Talk: “Becoming Agile” at a Non-for Profit Pension Provider

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Title:	“Becoming Agile” at a Non-for Profit Pension Provider
Short synopsis:	An increasing number of non-technical organisations find that employing an agile mindset and using agile practices help their teams excel at collaboration and customer satisfaction. However, many organisations ignore the necessary long-term changes in company culture, management style, business processes and project execution. Becoming truly agile is much more than the adoption of scrums, stand-ups, sprints, backlogs and reduced documentation – it’s a mindset. When a non-for profit pension provider began embracing agile in early 2017, they did not employ every single aspect of it. Instead, they made use of the practices that were most relevant to the development of their specific products and services in the financial services industry. This case study shows how they succeeded. Max size: 500 chars
Long synopsis (optional):	An increasing number of non-technical organisations find that employing an agile mindset and using agile practices help their teams excel at collaboration and customer satisfaction. However, many organisations ignore the necessary long-term changes in company culture, management style, business processes and project execution. Becoming truly agile is much more than the adoption of scrums, stand-ups, sprints, backlogs and reduced documentation – it’s a mindset. When a non-for profit pension provider began embracing agile in early 2017, they did not employ every single aspect of it. Instead, they made use of the practices that were most relevant to the development of their specific products and services in the financial services industry. This case study shows how they succeeded. This session highlights how to successfully employ agile practices in a non-technical business environment and benefit from its iterative approach. It examines the initial pitfalls experienced with project teams, employee roles, and senior management throughout the entire transition. Attendees will learn: • How to create a project’s team behaviour fit for agile. • The importance of powerful user stories as central part of agile collaboration. • How to mix and match agile practices fit-for-purpose for a pension provider. • And most importantly what not to do when becoming agile in a non-technical business environment. Intended audience: developers, tech leads, scrum masters, agile coaches, product owners, (senior) managers Max size: 5000 chars
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