Topic: Agile isn’t dead, it has grown up.

In the last year or so there is increasing chatter around agile/scrum being dead. In this talk I will explore that this premise is false. The base level of understanding is solid enough that we can all detect agile theatre – and we will call it out. So what do we do? What positive steps can we take in the post-truth, post-agile times.

Outcomes:

• Understanding the impact of agile theatre on organisational effectiveness
• Understanding a clean model of accountability – leading to operational clarity
• Growing an outlook of delivery

Biography:

An experienced author, speaker, trainer, coach, and technologist, with over 25 years of helping people adopt new technologies and realising business value. He has experience in a wide range of business domains, in both the public and private sectors around the world.

His professional experiences combine to enable him to deliver a wide range of Professional Scrum Training courses as a Professional Scrum Trainer, as well as coach organisations at all levels – from the technical to the managerial. Simon was one of the inaugural Stewards maintaining the Professional Scrum Master course with Scrum.Org.

Simon is a Lean Agile Procurement trainer, exploring ways to use agile principles and practices to bring more effective value in the procurement area. He is the founder and director of Advanced Product Delivery Limited, whose purpose is to help individuals, teams and organisations deliver better value in a humane way.

His passion is helping teams and organisations deliver better value by building products that delight the customer. He does this by engaging with the people, facilitating their understanding and helping improve their performance.