Nashua Scrum Club's February 2010 Meeting
Alexander Technology Group
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Networking - Free Pizza and beverages!
Round table: TBD
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm Announcements & club updates
7:15 pm - 8:15 pm Featured speaker - Giora Morein - Founder,
Principal Agile Consultant: Big Visible
Mapping the Change Battlefield
As the number of organizations piloting and adopting Agile projects
rapidly increases, most initiatives focus solely on delivery and
execution while ignoring the impact that such a radical change may
have on an organization – and how that impact may affect the project
and product itself. Most projects view organizational change as a
distraction or are likely to simply disregard it. Furthermore, by
definition, it is the responsibility of the project manager or
ScrumMaster to shield the team from such distractions rather than
leverage them as enablement tools. Human nature tends to reject and
resist against change – as a way to avoid the associated discomfort.
In Agile Enablement terms, this resistance takes the form of
individuals who are either do not buy into the Agile value
proposition, or simply view it as a threat that needs to be opposed.
By leveraging the military metaphor, it is possible to make use of a
simple, light-weight technique of mapping direct and indirect forces
and influences acting on a project. Participants will be introduced
to this battle-mapping technique as a way to better analyze the
organizational environment to identify potential project hazards and
risks as well as learn how and where to respond. Spending just
minutes a day using this simple technique can be the difference
between the beginning of an Agile transition or the end of an Agile
project.
Bio
Giora Morein is a Principal Agile Coach and co-founder of BigVisible
Solutions. He is also a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST). He specializes
in rapidly ramping up new Agile and Scrum teams through practical
training coupled with hands-on mentoring and coaching. He has been
highly successful in helping organizations scale their Scrum
initiatives both in size and distributed location. Over the past five
years Giora has focused exclusively on helping large organizations
with their enterprise Agile transition efforts. He has extensive
experience coaching, training and guiding large, multi-team projects.
Giora has had extensive experience consulting in large, Fortune-class
companies, including: Aetna, Fidelity, Harvard Pilgrim, John Hancock,
State Street, Cessna Aircraft, Bell Helicopter, McKesson and GE
Healthcare. He is also Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) and a
certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
James W. Anderson
Thanks,
Jim
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Networking - Free Pizza and beverages!
Round table: TBD
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm Announcements & club updates
7:15 pm - 8:15 pm Featured speaker - Giora Morein - Founder,
Principal Agile Consultant: Big Visible
Mapping the Change Battlefield
As the number of organizations piloting and adopting Agile projects
rapidly increases, most initiatives focus solely on delivery and
execution while ignoring the impact that such a radical change may
have on an organization - and how that impact may affect the project
and product itself. Most projects view organizational change as a
distraction or are likely to simply disregard it. Furthermore, by
definition, it is the responsibility of the project manager or
ScrumMaster to shield the team from such distractions rather than
leverage them as enablement tools. Human nature tends to reject and
resist against change - as a way to avoid the associated discomfort.
Bio
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