What does your software project have in common with the Sphex Wasp and Sumo Robots? They both exhibit complex behavior that can be defined using simple examples. In this session, we will look at how behavior driven development works and how it can be used to help build quality into the software development process.

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Events like Big Room Planning provide lots of practice DOING agile—refining backlogs of features and stories, reviewing acceptance criteria, designing for -ilities, bringing people together across disciplines and departments, planning to deliver value iteratively and incrementally, building roughly right forecasts rather than precisely wrong plans, and more. But what about BEING agile? What about effective idea-generation, rich learning, high-bandwidth communication, high-performing teams, shared ownership of results, radical work transparency, and real trust and respect? With intention in design and attention to facilitation, we have made—and you can make—BRP a place where people learn, practice, and master agile culture.

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Are you working on a product or a project? What is the difference and why does it matter? In this session we are going to look at the difference between the project approach to creating software and the product approach and discuss why the Agile Principles will push many teams to move away from projects and toward products.

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The field of software engineering has always favored people who can learn new things quickly. As the fundamental underlying principles and tools of programming change, especially with the rapid growth of artificial intelligence, what continues to matter most are the foundational ways of reasoning about programs. In this talk, we’ll share how, at the University of British Columbia, we teach a timeless approach to understanding software.

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What does a cult that clears runways in the forest and wears coconuts like headphones have to do with Agile? You’ll find out in this talk that is a refresher of the foundation of Agile with a focus on the why behind all the different practices used by teams. No tales about pirates this time, but we’ve got stories about toothpaste tubes assembly lines, a manager who offered to buy a rocket for our team, and a modern real-life version of the emperor who had no clothes fairy tale.

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In this 45 minute session, we are going to discuss ways to create a sense of urgency that will help create a healthly working environment for your team. We'll also look at pitfalls -- things to avoid that create unhealthy urgency and drive counterproductive behavior.

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With the aid of maps a wander through the history of technology development, what it means, where we are going and what should we learn from the past.

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You've probably heard the term MVP for minimal viable product. In this session we are going to take 45 minutes and do an ultra focused lunch & learn driven mostly by interactive polls to look at what MVP means to different people and some of the advantages and pitfalls of using an MVP approach on your project.

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I’ve worked with a number of incredible Scrum Masters over the years. For this talk I asked several what they feel is the most important secret behind their success. This session covers the things they identified as well as my observations about some of the things that made them successful.

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Flow Engineering has helped many businesses save months, millions, and morale in a few hours. Its rapid, collaborative mapping helps you define value, vision, direction, and alignment for your teams. Then we use it tackle your most critical bottleneck. I'll show you how to set a target, understand needs and workflow constraints, and connect opportunities to action.

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