ABCD
1
8:45 - 10:00am (Keynote)
ABLE: Always Be Learning And Experimenting (Tim Ottinger)
Have you found a "local maximum"? Is your agile transition "complete"? Why in the world would you want that? Tim shares his perspective on curiosity and frustration, along with real-world stories, to show us how we can be "forever learners" at home and at work. We will explore "curiosity spaces" and results that are "fascinating." We will examine standardization against innovation and innovation against standardization. We will learn how to scale our improvements. We will learn to establish safety, make other people awesome, deliver value continuously, and Always Be Learning and Experimenting... even when it's scary.
2
10:10am - 10:55am
Great ScrumMaster (Zuzi Sochova)
Great ScrumMasters are rare. If you have one in your company, you have greater chance to be successful. Regrettably the role of ScrumMaster is underestimated in most of the organizations, but without great ScrumMaster your team will never “shine” or in other words be efficient, and high-performing.
10:10am - 10:55am
Blending Product Thinking with Architecture (Joel Tosi)
Product Thinking - understanding the use and need - is critical to not over engineering a product. In this session, we explore and use simple tools that help teams blend architecture with the need of the product.

10:10am - 10:55am
Product Owners - Increasing your Situational Awareness (Bob Galen)
Product Owners encounter challenging situations (conversations, negotiations, decisions) every day. Yet, much of the role’s focus is towards stories and backlogs. Here we’ll practice handling those myriad of “situations”. Please be prepared to interact.
10:10am - 5:00pm
Coaches Clinic (facilitated by Gene Gendel)
Sponsored by Scrum Alliance, Coaches Clinic is an opportunity for the conference attendees to get free help from experienced coaches.
Recruited from the Scrum Certified Coaching community as well as from the conference speakers, our coaches will offer 15-minutes one-on-one PRO BONO coaching sessions during breaks and lunch.

3
11:25am - 12:10pm
Kaizen Land: Gamifying Stand Up and Overcoming Anti Patterns (Jess Long)
Learn how the gingerbread men are taking over the daily Stand Up and forever changing the mornings of teams everywhere.
11:25am - 12:55pm
Budgeting vs Estimating for Agile Teams (Debbie Madden)
Nearly every software development project starts with one question: “How much is this going to cost?” Want to learn a powerful 4 step, tactical approach to budgeting that gives you the confidence to answer this question well and that takes 20% of the time than estimating? Then this talk is for you.
11:25am - 12:55pm
“Let’s Be Awesome”: Practices, Frameworks and Games to Improve Customer Collaboration (Jason Tice)
“Let’s Be Awesome” is a collaboration framework that guides teams & customers to have a fun & interactive discussion to decide how best to work together. Join us for a “poker style” game where everyone has an equal voice to learn about and prioritize practices for a successful customer relationship.
4
12:15pm - 1:00pm
Lean Pilots - a new agile framework for business problem solving (Mariya Breyter)
There is always a way to grow! Lean Pilots are an innovative and a practical framework for solving complex enterprise problems by combining agile and lean values and practices. It is a brand new framework that was organically invented by lean and agile practitioners and is now ready for you to use.
5
1:20pm - 2:10pm
Lean Coffee (facilitated by Jonathan Hansen)
Take a break and seize the opportunity to discuss with other attendees about your learnings, discoveries and other “ahah” moments from the morning’s sessions! Lean Coffee is a structured, but agenda-less meeting. Participants gather, build an agenda, and begin talking. Conversations are directed and productive because the agenda for the meeting was democratically generated.
6
2:15pm - 3:00pm
How identity defines Spotify’s culture (Benji Portman)
From the outside Spotify is a company who has solved the riddle of scaling agile, but the insiders perspective might surprise you, with our structure more closely resembling a collection of startups sharing a wifi connection.
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Agile Transformation Beyond the Team (Bill DeVoe)
As change agents, we’re adept at changing IT teams but we experience resistance when talking to HR and Finance. I’ll discuss how I’ve successfully engaged HR and Finance. And you’ll get talking points and practical actions you can use immediately to make changes and transform beyond your teams.
2:15pm - 3:45pm
3 Minute Improv Games to Improve Your Teams (Wayde Stallman)
This unique workshop will have you out of your seat and on your feet actively practicing the techniques Improv Teams use to build Collaboration, Creativity, Communication and Trust. This hands on workshop provides actionable material for participants to use immediately upon returning to work.
7
3:10pm - 3:55pm
Don't Be a Backlog Lumberjack! (Kalpesh Shah)
Many teams get too involved in metrics i.e story points, velocity, etc turning into “user story machines” forgetting the real reason as to why they chose to be agile. Through story telling we remind them the true essence of agile and how not to turn your teams into backlog lumberjacks.
3:10pm - 3:55pm
HR Strategies to Leverage Growth (Fabiola Eyholzer)
The face of organizations is changing fast – and drastically. To be successful in this age of disruption you must be able to leverage your potential. Discover key Agile HR strategies that will allow you to foster sustainable growth on an individual, team, and organizational level.
8
4:15pm - 5:00pm
The Care and Feeding of T-Shaped People (Amitai Schleier & Ryan Ripley)
Do we value “T-shaped” people who combine breadth with one area of depth? Then we value “paint-drip” people who grow and change. Come hear stories of professional growth through the lens of Kent Beck’s powerful metaphor, learn ways to encourage others to broaden and deepen, and practice on yourself.
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Don't Refactor. Rebuild. Kinda. (Wouter Lagerweij)
Legacy code will slow you down, even with a great team. And if the team still needs to learn? Mastering XP practices is hard enough without a Big Ball of Mud holding you back. Maybe we should just rebuild. But the Agile way: incrementally, iteratively, and with close involvement from the business.
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Impact Mapping - How to Make Value-Driven Prioritization a Reality (Mathias Eifert)
Impact Maps help stakeholders decide how to achieve organizational goals with minimal investment. They provide traceability from goals to features, surface vital assumptions, support prioritization, drive epics/user stories, and enable early feedback whether we are moving in the right direction.