5 Things I Learned from Lean (that Could Have Helped My Last Agile Project)

Agile practices in less than optimal conditions are no guarantee of success. In fact these practices can lead to catastrophic failures even with veteran agile practitioners. Lean principles can uniquely bolster software teams against failures.

This presentation tells the story of an agile project that was considered a catastrophic failure and describes a set of lean software principles that can help fill the gaps in agile development that can put projects in harm's way.

Scott Bellware is a software product designer, developer, manager, and agile coach living in Austin, TX. Scott works with teams who are adopting agile development and who are improving existing agile development practices, as well as helping agile teams to integrate into their surrounding organizations. Scott speaks at software industry conferences and teaches agile development practices and software production methodologies in workshops in the US, Canada, and Europe. He is the founder of the AgileATX community of agile software practitioners in Austin. Scott organized the ALT.NET Open Space and Continuous Improvement conferences in Austin, and is a champion of progressive software development in the Microsoft community. Scott served as the track chairman for agile development at the DevTeach conferences. He also served as the software track chairman for the InnoTech conferences, and as the chairman of the INETA Speaker Committee. Scott is a five-time recipient of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional award.
Cost: Free
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