Beyond KPIs and OKRs: Creating an environment for high-performing, innovative teams that leads to true effectiveness open_in_new

Too often innovative people in medium to large organizations have the feeling of being in a box - with startling new ideas - and no one really listens. In essence, these innovators are trying to “measure performance upwards.” This upward voice intrinsically measures strategies and customer impact, and applying the concept can significantly improve the overall performance without relying on top down OKRs and KPIs. Moreover, “measuring from above,” tends to measure the output of production rather than the truly important outcome: what is really making a difference for our customers and therefore for our company.

Adding “measurement from below” to a company can create a mindset that empowers everyone to follow their passion and interest and nourish the company’s effectiveness. Implementing a “from below” approach to measurement involves a fundamental shift that asks the company to synthesize a variety of new approaches. One such synthesis is Beyond Budgeting, Open Space, Sociocracy, and Agile (BOSSA nova). This synthesis enables a company to “measure upwards” without jeopardizing the strengths of “leading downwards.” Fortunately, the implementation can be done in small steps that probe and demonstrate new measurement ideas on a small scale such that the proof cascades beyond the demonstration. This session will enable you to get started on your journey to spreading the idea of upwards measurement company-wide.

This workshop asks participants to start where they are, explains what it means to probe, and helps them develop strategies and experiments they can use in their own situation to create an environment for high performance that goes beyond what OKRs and KPIs can offer.

Speakers

Jutta Eckstein

Coach, Consultant, Trainer

self-employed

location_on Germany

Jutta Eckstein works as an independent coach, consultant, and trainer. She holds a M.A. in Business Coaching & Change Management, a Dipl.Eng. in Product-Engineering, and a B.A. in Education. She has helped many teams and organizations worldwide to make an Agile transition. She has a unique experience in applying Agile processes within medium-sized to large distributed mission-critical projects. She has published her experience in her books Agile Software Development in the Large, Agile Software Development with Distributed Teams, Retrospectives for Organizational Change, and together with Johanna Rothman Diving for Hidden Treasures: Uncovering the Cost of Delay in your Project Portfolio.

Jutta has recently co-written (actually pair-written) with John Buck a book on Company-wide Agility. This book focuses on synthesizing Beyond Budgeting, Open Space, Sociocracy, and Agility.

John Buck

President

GovernanceAlive LLC

location_on United States

John is a senior leader of GovernanceAlive LLC, a co-director of the nonprofit Center for Dynamic Community Governance, and a board member of Sociocracy For All.

He coauthored (with Sharon Villines) We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy (2nd Edition 2017) and also co-wrote (with Jutta Eckstein) Company-wide Agility with Beyond Budgeting, Open Space & Sociocracy (2018). 

John has led dozens of business improvement projects for a variety of organizations, resulting in greater efficiency and increased employee engagement. He believes that such basic values as equality, liberty, and transparency can make our work places dramatically more sustainable, elegant, and profitable.

He excels in customizing solutions to each organization’s particular concerns, work schedules, and professional areas. His clients span the globe and include plastics manufacturers, colleges and universities, long-term care facilities, co-housing groups, and software companies.

Education and credentials

• Master of Science degree in Quantitative Sociology, The George Washington University

Fee

Rs. 15000 Per Person

Timing

Nov 4 04:30 PM - Nov 5 07:30 PM

Duration

2 Half-Days Workshop

Direct Link

https://confengine.com/conferences/agile-india-2020/register/selection#workshop-295-info

Functional Programming Deep-Dive with Types and Property-Based Testing open_in_new

This workshop will first introduce Functional Programming concepts using the Haskell programming language syntax and tools.

We will then present a series of exercises that utilise the static type system of Haskell and with some guidance, solve the exercises. Subsequent exercises will introduce property-based testing using the hedgehog library. Finally, we will tackle some exercises where a trade-off must be considered, and solve those using both types and property-based tests.

The focus of this workshop will be on introducing the tools for achieving software resiliency and robustness. The techniques learned here may be applied in other programming language environments.

DateTime: This workshop is scheduled on Oct 12th and 13th from 1 PM to 5 PM IST (4 hours each day)

Speakers

Tony Morris

Software Engineer

Simple Machines

location_on Australia

Tony has been deploying functional programming solutions for 15 years, using a variety of programming languages, but Haskell and Scala primarily.

Tony teaches functional programming at the University of Queensland and for professional programmers with a view toward producing a viable commercial result. Using a principled and passionate approach to teaching functional programming and sharing ideas, Tony enjoys exploring the consequences for software development to provide a rewarding experience for everyone involved.

Fee

Rs. 10000 Per Person

Timing

Oct 12 01:00 PM - Oct 13 05:00 PM

Duration

2 Half-Days Workshop

Direct Link

https://confengine.com/conferences/agile-india-2020/register/selection#workshop-299-info

Complexity in Agile open_in_new

In this one-day Workshop, Dave Snowden, the creator of the Cynefin framework and famous in the agile community as an inspiring and sometimes controversial speaker, will address agility from the point of view of complexity. Participants will be exposed to a realistic approach that puts context before dogma and shows a future for Agile that goes beyond fighting over methods and towards a sophisticated application of agility in organizations.

This class will offer an introduction to the Cynefin framework by its creator: the Cynefin framework is a transformational idea that uses a situation-specific approach to making sense of the world in order to act in it, and ensures effective work, decision making, and management even in complex and uncertain environments. For Agile practitioners, this framework supports effectively tailoring methods and practices to different situations. Cynefin-informed methods and practices help Agile organizations harness change and turn complex situations into a competitive advantage for customers and the business.

DateTime: This workshop is scheduled on Oct 12th and 13th from 2 PM to 6 PM IST (4 hours each day)

Speakers

Dave Snowden

Founder and Chief Scientific Officer

Cognitive Edge

location_on United Kingdom

Dave Snowden divides his time between two roles: founder, Director, and Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge and the founder and head of the Cynefin Centre. His work is international in nature and covers government and industry looking at complex issues relating to strategy, organisational decision making, and decision making. He has pioneered a science-based approach to organisations drawing on anthropology, neuroscience and complex adaptive systems theory. His paper with Boone on Leadership was the cover article for the Harvard Business Review in November 2007 and also won the Academy of Management award for the best practitioner paper in the same year. He has previously won a special award from the Academy for originality in his work on knowledge management. During his tenure at IBM, he was selected as one of the six on-demand thinkers for w worldwide advertising campaign His company Cognitive Edge exists to integrate academic thinking with practice in organisations throughout the world and operates on a network model working with Academics, Government, Commercial Organisations, NGOs and Independent Consultants. He is also the main designer of the SenseMaker® software suite, originally developed in the field of counter-terrorism and now being actively deployed in both Government and Industry to handle issues of impact measurement, customer/ employee insight, narrative-based knowledge management, strategic foresight, and risk management.

Fee

Rs. 20000 Per Person

Timing

Oct 12 02:00 PM - Oct 13 06:00 PM

Duration

2 Half-Days Workshop

Direct Link

https://confengine.com/conferences/agile-india-2020/register/selection#workshop-294-info

Deliver ValueFirst open_in_new

As an executive, learn how to create a culture in your Product Development Organisation that Delivers On-Time and Under-Budget, every time.

The Problem: Even when having an Agile organisation, projects tend to deliver late and over budget. As a result, executives can not promise delivery times and meet them, and they can not set prices and ensure a profit.

The Solution: There is now a growing group of companies that do things differently. They have learned how to deliver on-time and under-budget, every time. Maybe even more importantly, they have learned to deliver the expected improvements desired by their customers and stakeholders.

DateTime: This workshop is scheduled on Oct 12th and 13th from 2 PM to 6 PM IST (4 hours each day)

Speakers

Kai Gilb

CEO

Gilb International

location_on Norway

Kai Gilb specializes in helping our clients succeed in product development. I help our clients identify, specify & deliver quantified improvement results to their stakeholders.

Experience from decades of practice from all over the world in both tiny companies with tiny projects, as well as in some of the worlds largest companies and projects. If you want to learn to succeed in projects & product development, Kai Gilb delivers.

I teach and consult the use of agile quantified engineering methods that can claim unrivaled success rates. I strive to be the very best worldwide in helping our clients succeed in projects. For most of our clients OK is not good enough, they strive to be the best at what they do.

Fee

Rs. 20000 Per Person

Timing

Oct 12 02:00 PM - Oct 13 06:00 PM

Duration

2 Half-Days Workshop

Direct Link

https://confengine.com/conferences/agile-india-2020/register/selection#workshop-300-info

DevOps Culture Certified Trainer open_in_new

Unique opportunity to get trained by the author of one of the most effective DevOps Culture simulation, prepare for DevOps Culture Certified Trainer exam (DCCT) from CertiProf© and gain competitive advantage in DevOps training marketplace.

First time in India! The latest 2020 version of this popular simulation (ran at 45 conferences in 15 countries).

This train-the-trainer workshop will prepare you for many successful facilitations of DevOps Culture simulation and give you access to the licensed training material (PowerPoint slides, handouts, flipcharts design etc). You will learn to run effective debriefing with your groups and help them connect learning from the simulation with solutions to the real-life challenges in their organization.

The simulation is designed for a broad audience, enabling participants to gain the insights into the “Why” and the “What” of the DevOps before jumping into the “How”. Through this powerful role-based simulation, participants experience the benefits of cross-training, learn to eliminate silos, "shift left" on security, adopt systems thinking and practice optimizing the flow of value from business to development and to IT operations.

Become one of the DCCT holders - DevOps change agents who are able to create the DevOps Culture simulation experience, providing participants with additional insights into taking the next steps to embracing DevOps mindset and leading organizational change. Guide your workshop participants through the experiential discovery of the following practices: optimizing flow, amplifying feedback loop and growing safety culture. Deliver real-life examples from medium to large size organizations, latest findings from the State of DevOps report and key ideas from “The Phoenix Project” by Gene Kim.

This unique simulation uses cognitive neuroscience principles, game design theory and elements of “Training from the Back of the Room” framework.

Learn from the game creator, prepare for DCCT exam from CertiProf© (included in your registration) and help make DevOps culture experience accessible to all – business stakeholders, C-level executives, IT management, techies and non-techies alike.

Speakers

Dana Pylayeva

Enterprise Agile Coach

A Large Economic Institution

location_on United States

Dana is an independent Agile/DevOps Coach, trainer, international speaker with over 18 years of diverse experience in software development and IT operations.
Author of "Introduction to DevOps with Chocolate, Lego and Scrum Game", "Self-Selection Game" and "Fear in the Workplace". She designs and delivers experiential Agile and DevOps workshops for organisations around the world (Canada, US, UK, India, Russia etc).
Enthusiastic collaborator, she builds communities, organizes local and global conferences (Big Apple Scrum Day, Agile20xx, Global Scrum Gathering)

Fee

Rs. 20000 Per Person

Timing

Oct 17 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Duration

Post-Conf Workshop

Direct Link

https://confengine.com/conferences/agile-india-2020/register/selection#workshop-296-info

Implementing Serverless Applications on Kubernetes open_in_new

This workshop covers Knative, Kubernetes-based open-source platform to deploy and manage modern serverless workloads. It provides a set of middleware components that are essential to build modern, source-centric, and container-based applications that can run anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, or even in a third-party data center. Knative components are built on Kubernetes and codify the best practices shared by successful real-world Kubernetes-based frameworks.

Each of the components under the Knative project attempts to identify common patterns and codify the best practices shared by successful real-world Kubernetes-based frameworks and applications. Knative components focus on solving many mundane but difficult tasks such as deploying a container, orchestrating source-to-URL workflows on Kubernetes, routing and managing traffic with blue/green deployment, automatic scaling and sizing workloads based on demand, and binding running services to eventing ecosystems.

The workshop goes into details of how Knative enables you to focus just on writing interesting code without worrying about the boring but difficult parts of building, deploying, and managing an application. It shows how developers can even use familiar idioms, languages, and frameworks to deploy any workload: functions, applications, or containers. We also touch upon Cloud Run (a managed Knative offering) and software architecture patterns for modern serverless applications.

DateTime: This workshop is scheduled on Oct 17th from 9 AM to 1 PM IST and 18th from 10 AM to 12 PM

Speakers

Nikhil Barthwal

Sr. Software Engineer

Facebook

location_on United States

Nikhil Barthwal is passionate about building distributed systems. He has several years of work experience in both big companies & smaller startups and also acts as a mentor to several startups. Currently, He is Product Manager in Google Cloud Platform working on Google Cloud's Serverless products. Outside of work, he speaks at local meetups as well as international conferences on several topics related to Distributed systems & Programming Languages.

Fee

Rs. 20000 Per Person

Timing

Oct 17 9 AM - Oct 18 12 PM

Duration

2 Half-Days Workshop

Direct Link

https://confengine.com/conferences/agile-india-2020/register/selection#workshop-301-info

Manage Technical Debt in Microservices and Monoliths open_in_new

Many codebases contain code that is overly complicated, hard to understand, and hence expensive to change and evolve. Prioritizing the technical debt to pay down is a hard problem since there's always a trade-off between improving existing code versus adding new features. In this masterclass, you learn how easily accessible development data let us uncover the technical debt with the highest business impact. The techniques cover both technical and organizational decisions around your codebase, and we cover both traditional architectures as well as microservice architectures where you learn to measure non-code properties like team coupling, system mastery, and detect implicit dependencies between services.

• Identify the code that's most expensive to maintain amongst millions of lines of code.
• Put costs on technical debt and assess its delivery impact.
• Detect architectural decay and learn to control it.
• Perform architectural analyses of layers and microservices to uncover team coupling and implicit dependencies.
• Learn refactoring patterns to address technical- and architectural debt.
• Measure how organizational patterns influence code quality and the link to software architecture.
• Uncover the social side of your codebase and use data to mitigate off-boarding risks.

Participants are encouraged to take this opportunity and analyze their own codebases. As part of the workshop, you also get access to CodeScene – a tool that automates the analyses – which we use for the practical exercises. We also look at open-source alternatives, and see how we can use Git itself for data mining; the workshop is not about tools, but rather about the techniques and their applications. This is a new perspective on software development that will change how you view code.

DateTime: This workshop is scheduled on Oct 19th and 20th from 2 PM to 6 PM IST

Speakers

Adam Tornhill

Author

Software Design X-Rays

location_on Sweden

Adam Tornhill is a programmer who combines degrees in engineering and psychology. He's the founder of Empear where he designs tools for software analysis. Adam is also the author of Software Design X-Rays, the best selling Your Code as a Crime Scene, Lisp for the Web, and Patterns in C.

Fee

Rs. 20000 Per Person

Timing

Oct 19 2 PM - Oct 20 6 PM

Duration

2 Half-Days Workshop

Direct Link

https://confengine.com/conferences/agile-india-2020/register/selection#workshop-297-info

Passionate Product Leadership: A Certified Scrum Product Ownership Course open_in_new

This product thinking, leadership, and process workshop combines contemporary tech product thinking with agile development and Scrum.

Stop! Don’t bother taking this course if your only concern is learning Scrum and mastering the product ownership role. Because:

This is not just a product ownership class

This online workshop is about product thinking and how to apply it in your organization.

Speakers

Jeff Patton

Author

User Story Mapping

location_on United States

Jeff Patton helps companies adopt a way of working that’s focused on building great products, not just building stuff faster. Jeff blends a mixture of Agile thinking, Lean and Lean Startup Thinking, and UX Design and Design Thinking to end up with a holistic product-centric way of working. Jeff is author of the bestselling O’Reilly book User Story Mapping which describes a simple holistic approach to using stories in Agile development without losing sight of the big picture. You can learn more about Jeff at: jpattonassociates.com.

Fee

Rs. 40000 Per Person

Timing

Oct 27 17:30 - Oct 30 21:30

Duration

4 Half-Days Workshop

Direct Link

https://confengine.com/conferences/agile-india-2020/register/selection#workshop-298-info