The
next Agile KC meeting will be Thursday May 23, 1013 at 6:30 PM at Centriq
Training Center.
Registration:
This will be a sponsor supported event.
Dinner will be served. In order to help our sponsor plan accordingly and
know how many guests to expect, please register for this meeting at Eventbrite
at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6700414119
See
www.agilkc.org for a map.
Meeting Topic: Agile
Cultural Evolution an Experience Report
Meeting Learning:
During last month’s meeting on coaching, several of the members
expressed that they would like to hear what some organizations have done and
experienced in their adoption of agile practices and cultural changes.
Meeting Description:
This
meeting will be a panel discussion format. Tom Westervelt, Nathan
Lagergren and Steve Toalson will share their organizational backgrounds and
experiences around the adoption of agile practices and changes in the team and
organizational culture.
The
trio will discuss what has worked, what has not and what they have learned from
the experience. This will be an excellent opportunity to share your
thoughts and observations on the topic as well as bring your questions for the
community at large.
About the Speakers:
Steve Toalson is an Agile Team Coach
at Hallmark Cards (learning and practicing agile for 1+ year). He has
also been a Project Manager (formerly PMP Certified) at Hallmark for 5
years. He knew what he wanted to do when he was a freshman in High
school. He earned his BA in Computer Science from Washburn University and
went to work for Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for 8 years. He then
relocated back ‘home’ to Lawrence from the east coast to work at Payless
ShoeSource for 12 years prior to joining Hallmark. Steve has a passion
for working with people, which probably makes him suspect as a PM, but serves
him well as an Agile Coach.
Tom Westervelt has over 25 years of IT
experience in the healthcare and financial industries, ranging from design to
programming to project leadership. He is currently the lead Scrum Master
for the Business Process Solutions division of DST Systems, Inc. and has been
one of the leaders of their Agile transformation for the past five years.
Nathan Lagergren is an Enterprise
Scrum Master at JP Morgan Chase, currently responsible for reengineering the
software development process to ensure a successful transformation from
waterfall to agile software development methodologies across multiple lines of
business.
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