Agile Days are back in-person!
We are excited to announce Agile Days – a half-day conference in downtown Detroit focused on agility, not just agile. From agile architecture and SREs to true product leadership, this free conference goes beyond the frameworks. Dialogue, discussion, and learning abound in this multi-track learning event at the Madison.
Keynote Speaker: Richard Doak (1:00pm EST)
Room: Auditorium
Richard Doak
Chief Technology Officer for Tier 1 Supplier Innovation & Technology
Microsoft
Richard Doak is an accomplished and highly capable Global Technology Transformation Leader with a wealth of experience driving successful delivery of large transformation programs leveraging technology to solve complex business issues. He is a visionary, innovative technologist, and a recognized local expert in automotive and manufacturing technologies from strategy to delivery with a track record of managing large-scale automotive innovation projects including autonomous, electrification and connected vehicle development, for clients including Ford, Navistar, Aptiv, Visteon, DANA, Nexteer, Voxx Automotive, Stoneridge and American Center for Mobility.
Breakout Sessions Round 1 (2:00pm EST)
Option 1: What is Product Thinking? Why is everyone talking about it?
Facilitators: Jeff Mortimer and Jenni Lankfer
Room: Auditorium
Let's talk through how to apply product thinking incrementally to improve your organization. You don't have to do a full product transformation to start seeing benefits. Join Jeff and Jenni to learn how to introduce aspects of product thinking within your organization to help change the way you think and work to realize better outcomes.
Option 2: Site Reliability Engineering: It's 3am on a Tuesday, do you know where your product team is?
Facilitators: Rob Harris and Johnathan Bell
Room: The Loft
Curious about what SRE is and how it relates to agile? SRE helps you and your team make smart, data-driven decisions about what work to prioritize and when to pivot. Come learn about SRE fundamentals, how and where to get started turning on SRE for your organization, and what a successful working relationship with SRE looks like in an agile context!
Breakout Sessions Round 2 (3:00pm EST)
Option 1: Death to the Feature Factory: A Product Manager's Guide to Ending Your Obsession with Outputs
Facilitator: Ashley Slaughter
Room: Auditorium
Are you obsessed with shipping feature after feature? Are you proud every time you ship on time and in scope? Do you measure your success by how often and how much you ship? If so, stop now! It's time to put an end to our feature factory mindset and gain a new passion and obsession for outcomes. Wake up every morning wondering how your product is going to bring in amazing results for your business and delight your customers and users. We'll show you how you can use a simple tool like impact mapping to write OKRs for your product that will drive business results and put our obsession with outputs to bed once and for all.
Option 2: Scrum not working? Here's why...
Facilitators: Charlie Snider and Mike Riley
Room: The Loft
Adopting agile affects every part of the organization but many struggle with their existing practices and mindset. Join Charlie Snider and Mike Riley as we navigate the complexities of the four most common challenge areas: the team, the product, the business, and the leadership.
Breakout Sessions Round 3 (4:00pm EST)
Option 1: Stop Asking for Status Reports: How to be an Agile Leader
Facilitators: Michele Cresmen-Block and M Bobbitt
Room: The Loft
As leaders, how do we embody agile and product leadership? How can servant leadership become more than just a buzzword? Do you ask your teams for things that drive behaviors contrary to the values you espouse? Join Michele Cresmen-Block and M Bobbitt to learn about leading agile teams and organizations, without falling into critical pitfalls of leadership.
Option 2: The Business Value of Agile Software Delivery
Facilitator: Erik Przekop
Room: Auditorium
Custom software is expensive! How do agile practices really impact the business value you can get from it? How can we judge what is essential to getting the value for our spend? Software engineers aren't always the best at describing these things, so it's important for the people leading such projects to advocate for them.
Closing (5:00pm EST)
Room: Auditorium
Optional Networking (5:30pm EST)
Room: Rooftop (Weather Permitting!)
Event Info
Date: October 27, 2022
Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm EST
Location: The Madison, 1555 Broadway St, Detroit, MI 48226
Parking: Free valet parking will be provided
Agenda
12:30pm EST: Check-in & Registration
1:00pm EST: Keynote Speaker
2:00pm EST: Breakout Sessions Round 1
3:00pm EST: Breakout Sessions Round 2
4:00pm EST: Breakout Sessions Round 3
5:00pm EST: Closing
5:30pm EST: Optional Networking
Keynote Speaker: Richard Doak (1:00pm EST)
Room: Auditorium
Richard Doak
Chief Technology Officer for Tier 1 Supplier Innovation & Technology
Microsoft
Richard Doak is an accomplished and highly capable Global Technology Transformation Leader with a wealth of experience driving successful delivery of large transformation programs leveraging technology to solve complex business issues. He is a visionary, innovative technologist, and a recognized local expert in automotive and manufacturing technologies from strategy to delivery with a track record of managing large-scale automotive innovation projects including autonomous, electrification and connected vehicle development, for clients including Ford, Navistar, Aptiv, Visteon, DANA, Nexteer, Voxx Automotive, Stoneridge and American Center for Mobility.
Breakout Sessions Round 1 (2:00pm EST)
Option 1: What is Product Thinking? Why is everyone talking about it?
Facilitators: Jeff Mortimer and Jenni Lankfer
Room: Auditorium
Let's talk through how to apply product thinking incrementally to improve your organization. You don't have to do a full product transformation to start seeing benefits. Join Jeff and Jenni to learn how to introduce aspects of product thinking within your organization to help change the way you think and work to realize better outcomes.
Option 2: Site Reliability Engineering: It's 3am on a Tuesday, do you know where your product team is?
Facilitators: Rob Harris and Johnathan Bell
Room: The Loft
Curious about what SRE is and how it relates to agile? SRE helps you and your team make smart, data-driven decisions about what work to prioritize and when to pivot. Come learn about SRE fundamentals, how and where to get started turning on SRE for your organization, and what a successful working relationship with SRE looks like in an agile context!
Breakout Sessions Round 2 (3:00pm EST)
Option 1: Death to the Feature Factory: A Product Manager's Guide to Ending Your Obsession with Outputs
Facilitator: Ashley Slaughter
Room: Auditorium
Are you obsessed with shipping feature after feature? Are you proud every time you ship on time and in scope? Do you measure your success by how often and how much you ship? If so, stop now! It's time to put an end to our feature factory mindset and gain a new passion and obsession for outcomes. Wake up every morning wondering how your product is going to bring in amazing results for your business and delight your customers and users. We'll show you how you can use a simple tool like impact mapping to write OKRs for your product that will drive business results and put our obsession with outputs to bed once and for all.
Option 2: Scrum not working? Here's why...
Facilitators: Charlie Snider and Mike Riley
Room: The Loft
Adopting agile affects every part of the organization but many struggle with their existing practices and mindset. Join Charlie Snider and Mike Riley as we navigate the complexities of the four most common challenge areas: the team, the product, the business, and the leadership.
Breakout Sessions Round 3 (4:00pm EST)
Option 1: Stop Asking for Status Reports: How to be an Agile Leader
Facilitators: Michele Cresmen-Block and M Bobbitt
Room: The Loft
As leaders, how do we embody agile and product leadership? How can servant leadership become more than just a buzzword? Do you ask your teams for things that drive behaviors contrary to the values you espouse? Join Michele Cresmen-Block and M Bobbitt to learn about leading agile teams and organizations, without falling into critical pitfalls of leadership.
Option 2: The Business Value of Agile Software Delivery
Facilitator: Erik Przekop
Room: Auditorium
Custom software is expensive! How do agile practices really impact the business value you can get from it? How can we judge what is essential to getting the value for our spend? Software engineers aren't always the best at describing these things, so it's important for the people leading such projects to advocate for them.
Closing (5:00pm EST)
Room: Auditorium
Optional Networking (5:30pm EST)
Room: Rooftop (Weather Permitting!)
Event Info
Date: October 27, 2022
Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm EST
Location: The Madison, 1555 Broadway St, Detroit, MI 48226
Parking: Free valet parking will be provided
Agenda
12:30pm EST: Check-in & Registration
1:00pm EST: Keynote Speaker
2:00pm EST: Breakout Sessions Round 1
3:00pm EST: Breakout Sessions Round 2
4:00pm EST: Breakout Sessions Round 3
5:00pm EST: Closing
5:30pm EST: Optional Networking
