpful tools, and culture tips.  This will be an interactive session, so bring your questions, and your experiences, with you.  


Bio:

 

Dennis Sharpe Bio:

Chief Technology Officer - Ippon USA

Dennis Sharpe is a software architect with over 20 years' experience leading, designing, and coding software applications. He has experience in a variety of different industries including healthcare, federal government, loyalty, marketing, utilities, telecommunications, and financial.  He has experience speaking at several conferences and events including DevNexus, Connect.Tech, DevFest and Java User Groups. His pet peeves are over-engineering and light beer.

 

Kyle Dukes Bio:

Lean Agile Coach - AgileAble

Kyle Dukes has over 15 years' experience as an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Program Manager, Project Manager, Big 4 Consultant, and Business Analyst.   He has certifications as a CSP, SPC4, CSM, CSPO, and ACP.  He has experience in numerous industries including Financial, Management Consulting, Mortgage, Retail, Security, Software, Oil & Gas, Telecommunications, Insurance, Logistics, Grocery, and Manufacturing.  His pet peeves are command and control, and the winter.

 

You can connect with Kyle on: 

 

 

Older Meetings. 

 

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

Cardinal Solutions

222 S. Church Street

Suite 500

Charlotte, NC 28202

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We will talk about change at all levels. Joe will share his key ideas. Which themselves have changed some over the last few years.
We will also ask for your thoughts. And your successes. And what you consider the biggest problems.

The change can be happening at the personal level, but more likely at the team level, at the group/department level and/or wider.

So, to some degree, we will address 'agile transformation' as a change effort.

I think you will enjoy it.

Facilitator: Joe Little

Joe is an Agile Coach and a CST (Scrum Trainer).
Many of you know him. If you want to know more, see LeanAgileTraining.com

 

 

Thursday, September 7

6-8 pm

The Cornwell Center
2001 Selwyn Ave.
Charlotte, NC 28207

Ashley Munday 

"Culture and Values-Based Leadership"

Cultural capital is a key differentiator in team performance. Culture is driven by the values, beliefs, and behaviors of individuals and leaders, past and present. Culture is reinforced in policies, procedures, and in every implicit interaction. It has the power to energize a team, or erode core trust. Ashley Munday will share key learnings, case studies, and strategies for working with culture.  

 

Ashley Munday, Director of Cultural and Organizational Transformation at SweetRush, is a strategic advisor, change facilitator, and executive coach with over 20 years of professional experience, including six years at Barrett Values Centre. Using a systems approach and the power of values, she has facilitated organization transformation initiatives around the world. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including ForbesFast Company, and South Africa's The Star. She served as the values advisor for the Icelandic national values assessment and was a featured speaker at TEDx Hayward.  Ashley's core values are integrity, continuous learning, compassion, beauty, and play; making her home in Asheville, North Carolina; she adores mountain hiking with her husband and son. Learn more about Ashley and connect with her on LinkedIn.

 

DECK see here: Agile_Carolinas_2017_SR-2.pdf

 

EBOOK see here: Culture_Transformation_ebook.pdf

 

August Meeting 

Agile Carolinas
Thursday, August 17 6-8 PM
TEKsystems
200 S. College Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
Joe Little moderating "Take Action Now"    
Joe is an Agile Coach, a ScrumMaster, a CSP (Scrum Professional), and a CST (Scrum Trainer). Joe first learned Scrum from Ken Schwaber and later mentored with Jeff Sutherland. Joe has been leading IT projects for 20+ years, mainly in New York, London, and Charlotte.  During those years he worked with a relatively small number of well-known firms.  Since then, he has worked with numerous companies. Joe helped start APLN-Richmond and Agile Charleston, and started Agile-Carolinas.  He was twice a speaker at Agile20xx, and Agile Tour events in Toronto and Montreal and Raleigh-Durham.  He has a book, Agile Release Planning, which is available via LeanPub.      

Discussion: Our successes and ‘opportunities’ with being a better Product Owner. This discussion is from all viewpoints: from the company, from the Team, from the Manager, from the SM and from the PO. This will be a discussion.  We want to hear wisdom and questions from everyone.  Initially I think we should discuss how to measure a good PO.  Or at least what we think a good PO would achieve. That leads later into tools and techniques for HOW to achieve those goals.  We will also mention the pitfalls. We will share what we see is working and where we see the biggest problems (opportunities).  Hopefully the two will match to some degree

 

 

Paul Marks "How Humor Affects Leadership"

 

Agile Carolinas

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

6-8 pm

The Cornwell Center

2001 Selwyn Avenue

Charlotte, NC 28207

Paul Marks "How Humor Affects Leadership"

Paul incorporates fun interactive games to create leadership and camaraderie. The cornerstone of the program is to go to the right side of the brain to help with creativity, humor, and spontaneous thinking.  You will laugh and learn ‐ and develop leadership skills for quick thinking, improvisation to change the corporate culture and your leadership style in a positive way. Paul has a way of "making the uncomfortable become comfortable." 
Bio:
In July of 2009, Paul formed Over The Counter improv to teach leadership, public speaking, and quick thinking skills through improvisation and right brain thinking.  By 2012, Paul was featured in an article for the Charlotte Observer regarding the benefits of improv in the corporate world  He has worked with companies such as Wells Fargo, Ingersoll-Rand, Elevation Church, Novant Health and many others.  

More information on OTC Improv & Paul Marks can be found here: http://www.otcimprov.com/

Thank you to Randstad Technologies, host and sponsor.

 

 

See Additional Past Meetings here PastMeetings

 

Other Notes

 

Please see the Special Announcements page for information on other up-coming events.

 

Please see the Your Action page for actions you can take to support Agile-Carolinas. Perhaps the most useful thing is to invite others.

 

Please help get the message out that this group is available to others. See Getting the Word Out

 

Our group is affiliated with the APLN (Agile Project Leadership Network; see APLN Background) and the Agile Alliance.

Catherine will talk about
"Leadership and K9 Training:  Teaming and behavioral shaping methods used by GREAT vs Terrible leaders"

She comes from a context of Agile in large organizations. But I think the ideas will apply elsewhere.  More details TBD.

Bio:
Catherine is a great coach and has many years running the agile initiative in a large telecommunications company. 

This event starts at 6:00pm with food and networking and will go until 8pm.

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