May 2022 Meeting: 4 Legged Dogs and Sprints

May Monthly Meeting - 4 Legged Dogs and Sprints with Simon Mitchinson 

When: Thursday, May 12tht, 2022

Where: Online (Meeting link will be emailed prior to event)

Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm 

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4 Legged Dogs and Sprints with Simon Mitchinson 

This presentation takes a fun look at the difference between ‘being seen to be doing agile’ and having agility – being agile. It is intended as a start-point for those new to agile and agility, and also serve as a reminder to experienced agile practitioners not to fall into the corporate traps of ‘allusion’. (Sometimes continuous improvement includes going back to basics!)

This is a personal interpretation and exploration of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. It does not propose a magic solution, clever answers or amazing revelations, but it is designed to make you think, “Am I being agile? What does that really mean? How will it makes things better?” and hopefully for you to that ‘Agile’ is not a mechanical, handle-turning, text-book process but a way of thinking that requires creativity and intellectual input from its leaders and coaches.

Agenda

6:00pm: Welcome and Intro

6:15pm: Speaker

7:15pm: Networking

7:25pm: Feedback & Wrap-up

7:30pm: Adjourn

About Simon Mitchinson 

Simon is an Agile Coach, Scrum Master and Delivery Lead at Blue Yonder, with over 20 years’ experience in leading project delivery. Simon balances his role between coaching and delivering specific projects, and providing general agile training and advice across the organisation, leading the company-wide drive towards agility.

Before joining Blue Yonder, one of Simon’s proudest professional achievements is that he brought a new protein bar to market for Mars Confectionery using Scrum, with the first product on the shelf in just six weeks (compared with a predicted six months using the standard approach).

Two of Simon’s other achievements are that he won a gold medal for inventing a paper bag, and that he had tea with HM The Queen after he organized Tug of War for her 90th Birthday!